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'''Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux''' ([[May 11]], [[1827]], [[Valenciennes]] –[[October 12]], [[1875]], [[Courbevoie]]) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under [[François Rude]]. Carpeaux won the [[Prix de Rome]] in [[1854]], and moving to [[Rome]] to find inspiration, he there studied the works of [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]], [[Donatello]] and [[Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]]. Staying in Rome from [[1854]] to [[1861]], he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of [[baroque art]]. In [[1861]] he made a bust of [[Mathilde Bonaparte|Princess Mathilde]], and this later brought him several commissions from [[Napoleon III]]. He worked at the pavilion of [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]], and the [[Opéra Garnier]]. His group La Danse (the Dance, [[1869]]), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.
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He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of [[Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America|America]] and [[Africa]], and it was [[Emmanuel Frémiet]] who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.
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== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
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* Ugolin et ses fils - [[Ugolino della Gherardesca|Ugolino]] and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]])[[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000009025.html]] with versions in other museums including the [[Musée d'Orsay]]
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* The Dance (commissioned for the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]])
* Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - [[Naples|Neapolitan]] Fisherboy - in the [[Louvre]], [[Paris]] [[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000034255.html]]
* Girl with Shell
* [[Antoine Watteau]] monument, [[Valenciennes]]


==Neapolitan Fisherboy==
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Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of ''Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille'', the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the [[French Academy]] while a student in [[Rome]]. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for [[Napoleon III]]'s empress, [[Eugénie de Montijo|Eugènie]]. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington D.C.]]
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Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
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Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to [[Naples]].
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*[http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=rs_display_res&critere=jean+baptiste+carpeaux&operator=AND&nbToDisplay=5&langue=fr A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)]
===Articles created on June 16===
*[http://www.insecula.com/contact/A005511_oeuvre_1.html A page from insecula.com listing more views of Carpeaux's works (also in French;] it may be necessary to close an advertising window to view this page)
* ... [[Swedish people|Swedish]] emigration to North America was so high around 1900 that the '''[[Swedish Emigration Commission 1907—1913|Swedish Emigration Commission]]''' produced a 21 volume report on curbing it? [[:Image:Aquitaniaposter.PNG]] (by [[user:Bishzilla]] but nominated by [[user:Geogre]])
*[http://www.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations]
*... that pioneering [[African American]] [[journalist]] '''[[Larry Whiteside]]''' was part of an expert panel that chose the [[Major League Baseball All-Century Team]]. [[User:Capitalistroadster|Capitalistroadster]] 10:33, 16 June 2007 (UTC) self-nom
*... that [[Football (soccer)|football]] players Billy and '''[[John McPhail]]''' are the only brothers to have both scored [[hat-tricks]] for [[Celtic F.C.]] against their [[Old Firm]] rivals, [[Rangers F.C.]]? [[User:Rockpocket|<font color="green">Rockpock</font>]]<font color="black">e</font>[[User_talk:Rockpocket|<font color="green">t</font>]] 07:22, 16 June 2007 (UTC) (self nom)
*...that African American [[Methodist]] preacher and missionary '''[[John Marrant]]''' undertook a mission to the [[Cherokee]] while he was a teenager? [[User:Capitalistroadster|Capitalistroadster]] 02:21, 16 June 2007 (UTC) Self nom
*...that, prior to '''[[Development history of The Elder Scrolls series|developing the Elder Scrolls series]]''', [[Bethesda Softworks]] was primarily known as a [[sports game]] company? [[User:Geuiwogbil|Geuiwogbil]] 05:09, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Don White]]''' was the first ever coach of the [[England national rugby union team]]? - [[User:Shudda.nz|<font color="Blue">'''Shudda'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:Shudda.nz|'''<font color="Blue">talk</font>''']]</sup> 05:14, 16 June 2007 (UTC) (self-nom)
*...that the '''[[Kisima Music Awards]]''' recognise talent from across East Africa? [[User:Guycalledryan|Guycalledryan]] 09:35, 16 June 2007 (UTC) (self nom) - feel free to swap with something else from the article


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*...that a man was crushed to death during the construction of the '''[[Old Supreme Court Chamber]]''' (''pictured'') in the [[United States Capitol]]? Self nomination: [[User:RebelAt|RebelAt]].
[[Image:E.E. Roberts1.jpg|right|100X100px]]
*..that '''[[E.E. Roberts]]'''' (''pictured'') [[Oak Park, Illinois]] architecture firm rivaled the [[Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio|studio]] of fellow architect [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]? Self nom: [[User:IvoShandor|IvoShandor]] 00:06, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
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*...that the [[anticancer agents|anticancer agent]] '''[[Salinosporamide A]]''' ''(chemical structure pictured)'', which recently entered [[clinical trials]] as a treatment for [[multiple myeloma]], is produced by the marine [[bacterium]] ''Salinispora tropica'' which is found in ocean sediment? article by {{User|Nubinski}}; nom --[[User:Carabinieri|Carabinieri]] 21:15, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that [[psychologist]] [[J. Philippe Rushton]] found that '''[[destructive creativity]]''' has correlations with [[intelligence]] and [[psychoticism]]? <small>{{user|Steveshelokhonov}}, nom by [[User:Smee|Smee]] 20:14, 15 June 2007 (UTC).</small>
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*...that the '''[[sea pineapple]]''' (''pictured''), an edible [[sea squirt]], has been described as "something that could exist only in a purely [[hallucination|hallucinatory]] [[eco-system]]" and its taste as "[[rubber]] dipped in [[ammonia]]"? (self-nom) [[User:Jpatokal|Jpatokal]] 17:59, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
:* Incidentally, it's also been called "an otherworldly marital aid of inscrutable purpose for the brides of Satan", but I'm not sure how encyclopedic that is. [[User:Jpatokal|Jpatokal]] 18:09, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that the '''[[Hiiragi]]''' has been mentioned twice in the ''[[Kojiki]]'', the first being its connection with the title of a [[kami]] named after the characteristic of the plant's rarely-blossoming [[flower]]s? (self-nom) ···[[User:Ganryuu|<font color="olive">巌流</font>]]<sup>[[Help:Japanese|?]] · <small>[[User talk:Ganryuu|<font color="teal">talk to ganryuu</font>]] </small></sup> 17:21, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
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*...that American writer [[Elbert Hubbard]] traveled about [[McLean County, Illinois]] to collect past due fees from his father's clientele to complete the '''[[Hubbard House (Illinois)|Hubbard House]]''' (''pictured'') in 1872? Self nom: [[User:IvoShandor|IvoShandor]] 17:15, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
:*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hubbard_House_%28Illinois%29&oldid=103237706 Stubbed] 25 January 2007; [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hubbard_House_%28Illinois%29&oldid=138384068 expanded] (basically rewritten) 15 June 2007. [[User:IvoShandor|IvoShandor]] 17:15, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
::*Had some trouble coming up with a hook, I wanted to include something about how Hudson and the Hubbard House influenced Hubbard's later writing but I couldn't figure out any good way to word it, any suggestions would be appreciated. [[User:IvoShandor|IvoShandor]] 17:15, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
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*...that [[NATO]] missiles [[Targeting of civilian areas during Operation Allied Force|'''hit around ninety targets''']] in which around 500 civilians died during the [[1999]] [[Kosovo War]]? (self-nom) --[[User:TheFEARgod|<font color="#003399">The'''FE'''</font><font color="red">'''AR'''god</font>]] ([[User talk:TheFEARgod|'''Ч''']]) 16:22, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that the [[uniform|uniforms]] of '''[[United Nations Tour Guide|United Nations tour guides]]''' are designed by internationally well-known [[fashion designer|fashion designers]] such as [[Hollywood]]’s [[Edith Head]], ''[[Christian Dior]]'' and ''[[Benetton Group|Benetton]]''? Self-nom: [[User:Rodsan18|Dragonbite]] 05:31, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
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*...that '''[[Shivappa Nayaka]]''', the most important ruler of the [[Keladi Nayaka]] kingdom in 17th century [[Karnataka]], [[India]], introduced a unique and variable tax system called ''Sist''?(expanded and nominated by)[[User:Dineshkannambadi|Dineshkannambadi]] 02:47, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Neville Miller]]''' is remembered as [[Louisville, Kentucky]]'s "flood mayor" for his strong leadership during the [[Ohio River flood of 1937]]? selfnom --[[User talk:W.marsh|W.marsh]] 02:52, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
**I will try to expand but it's 1,600 characters of main body text now. --[[User talk:W.marsh|W.marsh]] 02:52, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that, despite its name, the '''[[Pygmy Blue Whale]]''' reaches lengths of 24&nbsp;m (79&nbsp;ft)? (self-nom) [[User:Yomangani|<span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#0000ee">Yomangani</span>]][[User_talk:Yomangani|<sup>talk</sup>]]-


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*...that in 1980 [[Earth First!]] erected a monument in '''[[Cooney, New Mexico]]''' celebrating [[Chiricahua]] [[Apache]] chief [[Victorio]]'s killing of several of the town's inhabitants? (self-nom) – [[User:Freechild|Freechild]] ([[User talk:Freechild|BoomCha]]) 04:17, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
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*...that even though a 1959-1961 survey showed that the [[Central African Republic]]'s '''[[Bakouma]]''' [[Sub-prefectures of the Central African Republic|sub-prefecture]] contained phosphatic sediment with the highest [[uranium]] content in all of [[sub-Saharan Africa]], exploitation didn't start until 2006? article: {{User|PetterLundkvist}}; nom --[[User:Carabinieri|Carabinieri]] 21:37, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
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*...that '''[[Muristan]]''', a complex in the [[Christian Quarter]] of the [[Old City of Jerusalem]], was the location of the first hospital of the [[Knights of St. John]]? article: {{User|MishaPan}}; nom --[[User:Carabinieri|Carabinieri]] 21:26, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
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*...that a military coalition from 4 countries helped the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] colonial government to quell the '''[[1915 Singapore Mutiny]]'''? -- <small> As identified by [[User:AlexNewArtBot/GoodSearchResult#June 14|User:AlexNewArtBot]], B-Class, 12 references cited. Self-nom, 17:24, 15 June 2007 (UTC) </small>
*...that it was common for the [[Roman Emperor]] to be elected to one of two offices of the highest judicial magistrates known as '''[[duumviri]]''', and the other position was left up to the emperor for the appointment of a [[Prefect|praefectus]]? &mdash; (expanded from stub) <small>[[User:Brian0918|<b><font color=black>BRIAN</font></b>]][[User_talk:Brian0918|<font color=gray>0918</font>]] &bull; 2007-06-15 17:10Z</small>
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*...that the yet unnamed '''[[EADS Astrium Space Tourism Project]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the first suborbital [[space tourism]] project by a major aerospace consortium, [[EADS]]? --[[User:Hektor|Hektor]] 06:44, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Omar Hayssam]]''', a [[Syria]]n-born [[Romania]]n financier, was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison after a court found him guilty of masterminding the kidnap of three Romanian journalists in [[Iraq]] in 2005? --[[User:BorgQueen|BorgQueen]] 02:54, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
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*...that the [[Bucharest]] school of '''[[Jean Alexandre Vaillant]]''', housed nearby the [[Stavropoleos Church]] (''pictured''), contributed to [[Westernization]] in [[Wallachia]] during the 1830s? (new; self-nom) [[User:Dahn|Dahn]] 00:01, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
*…that the '''[[Liturgical calendar (Lutheran)|Lutheran liturgical calendar]]''' includes several biblical personages as “Saint” though it is commonly believed that Lutherans “do not have saints”? (self-nom) -- [[User:Jackturner3|jackturner3]] 23:56, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*[[Image:SiedzibaPAT.jpg|100px|right]]...that [[John Paul II]] established '''[[The Pontifical Academy of Theology]]''' (''pictured'') in [[Kraków]], [[Poland]], just three years into his 26 year long reign as a [[Pope]]? (self-nom) [[User:Poeticbent|<font face="Papyrus" color="darkblue"><b>Poeticbent</b></font>]] [[User_talk:Poeticbent|<small><font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">talk</font></small>]] 20:52, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] singer '''[[Tito Gómez (Puerto Rican singer)|Tito Gómez]]''' once shared vocal duties in [[Ray Barretto]]'s band in the 1970's with [[Rubén Blades]]? [[User:Capitalistroadster|Capitalistroadster]] 20:58, 14 June 2007 (UTC) self-nom
*...that '''[[Horace Liveright]]''' published the works of numerous important authors, including [[Ernest Hemingway]] and [[T. S. Eliot]], and hired [[Béla Lugosi]] for ''[[Dracula (play)|Dracula]]'', but still died penniless? [[user:violetriga|violet/riga]] [[User_talk:violetriga|(t)]] 21:13, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
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*...that, after the wife of the liberal journalist '''[[Aleksey Suvorin]]''' was shot dead by her lover, Suvorin experienced a conversion to virulent [[conservatism]]? --considerably expanded and nom by [[User:Ghirlandajo|Ghirla]]<sup>[[User_talk:Ghirlandajo|-трёп-]]</sup> 10:20, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
*<!--The image is not eligible for Main Page: [[Image:US 322.svg|66px|right]]-->...that '''[[U.S. Route 322 in New Jersey]]''' used to be [[concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with state highways on its entire route? (self nom) <span class="comment plainlinks">(<span class="autocomment">[{{fullurl:User talk:Vishwin60|action=edit&section=new}} →][[User:Vishwin60|<font color="gray">zel</font>]][[User talk:Vishwin60|<font color="gray">zany</font>]] -</span> [[Special:Contributions/Vishwin60|is one angry user]])</span> 20:28, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that the '''[[Pomme de Terre River (Minnesota)|Pomme de Terre River]]''' in western [[Minnesota]] was named for the [[Psoralea esculenta|prairie turnip]]? - by [[User:Malepheasant]]. nom by --[[User:Appraiser|Appraiser]] 18:19, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that Vishvakannada.com was the first [[Internet]] [[magazine]] in '''[[Kannada_in_computing|Kannada]]''' and also the first [[website]] in an [[Indian language]] to use [[dynamic fonts]]? <small> -- (self-nom) [[User:Amarrg|Amarrg]] 17:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC) </small>
*...that the arms of '''[[Ferry de Clugny]]''' are featured in the ''Clugny Annunciation'', attributed either to [[Rogier van der Weyden]] or [[Hans Memling]]? --article by [[User:Wetman]], nom by [[User:Ghirlandajo|Ghirla]]<sup>[[User_talk:Ghirlandajo|-трёп-]]</sup> 16:14, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*:The attribution wasn't in the article (is now). How about dropping the Clugny from ''Clugny Annunciation'', as it is only given that title to differentiate it from other ''Annunciation''s which isn't necessary here. [[User:Yomangani|<span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#0000ee">Yomangani</span>]][[User_talk:Yomangani|<sup>talk</sup>]] 16:55, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that miniature scale for '''[[Naval wargaming|naval wargames]]''' is worked out almost exclusively in [[ratio]]s, rather than the [[millimetre]]-based scale preferred by land-based [[miniature wargaming]]? (''Self-nom with [[User:David Manley]]'') --[[User:Grimhelm|Grimhelm]] 15:33, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
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*...that the '''[[Charles E. Roberts Stable]]''' (''pictured'') was [[Conversion (barn)|converted]] from a [[barn]] into a [[garage (house)|garage]] by architect [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] in 1896? Self nom: [[User:IvoShandor|IvoShandor]] 15:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that the initial publication of the '''''[[The Highfield Mole]]''''' (since dubbed "the next Harry Potter") was financed by the sale of the house of one of the authors? (self nom) [[User:Yomangani|<span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#0000ee">Yomangani</span>]][[User_talk:Yomangani|<sup>talk</sup>]] 10:55, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' and [[New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' best seller]] '''''[[Hollywood, Interrupted]]''''' analyzed the affect of [[celebrity]] [[scandal]]s on [[popular culture]]? <small>Article is over 2,100 characters, and sourced to '''(11)''' citations. Self-nom, expanded from stub by [[User:Smee|Smee]] 05:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC).</small>
*...that the [[Extinction|extinct]] [[marine reptile]] '''''[[Kaganaias]]''''' is the only ancient, aquatic [[Squamate]] to be found in [[Asia]]? -- (self-nom). Feel free to find a better fact, but this is the best I could come up with. :) [[User:Spawn Man|Spawn Man]] 07:37, 14 June 2007 (UTC) [[Image:N-14.svg|right|50px]]
*...that '''[[Nebraska Highway 14]]''' (highway shield at right) became a cross-[[Nebraska]] highway with the completion of the Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge over the [[Missouri River]] in 1998? (self nom) [[User:DandyDan2007|DandyDan2007]] 19:34, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that [[André Bloch (mathematician)|André Bloch]], a French mathematician, murdered his brother, was confined to an asylum where he produced all his mathematical work, and published under aliases to avoid the interest of Nazi occupiers? (self-nom, [[User:Alfalfahotshots|Alfalfahotshots]] 20:11, 14 June 2007 (UTC))
**I am open to other wordings as well, since the article is filled with hooks, if you ask me. [[User:Alfalfahotshots|Alfalfahotshots]] 20:11, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
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*...that "'''[[Giovinezza]]'''", the official hymn of [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini's]] [[National Fascist Party]], was played at the [[papal coronation|coronation]] of [[Pope Pius XII]] by the [[Palatine Guard]]? stub expansion. [[User:Savidan|Savidan]] 02:31, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

===Articles created on June 13===
*...that a '''[[June 29, 1904 tornado in Russia|disastrous tornado]]''' that struck [[Moscow]] on [[29 June]] [[1904]] was the first ever recorded in Central [[Russia]]? --article by [[User:NVO]], nom by [[User:Ghirlandajo|Ghirla]]<sup>[[User_talk:Ghirlandajo|-трёп-]]</sup> 08:01, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Alexander Brodie Spark]]''' was an influential [[merchant]], [[businessman]], [[magistrate]], [[landowner]], [[investor]] and [[exporter]] in [[Australia]] during the [[19th century]]? (slef-nom) (there is '''definitely''' a better hook in this article) [[User:Anonymous Dissident|<span style="font-family:Script MT Bold;color:DarkRed">Anonymous Dissident</span>]] '''[[User_talk:Anonymous Dissident|<sup><font color="black">Utter</font></sup>]]''' 02:26, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''''[[Eocursor]]''''', a small [[bipedalism|bipedal]] [[herbivorous]] [[dinosaur]] from the [[Late Triassic]] of [[South Africa]], is the most completely known Triassic [[ornithischian]] (beaked dinosaur)? (started by [[User:Firsfron|Firsfron]] according to history, although it was moved from the earlier ''[[Eocursor parvus]]'' for consistency with other dinosaur articles) [[User:J. Spencer|J. Spencer]] 01:57, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Vijaya Dasa]]''', an 18th century [[Hindu]] saint from the [[Karnataka]] [[Haridasa]] tradition, composed about 25,000 devotional songs in the [[Kannada language]]? (self nom)[[User:Dineshkannambadi|Dineshkannambadi]] 15:53, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that [[Master's degree]] courses in [[puppetry]] have been offered at '''[[Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts]]''' since 1954? (self-nom) [[User:Poeticbent|<font face="Papyrus" color="darkblue"><b>Poeticbent</b></font>]] [[User_talk:Poeticbent|<small><font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">talk</font></small>]] 02:38, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*:And so what? Do you think it's intriguing? --[[User:Ghirlandajo|Ghirla]]<sup>[[User_talk:Ghirlandajo|-трёп-]]</sup> 10:17, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
::* How about this: ...that during the difficult period of the 1950s, when the [[Soviet]] training model barred students from participation in professional theatre, '''[[Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts]]''' maintained its close ties with it? --[[User:Poeticbent|<font face="Papyrus" color="darkblue"><b>Poeticbent</b></font>]] [[User_talk:Poeticbent|<small><font style="color:#FFFFFF;background:#FF88AF;border:1px solid #DF2929;padding:0.0em 0.2em;">talk</font></small>]] 04:04, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''''[[Gigantoraptor]]''''', a bird-like [[dinosaur]] discovered in [[Mongolia]], is 35 times larger than its [[peacock]]-sized relative, ''[[Caudipteryx]]''? [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 01:17, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Og Mandino]]''', the [[author]] of ''[[The Greatest Salesman in the World]]'', has sold more than 50 million copies of his books - which had been translated into more than twenty-five [[languages]] - making him one of the most inspirational and best-selling contemporary writers? [[User:Rodsan18|Dragonbite]] 00:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
:*263 character hook/suggested fact. See [[#Suggestions]]. [[User:Art LaPella|Art LaPella]] 06:17, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
:*Needs trimming. I recommend chopping the language part. &mdash; '''[[User:Deckiller|Deckill]][[User talk:Deckiller|er]]''' 17:00, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

:*'''Suggested alternate wording''': ...that '''[[Og Mandino]]''', the author of ''[[The Greatest Salesman in the World]]'', has sold over 50 million copies of his books - which had been translated into over twenty-five different [[languages]] - making him one of the best-selling contemporary inspirational writers?
:*'''OR''': ...that author '''[[Og Mandino]]''' has sold more than 50 million copies of his books - which had been translated into over twenty-five different [[languages]] - making him one of the best-selling contemporary inspirational writers?
::--[[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 06:24, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
:::I have copy-edited both entries extensively, but they still sound awkward. Suggest removing the language part. To make it: "...that author '''[[Og Mandino]]''' has sold more than 50 million copies of his books in twenty-five [[languages]], making him one of the best-selling contemporary inspirational authors?"
:::Or, better yet, "...that author '''[[Og Mandino]]''' has sold more than 50 million copies of his books, making him one of the best-selling contemporary inspirational authors?" &mdash; '''[[User:Deckiller|Deckill]][[User talk:Deckiller|er]]''' 17:00, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
::::Those are both great - definitely superior to my offerings, which (as I realised when I read them after saving) are very awkward, but I was too tired to go back and edit them further. [[User:Anchoress|Anchoress]] 02:30, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
[[Image:JohnSHelmcken.jpg|right|100x100px|John S. Helmcken]]
*...that '''[[John Sebastian Helmcken]]''' opposed [[British Columbia]] joining the [[Canadian Confederation]]—until he negotiated the terms himself? Self-nom, expanded from a stub created by [[User:KirinX]] and [[User:Jackk|Jackk]]. (I did edit this on the 9th and added a pic on the 11th, but those were both really minor edits, so I put this up for dated fro today-- when I expanded it to a proper article. If it should be under a different day, please move it.)[[User:Stevecudmore|Stevecudmore]] 22:19, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Vittorio Ambrosio]]''' was an Italian general who served an instrumental role in the fall of Mussolini and the eventual [[Armistice with Italy|Italian renunciation of its alliance]] with Germany? - Expanded from stub by [[User:Chrislk02|-- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider)]] 19:47, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Narayana Hrudayalaya]]''', located in [[Bangalore]], [[India]] and one of the largest [[pediatric]] [[heart]] [[hospital]]s in the world, offers a [[telemedicine]] service for free? <small> (self-nom) -- [[User:Amarrg|Amarrg]] 16:44, 13 June 2007 (UTC) </small>
[[Image:William_Hogarth_063.jpg|right|100x100px]]
*...that the [[war elephant]] army of '''[[Basalawarmi]]''', a [[Yuan Dynasty]] loyalist and the [[Prince of Liang]], was, according to [[myth]], defeated by ten thousand [[mouse|mice]]? (Self-nom) &mdash;[[User:Lowellian|Lowellian]] ([[User talk:Lowellian|reply]]) 16:46, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that [[William Hogarth|William Hogarth's]] '''''[[The Gate of Calais]]''''' features Hogarth himself about to be arrested as a spy for sketching the gate? (self nom) [[User:Yomangani|<span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#0000ee">Yomangani</span>]][[User_talk:Yomangani|<sup>talk</sup>]] 15:58, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
**I would suggest "that [[William Hogarth|William Hogarth's]] 1748 painting '''''[[The Gate of Calais]]''''' features Hogarth..." 2 words of context should make the sentence clear even to people who've never heard of Hogarth. --[[User talk:W.marsh|W.marsh]] 13:55, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that [[John Candy]] [[improvisation|improvised]] the famous "'''[[Orange Whip]]'''? Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips." line from [[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]], after a set designer's father asked for the mention? (article created with 8 words on June 6; I've expanded it to about 1700 chars tonight --[[User:Thespian|Thespian]] 10:42, 13 June 2007 (UTC) )
*...that '''[[Kuh Ledesma]]''', a popular [[Filipino]] [[pop music|pop]] and [[jazz]] [[artist]] was the first [[Philippines|Philippine]] singer to become a recipient of the Salem Music Awards in [[London]] in March 1989? And that she also played the role of ''[[The Year of Living Dangerously|Tiger Lily]]'' in the 1984 [[Peter Weir]] [[film]], ''[[The Year of Living Dangerously]]'', a [[movie]] starring [[Mel Gibson]] and [[Sigourney Weaver]]? Self-nom: [[User:Rodsan18|Dragonbite]] 04:45, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
:*320 character hook/suggested fact. See [[#Suggestions]]. [[User:Art LaPella|Art LaPella]] 07:20, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Ghum, West Bengal|Ghum]]''' on [[Darjeeling Himalayan Railway]] at 2,225&nbsp;metres (7,407&nbsp;feet) is the highest railway station in [[India]]? Created by [[User:Dwaipayanc|Dwaipayanc]] expanded and nom - [[User:P.K.Niyogi|P.K.Niyogi]] 03:04, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that the '''[[Pagal Panthis]]''' were a religious order who led the peasants of the [[Mymensingh]] region of [[Bengal]] in armed revolts against the [[British East India Company]] and ''[[Zamindar|zamindars]]''? [[User:Rama's Arrow|<font color="orange">'''Rama's arrow (just a sexy boy)'''</font>]] 01:14, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
[[Image:Pingelap.png|100x100px|right|A satellite image of Pingelap]]
*...that almost 1 in 10 of the inhabitants of '''[[Pingelap]]''' (''pictured''), a [[Micronesia]]n [[atoll]], have [[achromatopsia#Complete / typical achromatopsia (Rod monochromacy)|complete achromatopsia]], a rare form of colourblindness which normally only affects 1 in 33,000? [[User:Smurrayinchester|<span style="color:#5500BB">Laïka</span>]] 13:59, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Johann Christoph Altnickol]]''', '''[[Johann Christian Kittel]]''', and '''[[Johann Caspar Vogler]]''' were all students of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]? (all new today, and the corresponding category - self) [[User:Clavecin|Clavecin]] 22:34, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

===Articles created on June 12===
* ...that [[rice]] plants infected with '''[[bakanae]]''' disease grow ''larger'' than healthy plants? (self nom, [[User:DragonflySixtyseven|DS]] 03:19, 13 June 2007 (UTC))
**Article is less than 800 characters. Any chance of expansion? <span style="font-family:Verdana; ">'''[[User:Howcheng|<span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span>]]''' <small>{[[User talk:Howcheng|chat]]}</small></span> 06:29, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

*...that '''[[Susi Erdmann]]''' is the first person of either sex to medal in both [[Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics|bobsleigh]] and [[Luge at the Winter Olympics|luge at the Winter Olympics]]? [[User:Miller17CU94|Chris]] 18:14, 12 June 2007 (UTC) (self-nom)
**This has no cited references, only external links. <span style="font-family:Verdana; ">'''[[User:Howcheng|<span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span>]]''' <small>{[[User talk:Howcheng|chat]]}</small></span> 06:29, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[The Choir of Hard Knocks]]''', a choir of homeless and disadvantaged people from [[Melbourne, Victoria]] had a CD reach the [[top 40]] of the [[Australian Record Industry Association]] charts in May 2007? [[User:Capitalistroadster|Capitalistroadster]] 11:06, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
**Stub-ish, just 900 characters in main body text (1,500 is the standard minimum). The prose is pretty choppy, every paragraph is just one or two sentences. --[[User talk:W.marsh|W.marsh]] 01:59, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
[[Image:Oak Park Il Balch House2.jpg|right|100x100px]]
*Sorry to any haters, but another Frank Lloyd Wright DYK to go with all the others on this page right now. : ( [[User:IvoShandor|IvoShandor]] 07:56, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:*...that the '''[[Oscar B. Balch House]]''' (''pictured'') was the first building [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] designed after returning from an extended trip to [[Europe]] with a [[Edwin Cheney|client]]'s wife? Self nom: [[User:IvoShandor|IvoShandor]] 07:56, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

*...that the '''[[Shadow Open Market Committee]]''' semi-annually publishes [[monetarism|monetarist]] critiques of the [[Federal Open Market Committee]]? [[User:Savidan|Savidan]] 21:26, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
**Article is less than 1,500 characters. Any chance of expansion? <span style="font-family:Verdana; ">'''[[User:Howcheng|<span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span>]]''' <small>{[[User talk:Howcheng|chat]]}</small></span> 06:29, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

===Articles created on June 11===

*...that '''[[Mogollon, New Mexico]]''' had a reputation as one of the wildest mining towns in the [[American West]]? - article by {{User|Freechild}}, nom by {{User|Howcheng}} 19:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
**Technically this is only a sourced POV. A reputation is nothing more than a widely held view about something. I think it would be ok if we had a good source saying that this view really was widely held, but the reference for this fact is a website advertising various hiking trails. It states: "With the discovery of even richer veins of ore on Silver Creek in the late 1800s, just over the ridge south of Cooney Camp on Mineral Creek (see Mineral Creek Trail FT201 above) one of the West's wildest and richest mining towns was born." It doesn't even claim that this was the reputation of the town at the time.--[[User:Carabinieri|Carabinieri]] 20:07, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

==Expired noms==
===Articles created on June 10===
*…that a [[Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz|chapel]] in [[New York City]] was named after a '''[[Lorenzo Ruiz|Filipino saint]]''' in 2005? Self-nom: [[User:Rodsan18|Dragonbite]] 16:37, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
**This does not qualify. Before expansion it was 1,261 characters and today it's 2,524. A 5x expansion of existing articles is required. <span style="font-family:Verdana; ">'''[[User:Howcheng|<span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span>]]''' <small>{[[User talk:Howcheng|chat]]}</small></span> 16:16, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*…that the '''[[Thomasites]]''' are a group of teachers from the [[United States]] who sailed to the [[Philippines]] in 1901 to teach the Filipino people the [[English language|English]] language? Self-nom: [[User:Rodsan18|Dragonbite]] 16:37, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
**This does not qualify. On May 31, it was 10,842 bytes and today it's 10,689. A 5x expansion of existing articles is required. <span style="font-family:Verdana; ">'''[[User:Howcheng|<span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span>]]''' <small>{[[User talk:Howcheng|chat]]}</small></span> 16:05, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*<s>...that '''''[[Samuel Manuwa]] ''''' was the first [[Nigerian]] to pass the [[FRCS]] and he graduated from the [[University of Edinburgh]] in 1934? Self nominated -- [[User:Alexlovesme|Alexlovesme]] 16:13, 10 June 2007 {UTC}</s>
*...that '''[[Walter Wagner (notary)|Walter Wagner]]''' was the [[notary]] who married [[Adolf Hitler]] to [[Eva Braun]] in the [[Führerbunker]] one day before the couple died?
**Article is only 1,052 characters, when a minimum of 1,500 characters is required. <span style="font-family:Verdana; ">'''[[User:Howcheng|<span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span>]]''' <small>{[[User talk:Howcheng|chat]]}</small></span> 16:09, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that, in [[Scientology beliefs and practices]], '''[[KRC (Scientology)|KRC]]''' stands for '''K'''nowledge, '''R'''esponsibility and '''C'''ontrol and that Scientologists believe that KRC forms the main ingredients of "cause" or effectiveness in life? <small>(nom by [[User:Justanother|Justanother]], article by [[User:Slightlyright|Slightlyright]])</small>
**Copyedit: ...that, in [[Scientology beliefs and practices]], '''[[KRC (Scientology)|Knowledge, Responsibility and Control]]''' form the main ingredients of "cause" or effectiveness in life? <span style="font-family:Verdana; ">'''[[User:Howcheng|<span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span>]]''' <small>{[[User talk:Howcheng|chat]]}</small></span> 21:06, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
***Not bad. Scientologists always use the term ''KRC'' as in "I really need to improve my KRC for computers" so it would be good to let people know that it is a bit of jargon to a Scientogist so it may be better as: ...that, in [[Scientology beliefs and practices]], '''[[KRC (Scientology)|Knowledge, Responsibility and Control]]''' form the main ingredients of "cause" or effectiveness in life and the acronym '''KRC''' is commonly used by Scientologists? But you do what you like with it. Thanks. --[[User:Justanother|Justanother]] 22:54, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
**'''Comment:''' -- Only sourced to primary sources (but if someone wants to use it, I won't raise objection). [[User:Smee|Smee]] 21:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC).

===Articles created on June 9===
*...that the modern-day '''[[Obando Fertility Rites|Fertility Dance Festival]]''' in [[Obando, Bulacan]], [[Philippines]] has been mentioned by the Philippine hero, [[Jose Rizal]], in his 1887 [[Spanish language|Spanish]] novel ''[[Noli Me Tangere (novel)|Noli Me Tangere]]''? Self-nom: [[User:Rodsan18|Dragonbite]] 20:10, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
**This does not qualify. According to the page history, on May 27 it was 9,174 bytes and today it's 10,788 bytes, so it hasn't been sufficiently expanded enough (5x expansion required). <span style="font-family:Verdana; ">'''[[User:Howcheng|<span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span>]]''' <small>{[[User talk:Howcheng|chat]]}</small></span> 16:14, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
*...that '''[[Culture in Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha, Nebraska]]''' was recently hailed by the ''[[New York Times]]'' as having "a kind of cultural awakening"? Self-nom: – [[User:Freechild|Freechild]] ([[User talk:Freechild|Hey ya.]] | [[Special:Contributions/Freechild|edits]]) 08:19, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
**This does not qualify. On June 6, this article was already pretty long and it has not been expanded 5x since then. <span style="font-family:Verdana; ">'''[[User:Howcheng|<span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span>]]''' <small>{[[User talk:Howcheng|chat]]}</small></span> 17:11, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art
La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827, Valenciennes –October 12, 1875, Courbevoie) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under François Rude. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio. Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of baroque art. In 1861 he made a bust of Princess Mathilde, and this later brought him several commissions from Napoleon III. He worked at the pavilion of Flora, and the Opéra Garnier. His group La Danse (the Dance, 1869), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.

He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of Asia, Europe, America and Africa, and it was Emmanuel Frémiet who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.

Sculptures by Carpeaux

Neapolitan Fisherboy

Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille, the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the French Academy while a student in Rome. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for Napoleon III's empress, Eugènie. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.

Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to Naples.

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