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DYK for Galileo's middle finger

On 30 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Galileo's middle finger, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Galileo's middle finger (pictured) is considered a secular relic? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Galileo's middle finger. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Galileo's middle finger), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

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		Your hook reached 59,440 views (2,476.7 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2024 – nice work!

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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - May 2024 Newsletter

This is our thirtyfirst newsletter, covering May 2024. This issue has news related to SDGs 13, 14 and 15.

User group news

• Upcoming: User group meeting, 16 June
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• User group representative interviewed by Wikipediapodden at Wikimedia Summit (commons)
• Minutes from user group meeting in May

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• Reflecting _Women For Sustainability Africa Arts + Feminism #Her Voice Campaign 2023
• Macedonia report: Climate change and GLAM (SDG 13)
• Biodiversity Heritage Library April monthly highlights (SDG 14 & 15)
• WikiProject Biodiversity featured in Nature Africa (SDG 14 & 15)
• Wikimedia UK releases a video about their climate focus (SDG 13)

Events

• Wiki Loves Earth, the international photo contest of protected nature, continues in some countries. (SDG 14 & 15)

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Tarsomys orientalis moved to draftspace

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).

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• The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

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• The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
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DYK for Let's Talk About It (book)

On 13 June 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Let's Talk About It (book), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a graphic novel for teens was among the 10 most challenged books in the United States in 2023? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Let's Talk About It (book). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Let's Talk About It (book)), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 00:03, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

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		Your hook reached 18,464 views (769.3 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of June 2024 – nice work!

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Your GA nomination of Battle of the Frogs

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DYK for Mindar

On 20 June 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mindar, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a Buddhist android preacher regularly gives sermons on the Heart Sutra? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mindar. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mindar), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Orphaned non-free image File:Star magazine-logo.png

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