This is my personal archive of the articles which I created, expanded, or nominated that have been showcased on Wikipedia's main page in the "Did You Know?" feature. You might also be interested in my Wikipedia awards collection. After several very active years, I withdraw my active participation in July 2011 but a few years away seems to have lowered my defenses and as of May 2015 I'm participating again. For accounting purposes, I also maintain a duplicate list of just my Oregon-related hooks.

DYK medals

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September 2015

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9 new this month for a total of 145 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.

  • ... that Miss Oregon 2007 Kari Virding saw her first Miss Oregon pageant when she was just eight years old? (September 21, 2015)
  • ... that Miss Oregon Stephenie Steers wore a swimsuit and cap made from recycled bicycle tire inner tubes in the 2011 Miss America Parade? (September 3, 2015)

August 2015

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13 new this month for a total of 136 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.

  • ... that Miss Maine 2015 Kelsey Earley hand-sews superhero capes for patients at a children's hospital? (August 13, 2015)
  • ... that Miss Utah 2015 Krissia Beatty is the fifth person in her family, after her grandmother, mother, and two aunts, to be crowned Miss Washington County? (#125) (August 3, 2015)

July 2015

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9 new this month for a total of 123 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.

June 2015

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2 new this month for a total of 114 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.

May 2014

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1 new this month for a total of 112 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.

August 2013

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1 new this month for a total of 111 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated.

July 2011

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1 nominated this month for a total of 110 articles created or expanded and 7 nominated. This month marks my formal withdrawal from the DYK project.

June 2011

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4 new this month for a total of 110 articles created or expanded and 6 nominated.

  • ... that at its launch, Minnesota radio station KMGM broadcast 20 hours of farm and agricultural programs each week? (June 26, 2011)
 
Blues legend B.B. King in 1990

May 2011

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1 new this month for a total of 106 articles created or expanded and 6 nominated.

March 2011

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3 new and 2 nominated this month for a total of 105 articles created or expanded and 6 nominated.

  • ... that when Faith Radio Network bought the radio station now known as WFRF-FM in 2003, the previous owners included everything except their 1996 Chevy Astro van? (March 14, 2011)
  • ... that Florida-based Christian radio station WFRF helped launch Imani Radio in Kenya and provided 2,500 solar powered radios to local villages, hospitals, and prisoners? (March 13, 2011)

February 2011

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3 new and 1 nominated this month for a total of 102 articles created or expanded and 4 nominated.

 
S-IC stage of SA-500D
  • ... that NASA engineers shook a Saturn V test vehicle (S-IC stage pictured) for over 400 hours to ensure it would withstand the rigors of launch? (nom) (February 19, 2011)

January 2011

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2 new this month for a total of 99 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

December 2010

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4 new this month for a total of 97 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

October 2010

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4 new this month for a total of 93 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

September 2010

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2 new this month for a total of 89 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

August 2010

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3 new this month for a total of 87 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

April 2010

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1 new this month for a total of 84 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

March 2010

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4 new this month for a total of 83 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

February 2010

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1 new this month for a total of 79 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

January 2010

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1 new this month for a total of 78 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

August 2009

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2 new this month for a total of 77 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

July 2009

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4 new this month for a total of 75 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

  • ... that KATR-FM was honored by the Colorado Broadcasters Association for giving away an "ugly" pickup truck? (July 10, 2009)

June 2009

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2 new this month for a total of 71 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

May 2009

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20 new this month for a total of 69 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

April 2009

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19 new this month for a total of 49 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

  • ... that former KGBR disc jockey Tom Lyons advised his son against a career in radio by saying "Sell coke, run guns ... but don't ever go into radio."? (April 8, 2009)

March 2009

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6 new and 1 nominated this month for a total of 30 articles created or expanded and 3 nominated.

 
WHOW/WEZC's "big red barn" studios

February 2009

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3 new and 2 nominated this month for a total of 24 articles created or expanded and 2 nominated.

 
Bacon Explosion

January 2009

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9 new this month for a total of 21 articles created or expanded.

December 2008

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12 new this month for a total of 12 articles created or expanded.