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On 31 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Moira Deeming, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Moira Deeming comes from a family of union leaders and Australian Labor Party members, but is a member of the Liberal Party? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Moira Deeming. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Moira Deeming), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Bruce Lehrmann is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LastJabberwocky -- LastJabberwocky (talk) 16:25, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Bruce Lehrmann has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LastJabberwocky -- LastJabberwocky (talk) 06:03, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your good article nomination of the article Nick McKenzie is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MCE89 -- MCE89 (talk) 11:04, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Your good article nomination of the article Nick McKenzie has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of MCE89 -- MCE89 (talk) 11:03, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

A good story today, about a mezzo as a thinking person, DYK? - see also video. Thank you for the promotion! (The nomination wasn't by me, which probably helped to a mercifully short review.) I didn't see her, but the Carmen production at the Bastille Opéra that she was in last. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:50, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy birthday, Margaret Medlyn! (I found the article - not by me - when searching for someone whose birthday is today.) - I took a cat pic, presented by Rosiestep today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:12, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy 50th birthday, Alain Altinoglu!) - I let the video begin with a closeup of the octobass ;) Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:14, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Gerda Arendt,

Have you put me on some sort of automated mailing list?

The first message I understood as a thanks for my promotion; however, I don't understand the two messages afterwards. TarnishedPath^talk 22:51, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Australian biographies

Thank you for quality articles such as Moira Deeming, Nick McKenzie, Avi Yemini, Ben Roberts-Smith and African gangs moral panic, for work around DYK promotion and requested moves, for "I'm always hesitant about agreeing to something which requires work on other people's behalves. ", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2998 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:26, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt thankyou. TarnishedPath^talk 02:09, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ps, besides nominating it to DYK, I've only done a few edits on African gangs moral panic. TarnishedPath^talk 10:06, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, looks like I liked the title too much to investigate further ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:22, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 20 October 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Devonshire Lodge, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that prior to becoming prime minister of Canada, Paul Martin frequently searched the basement of Devonshire Lodge for a bootlegging tunnel? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Devonshire Lodge. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Devonshire Lodge), 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.

Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 00:02, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 8 November 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mark Aldridge, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that, in a civil case between Mark Aldridge and a shop owner, South Australia's district court found that a person can be liable for the defamatory comments of others on their social media posts? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mark Aldridge. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mark Aldridge), 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.

—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 22 November 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nick McKenzie, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 2023 Nick McKenzie won what was dubbed "the defamation trial of the century" against Ben Roberts-Smith? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nick McKenzie. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nick McKenzie), 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.

~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 00:03, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 19,724 views (821.9 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of November 2025 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On 22 November 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ben Roberts-Smith, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 2023 Nick McKenzie won what was dubbed "the defamation trial of the century" against Ben Roberts-Smith? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nick McKenzie. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ben Roberts-Smith), 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.

~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 00:03, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		The Barnstar of Diplomacy
		Thanks for your peaceful contributions to Talk:Nicolette Boele! Youshouldchooseausernamethat (talk) 22:56, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Look, today's image, - she "portrayed" herself with her husband at the end of the table, - would have been good for Thanksgiving ;) - Thank you for your comment in an RfC. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:15, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Title says it all. You act like you are new... Smashed up benis as a soup (talk) 02:57, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Don't write on my talk page again. TarnishedPath^talk 03:02, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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