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There are currently 3 filled queues. Humans, please consider promoting a prep to queue if you have the time!
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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.
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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.
Count of DYK Hooks | ||
Section | # of Hooks | # Verified |
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December 25 | 1 | |
December 27 | 1 | |
December 28 | 1 | |
January 5 | 1 | |
January 6 | 2 | |
January 8 | 2 | 1 |
January 9 | 1 | 1 |
January 10 | 5 | 1 |
January 12 | 2 | |
January 13 | 1 | |
January 15 | 3 | 2 |
January 16 | 1 | |
January 17 | 2 | 1 |
January 18 | 2 | 1 |
January 19 | 4 | 2 |
January 20 | 1 | 1 |
January 21 | 10 | 4 |
January 22 | 4 | 2 |
January 23 | 5 | 4 |
January 24 | 3 | 1 |
January 25 | 12 | 8 |
January 26 | 5 | 3 |
January 27 | 5 | 5 |
January 28 | 11 | 5 |
January 29 | 4 | 4 |
January 30 | 12 | 10 |
January 31 | 13 | 10 |
February 1 | 8 | 7 |
February 2 | 13 | 11 |
February 3 | 18 | 13 |
February 4 | 13 | 8 |
February 5 | 13 | 7 |
February 6 | 9 | 7 |
February 7 | 6 | 4 |
February 8 | 8 | 5 |
February 9 | 5 | 2 |
February 10 | 8 | |
February 11 | 2 | |
February 12 | 8 | |
February 13 | 9 | |
February 14 | 8 | |
February 15 | 10 | |
February 16 | 4 | |
February 17 | 6 | |
February 18 | 4 | |
February 19 | 6 | |
February 20 | 5 | |
February 21 | 5 | |
February 22 | ||
Total | 282 | 130 |
Last updated 02:14, 22 February 2025 UTC Current time is 02:14, 22 February 2025 UTC [refresh] |
DYK time
![]() | DYK queue status
Current time: 02:14, 22 February 2025 (UTC) Update frequency: once every 24 hours Last updated: 2 hours ago() |
![]() | The next empty queue is 1. (update · from prep 1 · from prep 2 · clear) |
Local update times
Los Angeles | New York | UTC | London (UTC) | New Delhi | Tokyo | Sydney | |
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Queue 5 | 22 February 16:00 |
22 February 19:00 |
23 February 00:00 |
23 February 00:00 |
23 February 05:30 |
23 February 09:00 |
23 February 11:00 |
Queue 6 | 23 February 16:00 |
23 February 19:00 |
24 February 00:00 |
24 February 00:00 |
24 February 05:30 |
24 February 09:00 |
24 February 11:00 |
Queue 7 | 24 February 16:00 |
24 February 19:00 |
25 February 00:00 |
25 February 00:00 |
25 February 05:30 |
25 February 09:00 |
25 February 11:00 |
Queue 1 Prep 1 |
25 February 16:00 |
25 February 19:00 |
26 February 00:00 |
26 February 00:00 |
26 February 05:30 |
26 February 09:00 |
26 February 11:00 |
Queue 2 Prep 2 |
26 February 16:00 |
26 February 19:00 |
27 February 00:00 |
27 February 00:00 |
27 February 05:30 |
27 February 09:00 |
27 February 11:00 |
Queue 3 Prep 3 |
27 February 16:00 |
27 February 19:00 |
28 February 00:00 |
28 February 00:00 |
28 February 05:30 |
28 February 09:00 |
28 February 11:00 |
Queue 4 Prep 4 |
28 February 16:00 |
28 February 19:00 |
1 March 00:00 |
1 March 00:00 |
1 March 05:30 |
1 March 09:00 |
1 March 11:00 |
Prep 5 | 1 March 16:00 |
1 March 19:00 |
2 March 00:00 |
2 March 00:00 |
2 March 05:30 |
2 March 09:00 |
2 March 11:00 |
Prep 6 | 2 March 16:00 |
2 March 19:00 |
3 March 00:00 |
3 March 00:00 |
3 March 05:30 |
3 March 09:00 |
3 March 11:00 |
Prep 7 | 3 March 16:00 |
3 March 19:00 |
4 March 00:00 |
4 March 00:00 |
4 March 05:30 |
4 March 09:00 |
4 March 11:00 |
Queues
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- ... that Lambrini Girls (pictured) have described their January 2025 debut album Who Let the Dogs Out as "a party for pissed off, gay, angry sluts"?
- ... that Qatari calligrapher Fatma Al Sharshani was commissioned by Paris Saint-Germain FC to design a skateboard and some Arabic lettering for their shirts?
- ... that some practices found in Jewish customs of etiquette can be traced back to ancient Rome?
- ... that after chicken keeping was legalized in some U.S. cities, Coastal Farm & Ranch began holding seminars on the subject?
- ... that during a 1989 visit to the United States, Boris Yeltsin said that "there would be a revolution" if the average Soviet citizen knew of the quality of grocery stores in the United States?
- ... that Nourah al-Qahtani was sentenced to 45 years in prison based on alleged social media activity?
- ... that the 1992 video game Otogirisō reinvigorated interest in adventure games in Japan?
- ... that from 1853 to 1855 the State Emigrant Refuge and Hospital on Wards Island in New York City was the largest hospital complex in the world?
- ... that Edward IV had his own brother executed in the Tower of London, probably by drowning him in a butt of malmsey?
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- ... that Diana Vicezar (pictured) created recycled housing for street dogs, a recruitment platform for international students, and a podcast about Latin American students in Ireland?
- ... that the Weeping Angels, despite appearing as stone statues, are portrayed by actresses?
- ... that series fiction often suffers from "melodramatic inflation", requiring increasingly dramatic threats, which can lead to prequels and spin-offs?
- ... that 9 to 5 actor Dabney Coleman flew to New York City to pursue acting the day after an actor stopped by for a drink?
- ... that a set of 12th-century Swedish murals in Finja Church is the main achievement of a workshop that decorated at least ten other churches?
- ... that Ren Jinping fought the backlash against a crime film by calling it educational?
- ... that the California FAIR Plan could have nearly $5 billion of exposure to damage from the Palisades and Eaton Fires while only having $377 million on hand to pay claims?
- ... that statements about the character Ridley's reasons for not being in the fighting game series Super Smash Bros. led to Internet memes about the character's large size?
- ... that William Bartram was both the father of William Bartram and the grandfather of William Bartram?
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- ... that the tuatara Henry (pictured), who was named after Henry VIII, was planned "to have lots of wives"?
- ... that Los Angeles's Hollyhock House was built for someone who lived there for only one year?
- ... that a journalist attributed Bonnie Blue going viral to the "outrage economy"?
- ... that the male members of the band Dingo got bottom pats from local men during a Moroccan photoshoot for the album Kerjäläisten valtakunta?
- ... that the editors of The Philadelphia Inquirer deliberately held back information from the newspaper's TV newscast, Inquirer News Tonight, so as not to be scooped?
- ... that a Doctor Who story used the largest staged fire in a BBC studio at the time of its release?
- ... that the FBI tried to convince H. Bruce Franklin that Leibel Bergman, a fellow communist activist, was an FBI informant?
- ... that a group of K-pop fans performed a dance with the goal of convincing a company to commit to 100% renewable energy?
- ... that the thumb cactus crawls over other plants in cultivation – unless you grow it upside down?
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Handy copy sources:
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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 1 [update count].
- ... that 1ES 1927+654 (pictured), a galaxy in Draco, exhibited such extreme nuclear activity that it challenged conventional models of black-hole environments?
- ... that the musical career of Louise Beach has ranged from nationally recognized compositions to a children's book about the viola?
- ... that the alpine columbine has been cultivated for centuries, and other columbines have often been mistaken for the species for decades?
- ... that the Lutheran pastor Théodore Beck employed modern education methods at the École alsacienne in Paris in the 1880s: no prizes and no corporal punishment?
- ... that Jonathan Rado invited the Lemon Twigs to record their debut album at his house while they were on a school break?
- ... that Ivan Petrovtsii's vulgar poems were condemned by senior Ukrainian officials in spite of their popularity?
- ... that production of CSS-10 aircraft, despite passing its state trials, did not take place as the license for the production of its engine was abandoned?
- ... that the University of Southwestern Louisiana basketball scandal resulted in one of only five times that the NCAA has applied the "death penalty" against a member institution?
- ... that Simeon Barclay's "sculpture of a chicken on its own little mini-mountain" references a traditional Indian game?
- ... that a landscaper was hired to demolish the David and Gladys Wright House (pictured), but he hesitated when he saw the building itself?
- ... that Jorge Dias has been called "the most important Portuguese anthropologist of the 20th century"?
- ... that Gerard Way got dental work midway through the recording session for "Vampires Will Never Hurt You"?
- ... that the Jingtai Emperor was rumored to have been strangled to death by a eunuch?
- ... that UserBenchmark unlocks free testing only if users can shoot down 13 ships?
- ... that Giuseppe Panini turned a batch of unsold stickers into a company which had produced over 150 billion trading cards by 1996?
- ... that Cybermania '94 was the first televised video game awards show?
- ... that Antiqua et nova is a Vatican document that expresses serious ethical concerns surrounding the usage of artificial intelligence?
- ... that the 2025 Love Islander Danielle Sellers once appeared on a farming show on a derivative of OnlyFans?
- ... that the Plutonium Finishing Plant, which processed more than 66 metric tons of plutonium between 1949 and 1989, was demolished (animation pictured) between 2016 and 2021?
- ... that portions of a protected area in Benin have been entrusted to vodún spirits to protect them from destruction?
- ... that the 2025 U.S. Open Cup will not include its defending champions, Los Angeles FC?
- ... that a lost stone monument for a park in Seoul that closed in 1918 was discovered lying in the grass in 2002?
- ... that the Quad Cities forecast office of the National Weather Service has been directly struck by both an F1 tornado and a historic derecho?
- ... that the hashtag #AlDubEBTamangPanahon set a Guinness World Record in 2015 with 40,706,392 uses in 24 hours, coinciding with the television event "Tamang Panahon"?
- ... that Elizabeth Teeter was originally cast as Lydia Deetz in Broadway's Beetlejuice in 2020, but did not get to play the role until 2022?
- ... that "Gyutto" was used by many couples to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan?
- ... that Episode 6867 of EastEnders was criticised for its depiction of Milton Keynes despite not being filmed there?
- ... that the US Congressman Mike Collins called for Bishop Mariann Budde (pictured) to be "added to the deportation list" after she preached mercy to President Donald Trump?
- ... that among the fossils of Finland are the remains of a woolly mammoth and of a woolly rhinoceros?
- ... that as head of the Philadelphia Drug Enforcement Administration division, Gary Tuggle led potentially the largest heroin seizure in Delaware history?
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- ... that Hidayat Arsani, the governor of the Bangka Belitung Islands in Indonesia, was dumped into a trash can as a baby by his birth parents?
- ... that Operation Dugo commemorates the death march from the Auschwitz concentration camp by eating falafel on 18 January?
- ... that the 1990 Serbian general election returned only two women to the National Assembly of Serbia?
- ... that a desire to be separated from Chicago has led 33 counties in downstate Illinois to hold referendums on secession?
- ... that the Mazarrón I shipwreck combines Phoenician and local Iberian shipbuilding techniques?
- ... that the Sparkles emoji (✨) is used by large software companies to represent artificial intelligence?
- ... that the exterior of Shamsher Khan's tomb originally featured richly painted designs, of which only traces survive?
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