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To report errors in queues, please place a message at WT:DYK or WP:ERRORS.

DYK queue status

There is currently 1 filled queue. Assistance in moving preps is requested.

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
February 25	1	1
February 26	1
March 7	2
March 8	1
March 9	2
March 10	1
March 12	2
March 15	1
March 16	2
March 19	1	1
March 21	1	1
March 22	1
March 23	2
March 24	6	1
March 25	2	1
March 26	3	3
March 27	2	1
March 28	6	5
March 29	4	2
March 30	3	1
March 31	8	8
April 1	4	4
April 2	12	9
April 3	6	4
April 4	4	3
April 5	7	5
April 6	6	3
April 7	5	5
April 8	11	10
April 9	15	11
April 10	2	1
April 11	11	9
April 12	8	6
April 13	13	9
April 14	9	6
April 15	6	3
April 16	9	6
April 17	6	1
April 18	8	2
April 19	4
April 20	6
April 21	8
April 22	5
April 23	8
April 24	11
April 25	3
April 26	7
April 27	6
April 28	7
April 29	1
April 30	1
Total	261	122
Last updated 01:20, 30 April 2025 UTC Current time is 04:19, 30 April 2025 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

There is currently 1 filled queue. Assistance in moving preps is requested.

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Current time: 04:19, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 4 hours ago(

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Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 6	30 April 17:00	30 April 20:00	1 May 00:00	1 May 01:00	1 May 05:30	1 May 09:00	1 May 10:00
Queue 7 Prep 7	1 May 17:00	1 May 20:00	2 May 00:00	2 May 01:00	2 May 05:30	2 May 09:00	2 May 10:00
Queue 1 Prep 1	2 May 17:00	2 May 20:00	3 May 00:00	3 May 01:00	3 May 05:30	3 May 09:00	3 May 10:00
Queue 2 Prep 2	3 May 17:00	3 May 20:00	4 May 00:00	4 May 01:00	4 May 05:30	4 May 09:00	4 May 10:00
Queue 3 Prep 3	4 May 17:00	4 May 20:00	5 May 00:00	5 May 01:00	5 May 05:30	5 May 09:00	5 May 10:00
Queue 4 Prep 4	5 May 17:00	5 May 20:00	6 May 00:00	6 May 01:00	6 May 05:30	6 May 09:00	6 May 10:00
Queue 5 Prep 5	6 May 17:00	6 May 20:00	7 May 00:00	7 May 01:00	7 May 05:30	7 May 09:00	7 May 10:00
Prep 6	7 May 17:00	7 May 20:00	8 May 00:00	8 May 01:00	8 May 05:30	8 May 09:00	8 May 10:00

Queues

Queue 6 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by a human (SL93 (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Sanahin Bridge

... that the Sanahin Bridge (pictured) has stood intact for more than 800 years?
... that a tornado estimated to be one of the strongest on record planted maize crops in Greenfield, Iowa?
... that four generations of the British royal family had a summer barbecue at Inchnabobart?
... that the midnight shadow docket order in Tandon v. Newsom was called the most important religious free exercise decision in 30 years?
... that William Jenkins Wilcox Jr. was given a Citizen Archivist award at a symposium titled "Secret City in the Tennessee Hills: From Dogpatch to Nuclear Power"?
... that only Greenland Dogs may race in Avannaata Qimussersua?
... that Bangladeshi singer Abanti Sithi has used plastic cups, foil paper and metal coins as musical instruments?
... that Marguerite McDonald performed the world's first laser correction surgery on the normal eye of a living human patient?
... that Donald Trump would "much prefer not having a picture than having this one"?

Queue 7 [edit]

Queue 1 [edit]

Queue 2 [edit]

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 [[TM:DYK/P1|Prep 1]]
  
  To [[TM:DYK/P2|Prep 2]]
  
  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]]
- 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 [[TM:DYK/P1|Prep 1]]
To [[TM:DYK/P2|Prep 2]]
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 7 [update count].

Prep area 7 [edit]

J. J. Walser Jr. House

... that Chicago's deteriorating J. J. Walser Jr. House (pictured) has not been repaired because it is unclear who owns the house?
... that Sir William Hillary was sent to Dover in case of aircraft crashes, but did not save anyone from an aircraft in ten years' service with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution?
... that Martha Burgess's 1993 sculpture of two female World War II personnel kissing was inspired by the photograph V-J Day in Times Square?
... that, on the first day of the 1995 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état, President Miguel Trovoada emerged from hiding in his pajamas and nightgown?
... that Marcia Coyle, who covers the U.S. Supreme Court for PBS News Hour, got her start in journalism by writing obituaries?
... that Dutch East India Company officials considered the inhabitants of the Bungku Kingdom to be "the fiercest of all Malukan peoples"?
... that Ardo Hansson was appointed to the committee overseeing the transition from the Soviet ruble to the Estonian kroon as a replacement for someone who fell ill?
... that Keurbos's placement within arthropods is uncertain, as its two surviving fossils lack limbs?
... that Green Thumb Industries produces cannabis on lands of a former prison?

Prep area 1 [edit]

Filodes fulvidorsalis drinking tears from a human eye

... that some insects drink the tears (example pictured) of their predators?
... that the Vatican's website was first made available in Latin under Pope Benedict XVI?
... that Blue Origin NS-31 recently became the first all-female spaceflight in 62 years?
... that a disused industrial pier was incorporated into a city park?
... that a cultivar of Aquilegia flabellata has been called "as beautiful as a columbine needs to be"?
... that George R. Dale was sent to prison by a judge who he accused of being in the Ku Klux Klan?
... that the sled dog race Ivakkak features two mushers riding on the dog sled?
... that Major League Baseball's first Pride Night came about after a lesbian couple were removed from a Los Angeles Dodgers game for kissing?
... that people in parts of India, North America, and Africa marry tree trunks?

Prep area 2 [edit]

Young Maasai man

... that around 1900, a young Maasai man (pictured) looked straight at Carl Vincenti's camera?
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Prep area 3 [edit]

Más Notícias

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Prep area 5 [edit]

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... that a fat pope follows a thin one?

Prep area 6 [edit]

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