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My DYKs

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  • Nancy Kelsey, 26 April 2014 (self-nom, DYK 21 April 2014) ... that Nancy Kelsey, the first white woman to cross overland from Missouri to California was also known as the "Betsy Ross of California"?
  • E. Janssen Building 2 January 2014 (self-nom, DYK 30 December 2013) ... that the first elevator in Northern California was installed in the E. Janssen Building (pictured) in Eureka? The page got less than 20 hits during the four hours it was on the main page. (here's how, quick check)
  • Salt River (California) 20 October 2013 (self-nom, DYK 25 October 2013) ... that after 26 years of hydrologic dysfunction, the lower channel of California's formerly navigable Salt River (pictured) was restored to tidal action? The page got 4,619 hits during the four hours it was on the main page. (here's how, quick check)
  • Josiah Gregg 20 February 2013 (self-nom, DYK 26 March 2013) ... that 47 plant species of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., including Ceanothus greggii (pictured), are named in honor of Josiah Gregg? The page got 103 hits during the four hours it was on the main page.(here's how, quick check)
  • Sally Tanner 24 August 2012 (self-nom, DYK 29 August 2012) ... that Sally Tanner wrote California's lemon law? The page got 1,211 hits during the four hours it was on the main page.(here's how, quick check)
  • Humboldt Bay Life-Saving Station 08:31, 19 April 2012 ... that Humboldt Bay Life-Saving Station has the only marine railways still in an operational Pacific Coast U.S. Coast Guard building? 8 April 2012 (self-nom)
  • Fusakichi Omori DYK 08:00, 17 May 2011 (UTC) ... that seismologist Fusakichi Omori (pictured) of the Imperial University of Tokyo, who mapped the effects of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, later designed and donated the equipment to found the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory? (self-nom)
  • Stephen William Shaw DYK 00:00, 23 February 2011 (UTC) ... that California '49er Stephen William Shaw helped discover Humboldt Bay, painted over 200 portraits of San Francisco notables, and started growing grapes in Sonoma County? DYKnom by Smallbones

Curiously, I can't seem to make links to the templates work for Omori & Shaw, hopefully someone can explain how to!

QPQs

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  • Thanks to everyone helping me learn!

Useful stuff

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Did you know?
Introduction and rules
IntroductionWP:DYK
General discussionWT:DYK
GuidelinesWP:DYKCRIT
Reviewer instructionsWP:DYKRI
Nominations
Nominate an articleWP:DYKCNN
Awaiting approvalWP:DYKN
ApprovedWP:DYKNA
April 1 hooksWP:DYKAPRIL
Holding areaWP:SOHA
Preparation
Preps and queuesT:DYK/Q
Prepper instructionsWP:DYKPBI
Admin instructionsWP:DYKAI
Main Page errorsWP:ERRORS
History
StatisticsWP:DYKSTATS
Archived setsWP:DYKA
Just for fun
Monthly wrapsWP:DYKW
AwardsWP:DYKAWARDS
UserboxesWP:DYKUBX
Hall of FameWP:DYK/HoF
List of users ...
... by nominationsWP:DYKNC
... by promotionsWP:DYKPC
Administrative
Scripts and botsWP:DYKSB
On the Main Page
Main Page errorsWP:ERRORS
To ping the DYK admins{{DYK admins}}

Check list for my reviews

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  • Wikipedia:Did_you_know/Onepage
  • QPQ for self noms (see below)
  • DYK check on date, length
  • 1500 prose for new / 2x = previously unsourced BLP / 5x expansion otherwise
  • Duplication Detector for copyvios
  • Every paragraph sourced
  • Is hook sourced at end of sentence?
  • Is hook short under 200 characters, short enough?
  • NPOV
  • Image used must also appear in article
  • Image copyright
  • Parse carefully

A format to use to review

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  • QPQ done by NAME on Date
  • Article created by ____ on (date), 2012 and has 'x' characters of readable prose
  • NPOV, well written, author has provided exceptionally detailed information
  • Every paragraph sourced
  • Hook is interesting, short enough at 'x' characters, and sourced at the end of the sentence
  • Hook image is the author's own work and freely licensed at Commons
  • Any other images in the article are freely licensed by the photographers on Commons
  • Duplication Detector run, _(y/n)__ copyvio found
  • Time spent on review approximately _____