User:RockMagnetist/list of contributions/DYK contributions
 | On 30 September 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Near-surface geophysics, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that geophysical methods have been used to look for the palace of Cleopatra? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Near-surface geophysics.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On 3 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pierre Perrault (1608–1680), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that, after going bankrupt as Receiver General of Finances for Paris, Pierre Perrault developed the theory of the hydrologic cycle? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pierre Perrault (1608–1680).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On 9 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Geomagnetic pole, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the North geomagnetic pole is not the same as the magnetic North Pole, and that a compass points at neither? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Geomagnetic pole.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On 22 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article History of geomagnetism, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a world map by Gerardus Mercator attributes the Earth's magnetic field to a magnetic mountain (pictured) above the Arctic Circle? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/History of geomagnetism.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On 2 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Corrupting Dr. Nice, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in the novel Corrupting Dr. Nice by John Kessel, several versions of Jesus Christ are transported to the twenty-first century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Corrupting Dr. Nice. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On 22 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article W. David Kingery, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that W. David Kingery is considered the "father of modern ceramics"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/W. David Kingery. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On 22 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alice Ball, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Alice Ball developed an injectable medicine that was the most effective treatment of leprosy before the 1940s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alice Ball. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On 16 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Trivial name, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that after an atomic element has been isolated, it gets a trivial name? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Trivial name. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On 23 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Magdalena Bermejo, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that of 143 gorillas studied by Magdalena Bermejo in October 2002, only 13 were still alive four months later? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Magdalena Bermejo. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On 31 March 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Magnetic anomaly, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that an instrument used to measure magnetic anomalies was originally developed to detect submarines during World War II? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Magnetic anomaly. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On 15 April 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Morton B. Panish, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Morton B. Panish and a colleague at Bell Labs developed a laser that led to fiber optics, laser printers, barcode readers, and optical disc drives? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Morton B. Panish. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On 5 May 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Genetics and the Origin of Species, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Genetics and the Origin of Species by Theodosius Dobzhansky united genetics with Darwin's theory of evolution? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Genetics and the Origin of Species. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On 9 September 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Biochronology, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a biochronology based on mammal fossils is defined for every continent except Antarctica? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Biochronology. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
On 7 April 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ansel Adams, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ansel Adams (pictured), known for his black-and-white landscape photographs, documented a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ansel Adams. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ansel Adams), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.