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- There is an article about a pumpkin race that should have gone to the main page today. I (with Lar's support have delayed this in the hope that it gets out on 31st Oct. It could do with expanding and some mates. Its marked with a vampire. Victuallers (talk) 17:11, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think we should start creating hooks for Halloween. The problem is that spooky topics tend to get a lot of attention from casual editors, it is hard to find stubs that can be expanded. Good suggestions, anyone? --BorgQueen (talk) 19:00, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Seems to me that certain regular DYKers have themes. So if your theme is (say) "Delaware" then try searching your usual places for Delaware and Vampire or Pumpkin or Witch or Salem or Dracula or Karloff. Hopefully that may reveal some new approach that as BQ says hasn't already been done. Other ideas are finding existing lists and putting 1500 characters in front. Hope that helps etc Oh and we should have a prize. BQ I hereby elect you Queen judge if you're willing. You decide the "best" one. You can decide your own arbitrary rules. OK? ... Victuallers (talk) 19:09, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Soul cake, perhaps? If you want to stick to pumpkins, maybe there's enough around for David Bowman, the most industrious pumpkin farmer in Europe (grows two million pumpkins a year), or the Spalding festival which grew up around his industry. Others might include the Vampire moth, or the vampire snail. I fear that the Vampire watermelon and the Vampire finch are too well developed for DYK, though. :) GeeJo(t)⁄(c) • 19:13, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We can ignore the 5 day restriction, but it should be new expansions or articles starting from now to keep with the spirit of DYK. ;) - Mailer Diablo16:11, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Some suggestions - expand an article in Category:Halloween, expand an article from What Links Here Halloween, write an article about a notable book having Halloween in the title, write a spin off article Halloween in the West of Scotland during the 19th Century from this 1879 book beginning at page 175. Actually, the text is so old that it is free use. Perhaps it only needs to be Wikified to have an instant article. -- Suntag☼07:07, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I quite like Victuallers' idea that most DYKers have a certain area of interest they write about, so if you take that area of interest and slant it towards Halloweenesque topics it's easy. After I expand Cerberus, I think I might move onto Church Grim and I could probably do Freybug. I would like to expand Black Dog (ghost) but it's a little longer already than I would like. ~ User:Ameliorate!(with the !) (talk)07:44, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Pleased to see the interest. Well done all. You were obviously hanging from the rafters awaiting the call to duty. BQ ... can you work up a barnstar... or some similar valueless item that we all irrationally crave? Your evil logo looks like a good start. Victuallers (talk) 08:43, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You're suggestion raised a lot of positive interest. Well done. Should we move this discussion somewhere so we don't fill up the DYK talk page? Perhaps someplace on Wikipedia: namespace. -- Suntag☼08:47, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We don't seem to have an article on David J. Skal, perhaps the most important contemporary historian of the horror genre. (Well, we did, but it was speedied in 2007. The guy is pretty clearly notable, though.) Here are some of his books. I can get going on that article sometime soon, if people think it would fit the theme. Zagalejo^^^20:24, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
One of the photos fit here. Perhaps there is an article topic that can be written to include one of the photos for use on the Main Page DYK? -- Suntag☼19:59, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I added another couple of entries. There's almost 15 now, which should be enough for two updates of 7-8 items. If we get to 20-25 items, however, that would be enough for three 8-hour updates, which would cover the whole day. Should be doable in another week? Lampman (talk) 11:01, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I was thinking updates on 0:00, 6:00, 12:00 and 18:00, at 8 hooks per update is 32. Think we can do it? The real problem will probably be getting the update on time. ~ User:Ameliorate!(with the !) (talk)12:18, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are 17, but they haven't all been vetted yet; we're probably not even halfway to 32. I say if we don't make it to 32 then three updates is an acceptable solution; 6 hours is after all just a minimum. Lampman (talk) 18:56, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I expanded Elting Memorial Library and think it is eligible, but I have no clue what to do next. Even worse, I won't have computer access again (unless I can steal away at lunch) for twelve to twenty-four hours. Is anyone willing to look at this page, see if it is really eligible, and take the next steps?--otherlleft (talk) 13:43, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Here's one suggestion to how the articles could be spread out over the day. This is just one possibility, please make suggestions to changes concerning picture use, wording etc. Note that not all entries have been vetted yet. Also, the DR 6 nebula still needs to be expanded a bit, but I think we should try to get this in because of the awesome graphics. It's now of right size. PS: It's important that someone doesn't go ahead and make a regular update at 23:30 on 30 October, that would screw things up a bit. PPS: There's still room for more! Lampman (talk) 18:06, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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00:00, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
... that the DR 6 nebula(pictured) has been nicknamed the "Galactic Ghoul" because of its resemblance to a human face?
... that millions of children participate in Halloween-related fund-raising events for Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, a program that has raised over US$188 million worldwide?
... that when New Paltz'sElting Memorial Library caught an alleged ghost on its security camera, the YouTube video received more views than the village has residents?