User talk:J Milburn
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On 16 November 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Boghead (bastle), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that local folklore links Boghead (ruins pictured), a Northumbrian bastle house, to the story of Barty Milburn, an accomplished swordsman and killer of Scots? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Boghead (bastle). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Boghead (bastle)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.