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To report errors in queues, please place a message at WT:DYK or WP:ERRORS.

DYK queue status

There are currently 4 filled queues. Admins, please consider promoting a prep to queue if you have the time!

When modifying a hook in a queue or prep area (other than minor formatting fixes), please notify the nominator by including a link of the form [[User:JoeEditor]] in your edit summary. (Ping templates like {{u|JoeEditor}} don't work in edit summaries.)

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 queues 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.

You may need to purge this page to get it to display the latest edits.

The next update will be produced from Queue 5. 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
April 19	1
May 2	1
May 10	1
May 12	3	1
May 14	2	1
May 16	2
May 17	4	1
May 20	5	3
May 21	3	1
May 22	4	1
May 24	3	2
May 25	2	1
May 26	3	2
May 27	2
May 28	1
May 29	2	1
May 30	3	1
May 31	1	1
June 1	2	2
June 2	5	1
June 3	3	1
June 4	1
June 5	5	3
June 6	2	1
June 7	3	1
June 8	5	1
June 9	11	5
June 10	4	2
June 11	5	3
June 12	7	2
June 13	13	7
June 14	7	2
June 15	6	4
June 16	8	4
June 17	9	4
June 18	8	2
June 19	4	2
June 20	5	2
June 21	9	4
June 22	11	2
June 23	13	3
June 24	10	1
June 25	13	4
June 26	8	2
June 27	6	1
June 28	7	1
June 29	3
Total	236	83
Last updated 23:13, 29 June 2024 UTC Current time is 23:50, 29 June 2024 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

There are currently 4 filled queues. Admins, please consider promoting a prep to queue if you have the time!

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Current time: 23:50, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 23 hours ago(

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Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 5	29 June 17:00	29 June 20:00	30 June 00:00	30 June 01:00	30 June 05:30	30 June 09:00	30 June 10:00
Queue 6	30 June 17:00	30 June 20:00	1 July 00:00	1 July 01:00	1 July 05:30	1 July 09:00	1 July 10:00
Queue 7	1 July 17:00	1 July 20:00	2 July 00:00	2 July 01:00	2 July 05:30	2 July 09:00	2 July 10:00
Queue 1	2 July 17:00	2 July 20:00	3 July 00:00	3 July 01:00	3 July 05:30	3 July 09:00	3 July 10:00
Queue 2 Prep 2	3 July 17:00	3 July 20:00	4 July 00:00	4 July 01:00	4 July 05:30	4 July 09:00	4 July 10:00
Queue 3 Prep 3	4 July 17:00	4 July 20:00	5 July 00:00	5 July 01:00	5 July 05:30	5 July 09:00	5 July 10:00
Queue 4 Prep 4	5 July 17:00	5 July 20:00	6 July 00:00	6 July 01:00	6 July 05:30	6 July 09:00	6 July 10:00
Prep 5	6 July 17:00	6 July 20:00	7 July 00:00	7 July 01:00	7 July 05:30	7 July 09:00	7 July 10:00
Prep 6	7 July 17:00	7 July 20:00	8 July 00:00	8 July 01:00	8 July 05:30	8 July 09:00	8 July 10:00
Prep 7	8 July 17:00	8 July 20:00	9 July 00:00	9 July 01:00	9 July 05:30	9 July 09:00	9 July 10:00
Prep 1	9 July 17:00	9 July 20:00	10 July 00:00	10 July 01:00	10 July 05:30	10 July 09:00	10 July 10:00

Queues

Queue 5 [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.

Sea Life Brighton, formerly Brighton Aquarium

... that when Brighton Aquarium (entrance pictured) opened, it had no exhibits?
... that a mail-order catalogue offered a "Rocking Ram" toy, designed by Charleen Kinser, for US$1,600 in 1985?
... that the project Called by Name aims to commemorate Poles who were murdered for aiding Jews during World War II?
... that despite a global decline in mangrove forests, Red Sea mangroves have expanded in area since 1972?
... that Voyager 2 has been transmitting data for more than 46 years, making it the oldest active space probe in history?
... that Brittany Luse's podcast The Nod was praised for its exploration of "the diversity and richness of the Black experience"?
... that Hamad City in Gaza was largely destroyed within minutes?
... that despite lagging attendance at the 1964 New York World's Fair, its organizer rejected nearly every suggestion to increase attendance?
... that David Marchese recalled accidentally posting a picture of a cat's testicles on Salon.com?

Queue 6 [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.

Detail of a frog on a banknote

... that the 1754 Battle of the Frogs was commemorated on banknotes (detail pictured)?
... that as of 2019, inclusion in the International Register of Electors no longer requires residency in Canada in the preceding five years?
... that the United States Department of Defense ran a propaganda campaign against Chinese vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that Peewee Jarrett went from having a two-year span with no playing time and being "set on quitting football" to signing into the National Football League?
... that the Wellesbourne, Brighton's lost river, stopped flowing in 1889?
... that the extant details about the life of Leontius of Autun can be summed up as "July 1: the burial of Leontius, bishop of Autun (Gaul), 5th century"?
... that when DarkZero contracted Xynew, his teammates highlighted his "communication skills and game brain", which they deemed unusual for a controller player?
... that the first public performance of the two songs of Arnold Schoenberg's Op. 1 was met with hostile audience reactions?
... that Score: A Hockey Musical has been described as "so Canadian it hurts"?

Queue 7 [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.

Ernest J. King

... that it was said Admiral Ernest J. King (pictured) was so tough he shaved with a blowtorch?
... that Billie Eilish first served Lunch during a private party at Coachella?
... that footballer Han Bong-zin trained in the military every day for four years in preparation for the FIFA World Cup?
... that a critic said that the hors d'oeuvres served at Sud 777 could function as desserts and vice versa?
... that after completing his tenure as regent, Tatto Suwarto Pamuji walked 96 kilometres (60 mi) to fulfill a vow he made?
... that Florida Hospital Oceanside was demolished after being damaged by Hurricane Irma?
... that youthful Second World War resistance leader Jean-Pierre Lévy was advised by the Free French intelligence service to dye his hair grey to appear older?
... that Żeromski Park, the second-largest park in Szczecin, Poland, used to be a cemetery?
... that on American band the Linda Lindas' first album, Growing Up, a cat named Lil' Dude is featured playing the piano?

Queue 1 [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.

A Guardian Cap being worn in 2023

... that the NFL has required players in most positions to wear Guardian Caps (pictured) during training even though third-party research has questioned their effectiveness?
... that the Upper Voltan National Radio chief editor Watamou Lamien was the liaison between the Revolutionary Military Organization and the clandestine Voltan Revolutionary Communist Party?
... that Silence Is Loud uses a style considered "absolutely verboten" for its genre?
... that Jackson Demonstration State Forest was named in honor of American lumberman Jacob Green Jackson?
... that Tural, the setting of the expansion pack Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, is inspired by Latin America and Southeast Asia?
... that orthopedic surgeon Adnan al-Bursh had also served as an advisor to the Palestine national football team before dying in an Israeli prison?
... that American Colossus is a biography of a man who was "the most famous sportsman in the world" and "the most forgotten great athlete in American history"?
... that husband and wife Edward M. and Marie Zimmerman co-wrote the suffragist anthem "Votes for Women: Suffrage Rallying Song"?
... that between 1985 and 1988, Televerket spent 2 million kronor paying youth sports teams to monitor payphones for vandalism?

Queue 2 [edit]

Queue 3 [edit]

Queue 4 [edit]

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
  }}
  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 2 [update count].

Prep area 2 [edit]

George Kunkel

... that blackface actor George Kunkel (pictured) originally portrayed the character of Uncle Tom to promote slavery during the American Civil War, but later used the part to attack it when his views changed?
... that sauerkraut made by members of a Russian spiritual sect in Armenia was once popular across the Soviet Union?
... that The Blue Angels was shot using IMAX cameras rigged to a helicopter, plus an ultra-high-speed camera shooting at 1,000 frames per second?
... that the translation of The Lord of the Rings into German by Margaret Carroux contains errors introduced by her editor?
... that for six miles (9.6 km) in Davidson County, North Carolina, traffic on I-85 drives on the left?
... that Melanie L. Campbell was arrested for civil disobedience while protesting proposed restrictions on voting rights?
... that historically lichens like Umbilicaria torrefacta have been used to naturally dye traditional Scottish tartans and textiles?
... that American poet Edwin Ford Piper collected 828 folksongs, with most of them coming from Iowa and Nebraska?
... that before reading the script for the play Golden Girls, at least nine of the cast members were under the impression that they would be taking the lead role?

Prep area 3 [edit]

Gardening angels, c. 1510

... that much of what we know of medieval gardens comes from illuminated manuscripts (example pictured)?
... that Mark Hutton is the first Australian to be a starting pitcher in a Major League Baseball game?
... that two of three candidates of the 2018 Malang, Indonesia mayoral election were arrested for bribery before the election?
... that Gladys Stone Wright was the first woman band director in Oregon?
... that "At the Name of Jesus" has been described as "the only completely objective theological hymn to come from the hand of a 19th-century woman writer"?
... that Liza Soberano's early acting roles include playing the third wheel in romance films?
... that Maryland state delegate C. T. Wilson compared negotiating with the Catholic Church on the Maryland Child Victims Act to making "a deal with the devil"?
... that educational writer Ștefan Tita gave Romanian students impractical advice about mending damaged bark with bandages of dirt?
... that Eminem promoted "Houdini" with a video in which David Blaine ate a wine glass?

Prep area 4 [edit]

Paul Parkman

... that Paul Parkman (pictured), one of the developers of the rubella vaccine, did not monetize the patent so it could be freely available?
... that ...
... that despite specializing in literature and serving as a senior editor of the Zhonghua Book Company, historian Zhang Zhenglang never published a single book of his own?
... that AJR's "Way Less Sad" samples the final trumpet riff of Simon & Garfunkel's "My Little Town" as its primary hook?
... that ...
... that Drew Thomas, a former car salesman, reached the finals of the NBC show Last Comic Standing?
... that the Bad Dürrenberg shaman may have been able to block blood vessels to her brain by holding her head at certain angles?
... that a New York man built a house with materials from several 1964 New York World's Fair pavilions?
... that putting pre-moistened meat diapers in pre-packaged meat is a form of weight fraud?

Prep area 5 [edit]

Nakanoseto Bridge on the Akinada Tobishima Kaido

... that the island-hopping Akinada Tobishima Kaido road (bridge pictured) was named after its resemblance to stepping stones in a garden?
... that the "mythical love story" of Sami politician Bjarne Store-Jakobsen and Blackfoot physician Esther Tailfeathers is a focus of the 2014 film Bihttoš?
... that after Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck promised victory, he threw an interception that lost the game?
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... that the energy cost of a single fume hood in Singapore can cost up to $9,300?
... that Laura Veale was the first woman to practise in the town of Harrogate as a doctor?
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... that professional vibraphonist Joel Ross has called the vibraphone his "least favorite instrument"?

Prep area 6 [edit]

Isle of Dogs Pumping Station

... that the Isle of Dogs Pumping Station (pictured) was nicknamed the Temple of Storms?
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... that Max Weil, founder of the Halifax Symphony Orchestra, spent his later years in real estate?
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... that schoolchildren in the town of Kirkby, Liverpool, were paid 25 pence an hour to help build Kirkby Ski Slope, even though the slope never opened?
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... that the DJ NewJeansNim has been credited with reviving interest in Buddhism among South Korean youths?

Prep area 7 [edit]

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... that barbarians would have bought cake, not pie, at Barbara's Rhubarb Bar?

Prep area 1 [edit]

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