User:Doncram/DYK

This is a list of DYKs on articles i created or contributed to. Comments are welcome.

Carter Hall (Millwood, Virginia)
This was the lead DYK, with pic, on 22 April 2008, and it got 2.5k hits that day, plus many thousands in following days, totally 7.9k, as if it was listed somewhere else, too. Hook was:
 * ...that Stonewall Jackson, camped with his men at Carter Hall, allowed his physician to perform a cataract operation on the owner, on the portico of the mansion?

Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park
Hook was:
 * ...that Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park's Hillsman House still has bloodstains on its floor dating to its use as a hospital after the Battle of Sayler's Creek in April 1865?

Franklin County Courthouse (Pennsylvania)

 * Yay! The winning DYK phrase, crafted by Lvklock, was: Did you know "... that the Franklin County Courthouse incorporates the walls and columns left after Confederate forces burned the previous courthouse during the American Civil War?"

List of Registered Historic Places in Chicago
Thanks! The hook was: Did you know
 * ... that there are at least 296 historic places listed on the U.S. National Register in Chicago, including a German U-boat (pictured)?
 * This got 3.3 k hits, per for June 2008. doncram (talk) 10:00, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

List of octagon houses
Did You Know:
 * ... that zooming in from satellite view, one can see the outlines of Wilcox Octagon House and most of the 82 octagon houses listed on the U.S. National Register?

Cobblestone Farmhouse at 1229 Birdsey Road
Lvklock (talk) 03:48, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Peshekee River Bridge
Thanks, Hassocks  5489 (tickets please!)  17:02, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley
(shared with User:cbl62; got over 13,000 hits!)


 * Don -- Thought you'd be interested to know that our San Fernando Valley HCM hook got 13,700 page views today. See .  Not bad!  Cbl62 (talk) 06:01, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Rapp Road Community Historic District

 * The DYK phrase, up now, is Did you know


 * ... that during the First Great Migration, the majority of Shubuta, Mississippi, moved to Albany, New York, with some recreating a religious rural community in Rapp Road Community Historic District?

Algoma, Oregon
The phrase showing is: Did you know... Hmm, not sure i deserve this really, i just helped reword article a very little. :) doncram (talk) 20:13, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * ... that the tugboat that towed log rafts across Upper Klamath Lake to the Algoma lumber mill in Algoma, Oregon, is now on display in the Collier Memorial State Park logging museum?

Neutra VDL Studio and Residences
Pic was included, i think. Hook was:
 * ... that architect Richard Neutra used mirrors and reflecting pools to provide spaciousness for his home on a small lot, the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, on Silver Lake in Los Angeles?}}


 * 2.7k hits per.
 * And then translated into German! The article appears at here in De.Wikipedia.

Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal
(shared with User:Jameslwoodward and User:Lvklock) Got over 4,000 hits!


 * Hit the main page with picture and all! Lvklock (talk) 20:06, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * And it got about 4300 hits, per.

Hook with pic was:
 * ... that the Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal (pictured) on Maine's Kennebec River originally had a bell run by a clockwork counterweight mechanism that had to be wound by hand every four hours?}}

David and Maggie Aegerter Barn
(shared with User:46percent)

DYK hook was:
 * ... that the gambrel-roofed David and Maggie Aegerter Barn is the only Linn County, Oregon barn featuring overhang on all sides?


 * Got a respectable 1.2k hits, per, given no pic included. Too bad, I wrote the article to use the nice pic local wikipedian 46percent had uploaded. doncram (talk) 22:01, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Roswell and Elizabeth Garst Farmstead Historic District

 * Hook was: Did you know "... that 50 years ago today, on an Iowa farm, farmer and hybrid corn salesman Roswell Garst hosted Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev?"


 * Very lame, apparently. Got just 60 hits, on 24 September. doncram (talk) 21:57, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Yilun Yang
Hook was:
 * ... that Yilun Yang is ranked as a 7 dan in the board game Go?
 * This got 2.2k hits! Simple short hook, with no pic included in hook but one in the article.  Maybe there are Go players browsing wikipedia.  It would be interesting to know how many hits came from Japan, China, and Korea. doncram (talk) 22:07, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Arenas Bridge
User:Chamal N picked a version of hook merging elements i provided, and it worked out well, getting 3.2k hits! See. The final version displaying now is:
 * ... that due to scarcity of iron in Puerto Rico, the Spanish government contracted for the Arenas Bridge (pictured) to be built by a Belgian firm in 1894, and shipped to be assembled in place?

Ponce City Hall
Hook as reworked by User:Geraldk (thanks!) was:

Casa Paoli
Hook was:


 * 13:07, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * ... that Puerto Rican tenor Antonio Paoli's birthplace, the Casa Paoli (pictured), was a wedding gift to his parents, who already had five children together at the time of their marriage?

This was kind of the middle of the night for the U.S., from 13:07 to 19:07 UTC apparently (which would be 10pm to 4am maybe on the U.S. east coast?) but it was the lead with pic. doncram (talk) 22:26, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Hallville Mill Historic District

 * Okay, i am a bit shamed and/or legitimately challenged by this DYK, where i created the article but honestly i was not myself really trying to build a good article. I should get the NRHP nomination document and develop it further. :) doncram (talk) 06:31, 12 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Got 309 hits on November 2. Hook was: Did you know ... that textile manufacturing in the mill village of Hallville in Connecticut dates to 1752, when a fulling mill was built there?

Mary E. Surratt Boarding House

 * Hook was: Did you know ... that Washingtonians eat Chinese food where the Abraham Lincoln assassins conspired, at the Mary E. Surratt Boarding House?


 * This got 2.1k + 1.1k hits over 2 days. doncram (talk) 06:31, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Naval Reserve Armory

 * Hook was: Did you know ... that it was feared Seattle's Art Deco-styled Naval Reserve Armory would become a white elephant?

Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin

 * Hook, revised by User:Matisse (thanks!), was:


 * ... that out of 700 U.S. Forest Service buildings in Oregon and Washington built by New Deal programs, the Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin is the only one crafted of stone and logs?

Manlius Village Historic District
Hook was:
 * ... that five houses with pilasters are preserved in the Manlius Village Historic District near Syracuse, New York?

Saugatuck River Bridge
Hook was:
 * ... that the hand-cranked Saugatuck River Bridge is the oldest surviving movable bridge in the U.S. state of Connecticut?

Montauk Association Historic District
Hook was:
 * ... that the seaside landscape of Montauk Association Historic District in New York includes seven 1881–84 Shingle Style summer houses?

Whitney Avenue Historic District
Hook was:
 * ... that Whitney Avenue Historic District in New Haven, Connecticut, includes "locally outstanding" collections of Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival architecture?

Cecil Alexander
Hook was:
 * ... that architect Cecil Alexander designed a controversial Georgia state flag that served from 2001 to 2003?

Reynolds Metals Company International Headquarters
Thanks for this one Victuallers (talk) 12:03, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

And thanks, Acroterion! Hook was:
 * ... that the Reynolds Metals Company International Headquarters was a showcase for the company's aluminum products, using aluminum thread in carpets and drapes?

Godwin-Knowles House
The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 27 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks Nyttend, who did the writing and provided the photo! --doncram (talk) 00:46, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Sachs Covered Bridge
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks to User:Niagara, who did most of the development and nommed it. --doncram (talk) 00:21, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Henry S. Baird
Materialscientist (talk) 20:16, 2 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Happily, it is in the leading position, with pic, as:


 * ... that Henry S. Baird, the first lawyer in territorial Wisconsin, bought a small Greek Revival former land office building to serve as his law office (pictured) as he felt its style befit his position?


 * Maybe this should get some hits! --Doncram (talk) 01:18, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Baird Law Office
Materialscientist (talk) 20:16, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Prudence Crandall House
The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 14 January 2011 (UTC)


 * This is right now, as i note this, displaying on main page as lead DYK with picture, as follows:


 * ... that the Prudence Crandall School for Negro Girls operated in a Canterbury, Connecticut, mansion (pictured) until mob violence led to its closure?


 * Yay, i didn't think it would get lead spot and keep a picture! --Doncram (talk) 00:32, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Stats.grok.se reports over 4.2 k hits on day and day after. :) -- do ncr  am  23:34, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Doris (Sailing yacht)
HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   06:04, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Many thanks to Bilby who improved the article! -- do ncr  am  21:43, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

do ncr am 21:37, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Working Girls' Vacation Society Historic District
Materialscientist (talk) 16:03, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Got 2.3k hits when on main page. -- do ncr  am  05:46, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Dr. Franklin E. Kameny House
The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Fisher & Fisher
Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:04, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK for De Mores Packing Plant Ruins
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Henry W. Cleaveland
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:02, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Punta Gorda Fish Co.
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Thompson-Starrett Co.
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:01, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Louden Machinery Company
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Joseph C. Wells
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Champion Bridge Co.
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Orlo Epps
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Henry W. Cleaveland
Yngvadottir (talk) 00:02, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Punta Gorda Fish Co.
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Thompson-Starrett Co.
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:01, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Louden Machinery Company
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Joseph C. Wells
The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Champion Bridge Co.
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Opa-Locka Thematic Resource Area
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Gibraltar (Wilmington, Delaware)
Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Pair-house
Gatoclass (talk) 12:01, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

DYK for List of Mexican–American War monuments and memorials
Vanamonde (talk) 05:18, 2 June 2018 (UTC)