Aloha! This is the User Page for Wikipedia editor, Mark Miller. I sometimes sign withMaleko Mela which is simply the Hawaiian version of my name. I was formerlyAmadscientist and have been contributing to Wikipedia with a registered account since January 25, 2007. This is not an article. If you want to leave a note or ask a question, please clickhere.
TheRulers of the Hawaiian Islands (noho aliʻi o ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻAina) are a line ofnative Hawaiians who were independent rulers of various subdivisions of the land andislands of Hawaii. Their genealogy is traced to Hānalaʻanui and others.[1] Beginning between 1 and 600 AD, the firstPolynesians began to settle the islands. By the first one thousand year history, the settlements were living along the parameters of the islands and beginning to cultivate their own foods in gardens, and within another 500 years would begin to spread inward to the inner lands of the islands when religion began to become more emphasized.[2]
On16 April 2014,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleKāhili, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was... that thekāhilistandard(pictured) of Hawaiian royalty was made from the bones of an enemy king and the feathers of a bird of prey? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Kāhili. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page(here's how,live views,daily totals), and it may be added tothe 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 theDid you know talk page.
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On15 January 2016,Did you know was updated with a fact from the articleHors d'oeuvre, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was... thathors d'oeuvre trays(pictured) served on a table may be referred to as buffet-style, while those held and passed by servers are part of butler-style service or butlered hors d'oeuvres? The nomination discussion and review may be seen atTemplate:Did you know nominations/Hors d'oeuvre. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page(here's how,daily totals), and it may be added tothe 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 theDid you know talk page.
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