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[edit] Featured

[edit] Images

1 Extent of the Sahara

2 Striking pic of an Hippopotamus skull

3 Winter in Schauinsland.

4 Alpamayo

[edit] Articles and lists

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[edit] DYK

  1. Common Mullein
  2. Common Milkweed
  3. Dutta Samant
  4. Florida Maple
  5. Stolon
  6. Pisonia Brunoniana
  7. Dandy (computer game)
  8. Tsuga dumosa
  9. Hostmen of Newcastle upon Tyne
  10. Bombax buonopozense
  11. Christen C. Raunkiær
  12. Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville
  13. Édifice Price
  14. Billardiera scandens
  15. Arundinaria appalachiana
  16. Clarendon Hotel
  17. Rutaceae
  18. Charles-Eusèbe Dionne
  19. François-Xavier Bélanger
  20. Le Naturaliste Canadien
  21. Phallus ravenelii
  22. Victor-Alphonse Huard
  23. William Couper (naturalist)
  24. Charles-Honoré Laverdière
  25. Robert Christopher Tytler
  26. Jean Pouliot
  27. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
  28. Stranski-Krastanov growth
  29. Charles Foster Batchelder
  30. Surface plasmon
  31. Commelina benghalensis
  32. Jose R. Velasco
  33. Chamaecyparis taiwanensis
  34. Alepes
  35. Creston Valley
  36. Yellowtail scad
  37. Wharncliffe Crags
  38. Kunzea ambigua
  39. Henry Frederick Conrad Sander
  40. Douglas Barton Osborne Savile
  41. Michel-Édouard Méthot
  42. Trillium grandiflorum
  43. Benjamin Pâquet
  44. Étienne-Théodore Pâquet
Updated DYK query On January 30, 2005, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Common mullein, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
" ...that the common mullein plant was burnt in France during celebrations on the second Sunday of Lent to protect against evil spiritss and demonss?"
Updated DYK query On August 7, 2005, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Common Milkweed, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that attempts have been made to produce rubber from Common Milkweed latex?"
Updated DYK query On July 24, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dutta Samant, which you helped create. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that Indiann trade unionistist Dutta Samant led an estimated 200,000 workers on a year-long strike in 1982, causing the exodus of the textile mill industry from Mumbai?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On May 10, 2007, a fact from the article Acer barbatum, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that the precise status of the Florida Maple (Acer barbatum) as an independent species, or a subspecies of Sugar Maple (A. saccharum) is not clear?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On May 11, 2007, a fact from the article Stolon, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that potato tuberss grow at the end of stolons?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On May 13, 2007, a fact from the article Pisonia brunoniana, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that the main threat to Pisonia brunoniana (pictured) in New Zealand is cutting by people trying to prevent small songbirdss from getting trapped by its very sticky seeds?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 15 May 2007, a fact from the article Dandy (computer game), which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that the Atari 8-bit computer game Dandy was originally written as its developer's MIT thesis?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 17 May 2007, a fact from the article Tsuga dumosa, which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that Himalayan Hemlock (Tsuga dumosa) was first brought in the United Kingdom in 1838?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 30 June 2007, a fact from the article The Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"..that the monopoly of The Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne over coal trade in the Tyneside area raised questions in the House of Commons in the 1620s?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 30 June 2007, a fact from the article Bombax buonopozense, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that the bark of the African tree Bombax buonopozense is burnt in Ghana to drive away evil spirits?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On July 3, 2007, a fact from the article Christen C. Raunkiær , which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that Danish botanist Christen C. Raunkiær (pictured) made quantitative studies of plants in literature?"
Updated DYK query On 14 July 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that French Jesuit Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville introduced the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) and Pagoda Tree (Styphnolobium japonicum) to Europe?"
Updated DYK query On July 19, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Édifice Price , which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that the construction of the Édifice Price was originally so criticized that it caused an ordinance prohibiting buildings exceeding 65 feet in Old Québec?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On July 19, 2007, facts from the articles Billardiera scandens and Arundinaria appalachiana, which you recently nominated, were featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that the fruit of the apple dumpling, was one of the first bushfoods to be commonly eaten by Europeans in Australia?"
"...that Arundinaria appalachiana is one of only three bamboos native to temperate North America?"
Updated DYK query On 23 July 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Clarendon Hotel, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that Quebec City's Clarendon Hotel originally hosted the Queen's Printers for Canada?"
Updated DYK query On 2 September 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rutaceae, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that citrus fruits, white sapote, hercules' club and rue are all members of the family Rutaceae?"
Updated DYK query On 9 September 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles-Eusèbe Dionne, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that French Canadian ornithologist Charles-Eusèbe Dionne became an elective fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union before he ever received a college degree?"
Updated DYK query On 26 September 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articles François-Xavier Bélanger, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that during his tenure as curator at Université Laval, François-Xavier Bélanger built a thousand-specimen strong collection of Canadian birds from the ground up?"
Updated DYK query On 30 October 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articles Le Naturaliste Canadien, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that Le Naturaliste Canadien is the oldest French-language academic journal in North America?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 30 October 2007, facts from the article Ravenel's stinkhorn, which you recently nominated, were featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that 27 years passed between the discovery of Ravenel's stinkhorn and the publication of its scientific description?"
Updated DYK query On 31 October 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articles Victor-Alphonse Huard, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that Victor-Alphonse Huard styled himself the «disciple» of Léon Abel Provancher?"
Updated DYK query On 4 November 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articles William Couper (naturalist), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that William Couper is considered one of the first prominent entomologists in Canada?"
Updated DYK query On December 3, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the articles Charles-Honoré Laverdière, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that French-Canadian historian Charles-Honoré Laverdière (pictured) believed that the Jesuits had falsified some of the original works of Samuel de Champlain?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 5 December 2007, a fact from the article Robert Christopher Tytler, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that Mount Harriet, in the Andaman Islands, is named after Robert Christopher Tytler's wife?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 7 December 2007, facts from the article Jean Pouliot, which you recently nominated, were featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that Jean Pouliot founded both major private TV networks in Quebec, TQS and TVA?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 7 December 2007, facts from the article The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, which you recently nominated, were featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (pictured) is actually composed of 110 letters between Gilbert White, and Thomas Pennant or Daines Barrington?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 8 December 2007, facts from the article Stranski-Krastanov growth, which you recently nominated, were featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that surface science studies show that Stranski-Krastanov growth is one of three primary ways in which thin films grow on crystals?"
Updated DYK query On December 9, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles Foster Batchelder, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that ornithologist Charles Foster Batchelder's last words to one of his friends were "Glad to have known you"?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 9 December 2007, facts from the article Surface plasmon, which you recently nominated, were featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that surface plasmons are the basis of a spectrography technique known as surface plasmon resonance?"
Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 16 December 2007, facts from the article Commelina benghalensis, which you recently nominated, were featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that the tropical spiderwort (Commelina benghalensis) is a noxious weed in the United States, but used as a remedy against leprosy in Pakistan?"
On January 3, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jose R. Velasco, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that Jose R. Velasco's research on the coconut was instrumental in him becoming a National Scientist of the Philippines?"
On January 4, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chamaecyparis taiwanensis, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that the Taiwan Cypress (Chamaecyparis taiwanensis) is treated as a species by Taiwanese botanists, and as a variety of the Hinoki cypress (C. obtusa) in the Occident?"
On January 10, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alepes, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"that fishes from the genus Alepes are characterised by a curve in their lateral line?"
Updated DYK query On 4 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Creston Valley, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that British Columbia's Creston Valley, the province's first Wildlife Management Area, is a Ramsar wetland of international importance and a global Important Bird Area?"
Updated DYK query On 6 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article yellowtail scad, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that the disappearance of jellyfish from Kāne'ohe Bay has generated concerns about maintenance of the local yellowtail scad population?"
Updated DYK query On 18 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Wharncliffe Crags, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that a heather fire in 1996 revealed many more quern-stones than had been previously known on the ancient quarry site of Wharncliffe Crags (pictured)?"
Updated DYK query On 19 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kunzea ambigua, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that the white kunzea (Kunzea ambigua) was among the first Australian plants introduced to cultivation in England?"
Updated DYK query On 20 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry Frederick Conrad Sander, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that orchidologist Henry Frederick Conrad Sander's magnum opus depicted life-sized orchids in volumes over 20 inches (63 cm) tall?"
Updated DYK query On 26 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Douglas Barton Osborne Savile, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that Douglas Barton Osborne Savile showed that the coevolution of rust fungi and their host plants could be used as an aid to plant taxonomy?"
Updated DYK query On 21 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Michel-Édouard Méthot, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
"...that archbishop Joseph Signay cited the man's poor eyesight to delay Michel-Édouard Méthot's tonsuring?"
Updated DYK query On 28 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Trillium grandiflorum, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
...that the seeds of Trillium grandiflorum are dispersed by ants, who interpret the seeds as corpses?
I claim credit here for doubling the page's size beween its DYK nomination and actually showing on the main page.
Updated DYK query On 29 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Benjamin Pâquet, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
...that priest Benjamin Pâquet was such a controversial figure in 19th century Quebec that his possible nomination to bishopry was rejected for three different dioceses?
Updated DYK query On 28 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Étienne-Théodore Pâquet, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
... that Étienne-Théodore Pâquet defeated a man twice his age to become one of the youngest ever members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec?

[edit] Stars

Thanks for your help with {{Chicano/Mexican-American}}--Rockero 00:25, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

I, Kukini, award you with this Barnstar of High Culture for your many fine articles devoted to areas of culture, on top of your numerous administrative services to Wikipedia, Kukini 05:18, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
I, Kukini, award you with this Barnstar of High Culture for your many fine articles devoted to areas of culture, on top of your numerous administrative services to Wikipedia, Kukini 05:18, 16 April 2006 (UTC)


Thank you for cleaning up the [[[Pernambucan Revolution]]] references for me! OMEN 08:33, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for cleaning up the [[[Pernambucan Revolution]]] references for me! OMEN 08:33, 2 July 2006 (UTC)


Thanks for tidying up my DYK nominations - I have noticed your smartening up most of them recently. It feels a bit like wikistalking, but in a positive way, so thanks. -- ALoan (Talk) 15:29, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help and pointing my attention to that error [at Duke of Caxias], however, I simply removed the remark about Sao Paulo etc. I left additional comments on that article's talk page. Please try to find any other errors, as the Portuguese article seems very vague and hard to read (as I am not a native speaker of that language, it was even harder).

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But anyway, thanks NOVO-REI 16:40, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

The Minor Barnstar
For being a brilliant wiki-gnome and contributing to the bettering of many articles, I award Circeus the Minor Barnstar -- Samir धर्म 02:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
I am awarding you this in acknowledgment of your many proofreads, good edits, and vandal reverts that have benefitted my work and (I must assume) the work of countless others. Merci beaucoup! House of Scandal 14:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
The WikiProject:Dinosaurs Barnstar
Here's something in gratitude for your work on the Featured Articles Triceratops and especially Iguanodon, particularly your numerous helpful suggestions (and going out of your way to convert the reference style!). J. Spencer 17:36, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
The E=mc² Barnstar
For all your work on Iguanodon, which has reached Featured status. Thank you for your comments and suggestions, and thank you for greatly improving the article. Your edits are greatly appreciated. We could not have done it without you. Best wishes, Firsfron of Ronchester 17:30, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
given to Circeus for extremely through going over of FACs, especially dinos. cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 05:54, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Image:CopyeditorStar7.PNG The Copyeditor's Barnstar
Thanks again for all of your help on the article [Ailanthus altissima]. I like what you did with the pictures in the description section especially. Your copyediting and suggestions will surely help significantly during the FAC process. I hope this kitschy star-shaped (or should we say stellate?) thing will be able to express my gratitude. Djlayton4 | talk | contribs 18:10, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Wikignome Award
I hereby award this Wikipedia:wikignome award to Circeus for help in chiselling away at the mighty lion, which is now featured. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:23, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
The Minor Barnstar
For major efforts on minor edits on many articles, I IvoShandor bestow this Minor Barnstar upon thee, Circeus. Thanks for your work. IvoShandor 05:08, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
The Reviewer's Barnstar
awarded to Circeus for diligence, persistence, and attention to detail in reviews of Featured Content. Given with respect, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:08, 17 November 2007 (UTC)