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Introduction and rules
Introduction	WP:DYK
General discussion	WT:DYK
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Administrators: Please ensure that there is always at least one queue filled at all times, to prevent overdue updates to the Main Page.

This page gives an overview of all DYK hooks currently scheduled for promotion to the Main Page. By showing the content of all queues and prep areas in one place, the overview helps administrators see how full the queue are, and also makes it easier for users to check that their hook has been promoted or to find hooks for copy-editing. Hooks removed from queues or prep areas for unresolved issues should have their nominations reopened and retranscluded at the nomination page.

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The next update will be produced from Queue 2. After performing a manual update, please update the pointer to the next queue.

Current number of hooks on the nominations page

Note: See WP:DYKROTATE for when we change between one and two sets per day.

Section	# of Hooks	# Verified
Count of DYK Hooks
November 28	1
December 1	1
December 6	1	1
December 7	1
December 11	2
December 12	1
December 14	1
December 15	2
December 18	2	1
December 22	1
December 24	2
December 25	2	1
December 26	3	1
December 27	3	2
December 29	2
December 30	1
December 31	3
January 1	3	1
January 2	3	1
January 3	1
January 4	1
January 6	2	1
January 7	2
January 8	2	2
January 9	4	1
January 10	4	1
January 11	4	1
January 12	6	1
January 13	4
January 14	3	1
January 15	3	1
January 16	3	1
January 17	1
January 18	1	1
January 19	3	2
January 20	4	2
January 21	3	1
January 22	3
January 23	6	2
January 24	4	2
January 25	6	3
January 26	10	2
January 27	8	1
January 28	4	1
January 29	6	3
January 30	7	5
January 31	8	4
February 1	6	2
February 2	7	2
February 3	12	4
February 4	6	1
February 5	12	4
February 6	9
February 7	9	5
February 8	8	1
February 9	11	1
February 10	9	2
February 11	6
Total	243	69
Last updated 20:49, 11 February 2024 UTC Current time is 02:35, 12 February 2024 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

There are currently 3 filled queues. Admins, please consider promoting a prep to queue if you have the time!

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Current time: 02:35, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 2 hours ago(

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The next empty queue is 5. (update · from prep 5 · from prep 6 · clear)

Local update times

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Queue 4	14 February 16:00	14 February 19:00	15 February 00:00	15 February 00:00	15 February 05:30	15 February 09:00	15 February 11:00
Queue 5 Prep 5	15 February 16:00	15 February 19:00	16 February 00:00	16 February 00:00	16 February 05:30	16 February 09:00	16 February 11:00
Queue 6 Prep 6	16 February 16:00	16 February 19:00	17 February 00:00	17 February 00:00	17 February 05:30	17 February 09:00	17 February 11:00
Queue 7 Prep 7	17 February 16:00	17 February 19:00	18 February 00:00	18 February 00:00	18 February 05:30	18 February 09:00	18 February 11:00
Queue 1 Prep 1	18 February 16:00	18 February 19:00	19 February 00:00	19 February 00:00	19 February 05:30	19 February 09:00	19 February 11:00
Prep 2	19 February 16:00	19 February 19:00	20 February 00:00	20 February 00:00	20 February 05:30	20 February 09:00	20 February 11:00
Prep 3	20 February 16:00	20 February 19:00	21 February 00:00	21 February 00:00	21 February 05:30	21 February 09:00	21 February 11:00
Prep 4	21 February 16:00	21 February 19:00	22 February 00:00	22 February 00:00	22 February 05:30	22 February 09:00	22 February 11:00

Queues

Queue 2 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (—Ganesha811 (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Postage stamp with Hill Women

... that Amrita Sher-Gil's painting Hill Women appeared on a 1978 Indian postage stamp (pictured)?
... that the Chinese play Silang tanmu, which depicts a general returning home to visit his mother, was banned in Tianjin in 1945 because it "distorted the normal ethics and morality"?
... that W. Seavey Joyce's presidency of Boston College was dominated by frequent, large student protests?
... that barley was once used as a form of money?
... that actor Bridger Zadina became a national champion llama exhibitor when he was 11 years old?
... that male mangrove mollies mate sneakily?
... that 13-year-old Michael Artiaga won against his 15-year-old brother Andrew in the final round of the 2020 Classic Tetris World Championship?
... that Winchester College football used to be played on top of a hill, with a line of boys on each side to keep the ball from rolling away?

Queue 3 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (RoySmith (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Crim Dell bridge on William & Mary's campus

... that lovers on the campus of the College of William & Mary should cross the Crim Dell bridge (pictured) together, but may wish to avoid retiring to the Grim Dell "mattress"?
... that after Shawn Christopher's "Another Sleepless Night" was rereleased with Mike "Hitman" Wilson's name removed, it charted 24 places higher on the UK Singles Chart?
... it has been suggested that Crassispira incrassata may be a southern variation of Crassispira bottae and not its own species?
... that Maria Olovennikova was the only woman present at the founding conference of Narodnaya Volya?
... that the naturally connected Pipe Lake and Lake Lucerne are the only hydrilla-infested lakes in the state of Washington?
... that sales from Dieux du Stade, a nude calendar produced by the French professional rugby union club Stade Français featuring photos of its players, helped to finance the club for many years?
... that Carmen Scheibenbogen was awarded the German Cross of Merit for her work on ME/CFS at the suggestion of patients and relatives?
... that despite various proposals, a statue of a renowned Dunedin clergyman was not moved from its location adjacent to a brothel and two parking lots?

Queue 4 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (Z1720 (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald

... that six-tenths of a second is one reason that a photograph (pictured) won a Pulitzer Prize?
... that Keshawn Banks's only NFL appearance came in the playoffs?
... that Pamatan is an undiscovered city on Lombok that was destroyed by the 1257 Samalas eruption?
... that Ian Begg, known for his work on restoration of castles in Scotland, designed and built his own 20th-century tower house to live in?
... that an editorial cartoon in The Honolulu Advertiser called Civ-Alert "Hawaii's Paul Revere"?
... that Peter d'Hamecourt was asked to pay for taxi fares with 24 cans of Heineken?
... that Dua Lipa premiered "Training Season" at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, 11 days before its official release?
... that Eenoolooapik fell ill while kayaking through Aberdeen in traditional Inuit clothing?

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Instructions on how to promote a hook

At-a-glance instructions on how to promote an approved hook to a prep area
See Wikipedia:Did you know/Preparation areas for details on verifying a hook's acceptability. Promoters should not promote their own nomination or their own review. When promoting hooks intended for a particular date, keep in mind that when the number of available approved nominations exceeds 120 we switch to two sets per day, and when that number drops below 60 we return to one set per day. Check list for nomination review completeness Select a hook from the approved nominations page that has one of these ticks at the bottom post: . Check to make sure basic review requirements were completed. Any outstanding issue following needs to be addressed before promoting. Check the article history for any substantive changes since it was nominated or reviewed. Images for the lead slot must be freely licensed. Fair-use images are not permitted. Images loaded on Commons that appear on the Main Page are automatically protected by KrinkleBot. Hook must be stated in both the article and source (which must be cited at the end of the article sentence where stated). Hook should make sense grammatically. Try to vary subject matters within each prep area. Try to select a funny, quirky or otherwise upbeat hook for the last or bottom hook in the set. Steps to add a hook to prep In one tab, open the nomination page of the hook you want to promote. In a second tab, open the prep set you intend to add the hook to. Wanna skip all this fuss? Install WP:PSHAW instead! Does most of the heavy lifting for ya :) For hooks held for specific dates, refer to "Local update times" section on DYK Queue. Completed Prep area number sets will be promoted by an administrator to corresponding Queue number. Copy and paste the hook into a chosen slot. Make sure there's a space between ... and that, and a ? at the end. Check that there's a bold link to the article. If it's the lead (first) hook, paste the image where indicated at the top of the template. Copy and paste ALL the credit information (the ((DYKmake)) and ((DYKnom)) templates) at the bottom Check your work in the prep's Preview mode. At the bottom under "Credits", to the right of each article should have the link "View nom subpage" ; if not, a subpage parameter will need to be added to the DYKmake. Save the Prep page. Closing the DYK nomination page At the upper left Change `((DYKsubpage` to `((subst:DYKsubpage` Change `\|passed=` to `\|passed=yes` At the bottom Just above the line containing ))<!--Please do not write below this line or remove this line. Place comments above this line.--> insert a new, separate line containing one of the following: `To [[T:DYK/P1\|Prep 1]]` `To [[T:DYK/P2\|Prep 2]]` `To [[T:DYK/P3\|Prep 3]]` `To [[T:DYK/P4\|Prep 4]]` `To [[T:DYK/P5\|Prep 5]]` `To [[T:DYK/P6\|Prep 6]]` `To [[T:DYK/P7\|Prep 7]]` Also paste the same thing into the edit summary. Check in Preview mode. Make sure everything is against a pale blue background (nothing outside) and there are no stray characters, like `))`, at the top or bottom. Save. For more information, please see T:TDYK#How to promote an accepted hook.

At-a-glance instructions on how to promote an approved hook to a prep area

See Wikipedia:Did you know/Preparation areas for details on verifying a hook's acceptability.
Promoters should not promote their own nomination or their own review.
When promoting hooks intended for a particular date, keep in mind that when the number of available approved nominations exceeds 120 we switch to two sets per day, and when that number drops below 60 we return to one set per day.

Check list for nomination review completeness

Select a hook from the approved nominations page that has one of these ticks at the bottom post: .
Check to make sure basic review requirements were completed.
- Any outstanding issue following needs to be addressed before promoting.
Check the article history for any substantive changes since it was nominated or reviewed.
Images for the lead slot must be freely licensed. Fair-use images are not permitted. Images loaded on Commons that appear on the Main Page are automatically protected by KrinkleBot.
Hook must be stated in both the article and source (which must be cited at the end of the article sentence where stated).
Hook should make sense grammatically.
Try to vary subject matters within each prep area.
Try to select a funny, quirky or otherwise upbeat hook for the last or bottom hook in the set.

Steps to add a hook to prep

In one tab, open the nomination page of the hook you want to promote.
In a second tab, open the prep set you intend to add the hook to.

Wanna skip all this fuss? Install WP:PSHAW instead! Does most of the heavy lifting for ya :)

For hooks held for specific dates, refer to "Local update times" section on DYK Queue.
- Completed Prep area number sets will be promoted by an administrator to corresponding Queue number.
Copy and paste the hook into a chosen slot.
- Make sure there's a space between ... and that, and a ? at the end.
- Check that there's a bold link to the article.
If it's the lead (first) hook, paste the image where indicated at the top of the template.
Copy and paste ALL the credit information (the ((DYKmake)) and ((DYKnom)) templates) at the bottom
Check your work in the prep's Preview mode.
- At the bottom under "Credits", to the right of each article should have the link "View nom subpage" ; if not, a subpage parameter will need to be added to the DYKmake.
Save the Prep page.

Closing the DYK nomination page

At the upper left
- Change ((DYKsubpage to ((subst:DYKsubpage
- Change |passed= to |passed=yes
At the bottom
- Just above the line containing
  ))
  insert a new, separate line containing one of the following:
  To [[T:DYK/P1|Prep 1]]
  
  To [[T:DYK/P2|Prep 2]]
  
  To [[T:DYK/P3|Prep 3]]
  
  To [[T:DYK/P4|Prep 4]]
  
  To [[T:DYK/P5|Prep 5]]
  
  To [[T:DYK/P6|Prep 6]]
  
  To [[T:DYK/P7|Prep 7]]
- Also paste the same thing into the edit summary.
Check in Preview mode. Make sure everything is against a pale blue background (nothing outside) and there are no stray characters, like )), at the top or bottom.
Save.

For more information, please see T:TDYK#How to promote an accepted hook.

Handy copy sources:

To [[T:DYK/P1|Prep 1]]
To [[T:DYK/P2|Prep 2]]
To [[T:DYK/P3|Prep 3]]
To [[T:DYK/P4|Prep 4]]
To [[T:DYK/P5|Prep 5]]
To [[T:DYK/P6|Prep 6]]
To [[T:DYK/P7|Prep 7]]

Prep areas

Note: The next prep set to move into the queue is Prep 5 [update count].

Prep area 5 [edit]

Logan Thompson

... that Logan Thompson (pictured) is the first U Sports goaltender to start a National Hockey League game in over 30 years?
... that the volcano Mount Hudson repeatedly depopulated parts of South America?
... that Anjali Lama, Nepal's first transgender model, worked with Calvin Klein in 2019?
... that Centre's 1921 defeat of Harvard is widely considered to be one of the greatest upsets in college football history?
... that Monique Ryan ran for election to the Parliament of Australia after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper calling for an independent candidate?
... that Pupil Slicer's 2023 album Blossom draws inspiration from narratives in the video games Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker and Outer Wilds?
... that Margareth Rago seeks to establish a methodology for what she calls "feminist science"?
... that Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia's mother church, previously had a Tibetan Buddhist bell?

Prep area 6 [edit]

Street sign of Dumb Woman's Lane

... that Paul McCartney wrote a poem about Dumb Woman's Lane (pictured)?
... that Sofia Vakman relinquished a career as a concert pianist because a skin disorder she contracted after swimming made it painful for her to play?
... that the shining St John's wort owes its bright colors partly to carotenoid compounds?
... that Jessica Mutch McKay hosted debates between the leaders of New Zealand's two major political parties?
... that some WNBA seasons, including this year's, have a break for the Summer Olympic Games?
... that public historian Richard Smith called Henry David Thoreau the "first punk rocker"?
... that The Anxious City introduced a recurring figure in Paul Delvaux's paintings: a man who is ignorant of the pretty women and disasters around him?
... that offensive lineman Andy Dickerson is not to be confused with offensive lineman Andy Dickerson?

Prep area 7 [edit]

Flaco peeping through a window

... that having lived in Central Park for more than a year after becoming homeless, Flaco (pictured) has been accused of being a peeping tom?
... that nine-year-old Xiang Xuan was the youngest soldier to take part in the Long March?
... that because the Cherokee people were deliberately routed through cholera-stricken areas, their dislocation has been given as an example of Native American genocide in the United States?
... that Centre College hosted two vice-presidential debates during John A. Roush's presidency?
... that former girl soldiers may face higher rates of community rejection than former boy soldiers?
... that Ireland's 2024 Eurovision entrant Bambie Thug describes their musical genre as "ouija pop"?
... that Campbell Soup considered suing Andy Warhol for his Campbell's Soup Cans theme, but then promoted it?
... that Ove Jørgensen, after giving his name to a law of Homeric poetry, renounced classical studies to write about ballet?

Prep area 1 [edit]

Waharoa

... that Waharoa (pictured), a sculpture by artist Selwyn Muru, was created to metaphorically turn Aotea Square in Auckland into the courtyard of a Māori meeting house?
... that chemist Betty Lou Raskin said in 1958 that society was wasting the "brainpower" of women, and blamed the media for making the mink coat the "symbol of female success" and not the lab coat?
... that The Drunkard's Progress suggests that a single social drink leads to poverty, crime, and suicide?
... that James Light was threatened by the Ku Klux Klan when he staged a play with an interracial couple?
... that the performers in the Thai drag show Calypso Cabaret impressed Lady Gaga with their ability to be open about their identities?
... that William Winstanley Hull's search for the original manuscript of the 1662 prayer book led to its later discovery?
... that it cost the city of Kent, Washington, $7.2 million to complete a trail around Clark Lake Park?
... that Indian field hockey player Sukhbir Singh Gill continued to play professionally after being diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2006?

Prep area 2 [edit]

Mike Sadler

... that Mike Sadler (pictured) guided nighttime raids on enemy targets as a celestial navigator during the Western Desert campaign?
... that the founder of a California TV station opted not to name it for himself because the call sign would have sounded like "cough"?
... that William N. Salin was twice decorated with the Sagamore of the Wabash?
... that the growth of Christianity in 20th-century Africa has been termed "the fourth great age of Christian expansion"?
... that for a while in the 1950s, Englewood Golf Club was co-owned by four well-known comedians?
... that Prey is the only feature film to have a full Comanche language dub?
... that Margaret Donahue was the first female executive in Major League Baseball?
... that for several millennia, humans lived with corpses in their houses?

Prep area 3 [edit]

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... that Max Stephan was sentenced to hang for taking a Nazi pilot to a prostitute and drinks as part of a 22nd birthday tour of Detroit?
... that the 1892 Biddle vs. Livingstone football game was the first college football game ever played between historically black schools?
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... that Spider-Man was chosen as the last character to return in Avengers: Endgame's Avengers assemble scene because it was designed to be emotional for audiences?
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... that Taylor Swift announced her upcoming eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, while accepting a Grammy for her album Midnights?
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Prep area 4 [edit]

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