User:Dr Aaij

Dr. Aaij's interests

This user is interested in the U.S. State of Alabama.

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This user is an Alabama Crimson Tide fan.

This is the user page for Dr. Michel Aaij, at Auburn Montgomery. Please leave messages on my talk page.

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On 16 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mary Ivy Burks, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Mary Ivy Burks has been called the "mother of Alabama wilderness"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Ivy Burks. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

On 18 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Sullivan (Medal of Honor), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Peter Van Hoesen, an American Civil War deserter, was paid $300 to enlist by a drafted man, and performed a Medal of Honor-worthy deed at Fort Fisher in 1864 for which he got no credit? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Sullivan (Medal of Honor). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

On 17 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sidney C. Wolff, which you recently nominated. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sidney C. Wolff. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

On 19 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Rabbits' Wedding, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that in 1959, an Alabama state senator said a children's book about two fuzzy rabbits, The Rabbits' Wedding, was "propaganda for integration and intermarriage" and tried to get the book banned? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Rabbits' Wedding. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

On 28 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mamie Garvin Fields, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that in 1909 Mamie Garvin Fields became one of the first African-American public school teachers in Charleston County, South Carolina? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mamie Garvin Fields. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

On 17 January 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that 79 pages of Robin Coste Lewis's anthology Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems are devoted to the titular poem, which consists of "titles, catalog entries, or exhibit descriptions" depicting the black female form in Western art? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

On 27 July 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Reel (poetry collection), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that George Szirtes's Reel, winner of the 2004 T. S. Eliot Prize, contains poems in terza rima and relies heavily on ekphrasis, using references to film and photography to aid memory? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Reel (poetry collection). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Reel (poetry collection)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.