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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 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
October 18	1	1
October 28	1
October 31	1	1
November 1	3	1
November 2	2
November 4	2	2
November 5	1
November 7	1
November 8	1
November 10	1
November 13	1	1
November 15	1
November 16	2	2
November 17	1
November 18	1
November 19	3
November 21	5	4
November 22	3
November 24	2	2
November 25	3	3
November 26	4	2
November 27	3	2
November 29	7	5
November 30	4	4
December 1	4	3
December 2	5	4
December 3	7	6
December 4	7	7
December 5	10	9
December 6	9	9
December 7	9	9
December 8	9	9
December 9	8	8
December 10	4	1
December 11	8	8
December 12	7	6
December 13	11	7
December 14	12	11
December 15	9	8
December 16	8	5
December 17	2
December 18	3
December 19	3
December 20	8
December 21	3
December 22	5
December 23	5
December 24	4
December 25	4
December 26	5
December 27	2
December 28	3
December 29	2
Total	230	140
Last updated 23:34, 29 December 2024 UTC Current time is 23:50, 29 December 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 December 2024 (UTC)

Current time: 23:50, 29 December 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 (UTC)	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 6	29 December 16:00	29 December 19:00	30 December 00:00	30 December 00:00	30 December 05:30	30 December 09:00	30 December 11:00
Queue 7	30 December 16:00	30 December 19:00	31 December 00:00	31 December 00:00	31 December 05:30	31 December 09:00	31 December 11:00
Queue 1	31 December 16:00	31 December 19:00	1 January 00:00	1 January 00:00	1 January 05:30	1 January 09:00	1 January 11:00
Queue 2	1 January 16:00	1 January 19:00	2 January 00:00	2 January 00:00	2 January 05:30	2 January 09:00	2 January 11:00
Queue 3 Prep 3	2 January 16:00	2 January 19:00	3 January 00:00	3 January 00:00	3 January 05:30	3 January 09:00	3 January 11:00
Queue 4 Prep 4	3 January 16:00	3 January 19:00	4 January 00:00	4 January 00:00	4 January 05:30	4 January 09:00	4 January 11:00
Queue 5 Prep 5	4 January 16:00	4 January 19:00	5 January 00:00	5 January 00:00	5 January 05:30	5 January 09:00	5 January 11:00
Prep 6	5 January 16:00	5 January 19:00	6 January 00:00	6 January 00:00	6 January 05:30	6 January 09:00	6 January 11:00
Prep 7	6 January 16:00	6 January 19:00	7 January 00:00	7 January 00:00	7 January 05:30	7 January 09:00	7 January 11:00
Prep 1	7 January 16:00	7 January 19:00	8 January 00:00	8 January 00:00	8 January 05:30	8 January 09:00	8 January 11:00
Prep 2	8 January 16:00	8 January 19:00	9 January 00:00	9 January 00:00	9 January 05:30	9 January 09:00	9 January 11:00

Queues

Queue 6 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by a human (Z1720 (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Grapefruit

... that the grapefruit (examples pictured) was described as the "forbidden fruit" in 1750?
... that British war correspondent Ian Fyfe was killed on D-Day while landing in a glider with troops attacking the Merville Gun Battery?
... that the 1976 Philippine film Itim was described as "one of the most remarkable debuts in cinema history" in a 2022 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art?
... that Phoebe Plummer was "unfortunate" to draw Christopher Hehir as judge when they stood trial over the Just Stop Oil Sunflowers protest?
... that the only fatality of the Belvidere Apollo Theatre collapse was the only audience member to buy a band T-shirt at the event?
... that the cover art of Music from the Merch Desk (2016–2023) was derived from bootleg merchandise?
... that Michael O'Kane never received approval to begin constructing a building for the College of the Holy Cross?
... that in the 1980s, when Moturoa Island lost all its endangered kiwi to pests, experts reintroduced seven birds – today there could be as many as 300 kiwi on the island?
... that Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, donated her body to science because "funerals are a bore"?

Queue 7 [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.

Vienna porcelain trembleuse cup and saucer

... that trembleuse cups and saucers (examples pictured) enabled people with unsteady hands to drink hot beverages?
... that during one of his Diddy parties, Sean Combs promised not to spill champagne on the Declaration of Independence?
... that the release of the top-level domain .zip was condemned by cyber-security experts?
... that grand claims that the ruler of Mwene Muji once had imperial status were dismissed by Belgian colonial authorities?
... that John Mascarenhas simultaneously served as the chairman of his country's legislature and the president of their Olympic committee?
... that Ekin Cheng agreed to make a cameo appearance in A Nail Clipper Romance after learning that it would be filmed in Hawaii?
... that Emil Bove prosecuted Nicolás Maduro and defended Donald Trump?
... that a Florida radio station DJ's attempt to break a world record was foiled by blown transmitter tubes?
... that The Sausages' first sausage was filled with three courses and an espresso?

Queue 1 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by a human (~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Zeng Laishun

... that Qing-dynasty official Zeng Laishun (pictured) attended the second inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant?
... that the male standard-winged nightjar grows a wing ornament more than twice the length of its body during breeding season?
... that John Green was UCLA's leading scorer on the first of coach John Wooden's 12 Final Four teams?
... that while Schubert wrote a melody for the song "Bunt sind schon die Wälder" in 1816, Johann Friedrich Reichardt's 1799 version is the one that remains popular?
... that a fighter-bomber group under the command of Walter G. Benz Jr. during the Korean War became the first United States Air Force unit to complete 50,000 combat sorties?
... that because of the cultural impact of Dragon Ball in Mexico, Goku has been described as "a Latino icon"?
... that Chrystal read law before beginning a music career?
... that the straight-tusked elephant was one of the largest land mammals ever?
... that seamen from the warship USS Roy O. Hale boarded the Soviet ship M/V Novorossiysk in 1959, in response to a report from AT&T?

Queue 2 [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.

1991 Andover tornado

... that the 1991 Andover tornado (pictured) narrowly avoided hitting two warplanes equipped with nuclear warheads?
... that Murad Al-Katib provided 700 million meals of Saskatchewan-grown chickpeas, lentils and wheat to a United Nations program for Syrian refugees?
... that insurers paid out about NZ$171 million in damages caused by a 10-minute hailstorm in New Zealand?
... that Scottish bricklayer Brian Higgins was unable to find work for 25 years after appearing on a construction-industry blacklist?
... that the dragonfly Antiquiala was described from a single wing found in the state of Washington?
... that Edward W. Gantt was a Confederate soldier who defected to the Union during the American Civil War?
... that bored soldiers during the siege of Ak-Mechet began stealing watermelons from gardens outside the enemy fortress?
... that Shō Sen'i was overthrown in favor of his thirteen-year-old nephew?
... that the titular songstress in Sing-Song Girl Red Peony, a contender for China's first sound film, was overdubbed by a man?

Queue 3 [edit]

Queue 4 [edit]

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 [[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 3 [update count].

Prep area 3 [edit]

Paora

... that following public backlash over the mistreatment of Paora (pictured), Zoo Miami stated: "We have offended the nation of New Zealand"?
... that lacrosse player Austin Staats was undefeated in his college career?
... that one of the major prey groups of the paddle crab, Ovalipes catharus, is other paddle crabs?
... that Arab Christian physician Abu Sulayman Da'ud served both Latin Christian and Arab Muslim rulers?
... that jazz dancer LaTasha Barnes used to be a sergeant in the U.S. Army?
... that the basic tune for "As Long as You're Mine" from 2003's Wicked was written by Stephen Schwartz in the 1970s?
... that Jing Tsu remembers being called "female tiger" because her schoolteachers' punishments had little effect on her?
... that booing heard after the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was reportedly either a response to past football hooliganism, claims of lip syncing, or alleged plagiarism of the Supremes?
... that the 2024 American Samoan gubernatorial election was won by Pula and Pulu?

Prep area 4 [edit]

Memorial statue of Ethel Preston

... that the grave of Ethel Preston in Leeds, England, has a life-sized statue of her (pictured) stood in front of black marble doors, left ajar?
... that meetings between Biblical and post-Biblical characters, such as when Moses sees Rabbi Aviva teach and be martyred, are rare in Talmudic stories?
... that Marie-Thérèse Eyquem served in the government of Vichy France, and was the first woman to be appointed a national secretary of the French Socialist Party?
... that An Amorous History of the Silver Screen, an exploration of more than four decades of film in China, argues that cinema is a modern folk tale?
... that a critic called Benjamin Britten's Tema "Sacher" a "truncated and barely coherent page [of music]" and "a pathetic fragment"?
... that the 1980s Beechcraft BQM-126 target drone could be launched from aircraft based on aircraft carriers?
... that children's author Mary Chalmers owned ten cats and a Pomeranian dog, whose poses helped her draw illustrations for her books?
... that in the 1917 Moscow District Duma elections, the Bolshevik Party won 97 percent of the votes of the soldiers at the heavy artillery workshops?
... that Flora Hommel, despite being afraid of giving birth to her own child, went on to teach the Lamaze technique to more than 17,000 couples?

Prep area 5 [edit]

Schematic diagram of the orbits of some fictional planets

... that fictional planets of the Solar System include planets between Venus and Earth, planets on the inside of a hollow Earth, and a planet "behind the Earth"?
... that Sonya Friedman developed the idea of supertitles, which translate words being sung on stage in opera?
... that multiple scenes in Papa feature cotton-tree flowers, even though it was not scripted and the falling cotton simply kept drifting into the shot?
... that Canadian rapper Apt Exact, who has been described as "not gangster", was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 2024?
... that ...
... that schools in Wales during the Second World War were held in village halls?
... that Kathryn Maple won the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition twice in three years?
... that the apartment building the Manhasset caught fire in 1999, just as its renovation was being completed?
... that Chen Dingshan has been called the last heir of the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school?

Prep area 6 [edit]

Saint Amalberga of Temse

... that Saint Amalberga of Temse (pictured) is the patron saint of upper-limb injuries, because of the legend that Charlemagne broke her arm while trying to force her to marry him?
... that critics argued that involving actresses in civilized drama would promote obscenity?
... that five percent of Barbados's population turned out to protest the death of Milton King in Cape Town police custody?
... that about 200,000 Jews served in the Polish Army and related formations during World War II?
... that Pete Vann recovered from spinal meningitis to set an NCAA single-season passing record?
... that St Bride's Church still has loopholes from use as a military outpost in the 19th century?
... that Glaive recorded the first track for I Care So Much That I Don't Care at All at the age of 17?
... that according to George K. Teulon all of the presidents and vice-presidents of the Republic of Texas, and four-fifths of its government officials, were freemasons?
... that the Biblical Magi dispense mysterious vision-inducing foods in the Revelation of the Magi, which a scholar proposed to be an account of ritual hallucinogen intake?

Prep area 7 [edit]

White chocolate

... that white chocolate (pictured) has been used as a coating for vitamin products?
... that baritone Ettore Verna twice "sang himself out of his pants" during a performance at the Boston Opera House, according to Billboard?
... that the members of an abortive conspiracy to restore the Fatimid Caliphate were said to have asked the Order of Assassins for assistance in eliminating Saladin?
... that the Lithuanian duke Jonas Vaidutis was elected as the second rector of the oldest Polish university after its restoration in 1400?
... that a Talmudic passage, "The Heart Knows Its Own Bitterness", has been used in Jewish medical ethics to justify patient autonomy?
... that Kurt Burris was the first American football lineman to finish among the top two in Heisman Trophy voting?
... that The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai depicted Charlie Chaplin in China fourteen years before it happened?
... that Frederick Warren Freer switched from studying medicine to art after becoming partially deaf?
... that the Japanese band Gohobi describes themselves as having a "tofu mentality"?

Prep area 1 [edit]

Mother Solomon

... that Mother Solomon (pictured) returned to Ohio 22 years after the Indian Removal Act forced Wyandots into Kansas?
... that the Canaanite ivory comb contains the earliest known sentence in a phonetic alphabet?
... that newspaper columnist Ly Singko was imprisoned for "glamourising the communist system"?
... that there were at least seven unsuccessful attempts to redevelop New York City's Kings Theatre before it reopened in 2015?
... that YouTuber Tyler Oliveira apologized after trying to drain a pool with paper towels?
... that the final seconds of MLS Cup 2024 were disrupted by players and staff who mistakenly entered the field to celebrate?
... that Mary Mellor argued that the COVID-19 pandemic increased the impact of the patriarchy on women, both at home and in the wider economy?
... that Taylor Swift released a demo containing lyrics that were trimmed from the final version of her song "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys"?
... that a Welsh man lost more than £500 million of bitcoin in a landfill?

Prep area 2 [edit]

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... that while Tellus packages together cash from multiple consumer depositors to make real-estate loans, and is not FDIC-insured, it states that it does not offer mortgage-backed securities to consumers?
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