User:Ellin Beltz/DYKpage

My DYKs

• 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

• • Template:Did you know nominations/André Furtado de Mendonça 21 April 2014 ... in progress QPQ Nancy Kelsey
  • Template:Did you know nominations/Rocky the Musical 29 December 2013 QPQ (no QPQ, just for practice)
  • Template:Did you know nominations/Daylight Building (Knoxville, Tennessee) 21 October 2012 QPQ Salt River (California)
  • Template:Did you know nominations/Hertford County Public Schools 4 March 2013 QPQ Josiah Gregg
  • Template:Did you know nominations/Tel Rifaat 26 August 2012 (no QPQ, just for practice)
  • Template:Did you know nominations/Harley-Davidson Model W 26 August 2012 QPQ Sally Tanner
  • Template:Did you know nominations/List of United States federal officials convicted of corruption offenses 24 August 2012 QPQ Sally Tanner Someone else finished their review before I did, so I did another one to be sure.
  • Template:Did you know nominations/1925 Santa Barbara earthquake 14 April 2012 (no QPQ, just for practice)
  • Template:Did you know nominations/Abbott's Booby 9 April 2012 QPQ Humboldt Bay Life-Saving Station

• Thanks to everyone helping me learn!

Useful stuff

Did you know?
Introduction and rules
Introduction	WP:DYK
General discussion	WT:DYK
Guidelines	WP:DYKCRIT
Reviewer instructions	WP:DYKRI
Nominations
Nominate an article	WP:DYKCNN
Awaiting approval	WP:DYKN
Approved	WP:DYKNA
April 1 hooks	WP:DYKAPRIL
Holding area	WP:SOHA
Preparation
Preps and queues	T:DYK/Q
Prepper instructions	WP:DYKPBI
Admin instructions	WP:DYKAI
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
History
Statistics	WP:DYKSTATS
Archived sets	WP:DYKA
Just for fun
Monthly wraps	WP:DYKW
Awards	WP:DYKAWARDS
Userboxes	WP:DYKUBX
Hall of Fame	WP:DYK/HoF
List of users ...
... by nominations	WP:DYKNC
... by promotions	WP:DYKPC
Administrative
Scripts and bots	WP:DYKSB
On the Main Page	T:DYK
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
To ping the DYK admins	{{DYK admins}}

Check list for my reviews

• 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

• 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 _____