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DYK queue status

There are currently 3 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 5. 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
September 27	1	1
October 3	1	1
October 18	2	1
October 19	2	2
October 20	1	1
October 24	2	1
October 25	1
October 28	3	2
October 31	2	1
November 1	2
November 2	2	1
November 3	2	2
November 4	4	1
November 5	3	1
November 7	2	1
November 8	3	1
November 9	3	2
November 10	3	1
November 11	3	3
November 13	3	3
November 14	1	1
November 15	4	3
November 16	3	2
November 17	2
November 18	5	4
November 19	6	3
November 20	6	6
November 21	12	10
November 22	8	6
November 23	1	1
November 24	5	5
November 25	6	5
November 26	5	3
November 27	8	7
November 28	4	3
November 29	10	8
November 30	6	6
December 1	9	8
December 2	5	4
December 3	7	6
December 4	9	9
December 5	8	6
December 6	2
December 7	1
December 8
December 9
December 10	3
December 11	1
December 12	2
December 13	6
December 14	1
December 15	4
December 16	2
December 17	2
December 18	6
December 19	8	1
December 20	7
Total	220	133
Last updated 05:25, 21 December 2024 UTC Current time is 05:29, 21 December 2024 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

There are currently 3 filled queues. Admins, please consider promoting a prep to queue if you have the time!

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Current time: 05:29, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 5 hours ago(

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Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London (UTC)	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 5	21 December 16:00	21 December 19:00	22 December 00:00	22 December 00:00	22 December 05:30	22 December 09:00	22 December 11:00
Queue 6	22 December 16:00	22 December 19:00	23 December 00:00	23 December 00:00	23 December 05:30	23 December 09:00	23 December 11:00
Queue 7	23 December 16:00	23 December 19:00	24 December 00:00	24 December 00:00	24 December 05:30	24 December 09:00	24 December 11:00
Queue 1 Prep 1	24 December 16:00	24 December 19:00	25 December 00:00	25 December 00:00	25 December 05:30	25 December 09:00	25 December 11:00
Queue 2 Prep 2	25 December 16:00	25 December 19:00	26 December 00:00	26 December 00:00	26 December 05:30	26 December 09:00	26 December 11:00
Queue 3 Prep 3	26 December 16:00	26 December 19:00	27 December 00:00	27 December 00:00	27 December 05:30	27 December 09:00	27 December 11:00
Queue 4 Prep 4	27 December 16:00	27 December 19:00	28 December 00:00	28 December 00:00	28 December 05:30	28 December 09:00	28 December 11:00
Prep 5	28 December 16:00	28 December 19:00	29 December 00:00	29 December 00:00	29 December 05:30	29 December 09:00	29 December 11:00
Prep 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
Prep 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

Queues

Queue 5 [edit]

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

René Vallon

... that René Vallon (pictured) achieved the first aeroplane flight, and was the first aeroplane-related death, in China?
... that the creator of The Americans drew inspiration for the show from his time as a CIA officer and a 2010 Russian spy scandal?
... that Tjeerd van Andel was surprised to find heaps of giant clam shells around hot springs on his first dive to the Pacific ocean floor?
... that art historians believe that Ellen Thesleff's self-portrait may have been drawn in a trance-like state?
... that Charles Herman Allen, university administrator and American Civil War captain, opened the University of Wisconsin to female enrollment in 1863?
... that during World War I the organ of evacuated Polish railway workers in Moscow denounced the trade unions of the Warsaw–Vienna railway as "separatists"?
... that the Mingxing Film Company released more than 150 films in 16 years, but most are now lost?
... that St. Gregory the Great Seminary was founded in a former juvenile mental hospital?
... that Ritsuko Taho once had her students at Harvard University slaughter a chicken and turn its bones into a sculpture?

Queue 6 [edit]

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

Footage of the 2022 Andover tornado

... that the 2022 Andover tornado (video featured) injured only three people, despite damaging more than 1,000 buildings?
... that Dithapelo Keorapetse was named Speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana shortly after losing his bid for election to the legislature?
... that the 1962 space-age pop album Latin-esque was recorded with halves of the orchestra separated by almost a city block to heighten its stereo effects?
... that Bob Gandey founded a circus that continues to be operated by his descendants more than a century later?
... that Hudson's Bay Company ships reserved special rooms for important Lower Chehalis visitors due to their key role in regional trade networks?
... that referee Mike Hasenfratz acted in an ice hockey fight in Stay Tuned?
... that Planting a Rainbow has been praised for both its "deft use of colors" and the educational identification of seeds, bulbs, sprouts, and blossoms?
... that David Bookbinder was Margaret Thatcher's "least favourite local government leader"?
... that entitativity refers to how "groupy" a group is?

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.

Voltairine de Cleyre

... that Voltairine de Cleyre (pictured), despite losing her ability to move or speak due to illness, refused to accept last rites by scowling at the priest?
... that tourte de blettes, a sweet pie made with Swiss chard, is traditionally eaten in Nice on Christmas Eve?
... that Casanova's friend Edoardo Tiretta built a bazaar in India?
... that Christmas: A Biography states that, despite its Christian origins, Christmas has been mostly secular since its inception in the fourth century?
... that Oh Hee-ok was the last surviving female Korean independence activist?
... that the sexual onomatopoeia puff-puff was censored in English releases of Dragon Quest until Dragon Quest XI?
... that Italian anti-Mafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri survived three assassination attempts within three weeks?
... that in 2016 two thieves stole $350,000 worth of rare books in Oakland, California, and tried to sell some of them to Moe's Books nearby?
... that energy executive Chris Wright once drank fracking fluid to prove that it was not dangerous?

Queue 1 [edit]

Queue 2 [edit]

Queue 3 [edit]

Queue 4 [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 1 [update count].

Prep area 1 [edit]

Adoration of the Magi in the Snow

... that the Adoration of the Magi in the Snow (pictured), recently re-dated, is now known to be the earliest of Bruegel's snow paintings?
... that the Philly Specials, formed by three football players from the Philadelphia Eagles, have recorded Christmas music with Stevie Nicks and Boyz II Men?
... that heavy spring rains caused a poor harvest of the Dickinson pumpkin, leading to a canned pumpkin shortage for Christmas in 2015?
... that Holiday Seasoning was promoted with the release of holiday seasonings?
... that HMT Night Hawk was sunk on Christmas Day 1914 while trawling for mines off Scarborough, England?
... that the National Gingerbread House Competition, despite its name, has featured gingerbread merry-go-rounds, sea monsters, and even the Statue of Liberty?
... that Pflaumentoffel, edible figures made from prunes, were sold by children in German Christmas markets in the 19th century?
... that "The Christmas Invasion" led to Christmas specials becoming a staple for Doctor Who?
... that A. krampus has been found living in southeastern Brazil?

Prep area 2 [edit]

FoodPharmer

... that a viral video by an Indian influencer (pictured) on the sugar content of a children's "health drink" compelled its manufacturer to cut down the sugar content by almost 15 percent?
... that on 26 December 1724, Johann Sebastian Bach led the first performance of Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121, based on a hymn that Martin Luther had derived 200 years earlier?
... that actress Jane Fenmore Barnes learned how to pilot a plane so she could fly home to Massachusetts on her own?
... that the largest IMAX cinema in the Southern Hemisphere is in Melbourne?
... that Musa al-Gharbi argues that "symbolic capitalists" support social justice movements to amass social currency?
... that Planting a Rainbow has been praised for both its "deft use of colors" and the educational identification of seeds, bulbs, sprouts, and blossoms?
... that Filipino violinist Gilopez Kabayao was nicknamed the "Mozart to the Barrios"?
... that Ian Holm, who died in 2020, was "resurrected" to appear in Alien: Romulus through a combination of animatronics, computer-generated imagery, and artificial intelligence?
... that NFL player Adrian Baril also was a "fat men's race" champion?

Prep area 3 [edit]

Graves at Bayonet Trench

... that a popular myth held that the French soldiers interred in Bayonet Trench (pictured) were buried alive with their rifles in their hands?
... that a now-lost chronicle of the kings of Kashmir is attributed to the author Ratnākara?
... that a critic described GNX, after its surprise release, as Kendrick Lamar's "greatest work" yet?
... that ballet dancer Nina Tikhonova taught dance for free to children who had been orphaned during World War II?
... that former adult actress Suzumi Suzuki's book Gifted was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize in 2022?
... that George Bogaars, as head of Singapore's Secret Branch, oversaw the detention of more than a hundred suspected communist sympathisers?
... that the Green Bay Packers won a snowy NFL playoff game by scoring six straight touchdowns after they had been losing 14–0?
... that William C. Roberts had to resign a pastorate in Ohio because his wife's illness was believed to only be curable if she returned to her home state?
... that some anarchists reject adjectives?

Prep area 4 [edit]

Kwan Man-ching

... that Kwan Man-ching (pictured), who directed more than fifty films in forty years, entered the industry hoping to meet his celebrity crush?
... that the style of Hermann Weyl's Gruppentheorie und Quantenmechanik has been likened to "a smiling figure on horseback, cutting a clean way through ... with a swift bright sword"?
... that international adult figure skating champion Naz Arıcı learned to skate at the age of 29?
... that in 1967 two mathematicians published PhD dissertations independently disproving the same thirteen-year-old conjecture?
... that John Mascarenhas served as the chairman of his country's legislature and the president of their Olympic committee at the same time?
... that Kevin Roose wrote a viral article about artificial intelligence rhetoric after an AI bot attempted to convince him to leave his wife?
... that Karl Thielscher began refereeing American football games less than a month after retiring from playing the sport professionally?
... that between February and August 1918 the Petergofsky District mobilized more than 20 combat units for the Red Army?
... that a South Korean actor sold his belongings and went $7 million into debt to keep his amusement park running?

Prep area 5 [edit]

Mawali tribal sheikhs, 1880s

... that in the 18th century the Mawali tribe (pictured) was driven from the Syrian steppe to the regions of Hama and Idlib, where their descendants live today?
... that a reviewer wrote in January 2024 that the songs of Ceechynaa, who entered the UK singles chart that December with "Peggy", exhibited an "audible contempt" for men?
... that vitamin E was named "tocopherol" as it was identified as essential for live births in rats?
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... that the cover art of Music from the Merch Desk (2016–2023) was derived from bootleg merchandise?
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Prep area 7 [edit]

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