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DYK queue status

There are currently 6 filled queues. Humans, 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 6. 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
December 2	1
December 13	1
December 21	1
December 25	1
December 27	1
December 28	1
December 29	1
December 30	1
January 1	1
January 2	2
January 3	1
January 5	1
January 6	3	1
January 8	3
January 9	2	1
January 10	5
January 11	3	2
January 12	7	4
January 13	2	1
January 14	3	3
January 15	5	2
January 16	5	4
January 17	6	5
January 18	8	7
January 19	11	6
January 20	10	9
January 21	16	12
January 22	16	13
January 23	13	11
January 24	9	7
January 25	16	11
January 26	12	9
January 27	7	7
January 28	19	13
January 29	5	4
January 30	10	2
January 31	6
February 1	4
February 2	6
February 3	9
February 4	8
February 5	10
February 6	3
February 7	2
February 8	7
February 9	5
February 10	10
February 11	3
February 12
Total	282	134
Last updated 02:51, 12 February 2025 UTC Current time is 08:18, 12 February 2025 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

There are currently 6 filled queues. Humans, please consider promoting a prep to queue if you have the time!

Earliest time for next DYK update: 12:00, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Current time: 08:18, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 12 hours

Last updated: 8 hours ago(

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Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London (UTC)	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 6	12 February 04:00	12 February 07:00	12 February 12:00	12 February 12:00	12 February 17:30	12 February 21:00	12 February 23:00
Queue 7	12 February 16:00	12 February 19:00	13 February 00:00	13 February 00:00	13 February 05:30	13 February 09:00	13 February 11:00
Queue 1	13 February 04:00	13 February 07:00	13 February 12:00	13 February 12:00	13 February 17:30	13 February 21:00	13 February 23:00
Queue 2	13 February 16:00	13 February 19:00	14 February 00:00	14 February 00:00	14 February 05:30	14 February 09:00	14 February 11:00
Queue 3	14 February 04:00	14 February 07:00	14 February 12:00	14 February 12:00	14 February 17:30	14 February 21:00	14 February 23:00
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 04:00	15 February 07:00	15 February 12:00	15 February 12:00	15 February 17:30	15 February 21:00	15 February 23:00
Prep 6	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
Prep 7	16 February 04:00	16 February 07:00	16 February 12:00	16 February 12:00	16 February 17:30	16 February 21:00	16 February 23:00
Prep 1	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
Prep 2	17 February 04:00	17 February 07:00	17 February 12:00	17 February 12:00	17 February 17:30	17 February 21:00	17 February 23:00
Prep 3	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
Prep 4	18 February 04:00	18 February 07:00	18 February 12:00	18 February 12:00	18 February 17:30	18 February 21:00	18 February 23:00

Queues

Queue 6 [edit]

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

Church of St. Casimir

... that Victor Cordella designed around twenty churches in Minnesota, including the Church of St. Casimir (pictured)?
... that the Spring Willow Society probably staged the first full-length Shakespearean play in China?
... that La Querida in Palm Beach, Florida, served as the Winter White House for President John F. Kennedy?
... that residents of Tudor City once put themselves in front of a bulldozer to prevent a park there from being demolished?
... that the logo of the South Korean company LG is based on an ancient roof tile?
... that abortion in the United Arab Emirates has been described by Newsweek as less restrictive than some American states following the overturning of Roe v. Wade?
... that opera singer Susan Botti performed an Olympic jingle for Kodak to pay for graduate school?
... that a 15th-century cause célèbre saw a duchess dead, innocents hanged, villains and sorcerers drawn and quartered, and eventually the king's brother executed in a butt of malmsey?
... that the black molly might not be a black molly?

Queue 7 [edit]

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

Rudel dying in Hodierna's arms

... that according to legend, troubadour Jaufre Rudel fell in love with Countess Hodierna of Tripoli without ever having seen her, sailed to Tripoli to meet her, and promptly died in her arms (pictured)?
... that Marietta College's second radio station, airing classical and jazz music, freed up its original outlet for student programming?
... that the Legends of Tomorrow episode "Wet Hot American Bummer" quotes a bad review for a different episode of Legends of Tomorrow?
... that despite the song "French Letter" being banned in all French territories, members of the French Foreign Legion sang along to the song when the band Herbs performed it while playing in Tahiti?
... that English footballer Ian Wolstenholme once saved three penalty kicks in a 1966 match?
... that an apartment building that once housed North Korean soldiers, the American CIA, and United Nations troops is set to be demolished?
... that two poll workers for the 2024 United States elections were found dead on Election Day, having drowned in a major flash flood event?
... that a North Korean refugee became the "godfather of gangsta rap" by selling records at the Compton Swap Meet?
... that the "world's loneliest seabird" chose a concrete statue as his mate?

Queue 1 [edit]

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

Fatimid gold dinar of al-Mu'izz, Palestine 969/70

... that the Fatimid Caliphate used gold from the tombs of the pharaohs in its gold coinage (pictured)?
... that Paris was the first county seat of Linn County, Kansas, but hardly a ruin is left to tell where it once was?
... that Américo Ramos became Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe after his predecessor, Ilza Amado Vaz, resigned following a tenure of three days?
... that a million tulips at the 1939 New York World's Fair were destroyed and replaced the month after the fair began?
... that there are more than 100 rock paintings of Aboriginal pictographs on a cliff face in Missinaibi Lake?
... that the Deval Mosque was formerly a Hindu temple?
... that Andrei Demurenko, the first Russian officer to be a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, served alongside the Wagner Group in Ukraine?
... that the Stride bus network will launch with electric double-deckers that charge wirelessly?
... that a Taiwanese livestreamer accidentally solved a missing person's case?

Queue 2 [edit]

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

Hans Dieter Beck

... that Hans Dieter Beck (pictured), a co-head of the publisher C. H. Beck, rode a bicycle to work until he was 92?
... that the 2023 Aston by-election was the first time in more than 100 years that the governing party won a seat from the opposition at an Australian by-election?
... that Walter III Brisebarre renounced the lordship of Beirut to inherit a greater lordship from his father-in-law, only to permanently lose both upon the deaths of his wife, Helena of Milly, and their daughter Beatrice?
... that Born in the U.S.A. was the first compact disc to be manufactured in the United States for commercial release?
... that Ívar Bárðarson's 14th-century reports of feral livestock inhabiting a failed Greenlandic colony were corroborated by the discovery of a frozen goat and animal feces inside an abandoned home?
... that Princess Mononoke was the most expensively animated, most expensively promoted, and highest-grossing Japanese film of its time?
... that Raging Bull was the first hypercoaster to feature a twister layout?
... that the Albis Tunnel was the second-longest railway tunnel in Switzerland when it was built?
... that Morph was included in X-Men: The Animated Series because the writers "really wanted to kill somebody"?

Queue 3 [edit]

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

Assassination of Miles of Plancy

... that a contemporary chronicler does not dare say who assassinated Miles of Plancy (event pictured), but a later source implicates an in-law?
... that the 1862 Brooklyn riot involved a mob mainly comprising Irish Americans targeting African-American workers at a tobacco factory?
... that A Foreign Sound includes a song that Caetano Veloso called "a fake American song written by a Brazilian", and a song he called "a fake Brazilian song written by Americans"?
... that while George Rolph sued six of his assailants in the Ancaster incident for £1000 each, the trial only awarded him £20 from two of the assailants?
... that a government had to intervene after 80 percent of all personal loans taken out were to cover wedding expenses?
... that Carlos Miguel Buela repeatedly disobeyed sanctions placed on him by the Holy See?
... that an Alaska TV station used home movie cameras to shoot newsfilm?
... that novelist Hal Clement created the planet Mesklin in 1953 based on the real-world suspected detection of an extrasolar planet?
... that the dog Private Chesty was demoted from private first class for willful destruction of government property?

Queue 4 [edit]

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

Sam Matlock

... that Sam Matlock (pictured) formed Wargasm with a woman who photographed Dead!, his rock band?
... that the communist-era science-fiction novel Małe zielone ludziki presents a futuristic depiction of Africa that reflects Polish perceptions of the continent during the Cold War?
... that Bill Pulte describes himself as the "inventor of Twitter philanthropy"?
... that the Andu Masjid, which might have been built as a women's mosque, banned the entry of women?
... that copies of 7 Wonders Duel sold twice as fast as the board game of which it is a spinoff?
... that Oliver Cromwell's decision in 1648 to launch the attack that became the Battle of Preston was an enormous gamble and hardly credible?
... that Jin the otter went loose for almost a month after escaping Auckland Zoo?
... that Allbirds invited Amazon to copy its materials after look-alikes appeared on the site?
... that Jailson Mendes had to gain weight for his first pornographic film?

Queue 5 [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 5 [update count].

Prep area 5 [edit]

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... that "Hard Out Here" was written in parallel to Raye's departure from Polydor Records and confronts "white men CEOs"?
... that a Florida TV station received and aired tapes of programs it wasn't supposed to broadcast?
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... that Jill Yager discovered a venomous crustacean species in 1979 and named its class?
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... that until 1827 University of Oxford graduates had to swear never to reconcile with Henry Symeonis, although it appears that by the 1650s everyone had forgotten why, or who he was?

Prep area 6 [edit]

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Prep area 7 [edit]

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 2024

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Prep area 1 [edit]

Antimonumento +65

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George Washington

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