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DYK queue status

There is currently 1 filled queue. Assistance in moving preps is requested.
DYK is running 24-hour sets.

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 1. 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 14	1	1
May 25	1	1
June 6	3	2
June 7	1
June 9	1
June 10	2	1
June 11	3	3
June 12	1	1
June 13	1	1
June 15	2
June 16	1	1
June 17	2	2
June 18	1	1
June 19	2	1
June 20	2	2
June 21	1
June 22	3	1
June 23	3	2
June 24	5	4
June 25	4	2
June 26	6	3
June 27	5	3
June 28	3	2
June 29	5	3
June 30	9	4
July 1	2	1
July 2	1
July 3	4	3
July 4	4	2
July 5	11	5
July 6	4	2
July 7	7	5
July 8	10	7
July 9	9	6
July 10	6	4
July 11	10	4
July 12	4	2
July 13	8	4
July 14	5	3
July 15	5	4
July 16	8	4
July 17	11	7
July 18	10	9
July 19	7	5
July 20	13	7
July 21	7	3
July 22	8
July 23	4
July 24	3
July 25	5
July 26	9
July 27	5
July 28	9
July 29	7
July 30	5
July 31	3
August 1	4
August 2	7
August 3	6
August 4
Total	289	128
Last updated 00:22, 4 August 2025 UTC Current time is 01:06, 4 August 2025 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

There is currently 1 filled queue. Assistance in moving preps is requested.
DYK is running 24-hour sets.

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

Current time: 01:06, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 66 minutes ago(

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Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 1	4 August 17:00	4 August 20:00	5 August 00:00	5 August 01:00	5 August 05:30	5 August 09:00	5 August 10:00
Queue 2 Prep 2	5 August 17:00	5 August 20:00	6 August 00:00	6 August 01:00	6 August 05:30	6 August 09:00	6 August 10:00
Queue 3	6 August 17:00	6 August 20:00	7 August 00:00	7 August 01:00	7 August 05:30	7 August 09:00	7 August 10:00
Queue 4 Prep 4	7 August 17:00	7 August 20:00	8 August 00:00	8 August 01:00	8 August 05:30	8 August 09:00	8 August 10:00
Queue 5 Prep 5	8 August 17:00	8 August 20:00	9 August 00:00	9 August 01:00	9 August 05:30	9 August 09:00	9 August 10:00
Queue 6 Prep 6	9 August 17:00	9 August 20:00	10 August 00:00	10 August 01:00	10 August 05:30	10 August 09:00	10 August 10:00
Queue 7 Prep 7	10 August 17:00	10 August 20:00	11 August 00:00	11 August 01:00	11 August 05:30	11 August 09:00	11 August 10:00
Prep 1	11 August 17:00	11 August 20:00	12 August 00:00	12 August 01:00	12 August 05:30	12 August 09:00	12 August 10:00

Queues

Queue 1 [edit]

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

Westhope

... that when the Westhope house (pictured) was being built, neighbors were confused as to its design, so its owners said it was supposed to be a pickle factory?
... that actress Arielle Prepetit was cast in the first African American daytime soap opera in 34 years, Beyond the Gates?
... that a public debate in the 2024 Bojonegoro regency election was cancelled because one of the candidates entered the stage?
... that Swiss national Charles Champaud represented Bulgaria at the 1896 Summer Olympics?
... that a TV station went from being potentially named after a deceased investor to being named after "the crossroads of Middle Georgia"?
... that actress Eva O'Hara pushed for her Hollyoaks character to be given "something more meaty" rather than have a happy ending?
... that Plotkin's Vaccines was written by the inventor of the rubella vaccine because he felt that vaccinology had become a distinct field of medicine?
... that Arthur Newnham was born in India, played first-class cricket in England, and served as a military attaché in Moscow?
... that an impostor traded to the Green Bay Packers disappeared after playing one game for the team?

Queue 2 [edit]

Queue 3 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by a human (Gatoclass (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Franco Testa

... that Olympic champion Franco Testa (pictured) quit cycling to become a butcher?
... that a writer from The Spinoff called the children's book Cliffhanger a "win for the nerds"?
... that South African politician Jabu Mbalula is the older brother of Fikile Mbalula, the secretary-general of the African National Congress?
... that after a building in Poland was wrecked by one explosion then demolished by a second, a cat was found alive among the rubble?
... that a nomad known as "Mule" sued to protect the "sacred relationship between man and horse to travel together with reverence and respect for this beautiful place in which we all reside called Earth"?
... that a murder resulted in five company-sized units of police, soldiers and marines being sent to secure the 2024 Sampang regency election?
... that Charles Winckler, a Danish national shot put and discus champion, won his only Olympic medal in a tug-of-war tournament?
... that goo from a ship might contain a previously undescribed life form?
... that wildlife rehabilitator Mikayla Raines housed two "lesbian goth foxes" at her SaveAFox Rescue in Minnesota?

Queue 4 [edit]

Queue 5 [edit]

Queue 6 [edit]

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

Frederick L. Scarf

... that Frederick L. Scarf (pictured) developed the plasma-wave detector for the Voyager program, which recorded the "sounds of space", described as "an eerie symphony of hisses, pops, and whistles"?
... that "On Eagle's Wings" was featured in Joe Biden's presidential victory speech, as well as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
... that Randy Winkler was the "Jolly Green Giant", while Gérard Lefranc was just the "Green Giant"?
... that it was reported that a glacier on Africa's highest peak had disappeared by 2022?
... that readers looked forward to a second novel by Walter J. Muilenburg that never happened?
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... that sources do not identify with certainty when or why university students began throwing shoes onto the Shoe Tree in Minneapolis?
... that Serge de Beaurecueil, having spent a "wretched childhood" dreaming of journeying to a faraway land, became the only Catholic priest in Afghanistan?
... that a reviewer for Rolling Stone said that a 2024 concert tour by Weezer resembled a cross between an Iron Maiden concert and the Disneyland attraction Star Tours?

Prep area 3 [edit]

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Prep area 4 [edit]

Meg White - drummer and songstress of the White Stripes

... that Meg White (pictured), a key figure in the 2000s garage-rock revival, has not made any public appearances since 2009?
... that Italian football clubs could have a third reserve team in the early 20th century?
... that Lourdes Klitzkie took up running in her late thirties to combat boredom, then qualified for the Olympics?
... that Herb Alpert's 2024 album, 50, commemorates both his 50th studio album and his golden wedding anniversary with his wife Lani Hall?
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... that in July 2025, Elon Musk opened a flying saucer–shaped diner on Route 66 in Hollywood?
... that when Queen Melisende wanted to get rid of her husband's friend Elias, she made him an offer that he could not refuse?
... that the joint-most successful team in the Indian Premier League finished last in 2025?
... that in 1142, Bishop Anselm, Abbot Geoffrey, and Viscount Rohard were sent to delicately inform the Byzantine emperor that he was welcome in Jerusalem—just not with an army?

Prep area 5 [edit]

Regan Garden

... that after losing a Shanghai mansion (pictured) to the Japanese Empire in WWII, British hotelier Victor Sassoon abandoned repossession plans following the communist takeover?
... that Randy D had his first chance to join radio while working as a parking attendant at Lincoln Center?
... that the goal of "peace" may mean different things to Israelis and Palestinians?
... that actress Montana Manning initially had a speaking role in the 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire but it was cut?
... that a Virginia TV station broadcast an all-Black variety show on its first day in 1950?
... that Phyllis and Phyllis both competed for Bermuda at the 1948 Summer Olympics?
... that the novel Vera, or Faith was described by a reviewer as "probably the most endearing book about anxiety ever written"?
... that the jury of matrons who assessed whether Ann Davis was pregnant after she was sentenced to death were the first civilian jurors for a criminal trial in New South Wales?
... that in Burundi, there is a belief that healers can perform temporary abortions?

Prep area 6 [edit]

The eleven nets of a cube

... that there are 11 ways (pictured) to unfold a cube?
... that the mosaic effect is the act of combining seemingly unrelated data to reveal sensitive or classified information that individual pieces of data would not disclose?
... that Jeong Haneul went from being a North Korean soldier to a South Korean YouTuber?
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... that Simón Radowitzky was forced to pay a fare for his own deportation?
... that a worker attempted to kill labor activist Luisa Moreno with an ice pick at a union meeting?
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... that the documentary Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in Pyongyang features Dennis Rodman singing "Happy Birthday" to Kim Jong Un?

Prep area 7 [edit]

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... that American football kicker Brian Hall used a prosthetic leg?
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Prep area 1 [edit]

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