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DYK nomination of Pest control of cockchafer
Hello! Your submission of Pest control of cockchafer at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 08:01, 15 August 2026 (UTC)
Jomana Alrashid
I’ve withdrawn a redirect proposal for the page at Template:Did you know nominations/Jomana Alrashid that had resulted in a procedural pull; flagging for you in case you’d like to re-promote it. Thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 10:36, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
DYK for Back-footed being
On 21 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Back-footed being, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that mythical creatures with their feet or legs facing backwards may have originated from the misidentification of animal tracks? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Back-footed being. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Back-footed being), 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 nominate it.
—TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 12:04, 21 August 2026 (UTC)
DYK for Meitei alphabet
On 21 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Meitei alphabet, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that each of the first 18 letters of the Meitei alphabet are associated with a different human body part or a natural concept? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Meitei alphabet. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Meitei alphabet), 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 nominate it.
—TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 12:04, 21 August 2026 (UTC)
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DYK for Kane Parsons
On 25 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kane Parsons, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Kane Parsons (pictured) became the youngest director to have a film open at the top of the North American box office? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kane Parsons. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Kane Parsons), 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 nominate it.
Dclemens1971 (talk) 00:02, 25 August 2026 (UTC)
DYK for Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
On 25 August 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is the most abundant single species in the gut microbiota of healthy adults? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Faecalibacterium prausnitzii. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (Faecalibacterium prausnitzii), 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 nominate it.