Template:Did you know nominations/North Island, South Island


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The result was: rejected by BlueMoonset (talk) 01:41, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

No recent 5x expansion or GA for either article; does not qualify for DYK.

North Island, South Island

 * ... that New Zealand's North and South Islands didn't have official names until 2009? http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/about-geographic-board/nzgb-news-notices/2009/0421-alternative-maori-names

Moved to mainspace by Nixinova (talk). Self-nominated at 05:51, 4 July 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol delete vote.svg Neither the North Island or South Island article has been expanded recently., please see Did you know for an outline of the eligibility rules for the "did you know" section. 97198 (talk) 13:22, 8 July 2017 (UTC)