User talk:Schwede66/DYK/Archive 4

DYK for St Elmo Courts

On 3 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Elmo Courts, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that St Elmo Courts, a heritage building registered as Category II with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, is currently being demolished? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 1.6k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Oxford Terrace Baptist Church

On 4 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Oxford Terrace Baptist Church, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Oxford Terrace Baptist Church (pictured), collapsed in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, was considered by the dean of ChristChurch Cathedral as one of the "iconic churches of the city"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 2.7k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:02, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for The Press Building, Christchurch

On 14 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Press Building, Christchurch, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that staff of the historic The Press Building (pictured) were two weeks away from moving into a new office building when the 2011 Christchurch earthquake struck, killing one? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 2.5k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Lyttelton Times

On 14 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lyttelton Times, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that James FitzGerald (pictured), the first editor of the Lyttelton Times, later founded its main competitor, The Press? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 0.8k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Warner's Hotel

On 18 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Warner's Hotel, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Warner's Hotel in Christchurch demolished its northern end and built a theatre in its place to shield its patrons from the noise of the printing presses in the adjacent Lyttelton Times Building (buildings pictured)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 1.6k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Lyttelton Times Building

On 18 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lyttelton Times Building, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Warner's Hotel in Christchurch demolished its northern end and built a theatre in its place to shield its patrons from the noise of the printing presses in the adjacent Lyttelton Times Building (buildings pictured)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 0.9k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Carlton Hotel, Christchurch

On 22 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Carlton Hotel, Christchurch, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Carlton Hotel sold New Zealand's first beer on tap? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 0.9k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for CTV Building

On 25 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article CTV Building, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that more than 100 people died in the CTV Building (ruins pictured)? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 11.5k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Our City, Christchurch

On 3 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Our City, Christchurch, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the design competition for Our City (pictured) caused much controversy, as the winning architect was young, inexperienced and proposed an architectural style that New Zealanders were unfamiliar with? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 5.9k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Civic, Christchurch

On 5 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Civic, Christchurch, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Civic (pictured), a Category II heritage building damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, is to be demolished? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 3.1k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Samuel Paull Andrews

On 7 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Samuel Paull Andrews, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Samuel Paull Andrews was the first working class man to be elected to the New Zealand Parliament? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 0.8k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Edward Dobson

On 13 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Edward Dobson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Arthur's Pass (pictured) in New Zealand was named by Edward Dobson after the alpine pass was explored by his son Arthur? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 0.4k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Arthur Dudley Dobson

On 13 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Arthur Dudley Dobson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Arthur's Pass (pictured) in New Zealand was named by Edward Dobson after the alpine pass was explored by his son Arthur? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 0.4k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Roger Sutton

On 20 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Roger Sutton, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Roger Sutton might be the most important appointment of the year for the Government of New Zealand? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 1.7k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:18, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Chief Post Office, Christchurch

On 24 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chief Post Office, Christchurch, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the clock tower (pictured) of the Chief Post Office in Christchurch, New Zealand, is reputed to be a replica of London's Big Ben? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 2.3k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Cranmer Centre

On 29 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cranmer Centre, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Peter Jackson's 1994 film Heavenly Creatures is based on the Parker–Hulme murder case involving two New Zealand girls who went to school at what became the Cranmer Centre? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 1.2k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Citizens' War Memorial

On 4 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Citizens' War Memorial, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 2011 Anzac Day service was not held as usual at the William Trethewey-designed Citizens' War Memorial (detail pictured), as the Christchurch city centre has been cordoned off since the February earthquake? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 1.9k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Well, thank you for this article Victuallers (talk) 08:02, 4 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for William Trethewey

On 4 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Trethewey, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the 2011 Anzac Day service was not held as usual at the William Trethewey-designed Citizens' War Memorial (detail pictured), as the Christchurch city centre has been cordoned off since the February earthquake? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 0.4k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Well, thank you for this article Victuallers (talk) 08:02, 4 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch

On 6 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that on Anzac Day 1923, Lord Jellicoe laid the cornerstone for the Bridge of Remembrance and an invocation was made by Archbishop Churchill Julius? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 1.6k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 08:04, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Charles Luney

On 15 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles Luney, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that builder Charles Luney used "every piece of scaffolding available in the South Island" of New Zealand for the construction of the Westpac Centre? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 0.6k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:03, 15 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Dux de Lux

On 20 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dux de Lux, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the bar and restaurant Dux de Lux was once the home of zoologist Charles Chilton? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 1.0k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Calmer Waters 00:04, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Clarendon Tower

On 24 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Clarendon Tower, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority has ordered the demolition of the Clarendon Tower due to damage from the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 1.9k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:04, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Mona Vale, Christchurch

On 12 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mona Vale, Christchurch, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Mona Vale in Christchurch, New Zealand, was turned into a public park, following the threat of subdivision of the property and demolition of the homestead in the 1960s? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 1.3k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Peterborough Centre

On 22 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Peterborough Centre, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that damage from the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake at the Peterborough Centre is estimated at NZ$12 million, only NZ$0.3M less than the insured value of this historic building? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 0.8k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 00:11, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Edward Baigent

On 23 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Edward Baigent, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the school started in 1843 by Edward Baigent's wife at their home in Wakefield is today New Zealand's oldest public school? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check, 0.3k) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Another nomination promoted by the DYK project. Well done. Victuallers (talk) 00:04, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]