User:Mujinga/WDU

Overview

 * Also see User:Mujinga/DYK
 * Template:DYK_checklist
 * Template talk:Did you know
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Buffalo police shoving incident you either laugh or you cry
 * Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Paola_Cabezas

Hall of infamy 1 - 50



 * 1) Template:Did_you_know_nominations/The_Level,_Brighton - just under 3,000 views, got a lovely informal peer review as well
 * 2) Template:Did you know nominations/Arena, Vienna "... that after performing at a squatted slaughterhouse in 1976, Leonard Cohen called it "the best place to be in Vienna"?" - just over 3,000 views. Also generated a weird errors debate with people misreading the quote and making nonsense ungrammatical edits.
 * 3) Template:Did you know nominations/Alina Lebedeva "... that in 2001, the 16-year-old Alina Lebedeva struck Prince Charles of the United Kingdom in the face with three red carnations?" - 4,838 views!! if only there had been a picture
 * 4) Template:Did you know nominations/We Are Here (collective) - 2,214 views and no edits, hmm strange. was that because of its timing on the frontpage or because it's a longer read i wonder.
 * 5) Template:Did you know nominations/Exodus Collective - 1,202 views. I don't really get how "... that after three nights of riots in Luton in 1995, the Exodus Collective organised a rave and the disturbances stopped?" went to "... that three nights of riots at Marsh Farm in Luton in 1995 came to an end when the Exodus Collective organised a nearby rave?" That is where it happened. Kinda puts me off the whole thing to be honest, it's not good when there are unaccountable operators acting after communal process has made a decision. What bothers me is that some of the nuances were lost. It seems like the DYK process is dominated by a few no doubt well-intentioned people who think they know best (absence of power predicament).
 * 6) Template:Did you know nominations/Yinka Jegede-Ekpe - ended up being: "... that Yinka Jegede-Ekpe, the first Nigerian woman to go public with her HIV-positive status, later gave birth to a healthy, HIV-negative baby girl?" with 3,404 views
 * 7) Template:Did you know nominations/Lady Henrietta Berkeley wow 10,967 views - helped having the first slot with pic, for sure. Fairly useful peer review also.
 * 8) Template:Did you know nominations/City bonds robbery 10,399 views - on the last slot, not too shabby
 * 9) Template:Did you know nominations/Oval Mansions ... "that the one hundred squatters at Oval Mansions in London could watch Test cricket for free from their roof?" was approved, then at some point changed to "that the hundred squatters at Oval Mansions in London could watch Test cricket free from their roof?" and ended up "that the one hundred squatters at the Oval Mansions in London could watch Test cricket for free from their roof?" - lalala
 * 10) Template:Did you know nominations/Joan Dant ... "that pedlar Joan Dant died a millionaire?" - rude reviewer, got there in the end though - sadly no foto, however a very respectable 7,815 views though :)
 * 11) Template:Did you know nominations/Miss James ... "that the English philanthropist Miss James has both a footpath and a footbridge named after her?" - 2,177 views
 * 12) Template:Did you know nominations/Huize Ivicke ... "that one of the most endangered monuments in Europe is a squatted house in the Netherlands?" - 9,451 views!!!
 * 13) Template:Did you know nominations/Ann Smith (activist) DYK that ... "Ann Smith was described as a "a great fomentor of plots"?" - 3,844 views
 * 14) Template:Did you know nominations/Hilda Gregg DYK that ... "Hilda Gregg published a novel every year for three decades?" - some weird edits but ok - 2,727 views
 * 15) Template:Did you know nominations/LGBT Centre Mongolia - DYK that ... "the LGBT Centre finally registered after being told more than ten times that its name did not suit "Mongolian traditions and customs"?" whilst on frontpage became DYK that ...  "the LGBT Centre Mongolia was legally registered in 2009, after being told more than ten times that its name did not suit "Mongolian traditions and customs"?" which is prob better - 3,134 views
 * 16) Template:Did you know nominations/Kitty Lee Jenner - DYK that ... "after reading a book by Katharine Lee (pictured), D. H. Lawrence began to use the phoenix as his personal emblem?" - 1,872 views
 * 17) Template:Did you know nominations/Ditshwanelo - DYK that  ... "Ditshwanelo has been campaigning for over twenty years against capital punishment in Botswana?" - a weird edit but ok - 2,097 views
 * 18) Template:Did you know nominations/A_Surge_of_Power_(Jen_Reid)_2020 - DYK that ... "the statue A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020 was inspired by a raised fist at a Black Lives Matter protest?" - 3,866 views, hmm
 * 19) Template:Did you know nominations/Het Nieuwe Instituut - "DYK that ... the archive at Het Nieuwe Instituut (pictured) contains more than 18 km (11 mi) of architectural resources?" - even with pic and topslot ... 3,516 views ... FFS the mainpaged version was "the Het Nieuwe Instituut" wat niet goed is
 * 20) Template:Did you know nominations/Helen Hope - "DYK that ... that in the 1700s, Helen Hope turned a Scottish moor into a wood and named it after her eldest son?" - 2,727 views
 * 21) Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Clarke (letter writer) - "DYK ... that Mary Clarke raised eight children and managed an estate whilst corresponding by letter with philosopher John Locke?  = 2,779 views
 * 22) Template:Did you know nominations/Helen Ballard - "DYK ... that Helen Ballard was a hellebore horticulturalist?" = 2,854 views, drew a superunhelpful comment from some know-it-all at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know
 * 23) Template:Did you know nominations/List of heists in the United Kingdom - "DYK that ... the Portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III has been stolen four times?" - 2001 views, hmm strangely low for a "withpic"!? Was there some fuckup with the stats i wonder, since when i checked before it was garbled. Ah! 4,029 hits for Portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III!!
 * 24) Template:Did you know nominations/Karthyayani Amma - "DYK that ... after passing a literacy examination at the age of 96, Karthyayani Amma said "I learned so much for no reason. The tests were way too easy for me"?" - 4,721 views
 * 25) Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Clark (arsonist) - "DYK that ... executed arsonist Margaret Clark blamed her deeds on "pride and Sabbath breaking"?"  - it became complicated, pff, i guess we got there but it's just not worth that much shit - 7,754 views, bloimey
 * 26) Template:Did you know nominations/Carlos Jáuregui (activist) - "DYK that ... Argentinian LGBT-rights activist Carlos Jáuregui had a station named after him on the Buenos Aires Underground?" - 1,811 views
 * 27) Template:Did you know nominations/Alfred Gilbert - "DYK that ... sculptor Alfred Gilbert fled England twice—once for love, once for money?" - smooth review, 12 hours online, 2193 views in end slot .. hmm, there's no accounting for taste i thought it was pretty hooky!?
 * 28) Template:Did you know nominations/Pragya Prasun - "DYK that ... a foundation set up by Pragya Prasun has supported over 250 survivors of acid attacks?" - back in the game,  november 2020, 2,679 views
 * 29) Template:Did you know nominations/Jones Hill Wood - "DYK that ... after Swampy was evicted from Jones Hill Wood, rare barbastelle bats were discovered to be living there?" - 2,719 views
 * 30) Template:Did you know nominations/Silvio Meier - "DYK that ... Silvio Meier has a street in Berlin and a square in Bologna named after him?" 2,892 views .. hurrumph but became precious
 * 31) Template:Did you know nominations/Hekani Jakhalu - "DYK ... that a non-governmental organisation set up by Hekani Jakhalu helps young entrepreneurs from Nagaland?" woah  861 views!? bloimey
 * 32) Template:Did you know nominations/Northern Bank robbery - "DYK ... that a bank robbery nearly derailed the Northern Ireland peace process?" 5,287 that's wot i'm talking about
 * 33) Template:Did you know nominations/Aikey Brae stone circle - "DYK that ... at 21.5 tonnes, the recumbent at Aikey Brae stone circle is one of the largest in Aberdeenshire?" hmmm 5,153 views noice - i think it was only up for 12 hours so nae badde
 * 34) Template:Did you know nominations/Iti Tyagi - "DYK that Iti Tyagi said, "I urge every woman to come out of their shells and to break the stereotype" after receiving the Nari Shakti Puraskar?  .. 1,374 ...
 * 35) Template:Did you know nominations/Krishna Yadav
 * 36) Template:Did you know nominations/Tripunithura Kathakali Kendram Ladies Troupe
 * 37) Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Kagganapalli_Radha_Devi
 * 38) Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Death of Christy Schwundeck back in the game 2022, with 11,001 views
 * 39) Template:Did you know nominations/Squatting in Ukraine
 * 40) Template:Did you know nominations/Death of Michael Koomen - 11,823 views << new personal best
 * 41) Template:Did you know nominations/Killing of Halim Dener - 9,071
 * 42) Template:Did you know nominations/Squatting in Hamburg - 4,882
 * 43) Template:Did you know nominations/Futurama Festival - 2,806
 * 44) - together with Invisible Wind Factory - 3,514
 * 45) Template:Did you know nominations/Arti Rana - 1,631 damn thats low
 * 46) Template:Did you know nominations/Domitille Barancira - 4,387
 * 47) Template:Did you know nominations/House of Brag - 10,342 not bad
 * 48) Template:Did you know nominations/Journey for Life - 3979
 * 49) Template:Did you know nominations/Death of Ihsan Gürz - 8990
 * 50) Template:Did you know nominations/Sandhya Dhar - 919 - jokes! also some fuckwit changed the hook!? it was altered in a "rather hidden and hierarchical way" to read "that in 2022 Sandhya Dhar has received both a Nari Shakti Puraskar and a bronze medal in boccia at the Indian national championships?" instead of the approved hook, "that this year, Sandhya Dhar both received the Nari Shakti Puraskar and won a bronze medal playing boccia at the Indian national championships?". Strange how this sort of behaviour is considered ok

Hall of infamy 51 -

 * 1) Template:Did you know nominations/Madhulika Ramteke - 3,149 :/
 * 2) Template:Did you know nominations/Vanita Jagdeo Borade ... that Vanita Jagdeo Borade has been called the "Snake Woman" for having rescued more than 50,000 snakes?
 * 3) Template:Did you know nominations/De Vloek - 9134 nae badde on da solstice
 * 4) Template:Did you know nominations/Squatting in Myanmar- 3347
 * 5) Template:Did you know nominations/Pooja Sharma (entrepreneur)
 * 6) Template:Did you know nominations/Gerlin Bean

Deadline

 * Alfonsina Bueno by 23/12/22
 * DYK ... that Alfonsina Bueno survived two Nazi concentration camps?

At a later time
source = le monde diplomatique https://mondediplo.com/2019/06/02salvini source = le monde diplomatique https://mondediplo.com/2019/06/02salvini
 * DYK ... that the Kennedy 12 underwent the longest court case in South Africa since the 1956 Treason Trial before having all charges dropped?
 * https://www.politicsweb.co.za/news-and-analysis/the-anc-and-the-failing-of-democratic-governance
 * Death of Laye-Alama Condé - created 2022-01-14
 * DYK ... that Laye-Alama Condé died in Bremen as a result of a practice that Olaf Scholz saw as "without alternative" and the European Court of Human Rights deemed to be torture?
 * DYK ... that Laye-Alama Condé died in Bremen as a result of a practice that Olaf Scholz had said was "without alternative" and the European Court of Human Rights later deemed to be torture?
 * Junge Freiheit: Als Innensenator von Hamburg führte Scholz den Brechmitteleinsatz 2001 in der Hansestadt ein und verteidigte diese Methode auch dann noch als „alternativlos“, nachdem der Nigerianer Achidi John im Dezember desselben Jahres bei einem polizeilich angeordneten Brechmitteleinsatz im Universitätsklinikum Eppendorf zu Tode gekommen war. & https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/mobiler-denkort-erinnert-an-laye-conde-doc7e410fj08hl16c9xy895
 * DYK ... that the family of Laye-Alama Condé received 20,000 euros from the court for his death?
 * Spiegel
 * DYK ... that proposals for a memorial to Laye-Alama Condé are controversial in Bremen?
 * Spiegel, Junge Freiheit
 * Catherine da Costa (mainspaced august 22)
 * DYK that an English miniaturist surprised Voltaire with her wit?
 * DYK that Catherine da Costa, an English miniaturist, amused Voltaire with her wit?
 * "dinner at which Voltaire was appreciative of Catherine da Costa's wit" - https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2Sv87BSjIksC&pg=PA47
 * "During Voltaire's visit to England, from 1723 to 1726, Anthony da Costa subscribed to his Henriade and Voltaire dined with the da Costas. He wrote, 'Madame Acosta dit en ma presence a un abbé qui vouloit la faire chrêtienne. Votre Dieu, est il né juif? Ouy. Est il mort juif? Ouy. Eh bien soyez donc juif'" - ODNB
 * Irene Savidge (mainspaced aug 16)
 * DYK that Irene Savidge was investigated by the police after being caught fondling Mr. Money in the park?
 * hmmmmmmmmmmm nope
 * DYK that whilst engaged to Gentle, Savidge was cleared of public indecency with Money
 * nope uses non-notable poisson
 * DYK that Savidge and Money were cleared of public indecency in Hyde Park?
 * DYK that the treatment of Irene Savidge led to the Royal Commission on Police Powers and Procedure?
 * DYK that the treatment of Irene Savidge by the Metropolitan Police led to a royal commission?
 * File:1928 Irene Savidge (cropped).jpg
 * File:Irene Savage.jpg
 * Kate McLean (mainspaced august 6)
 * DYK that ... Kate McLean led a six month strike in Kilbirnie?
 * https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/54413
 * She was a key figure in a number of disputes, including the 1911 strike at the dyeworks in the Vale of Leven, the United Turkey Red combine, and the 1913 networkers' strike in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, the longest recorded strike of women workers in the pre-war years, which lasted from April to September 1913.
 * Leoncavallo
 * dYK ... that Matteo Salvini used to drink at left wing self-managed social centre CS Leoncavallo ?
 * She was a key figure in a number of disputes, including the 1911 strike at the dyeworks in the Vale of Leven, the United Turkey Red combine, and the 1913 networkers' strike in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, the longest recorded strike of women workers in the pre-war years, which lasted from April to September 1913.
 * Leoncavallo
 * dYK ... that Matteo Salvini used to drink at left wing self-managed social centre CS Leoncavallo ?
 * dYK ... that Matteo Salvini used to drink at left wing self-managed social centre CS Leoncavallo ?
 * dYK ... that Italian right-winger Matteo Salvini used to drink at the left-wing self-managed social centre Centro Sociale Leoncavallo in Milan?
 * dYk ... that when Naomi Klein visited Milan's self-managed social centre Leoncavallo, she described it as "practically a self-contained city"?
 * source = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jun/08/globalisation.comment
 * Centro Sociale Leoncavallo
 * damn i used moved content, therefore this wasn't a valid nomination
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Centro Sociale Leoncavallo
 * Ubica
 * A beam from a 13th century Ubica|townhouse in Utrecht resides in the local museum?
 * Watertower
 * DYK ... a derelict watertower in Utrecht, the Netherlands was squatted repeatedly in protest against the criminalisation of squatting and is now being redeveloped with a window giving 360 views of the city?
 * DYK ... the former reservoir of a watertower in Utrecht is being redeveloped into an apartment with a window 360 views of the city?
 * DYK ... a derelict watertower in Utrecht, the Netherlands was squatted repeatedly in protest against the criminalisation of squatting and is now being redeveloped with a window giving 360 views of the city?
 * DYK ... the former reservoir of a watertower in Utrecht is being redeveloped into an apartment with a window 360 views of the city?

Useful examples of good hooks

 * DYK ... that thousands of people are living in a jungle in Calais, France?
 * DYK ... that Argentine doctor María Teresa Ferrari, the first female university professor in Latin America, invented a prize-winning vaginoscope?
 * DYK... that the greater guinea pig is semi-aquatic and has webs between its toes?
 * DYK... that Johannes Wiese was the 45th Luftwaffe pilot to claim 100 aerial victories?
 * DYK... that the house of Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata was stoned and apparently shot at after he aired interviews about the 2008 triple crime?
 * DYK ... that a series of bollards mark the route taken by the 2nd Armored Division during the Liberation of France?
 * DYK ... that Lady Henrietta Berkeley (pictured) had an affair with her older sister's husband, claimed in court to have married his servant and then fled with them both to Cleves?
 * DYK ... that Die BIF (pictured) was the world's first lesbian magazine where only women were in charge?
 * DYK ... that pedlar Joan Dant died a millionaire?
 * DYK ... that Helen Ballard was a hellebore horticulturalist?

H2

 * Wikipedia:Did_you_know/Supplementary_guidelines#H2
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Nathalie Evans
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Real Life (novel)

Used DYK QPQ

 * Template:Did you know nominations/Ernst Lauda
 * Template:Did you know nominations/140 Broadway
 * Template:Did you know nominations/CBUVT
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Atatürk's Residence and Railway Museum
 * Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Nikisha_Fogo
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Niya (mythology)
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Nathalie Evans
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Maurício Camuto
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Physical (Dua Lipa song)
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Die BIF – Blätter Idealer Frauenfreundschaften
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Jerry Masslo ongoing
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Buffalo police shoving incident - oh boy that discussion was a cracker
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Shooting of David McAtee
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Mildred Hope Fisher Wood
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Dona Joaninha (locomotive)
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Goldwyn Estate
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Sturddlefish
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Lynching of Wilbur Little - might have been a hoax!? see Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know, it mainpaged anyhow
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Cecelia Goetz
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Gunjan Saxena
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Helene Odilon
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Kurier Litewski
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Lady Red Couture
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Jane Fonda's Workout
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Shirley Temple filmography
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Priscilla Jana
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Black Futures
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Kendra Pierre-Louis
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Lee Hyo-jae
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Interchange
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Cryptooology
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Twin Parks (New York City)
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Albert Freedman
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Ella Gifft
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Trent Figg
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Rudi Kappel
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Kate Foster (diplomat)
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Helene Hathaway Britton
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Abhijatabhivamsa
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Madeleine Chapman
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Curd of Bogra
 * Template:Did you know nominations/ZieZie
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Barbara Ann Wilcox
 * Template:Did you know nominations/Dun dun duuun!
 * Template:Did you know nominations/The Devil Never Sleeps - nope

Unused DYK QPQ

 * Template:Did you know nominations/Sally Burch