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DYK queue status

There are currently 3 filled queues. Assistance in moving preps is requested.

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 4. 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
March 16
March 22	1	1
March 23	1
March 24	1
March 25	1	1
March 26	1
March 27	1
March 28	1
March 29	2
March 30	3
April 2	2
April 3	1
April 6	4	1
April 8	3	2
April 9	6	1
April 11	2
April 12	2
April 13	1	1
April 14	2	1
April 15	1
April 16	1	1
April 17	3	1
April 18	8	2
April 19	4	3
April 20	4	2
April 21	10	6
April 22	5	5
April 23	12	7
April 24	10	4
April 25	6	1
April 26	5	2
April 27	12	9
April 28	18	14
April 29	5	4
April 30	9	7
May 1	4	2
May 2	8	4
May 3	12	11
May 4	9	4
May 5	12	8
May 6	8	7
May 7	8	2
May 8	7	4
May 9	9	7
May 10	7	2
May 11	3
May 12	4
May 13	12
May 14	3	1
May 15	3
May 16	7
May 17	3
May 18	1
May 19	1
May 20
May 21
May 22
May 23
May 24
Total	269	128
Last updated 05:22, 24 May 2025 UTC Current time is 05:22, 24 May 2025 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

There are currently 3 filled queues. Assistance in moving preps is requested.

Earliest time for next DYK update: 12:00, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

Current time: 05:22, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 12 hours

Last updated: 5 hours ago(

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Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 4	24 May 05:00	24 May 08:00	24 May 12:00	24 May 13:00	24 May 17:30	24 May 21:00	24 May 22:00
Queue 5	24 May 17:00	24 May 20:00	25 May 00:00	25 May 01:00	25 May 05:30	25 May 09:00	25 May 10:00
Queue 6	25 May 05:00	25 May 08:00	25 May 12:00	25 May 13:00	25 May 17:30	25 May 21:00	25 May 22:00
Queue 7 Prep 7	25 May 17:00	25 May 20:00	26 May 00:00	26 May 01:00	26 May 05:30	26 May 09:00	26 May 10:00
Queue 1 Prep 1	26 May 05:00	26 May 08:00	26 May 12:00	26 May 13:00	26 May 17:30	26 May 21:00	26 May 22:00
Queue 2 Prep 2	26 May 17:00	26 May 20:00	27 May 00:00	27 May 01:00	27 May 05:30	27 May 09:00	27 May 10:00
Queue 3 Prep 3	27 May 05:00	27 May 08:00	27 May 12:00	27 May 13:00	27 May 17:30	27 May 21:00	27 May 22:00
Prep 4	27 May 17:00	27 May 20:00	28 May 00:00	28 May 01:00	28 May 05:30	28 May 09:00	28 May 10:00
Prep 5	28 May 05:00	28 May 08:00	28 May 12:00	28 May 13:00	28 May 17:30	28 May 21:00	28 May 22:00
Prep 6	28 May 17:00	28 May 20:00	29 May 00:00	29 May 01:00	29 May 05:30	29 May 09:00	29 May 10:00

Queues

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.

Marcy Rheintgen

... that Marcy Rheintgen (pictured), a transgender woman, was jailed in a men's prison for using a women's bathroom in Florida?
... that a 700-year-old fortification in present-day South Korea was mostly destroyed during the construction of a coastal road?
... that some people ski every month of the year?
... that Tarmidi Suhardjo was fired from his party's leadership roles because he ran for governor?
... that Pope Leo XIV was the editor-in-chief of his high school's yearbook?
... that after Slovak actress Hana Meličková moved to Prague to study piano, she secretly enrolled in acting classes?
... that the riverine rabbit was thought to be extinct for more than 30 years?
... that Australian NFL player Laki Tasi got into American football at the suggestion of a burger shop owner?
... that guests at the launch of the bonkbuster Mount! were given polo mints to feed to a white stallion?

Queue 5 [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.

Kajaani Castle

... that the Kajaani Castle (pictured) was the northernmost stone castle in Europe upon its completion?
... that Belgian Resistance member Andrée Dumon was recommended for the US Medal of Freedom for "assisting directly in the recuperation and repatriation of about 100 Allied airmen"?
... that CBS received a membership to the exclusive Sebonack Golf Club when it bought a TV station on Long Island?
... that a 1924 derailment at Stoughton station was caused by two boys who wanted to "see a real train wreck"?
... that Canadian veterinarian Frank Schofield was described as "an eternal Korean" by a South Korean prime minister?
... that in 1959 many Americans refused to have cranberry sauce with their Thanksgiving dinner?
... that diver Ng Sui was the last Hong Kong Olympian to compete for Britain in an Olympics?
... that CSS can be used to track and identify you?
... that Ivan the Terrible killed three polar bears at the Griffith Park Zoo, including his own mate Lena?

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.

Taraxacum mongolicum flower in bloom

... that Taraxacum mongolicum (pictured) was first mentioned in writing in the Xinxiu bencao as a medicinal plant in 659 AD?
... that the Oslo study withheld treatment from 2,000 patients with syphilis?
... that just after the 1945 liberation of Korea, the remnants of the Japanese colonial government used armed guards to prevent Koreans from seizing the printing equipment of the newspaper Keijō nippō?
... that Sheffield Wednesday required a "miracle" to qualify for the 2023 EFL League One play-off final?
... that Pope Leo XIV descends from Creole people of color?
... that the Theban general Pelopidas set out for the Battle of Cynoscephalae even after his army was disbanded?
... that Hannah Fry once compared Elizabeth II's Christmas messages with the lyrics of Snoop Dogg using mathematics?
... that Stray Kids is the first act to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with their first six chart entries?
... that an Indiana TV station promised to begin broadcasting New Year's Eve — but only made it in time for Chinese New Year's Eve?

Queue 7 [edit]

Queue 1 [edit]

Queue 2 [edit]

Queue 3 [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 7 [update count].

Prep area 7 [edit]

Torta caprese

... that according to one hypothesis, Torta caprese (pictured) was first created for the Italian-American mafia?
... that a tour promoting the EP For Your Validation sold out in ten minutes?
... that Gammarelli, the official tailor of the pope, is one of the oldest family-run businesses in Europe?
... that despite being named in college as the best at his position in the U.S., football player Buster Maddox only appeared in one NFL game?
... that the Doctor Who episode "Lux" is set in Miami, Florida, despite being filmed in Penarth, Wales?
... that Jean-Mohammed Abd-el-Jalil, a Moroccan Franciscan friar, was permitted by the Pope to keep Muhammad as his baptismal name?
... that Robert Mugabe's motorcade was known for speeding and killing people?
... that Elizabeth Holtzman's opponent ran an ad saying "maybe I'd like to have her as a daughter, but not as a DA" before her election as the first female Brooklyn District Attorney?
... that fighter pilot Morton D. Magoffin made pilots in his group sprint around an airfield for not saluting him?

Prep area 1 [edit]

Harold Hanson

... that Hal Hanson (pictured) was said to have "made brave men wince"? bumped – wikivoice issue was fixed, fix raises a DYKINT issue -leek
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... that the first animated feature film is lost? bumped because of an ongoing accuracy debate -leek
... that colonial-era bureaucrat Tan Jin Sing's close relationship with Europeans led to the Yogyakartan saying that he was "no longer a Chinese, not yet a Dutchman, a half-baked Javanese"?
... that one candidate in the 1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee began the campaign with $3,000 in campaign funds, while the other began with $1 million?
... that at the 2024 Summer Olympics, the Solomon Islands were the only all-female delegation?
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Prep area 2 [edit]

Engraving of the Great Pyramid of Giza

... that the 1572 Eight Wonders of the World (engraving pictured) is the source of the modern list of classical Seven Wonders of the World?
... that Jacques Drollet said he would have Marlon Brando arrested if he ever returned to Tahiti?
... that the TV station at the University of Arizona broadcast from a studio that had once been a gymnasium and auditorium?
... that Hedwig Tam gained 20 pounds to play a postpartum mother in Montages of a Modern Motherhood?
... that Seattle's women's ice hockey team has an expected rival before they've even played their first game?
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... that a viral hoax claimed 42 people committed suicide after their homoerotic fan art was included in the film Crazy About One Direction?
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... that German athlete Leander Wiegand received a scholarship to play American football at a college that had never seen him play?

Prep area 3 [edit]

Lieke Klaver ahead of other 400 m finalists

... that gold medalist Lieke Klaver pretended that absent Femke Bol was running in front of her during the women's 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships (final pictured)?
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... that the second-place candidate in the 2018 Taipei mayoral election lost by just 0.23%, demanded a recount, and ended up losing by even more?

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Prep area 5 [edit]

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Prep area 6 [edit]

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