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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 7. 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 26	1	1
March 7	2
March 9	1	1
March 10
March 12	2
March 15	1
March 16	1
March 21	1	1
March 22	1
March 23	2
March 24	4
March 25	1
March 26	1	1
March 27	1
March 28	1
March 29	3
March 30	3
April 2	5	1
April 3	2	1
April 4	2	1
April 5	3	3
April 6	4	1
April 7	2	2
April 8	5	3
April 9	11	5
April 10	1
April 11	7	5
April 12	8	6
April 13	13	9
April 14	8	5
April 15	5	3
April 16	9	7
April 17	6	1
April 18	16	9
April 19	11	8
April 20	11	6
April 21	20	13
April 22	11	10
April 23	15	7
April 24	14	6
April 25	11	6
April 26	10	4
April 27	15	9
April 28	18	4
April 29	3
April 30	6
May 1	4
May 2	9
May 3	4
May 4	3
May 5	6
May 6	4
May 7	6
May 8	3
Total	317	139
Last updated 15:35, 8 May 2025 UTC Current time is 15:39, 8 May 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, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

Current time: 15:39, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 15 hours ago(

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Local update times

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

Queues

Queue 7 [edit]

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

Entrance to the Lavatory Madeleine

... that a public toilet in Paris (entrance pictured) is a French national heritage site?
... that a Wisconsin TV station claimed to have the only revolving stage in a TV studio east of California when it went on the air in 1953?
... that Jatin Chakraborty was sued by pop singer Usha Uthup after Chakraborty labelled her shows as "decadent"?
... that a special election in February 1963 put the first Republican in four decades into the Mississippi Legislature?
... that a Choquei Instagram post claiming that Lula had won the 2022 Brazilian election received more than 1.3 million likes before the official result was announced?
... that Gannon University's original American football program lasted only two years due to fan "apathy", despite going undefeated and holding scoreless six of eight opponents in its first year?
... that the hedonistic pursuit of pleasure may prevent pleasure?
... that the arsonist who burned down a golden Buddhist temple secretly removed one nail, then reinserted it, then removed it again?
... that carrot recorders, butternut squash trombones, and aubergine castanets are all instruments in the London Vegetable Orchestra?

Queue 1 [edit]

Queue 2 [edit]

Queue 3 [edit]

Queue 4 [edit]

Queue 5 [edit]

Queue 6 [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 1 [update count].

Prep area 1 [edit]

Kyai Maja's grave

... that the grave (pictured) of Javanese spiritual leader Kyai Maja at his exile near Lake Tondano has become a site for pilgrimages?
... that a North Carolina TV station was originally named for its attorney?
... that the anti-Francoist guerrilla Marcelino Massana pranked the Civil Guard captain who was trying to kill him by paying for his coffee?
... that the 1940–1941 Vilnius Yiddish daily Vilner Emes followed Soviet orthography and thus did not use final forms of Hebrew letters?
... that Maxine Fluharty was "practically born with a field hockey stick in her hands"?
... that the filming sets of A New Old Play are so visibly fake that shaking white fabrics and plastic bags were used to mimic turbulent waves?
... that Laurie Schipper, who was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 2022, testified to support a woman who murdered her abusive husband?
... that Sobrevivendo no Inferno by Racionais MC's, which critiques police violence and systemic racism in Brazil, was required reading for a university entrance exam?
... that lawyer Jefferson Fisher went viral after sharing short videos providing practical communication tips recorded in his parked pickup truck in Silsbee, Texas?

Prep area 2 [edit]

St. Peter's Cathedral pictured 1909

... that when the 3,400 m² (37,000 sq ft) St Peter's Cathedral (pictured) was built on tiny 18 km² (6.9 sq mi) Likoma Island, it was believed to be the largest building in Central Africa?
... that American-born Freddie Lish won a gold medal with the Thai national team and called playing for the country "my dream ever since I found out my mom was born in Thailand"?
... that Pakistani prime minister Mohammad Ali Bogra opposed 1955 election to protect his political position?
... that 9 days after his heart transplant, J. C. Walter Jr. merged his company Houston Oil & Minerals with Tenneco, then retired to his ranch, and less than 2 months later founded Walter Oil & Gas?
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Prep area 3 [edit]

Statue of the Rani of Jhansi in Solapur

... that the Rani of Jhansi (statue pictured) has been described as "the greatest heroine of Indian history"?
... that U.S. Senator Ted Cruz accused the play Downstate of celebrating pedophilia?
... that Japanese electronic musician Camellia began producing music at the age of ten using his mother's computer?
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... that UCLA Bruins player Tyler Bilodeau cited his mother, who played in the WNBA, as "the reason I play basketball"?
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Prep area 4 [edit]

Cory Booker

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Prep area 7 [edit]

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