Thanks for your comments  I have had  successful nominations to DYK in fact every nomination I made succeeded  This made me suspect that the threshold for success might be rather low unlike GA and FA  Its good for the morale to be on the main page but I wonder how many visitors to the site actually bother to scroll down and read the DYK section rather than going for what they really want  As regards the Edmund Knowles Muspratt article I cannot find anything worthy of a DYK  but if you or anyone else can spot something suitable please feel free to submit it