User:Simon Burchell

On 2 February 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chiquimula Department, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Chiquimula Department of Guatemala contains the Black Christ of Esquipulas, one of the most important centres for religious pilgrimage in Central America? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chiquimula Department. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Chiquimula Department), 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 24 May 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Peniscola Castle, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Peniscola Castle, in the Valencian Community of Spain, was used as a papal residence by the Antipope Benedict XIII? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Peniscola Castle. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Peniscola Castle), 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 13 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article San Clemente, El Petén, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the ancient Maya ruins of San Clemente, El Petén, in Guatemala include a two-storey palace structure and two Mesoamerican ballcourts? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/San Clemente, El Petén. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, San Clemente, El Petén), 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 2 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pascual Abaj, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Pascual Abaj (pictured), near Chichicastenango in Guatemala, is a sculpted stone idol that survived the Spanish conquest but was badly damaged in the 1950s by religious activists? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pascual Abaj. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Pascual Abaj), 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 8 August 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nicarao people, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the extinct Nicarao people of pre-Columbian Nicaragua shared many cultural traits with the Aztecs of Mexico, including their calendar, screenfold books, and human sacrifice? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nicarao people. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Nicarao people), 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 22 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Spanish conquest of Nicaragua, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that within 100 years of the Spanish conquest of Nicaragua, the native population had been all but eliminated by a combination of newly-introduced disease, the slave trade, warfare, and mistreatment? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Spanish conquest of Nicaragua. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Spanish conquest of Nicaragua), 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 14 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Spanish conquest of El Salvador, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the Spanish conquest of El Salvador, the Spanish town of San Salvador was destroyed by natives within a year of being founded by Gonzalo de Alvarado? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Spanish conquest of El Salvador. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Spanish conquest of El Salvador), 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 30 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Spanish conquest of Honduras, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that infighting among the conquistadors hindered the Spanish conquest of Honduras? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Spanish conquest of Honduras. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Spanish conquest of Honduras), 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 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Guaytán, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that fragments of ancient Maya books have been recovered from the ruins of Guaytán in Guatemala? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Guaytán. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Guaytán), 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 12 May 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pedro de Portocarrero (conquistador), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that conquistador Pedro de Portocarrero founded the first Spanish colonial town within the territory of the modern Mexican state of Chiapas? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pedro de Portocarrero (conquistador). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Pedro de Portocarrero (conquistador)), 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 20 April 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sagunto Castle, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hannibal sacked the Iberian settlement within the site of Sagunto Castle (pictured), an action that led to the Second Punic War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sagunto Castle. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Sagunto Castle), 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 26 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article King John's Hill, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that King John's Hill, near Alton, Hampshire, is topped by an unusually small Iron Age hillfort, and is thought to have been the site of a hunting lodge of King John? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/King John's Hill. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, King John's Hill), 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 Peñol de Cerquín, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Peñol de Cerquín, a Lenca fortress in southern Honduras, successfully resisted the Spanish conquistadores for months? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Peñol de Cerquín. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Peñol de Cerquín), 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 Blewburton Hill, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Blewburton Hill in Oxfordshire features unusual lynchets of unknown age and function? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Blewburton Hill. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Blewburton Hill), 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 12 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Beacon Hill, West Sussex, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Beacon Hill, on the South Downs in West Sussex, supports the remains of a Bronze Age hillfort, an Anglo-Saxon burial mound, and a late 18th-century telegraph station? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Beacon Hill, West Sussex. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Beacon Hill, West Sussex), 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 13 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article El Progreso Department, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that El Progreso Department in Guatemala was dissolved 12 years after its creation, only to be recreated 14 years later? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/El Progreso Department. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, El Progreso Department), 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 6 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carazamba, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the criollista novel Carazamba may be seen as an allegory of the incorporation of the remote Petén Department into the Guatemalan nation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carazamba. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Carazamba), 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 3 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Beatriz de la Cueva, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Beatriz de la Cueva, the first female colonial governor in the New World, died in a September 11 disaster two days after taking office? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Beatriz de la Cueva. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Beatriz de la Cueva), 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 6 June 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article K'atepan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the small Maya archaeological site of K'atepan in Guatemala is said to have been the home of the Tojolabal Maya, a group now found in neighbouring Mexico? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/K'atepan. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, K'atepan), 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 22 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Central Acropolis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Central Acropolis of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, built during the Late Preclassic period, served as a residence for Tikal's royal families? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Central Acropolis), 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 14 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Título C'oyoi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 16th-century K'iche' language document Título C'oyoi contains an account of the death of the K'iche Maya hero Tecun Uman during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Título C'oyoi. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Título C'oyoi), 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 April 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cihuatán, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the large pre-Columbian Maya city of Cihuatán, in central El Salvador, was destroyed by a massive fire within 150 years of being founded? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cihuatán. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Cihuatán), 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.