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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 3. 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 31	1	1
November 1	1
November 2	2
November 10	1	1
November 15	1
November 16	1	1
November 17	1
November 18	1
November 19	3	1
November 21	3	2
November 22	3
November 26	2
November 29	2	2
November 30	1	1
December 1	2
December 2	4	2
December 3	2	1
December 4	1	1
December 5	3	3
December 6	3	2
December 7	3	3
December 8	6	6
December 9	4	4
December 10	3	1
December 11	6	4
December 12	7	4
December 13	9	5
December 14	7	6
December 15	6	5
December 16	7	5
December 17	7	6
December 18	8	6
December 19	15	13
December 20	15	12
December 21	7	6
December 22	9	5
December 23	13	12
December 24	6	2
December 25	7	3
December 26	11	2
December 27	6	3
December 28	12	8
December 29	4
December 30	7
December 31	4
January 1	8
January 2	7
January 3	7
January 4	1
Total	250	139
Last updated 13:06, 4 January 2025 UTC Current time is 15:25, 4 January 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: 00:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Current time: 15:25, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 12 hours

Last updated: 3 hours ago(

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Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London (UTC)	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 3	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
Queue 4	5 January 04:00	5 January 07:00	5 January 12:00	5 January 12:00	5 January 17:30	5 January 21:00	5 January 23:00
Queue 5	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
Queue 6	6 January 04:00	6 January 07:00	6 January 12:00	6 January 12:00	6 January 17:30	6 January 21:00	6 January 23:00
Queue 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
Queue 1	7 January 04:00	7 January 07:00	7 January 12:00	7 January 12:00	7 January 17:30	7 January 21:00	7 January 23:00
Queue 2 Prep 2	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 3	8 January 04:00	8 January 07:00	8 January 12:00	8 January 12:00	8 January 17:30	8 January 21:00	8 January 23:00
Prep 4	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
Prep 5	9 January 04:00	9 January 07:00	9 January 12:00	9 January 12:00	9 January 17:30	9 January 21:00	9 January 23:00
Prep 6	9 January 16:00	9 January 19:00	10 January 00:00	10 January 00:00	10 January 05:30	10 January 09:00	10 January 11:00
Prep 7	10 January 04:00	10 January 07:00	10 January 12:00	10 January 12:00	10 January 17:30	10 January 21:00	10 January 23:00
Prep 1	10 January 16:00	10 January 19:00	11 January 00:00	11 January 00:00	11 January 05:30	11 January 09:00	11 January 11:00

Queues

Queue 3 [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.

Chapel of Saint Paul

... that the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, was named after a log chapel (pictured)?
... that the death of Odysseus's dog in the Odyssey uses language typically reserved for the noble deaths of warriors?
... that when future Olympian Chang Wei-chia entered high school, her elementary-school swimming coach was hired full-time and continued to coach her?
... that Babak Ganjei tried to sell a painting of his credit card to Barclays?
... that An Amorous History of the Silver Screen has been read as a biographic metafilm, paralleling its lead's rise from prostitution into film stardom?
... that the first publication of the prolific author and Talmudic scholar Israel Ta-Shma was a Jewish songbook for the Israel Defense Forces?
... that Sarah Pickstone based her John Moores Prize–winning painting on an illustration that accompanied the poem "Not Waving but Drowning"?
... that Frank Ocean's song "American Wedding" was pulled from streaming platforms because of its unauthorized use of "Hotel California"?
... that after being signed, released, signed, released, signed, released, signed, released, signed, released, and signed again, Brandon Smith made his NFL debut?

Queue 4 [edit]

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

Nicolaas van Wijk

... that Nicolaas van Wijk (pictured), after helping to provide humanitarian aid during World War I, called the Partitions of Poland "an offense against God"?
... that the Rescatemos a David y Miguel memorial was installed seven years ago today in response to a kidnapping that occurred thirteen years ago today?
... that Carol and Eric Hafner ran for five United States House of Representatives seats for states in which they did not live, and mostly had not visited?
... that the first modern Chinese play was based on an American novel and staged in Tokyo?
... that ketchup chips were introduced in the 1970s along with other flavours such as grape and orange?
... that the military glider Tsybin Ts-25 was considered for use as a civilian airliner on routes including Moscow?
... that the futurist novel Man of Smoke, according to a scholar, contains a hidden legal code for readers to piece together?
... that Pokémon Scarlet and Violet became the lowest-rated mainline entries in the franchise's history due to performance issues at launch?
... that Mirza Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi opened the first commercial movie theater in Iran, only for it to be banned within a month?

Queue 5 [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.

Jorts

... that jorts (example pictured), despite being worn by uncool dads, are also associated with 1960s counterculture, punks, rappers, skaters, and "Brat summer"?
... that the Okinawan king Shō Taikyū was reportedly protected by an all-female bodyguard?
... that the browser extension AdNauseam blocks and clicks on advertisements at the same time?
... that a key part of Alexis Harding's abstract art is the chemical incompatibility of the different paints he uses?
... that neither of the two athletes who represented Togo at the 2014 Winter Olympics grew up or trained in the country?
... that Monica Smit was ordered to pay Victoria Police's legal bill of about A$250,000, despite winning a lawsuit against them?
... that St. Peter's Catholic Church is the oldest church in continuous use in the state of Minnesota?
... that the music of Camila Cabello inspired Taylor Swift to work on the song "I Forgot That You Existed" with the producers Louis Bell and Frank Dukes?
... 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?

Queue 6 [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.

Valencia Theatre

... that New York City's Valencia Theatre (pictured) was sold to a church in 1977 for $1?
... that the murder of skier Corinne Rey-Bellet led to a change in Swiss gun-control regulations?
... that Home and Beauty has been described as both a "little masterpiece of polite merriment" and a "misogynist comedy dipped in vitriol"?
... that Bea Hines, the first African-American woman to become a reporter at the Miami Herald, was sent to report on a riot on her first day at work?
... that terracotta cones found at al-Moghraqa in Palestine are unique in the region, but resemble artefacts from ancient Egypt?
... that Yvonne Francis-Gibson, before improving women's rights as a legislator in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, led a Women's Desk that was "unable to take a firm stand on behalf of women's issues"?
... that Aquilegia moorcroftiana is named after a mountaineer and is found at the highest elevation of any species of columbine?
... that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was just one center until 1980?
... that Yuki Waga created the "earworm" for "Shikairo Days" by walking around his house repeating "shikanoko nokonoko koshitantan"?

Queue 7 [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.

Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem

... that Queen Melisende (pictured) was so incensed by the rumours of her alleged infidelity that neither her husband nor his friends felt safe in her presence?
... that the questionnaire prepared after the Jewish Ethnographic Expedition had 2,087 questions and was called "a modern epic"?
... that during World War II, US Army casualty telegrams were sent out in the name of Major General James Alexander Ulio?
... that to raise funds for the Council of District Dumas, its chairman led an armed squad to storm the Moscow headquarters of the State Bank?
... that the Boldy James and Sterling Toles collaborative album Manger on McNichols took over a decade to make?
... that Renildo José dos Santos, a Brazilian councilman, was murdered in 1993 after publicly coming out as bisexual?
... that a Kansas City TV station was under contract to be sold within a week of its first regular broadcast?
... that Her Story was described as China's answer to Barbie?
... that football player Jahkeem Stewart was 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 340 pounds (150 kg) in sixth grade?

Queue 1 [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.

Remnants of the Onekaka Wharf

... that painter Doris Lusk chose the Onekaka Wharf (remnants pictured) as her main subject for five years?
... that Josie Childs served as a Chicago mayor's assistant, worked as a campaign organizer for three U.S. presidents, and hosted the British queen?
... that Kenshi Yonezu's song "Dune" describes his perception of a "desert-like atmosphere" on the video-sharing website Niconico?
... that Haliey Welch earned more than $65,000 within weeks of hawk tuah going viral?
... that Mauritius's abortion law was "dormant for nearly two centuries"?
... that the first women's dormitory built at Hampton University was paid for with money collected by the school's choir in tours led by Thomas P. Fenner?
... that hefker, unowned property in Talmudic law, came to express both personal freedom and societal abandonment in 20th-century Yiddish poetry?
... that NFL player Darrell Hogan watched Gunsmoke every day?
... that players play Pokémon Smile by brushing their teeth?

Queue 2 [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 2 [update count].

Prep area 2 [edit]

Debra Toporowski

... that Debra Toporowski (pictured) was unable to receive Indian status in Canada before 1985, because her mother had been forced to relinquish her status after marrying a Chinese-Canadian man?
... that a musical adaptation of Homer's Odyssey is structured after video-game level progression?
... that bædlings may have been a third gender in Anglo-Saxon society?
... that the FBI's first successful use of silver nitrate to lift fingerprints was in solving the kidnapping of a brewery executive?
... that one Tumblr user cursed another for stealing bones for use in curses?
... that in 1902 the paramedic student Anna Weisman smuggled fonts to set up an underground revolutionary publishing house in Saratov?
... that pilots reported debris at an altitude of 30,000 feet (9,100 m) after the 1957 Ruskin Heights tornado?
... that Johannes Kaiser was considered to be the leading opponent to Liechtenstein's accession to the International Monetary Fund?
... that the publication of Paul Creston's saxophone sonata was delayed by a "rat with a toothbrush mustache"?

Prep area 3 [edit]

Promotional still from Two Stars in the the Milky Way

... that the soundtrack of Two Stars in the Milky Way (scene pictured), one of the few surviving early Chinese films, has been lost?
... that aerospace engineer Nuno Xavier signed the treaty that made São Tomé and Príncipe an independent nation?
... that some journalists interpreted Taylor Swift's song "But Daddy I Love Him" as her criticism of her own fans?
... that The Bootleggers portrays the illegal alcohol trade during the Prohibition era of the Roaring '20s?
... that the Hanta Road on Okinawa was used by both Ryukyuan armies and the U.S. Navy's Perry Expedition?
... that political consultant Jim Rivaldo said that moving to San Francisco made him realize that "there were gay lawyers, gay businessmen—a lot of people like me"?
... that Aquilegia barykinae is likely more closely related to other species of columbine than to Aquilegia amurensis, which shares its range?
... that Mark Smith was a fourth-generation actor who performed in 70 theaters in New York City and on more than 2,000 radio programs?
... that the director-screenwriter of Blossoms Under Somewhere joined Telegram groups that sell used lingerie to conduct field research?

Prep area 4 [edit]

Waterloo Column

... that the Waterloo Column (pictured), which commemorates Germans who died in the Battle of Waterloo, incorporates the barrels of eight cannons captured there?
... that gym teacher Harold Styan of Clifton House School received the Order of the British Empire for services to youth?
... that one critic described some of Life Till Bones's melodies as akin to "trying to dig a hole in a bowl full of sugar"?
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... that trucks in Tyler promoted Tyler's latest album?

Prep area 5 [edit]

Limia tridens male

... that limias (example pictured) and other freshwater fish and land vertebrates are controversially hypothesized to have colonized the Caribbean islands via a mysterious land bridge?
... that Richard Stratton's diplomatic career took him "from South America to Japan, and from Southern Africa to the foothills of the Himalayas"?
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Prep area 6 [edit]

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Prep area 1 [edit]

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