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This page transcludes a subset of the nominations found on the page of all the approved nominations for the "Did you know" section of the Main Page. It only transcludes the nominations filed under dates of the most recent week. The page is intended to allow editors to easily review recent nominations that may not be displaying correctly on the complete page of approved nominations if that page's contents are causing the page to hit the post-expand include size limit.

Resignation services

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  • ... that some workers in Japan pay agencies to tell their employers that they are resigning?
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: Oh wait, this is a SEAOFBLUE violation...
Created by AlphaBetaGamma (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 05:18, 29 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

House of Slay

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  • Source: Vogue: You could say the House of Slay owes a debt to the success of Crazy Rich Asians. Gurung hosted a screening in 2018...
    South China Morning Post:The 5 Slaysian fashionistas have run in the same circles for some time now, but properly cemented their bond in 2018 after a private premiere of Crazy Rich Asians...Sharing similar experiences of racial prejudice in the industry, the squad united to stand up for Asian representation, which led to the launch of web comic book series House of Slay...
  • ALT1: ... that the House of Slay was started by Asian fashion industry insiders in New York to fight racial discrimination?
Created by Cielquiparle (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 69 past nominations.

Cielquiparle (talk) 13:43, 2 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 15:00, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sidi Azaz labor camp

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  • ... that upon learning of the conditions at Sidi Azaz labor camp, the Tripoli Jewish community organized a food relief effort for the prisoners?
Created by Zanahary (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

꧁Zanahary꧂ 17:45, 1 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Passes DYKcheck, primary hook looks good. Article was created on 01/31, so within the time range. Submitter has valid QPQ. One request for the future would be to include a better pointer to the source statements--I was able to find it on page 529. Looks good! CaptainAngus (talk) 02:28, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jack Hobbs (publisher)

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Moved to mainspace by Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 274 past nominations.

Launchballer 20:54, 30 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • New enough, source checks out, looks good. Earwig returns 80% chance of copyright violation, but this seems to mainly come from quotes and lists of works. Hook is obviosuly very good; I prefer alt1 ("remembered for a bout of explosive diarrhoea"). IanTEB (talk) 21:40, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Coastal Farm & Ranch

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Created by SounderBruce (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 248 past nominations.

SounderBruce 03:46, 31 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Norse Peak

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Burned trees on the west slopes of Norse Peak
Burned trees on the west slopes of Norse Peak
Created by Buidhe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 255 past nominations.

(t · c) buidhe 03:04, 30 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • I'll review this one. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:54, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    1. New enough and long enough? Created on Jan 29, which was less than 7 days ago. Google Docs gives 1900+ characters. checkY
    2. Well sourced, neutral, BLP-compliant and copyvio free? It looks like there's just enough here for WP:GNG. I spotchecked the sources and they verify the text. I'll note that I don't usually edit about mountains, so I'm less familiar with the reliability of some sources. That said, the only one that gives me definite pause is the last citation to GearLab because it's a product review site that earns commissions on affiliate links: [1]
    3. Presentable? checkY
    4. I don't see a source for this hook specifically? I'm assuming that one is meant to just look at the sources contained within the article?
    5. The image licensing looks fine checkY
    6. QPQ? checkY
  • I'd like to hear from Buidhe about points 2 and 4 before I pass this. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 02:32, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. GearLab is cited only for the existence of this now-discontinued product, for which it is IMO a reliable source. The website is credible and it was actually cited in multiple academic studies: [2][3]. There are three separate sources supporting the hook content, which are all present in the article. (t · c) buidhe 04:52, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

With the above explanations, I think this is fine. I'll mark this . I encourage the person officially promoting this to do their own checks as I've only reviewed a handful of DYKs before, being relatively new to the QPQ process. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 04:57, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Salt water aspiration syndrome

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Beluga whale
Beluga whale
Improved to Good Article status by Strange Orange (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

— Strange Orange 13:53, 30 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: The main hook would be fine but the ALT1 hook may need a separate pair of eyes to check first. IntentionallyDense (Contribs) 03:47, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tyrannasorus rex

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  • ... that a specimen of Tyrannasorus rex had six legs and wings and was killed by a legume?
Improved to Good Article status by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 212 past nominations.

Surtsicna (talk) 11:14, 30 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Nice work on this article, Surtsicna, and I really like the hook -- it sure got me! = paul2520 💬 16:23, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! It looks like this hook might be ready to run on its 12th anniversary. Surtsicna (talk) 16:56, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bibbidiba

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5x expanded by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 72 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 05:12, 3 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: The word count went from 24 to 1429, long enough, well-sourced, 15% on Earwig, and it is an attributed translation, the qpq is done. Wow! never though I would see this article here. Great work, I remember seeing this in NPP as a stub.

Zaziemskie światy

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Improved to Good Article status by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 545 past nominations.

Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:09, 1 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: I can't read Polish but I will assume good faith that the hook is cited. Sahaib (talk) 00:51, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Accidental Gods

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  • ... that an author referred to her book Accidental Gods as "dad non-fiction"?
Moved to mainspace by DrOrinScrivello (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

DrOrinScrivello (talk) 20:12, 31 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good to go with main or ALT Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:27, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Phedimus kamtschaticus

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Phedimus kamtschaticus cultivar
Phedimus kamtschaticus cultivar
  • Source: "It is grown in gardens and found as a relic of cultivation or a naturalized garden throw-out on roadsides, railway banks and waste ground. It is occasionally self-sown. This species was reportedly introduced into cultivation in Britain in 1829; a variegated form is particularly popular in gardens. It was first recorded in the wild in 1981 (Slepe Heath, Dorset) , and remains very unevenly recorded but seems to be increasing." (Pearman & Dines 2003, p. 190)
5x expanded by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 213 past nominations.

Surtsicna (talk) 10:13, 1 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Wow, I love this hook! Any reason why you prefer the variegated image? It represents a less-common appearance, and I personaly find the photo captioned Star-shaped flowers are borne on stems in the summer to be more attractive. 5x expanded since January 29, only excellent sources, no copyvios or POV issues (lol). I would change "it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit" to maybe something like "the Royal Horticultural Society awarded the orange stonecrop with its Award of Garden Merit." Just to be clear that the active party here is the society, not the plant. The fact that it's under a synonym can be a footnote, or worked into the sentence if you feel it's important. Also, I would change "the US" to "the United States" throughout. Great work! ꧁Zanahary꧂ 17:44, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Haha you would be surprised at how many POV issues could be found in a seemingly innocent herb topic! Add Chinese herbal "medicine" on top of the usual taxonomical and geopolitical disputes and you have something to investigate :P I chose the landscape-oriented image because I read somewhere that it is preferable to portrait-oriented images, but now I cannot find where I read that. Surtsicna (talk) 19:14, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Balshavik (KPZB organ)

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  • Source: Петр Иосифович Зелинский, Н. А Ракевич. Печать КПЗБ в борьбе за свободу. Изд-во БГУ, 1977. pp. 24-25
Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 416 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 23:55, 31 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Fallingwater

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The Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania
The Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania
Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 698 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 15:46, 31 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Prime Minister (documentary)

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Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 67 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 02:20, 31 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: The article is new enough for DYK. Additionally, while it is a bit short, it meets the length requirements. QPQ has been satisfied as well, and Earwig's copyvio tool indicates that there are not any likely copyright violations present. The hook is cited and is also present in the article. While it's definitely not the most interesting hook I've read, I can't think of a more interesting one given the article, and in any case, this one is interesting enough for DYK. Overall, I see no reason not to approve this submission. JJonahJackalope (talk) 19:50, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Phedimus aizoon

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Phedimus aizoon
Phedimus aizoon
Created by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 214 past nominations.

Surtsicna (talk) 16:11, 1 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new enough, long enough, and NPOV. Hook is inline cited to Current Research in Food Science, which is an RS. Earwig returns 0.0%. QPQ done. Image is correctly licensed. All looks good! Chetsford (talk) 03:21, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

EF5 drought

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Created by EF5 (talk) and Tails Wx (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.

EF5 02:16, 3 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Well first of all I must say that EF5 is probably the best name of a person to nominate this article. The article looks good (is new/long enough and Earwig's is clear). The ALT0 hook is interesting and matches the article. The provided source is from 2021 (8 years since the drought began) so that source doesn't support the hook but the sources in the article do so there's no issue. Just waiting on the QPQ. ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:47, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Panamitsu: Done! :) EF5 13:56, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Good to go. ―Panamitsu (talk) 21:09, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Qizil Armies

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November 15, 1924 issue of Qьzьl Armies
November 15, 1924 issue of Qьzьl Armies
  • Source: З. Г Гарипова. Казань: общество, политика, культура : 1917-1941. Магариф, 2004. p. 78
Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 417 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 12:16, 2 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Hi, I'll be reviewing this:

General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Overall, looks good! Article is new enough (made Feb. 1), long enough and seems neutral. Earwig finds nothing significant, so no potential plagarism. The hook is cited (albeit to a book, so AGF), and is interesting. The picture is PD, but it's a bit hard to see what's going on without clicking on the photo itself. QPQ is done, so checking off. :) EF5 13:55, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

KVLY-TV

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Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 741 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 02:48, 3 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Snappy hook, interesting fact, and readable article. Promoted to GA within the last seven days. @Sammi Brie: did you consider submitting the hook with an image of the mast? We have the freely licensed File:KVLY-TV mast.jpg (if it'll be discernable at the small size of DYK). Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 05:53, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Amalthea (mythology)

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  • ... that in one version of Zeus's childhood his enemies are terrified of the goat who raises him?
  • Source: Gee, Ovid, Aratus, and Augustus, p. 132; Hard 2015, Eratosthenes and Hyginus: Constellation Myths, p. 42
  • ALT1: ... that in one version of Zeus's childhood the Titans are terrified of the goat who raises him?
  • ALT2: ... that in one version of Zeus's childhood, the goat who raises him is so frightening in appearance that his enemies are terrified of it?
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: Gee is a secondary source on the topic, while Hard 2015 is a translation of the text itself.
Improved to Good Article status by Michael Aurel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Michael Aurel (talk) 03:12, 2 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Definitely an interesting article and hook! Everything checks out here. charlotte 👸♥ 03:33, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

1968 Bucks County Community College protest

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Created by JJonahJackalope (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 66 past nominations.

JJonahJackalope (talk) 17:24, 3 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Fascinating topic. I made a series of minor edits fixing a few errors I found, removing the "however" and "as a result" verbiage, as well as fixing minor positive returns from Earwig.[4] Hooks are fine, although I found the possibilities in the "Significance" section far more hooky and interesting, but I can understand why you didn't choose to go with them. Aside from that, a few minor things did stand out to me: 1) 1968 was one of the most volatile years in US history, and there's a lot written about it. I expected at least one sentence, maybe two noting that context, and the sources you use did mention this. I only bring this up because our younger readers might not know how important that year was in American history and how this protest fits directly into that zeitgeist. 2) The lead is overly detailed and can easily be compressed into more direct language summarizing the topic. I see what you did here and how you tried to summarize each section in the lead accurately, but you have to weigh that approach with new readers coming to this topic for the first time. You don't want to scare them away with so much intense detail. Otherwise, great job. Viriditas (talk) 04:47, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fork in the Road (Office of Personnel Management memo)

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  • Source: For claim of "first-ever" see CBS News: "'This is a new effort under this administration,' one of the officials said". For claim of "two million" see The New York Times: "The Trump administration on Tuesday offered roughly two million federal workers the option to resign"
Moved to mainspace by Dan Leonard (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 06:07, 3 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • @Dan Leonard: Article new and long enough. Referencing is adequate, and no copyvio detected. I am reasonably sure that the entire contents of the email, if available, would be in the public domain; might be worth adding to the article. I cannot find the claim for the "first ever mass message" in the article - it's in the CBS News article, but not in the article body. Once that's added, this would be good to go. Juxlos (talk) 10:30, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Juxlos: the "first ever" claim is the second sentence of lead, The memo, the first ever mass message to all roughly two million federal employees, offered a deferred resignation scheme for those unwilling to work under the second presidency of Donald Trump. Since the letter is public domain it’s hosted at Wikisource and included in the article via {{Wikisource}}. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 16:12, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Needs an inline citation there then. Added it to save time. Juxlos (talk) 02:23, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There's no part of the memo that "requests" recipients to resign; it presents an offer, but allows either choice. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 04:50, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sharesies

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Moved to mainspace by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 68 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 02:20, 3 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: New enough (created on 1 February); Long enough (2093 characters); Sourced, neutral, and free of copyright violations; Pic N/A; Hook is cited at the end of the sentence and interesting; QPQ has been provided. This is good to go. AmateurHi$torian (talk) 06:13, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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