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DYK queue status

There are currently 5 filled queues – all good, for now!

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 2. 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
July 13	1	1
July 15	1
July 18	3	1
July 19	4	1
July 22	1	1
July 23	1
July 24	2	1
July 25	2
July 26	5	1
July 27	4	3
July 28	11	6
July 29	6	4
July 30	4	1
July 31	1	1
August 1	3
August 2	3	2
August 3	5	3
August 4	4	3
August 5	10	3
August 6	7	3
August 7	4	2
August 8	7	4
August 9	4	3
August 10	9	4
August 11	6	3
August 12	4	3
August 13	3	3
August 14	10	7
August 15	6	4
August 16	8	4
August 17	8	3
August 18	9	7
August 19	9	3
August 20	5	2
August 21	3	1
August 22	7	4
August 23	9	1
August 24	7	1
August 25	13	5
August 26	5
August 27	12	7
August 28	12	4
August 29	14	5
August 30	18	7
August 31	4
September 1	4
September 2	7
September 3	6
September 4	2
Total	293	122
Last updated 16:45, 4 September 2024 UTC Current time is 16:48, 4 September 2024 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

There are currently 5 filled queues – all good, for now!

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Current time: 16:48, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 16 hours ago(

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Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 2	4 September 17:00	4 September 20:00	5 September 00:00	5 September 01:00	5 September 05:30	5 September 09:00	5 September 10:00
Queue 3	5 September 17:00	5 September 20:00	6 September 00:00	6 September 01:00	6 September 05:30	6 September 09:00	6 September 10:00
Queue 4	6 September 17:00	6 September 20:00	7 September 00:00	7 September 01:00	7 September 05:30	7 September 09:00	7 September 10:00
Queue 5	7 September 17:00	7 September 20:00	8 September 00:00	8 September 01:00	8 September 05:30	8 September 09:00	8 September 10:00
Queue 6	8 September 17:00	8 September 20:00	9 September 00:00	9 September 01:00	9 September 05:30	9 September 09:00	9 September 10:00
Queue 7 Prep 7	9 September 17:00	9 September 20:00	10 September 00:00	10 September 01:00	10 September 05:30	10 September 09:00	10 September 10:00
Queue 1 Prep 1	10 September 17:00	10 September 20:00	11 September 00:00	11 September 01:00	11 September 05:30	11 September 09:00	11 September 10:00
Prep 2	11 September 17:00	11 September 20:00	12 September 00:00	12 September 01:00	12 September 05:30	12 September 09:00	12 September 10:00
Prep 3	12 September 17:00	12 September 20:00	13 September 00:00	13 September 01:00	13 September 05:30	13 September 09:00	13 September 10:00
Prep 4	13 September 17:00	13 September 20:00	14 September 00:00	14 September 01:00	14 September 05:30	14 September 09:00	14 September 10:00
Prep 5	14 September 17:00	14 September 20:00	15 September 00:00	15 September 01:00	15 September 05:30	15 September 09:00	15 September 10:00
Prep 6	15 September 17:00	15 September 20:00	16 September 00:00	16 September 01:00	16 September 05:30	16 September 09:00	16 September 10:00

Queues

Queue 2 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (RoySmith (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe

... that upon independence from Portugal, the flags of São Tomé and Príncipe (pictured), Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau all featured the colours green, yellow and red, as well as black stars?
... that cinematographer Alfredo Gandolfi also had a career as a singer that included more than 300 performances at the Metropolitan Opera?
... that the demolition of the Iloilo Central Market was criticized as being unlawful?
... that Swedish naval officer Henrik Johan Nauckhoff fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War?
... that nine-year-old children were sometimes employed to help teach younger children in infant schools in the 1840s?
... that the Zbrojovka Z 4 was the first Czechoslovak mass-produced car with front-wheel drive?
... that "Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche", a 1983 song by Mike Ejeagha, went viral in 2024?
... that despite being an independent candidate, Leanne Mohamad came within 528 votes of defeating shadow health secretary Wes Streeting in the 2024 UK general election?
... that German officials exiled the Samoan king from his own kingdom in 1887?

Queue 3 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (theleekycauldron (talk • she/her)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Nikolay Cherkasov as Ivan the Terrible

... that Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible (scene pictured) has been named as both one of the worst films and one of the greatest films of all time?
... that Olympian Sydney Francisco was named after the city where her mother competed at the Olympics?
... that the December 2010 Christchurch earthquake caused Boxing Day sales events six weeks later?
... that a judge compared the bankruptcy fraud of an Ohio TV station to a 1601 English court case?
... that the surviving copies of the Kitab-ı Bahriye contain a total of more than 5,700 maps?
... that in 2006 the parochial church council of St Peter's, Draycott, tried to sell the church's baptismal font?
... that the 1920 foxtrot song "I'll See You in C-U-B-A" was an example of Cuba being perceived as "America's playground"?
... that 30 royal portraits of Korean kings were completely destroyed in a 1954 fire in Busan, South Korea?
... that Babydog is "a fixture in West Virginia politics"?

Queue 4 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (BorgQueen (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Israel Del Toro

... that despite suffering burns to 80 percent of his body, Israel Del Toro (pictured) became the first member of the U.S. Air Force to re-enlist after being deemed 100-percent disabled?
... that Cyclone Freddy was the longest-lasting tropical cyclone recorded?
... that Ana Sigüenza was the first woman to be the general secretary of a national trade union center in Spain?
... that a researcher called the community on the short-lived collaborative writing website One Million Monkeys Typing "astonishingly harmonious"?
... that architect Ivan Palmaw designed houses in Shanghai and Seattle after fleeing the Russian Revolution?
... that the prison scenes in the film Plurality were shot in an archaeology museum?
... that Daiki Kobayashi was already known for his androgynous voice when he was cast as a cross-dressing idol in The Idolmaster SideM?
... that an office building on New York City's Times Square was almost entirely vacant upon its completion?
... that an icon of Jesus was removed from a Catholic church for being "pagan imagery"?

Queue 5 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (BorgQueen (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Modern sculpture of Henry III's white bear

... that in 1253 Henry III of England ordered that his white bear (sculpture pictured) be permitted to swim and hunt in the River Thames?
... that William Aitken, William J. Bain, J. Lister Holmes, John T. Jacobsen, and George W. Stoddard collaborated in the early 1940s to design America's first racially integrated public housing development?
... that while performing "Love Is Embarrassing", Olivia Rodrigo suffered an "embarassing" wardrobe malfunction?
... that the 1990 Serbian constitutional referendum also took place at six voting stations in Montenegro for voters who were on holiday?
... that the Palestinian right of armed resistance against the Israeli military is often derived from Article 1(4) of Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions?
... that although sport shooter Ban Hyo-jin attended Olympic trials "just to gain some competition experience", she qualified for the Olympics and went on to win a gold medal?
... that the lyrics of "Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)" were inspired by beheadings in medieval Europe?
... that up to 16,000 crows regularly commute from around the Seattle metropolitan area to a wetland in Bothell, Washington?
... that according to a TikTok theory, burnt toast could save you from a car accident?

Queue 6 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (RoySmith (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Pizza served in North Korea

... that Kim Jong Il had Italian chefs flown into Pyongyang to introduce pizza to North Korea (example pictured)?
... that the Church of St John of the Collachium was said to contain the hand of John the Baptist, a bowl used by Jesus, and a piece of the True Cross?
... that LA LOM have named many of their songs after various locations in Los Angeles?
... that the Nuwhaha people, despite sometimes being erroneously known as the "Upper Samish", do not speak the Samish language?
... that Betty Hanley, originally a Michigander, was appointed lampshade designer to the British royal family?
... that the spin-off episode of the live-action adaptation of Motokare Retry was written to portray "conversations between men" and "male friendship"?
... that during the 1964 New York World's Fair, police officers used computers at the United States Pavilion to help arrest people?
... that Greenlandic content creator Qupanuk Olsen petitioned the Inatsisartut to move Greenland's time zone to UTC−03:00?
... that many an Xplorer has traversed the rails in Canberra?

Queue 7 [edit]

Queue 1 [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 7 [update count].

Prep area 7 [edit]

Two people in an Electriquette

... that the Electriquette (example pictured) was an electric wicker vehicle that could be rented at the 1915 Panama–California Exposition?
... that shortly after it was completed, the Tokamak de Fontenay-aux-Roses burned a hole through itself in the first example of a "disruption"?
... that according to academic Camille Paglia, her 1993 film Glennda and Camille Do Downtown was banned from multiple LGBT film festivals for reasons of political incorrectness?
... that the legalization of abortion in Benin was supported by two members of cabinet who had both worked as gynecologists?
... that in December 2023, former Major League Soccer referee Alex Chilowicz began officiating in the English Football League after relocating to England?
... that many producers of Marmelada de Santa Luzia, a variety of quince cheese, are descendants of quilombolas?
... that Nathaniel Coe declined nomination to the United States Senate, instead choosing to serve as an inspector for the United States Postal Service?
... that Sachi Narashima came up with the idea for the manga Cosmetic Playlover after her friend, who worked as a beauty consultant, mentioned that there were male beauty consultants?
... that Mary Jo West compared working in network TV news to learning that Santa Claus is human?

Prep area 1 [edit]

Flag of Rwanda

... that the flag of Rwanda (pictured) depicts the sun illuminating the country's lush vegetation?
... that Lorena Peril, who once cleaned toilets at a nursing home, beat out over 3,000 people to sing the national anthem for the San Francisco 49ers?
... that in the late 1940s the steam tug Brent removed war-related debris, including naval mines, from the River Thames?
... that in 1884 Motibai Kapadia's father allowed her to study alongside men in India?
... that Mohammad Bhar, a Palestinian man with Down syndrome and autism, died following a dog attack in the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war?
... that Héctor Germán Oesterheld repurposed his initial plans for a sequel of the comic The Eternaut as a novel?
... that Helen Hornbeck Tanner was part of a major case supporting the Ojibwe in front of the Supreme Court of the United States while in her 80s?
... that the documentary Wolfman's Got Nards takes its title from a memorable line in the 1987 film The Monster Squad?
... that USA Boxing's head coach said Olympian Jajaira Gonzalez's return to boxing was "like Lazarus coming back from the dead"?

Prep area 2 [edit]

Men disarming a dud mortar shell in the Café Adria basement

... that the nightclub Café Adria survived a hit by a Karl-Gerät siege mortar (pictured)?
... that a contemporary adaptation of "The Snow Queen" contains feminist elements and, according to one scholar, violates gender expectations?
... that Badger is the first commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine?
... that the borders of the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve were drawn to minimize impact on the Shengli Oil Field?
... that Chris Cox, the founder of Bikers for Trump, estimated that 70 percent of its members are former military?
... that Feastogether launched a restaurant that was Taiwan's highest-priced buffet when it opened in 2023?
... that 19th-century Polish writer Józef Ignacy Kraszewski authored several hundred works, including over 200 novels, making him one of the most prolific writers in the world?
... that while recruiting for the Blair Colony, Betty Blair reportedly convinced potential settlers there were no flies in South Dakota?
... that the DJ Sammy Virji went viral on TikTok after cueing in a track with a rubber fish?

Prep area 3 [edit]

Walter Kirchhoff as Faust

... that operatic tenor Walter Kirchhoff (pictured) was also a military officer in the cavalry division of the Imperial German Army?
... that the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations is housed in a former public bath?
... that rugby sevens player Malacchi Esdale said the conditioning it took for him to play in the Olympics was "borderline crazy"?
... that Fantasy is the topless production in Las Vegas with the longest duration at a single venue?
... that the Filipino government tried forcing two kidnapped activists to confess to being rebels at a press conference, but they had other plans?
... that Mary Jane Patterson, whose mother was an African American slave, gained a BA degree in 1862 having taken a "gentleman's course"?
... that the angel's wings in the live-action television drama adaptation of One Room Angel took about a month to construct?
... that Dorothy Stanley was once said to be one of the last speakers of the Miwok languages?
... that some fan wikis document fan fiction?

Prep area 4 [edit]

Razor clam dress

... that the runway show for the Alexander McQueen collection Voss included dresses made from razor clams (pictured), microscope slides, and an antique Japanese folding screen?
... that Zhong Jingwen co-founded China's first folklore society in 1927, and then another in 1983?
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... that Kevin Mejía was the only Honduran to directly qualify for the 2024 Olympics?
... that a school was once evacuated after a student playing senior assassin had his water gun mistaken for a real one?
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... that Tilman Michael, who is set to be the Metropolitan Opera's chorus master from the 2024/25 season, helped the Oper Frankfurt to multiple Opera choir of the year awards?
... that "50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000" received over 70 million views in 24 hours?
... that nobody knows how many species of beetle live in New Zealand, and scientists blame Thomas Broun?

Prep area 5 [edit]

The Morgan Library & Museum

... that during the Panic of 1907, the presidents of New York City's banks and trust companies were locked in the Pierpont Morgan Library (pictured)?
... that Olympic taekwondo practitioner Yahya Al-Ghotany learned the sport "by chance" at a refugee camp?
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... that David Gillespie became the chief surveyor of the United States boundary commission after the first surveyor was considered to be "insufferably arrogant"?
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Prep area 6 [edit]

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