User:Theleekycauldron/Challenges

Alphabet[edit]

Create an article^[a] beginning with every letter of the alphabet.

84.6% done (letters)

10% done (numbers)

Have an item featured at In the news, On this day or Did you know? on each day of the month i.e. from 1st to 31st.^[b]

80.6% done

Create bios for people who were born in each decade from the 1900s to the 1990s, inclusive.

80% done

Have a hook featured at Did you know? in every slot (from first to eighth) within the section. (Note that the first slot is the image slot.)

Set 1

The John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant

... that after John Oliver remarked that "the city of Danbury, Connecticut, can eat my whole ass", they named a sewage plant after him?
... that former U.S. president Bill Clinton made a guest appearance on a television reunion episode of The West Wing to encourage voter turnout in the 2020 United States elections?
... that tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. marketed Capri Sun to children based on experience selling tobacco to young people?
... that CCH Pounder, who guest starred in The West Wing's "Celestial Navigation", was almost selected for the main role of C. J. Cregg?
... that The West Wing faced criticism for a scene in which Ainsley Hayes defends a sexist and objectifying remark made at her?
... that the Brooklyn Nine-Nine storyline about Rosa Diaz's bisexuality was heavily influenced by the bisexuality of her portrayer?
... that after The West Wing's live, open presidential debate episode, MSNBC polled viewers on whom they thought won?
... that John Oliver was sued for defamation after a man in a squirrel costume told a coal industry CEO to "eat shit" on his show?

And, for a bonus 10th slot DYK:

Set 2

Selfie of Ong, commonly replicated by the Step Chickens

... that "Step Chickens" on TikTok replaced their profile pictures with an image (shown) of Melissa Ong, whom they call "Mother Hen"?
... that the California State Assembly held a moment of silence over the death of fictional character Mrs. Landingham while in the midst of an energy crisis?
... that after her father received hospice care, Connecticut state legislator Claudia Powers introduced bills to include hospice under Medicare?
... that Lori Gramlich, a survivor of sexual abuse in her childhood, introduced legislation that made it easier for sexual abuse survivors in Maine to file civil lawsuits against their abusers?
... that Maine state legislator Tracy Quint introduced a bill that would have banned all COVID-19 vaccination mandates in Maine until 2024?
... that Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine, said that Ukrainians care less about her being transgender than Americans do?
... that Minnesota legislator Claudia Meier cosponsored a bill freeing women from having to take their husbands' last names, and then took her husband's last name?
... that after Claudia Fleming's dessert cookbook went out of print due to poor sales, used copies began circulating on eBay for hundreds of dollars?

Receive a credit for five Did you know? hooks listed at WP:DYKSTATS (5,000 views per 12 hours on the main page) in a single calendar month.

Article	Date	views	vph	DYK hook
John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant	2021-10-09	27,112	1,129.6	... that after John Oliver remarked that "the city of Danbury, Connecticut, can eat my whole ass", they named a sewage plant after him?
The beer question	2021-10-17	11,936	497.3	... that the debate in "Game On" invokes the beer question?
Game On (The West Wing)		4,436	184.8
Total		16,372	682.2
The Election of 1800	2021-10-22	5,520	460.0	... that while Alexander Hamilton may not have broken the tie in the election of 1800, he did break the tie in "The Election of 1800"?
Beer Beer, Truck Truck	2021-10-23	3,514	292.8	... that the country song "Beer Beer, Truck Truck" was based on a viral TikTok video by Erynn Chambers intended to satirize country music?
Erynn Chambers		2,090	174.2
Total		5,604	467.0
The Supremes (The West Wing)	2021-10-25	7,998	666.5	... that "The Supremes" was said to have foreseen the conflict following the death of Antonin Scalia, twelve years later?

Notes

^ Expanding from redirect is okay; must be an article (or list) when you create it, not a disambiguation page or redirect. Pick either the default sort or order of the verbatim title.
^ No mixing and matching! Choose one of the sections.

Get an article to good article status with fewer than 50 edits in its page history at the time the bot adds the good article icon.


Article	Legobot edit	Notes
Ainsley Hayes	42nd edit	okay, yes, technically that is the 163rd edit on the page, but I expanded it from a redirect at edit 147, and I made 27 edits to the draft in my userspace that didn't get transferred over. So, we're calling it the 42nd.
Amy Gardner	38th edit	userspace edits: 11 post-move edits: 27
Claudia Riner	42nd edit


Date	DYK	ITN	TFA	TFL	TFP	OTD
2022 March 23b	How Civil Wars Start (credit)	Artem Datsyshyn (credit)	SLAPP Suits (nom)

Create articles about books from each of the ten Dewey Decimal classes.

Receive a Did you know credit for an article that was created by a different editor at least 10 years beforehand.


Article	Creation date	DYK date	Difference
Capri-Sun	2004-09-26	2023-02-26	18 years and 5 months
C. J. Cregg	2004-09-11	2022-03-31	17 years, 6 months and 20 days
Amy Gardner	2005-01-17	2022-04-23	17 years, 3 months and 6 days
Mrs. Landingham	2005-03-16	2021-12-06	16 years, 8 months and 20 days
Ainsley Hayes	2005-08-04	2022-03-29	16 years, 7 months and 25 days
A Proportional Response	2006-04-06	2022-07-16	16 years, 3 months and 10 days
Hartsfield's Landing	2006-04-17	2022-06-13	16 years, 1 month and 27 days
The Long Goodbye (The West Wing)	2006-04-17	2022-01-25	15 years, 9 months and 8 days
17 People	2006-04-15	2021-11-17	15 years, 7 months and 2 days
Celestial Navigation (The West Wing)	2006-04-14	2021-10-30	15 years, 6 months and 16 days
The Supremes (The West Wing)	2006-04-17	2021-10-25	15 years, 6 months and 8 days
Game On (The West Wing)	2006-04-17	2021-10-17	15 years and 6 months