DYK for Christopher Morcom

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On 13 June 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Christopher Morcom, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Alan Turing had a childhood crush on Christopher Morcom? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Christopher Morcom. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Christopher Morcom), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

  Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 13 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hook update
Your hook reached 14,688 views (612.0 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of June 2026 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talkcontribs) (he/it) 03:28, 14 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Your nomination of Christopher Morcom is under review

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Your good article nomination of the article Christopher Morcom is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of EmergentAnarchy -- EmergentAnarchy (talk) 17:02, 20 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

DYK for 1974 Dunedin earthquake

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On 21 June 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1974 Dunedin earthquake, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the number of damage claims lodged after the 1974 Dunedin earthquake was unusually high for an earthquake of its magnitude? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1974 Dunedin earthquake. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1974 Dunedin earthquake), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

  Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 21 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Your nomination of Christopher Morcom has passed

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DYK for Rakaia salmon statue

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On 30 June 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rakaia salmon statue, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a student magazine hypothesised what would happen if a large salmon statue (pictured) fought a trout statue in New Zealand? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rakaia salmon statue. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rakaia salmon statue), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

  Amakuru (talk) and TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 00:02, 30 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Spaceflight YouTubers

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"There aren't many spaceflight YouTubers on Wikipedia, in fact these are the only two that I can find" (Special:Diff/1362132502)

Hi. There are Scott, Tim, and I'd also count Amy Shira Teitel as a spaceflight YouTuber. Renerpho (talk) 07:24, 2 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! I hadn't seen her before, I might check out her videos later. Panamitsu (talk) 08:49, 2 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Precious anniversary

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Precious
One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:25, 3 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

CS1 error on 66 Scenes from America

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Phone booths

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are proving strangely fascinating. I'm glad you added the Corsican one! Wainuiomartian (talk) 07:33, 7 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Yeah I love ordinary objects like these, we see them all the time so we don't think much about them, but when we look a bit deeper we find all sorts of fascinating stories! Panamitsu (talk) 07:52, 7 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

DYK for Gore trout statue

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On 15 July 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gore trout statue, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Trouty McTroutface" was submitted in a naming contest for a trout statue (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gore trout statue. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Gore trout statue), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

Dclemens1971 (talk) 00:02, 15 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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The Original Barnstar
Your work on Thomas Edison is so impressive Czarking0 (talk) 14:39, 17 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
@Czarking0 Wow thank you! I've done nothing to the article when compared to what you've done! Panamitsu (talk) 22:43, 17 July 2026 (UTC)Reply