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DYK queue status

There are currently 7 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.

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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
November 19	2
November 22	1
November 26	1
December 1	2
December 2	2	1
December 10	1
December 12	1
December 13	2
December 15	2	1
December 16	2	1
December 21	1
December 24	1
December 25	1
December 26	2
December 27	1
December 28	2
December 29	4	4
December 30	5	4
December 31	6	5
January 1	6	4
January 2	16	9
January 3	12	9
January 4	9	7
January 5	18	14
January 6	20	13
January 7	14	12
January 8	18	11
January 9	23	14
January 10	20	10
January 11	14	11
January 12	15	10
January 13	2
January 14	3
January 15	7
January 16	3
January 17	2
January 18	6
January 19	5
Total	252	140
Last updated 17:39, 19 January 2025 UTC Current time is 18:05, 19 January 2025 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

There are currently 7 filled queues – all good, for now!

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Current time: 18:05, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 12 hours

Last updated: 6 hours ago(

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Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London (UTC)	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 5	19 January 16:00	19 January 19:00	20 January 00:00	20 January 00:00	20 January 05:30	20 January 09:00	20 January 11:00
Queue 6	20 January 04:00	20 January 07:00	20 January 12:00	20 January 12:00	20 January 17:30	20 January 21:00	20 January 23:00
Queue 7	20 January 16:00	20 January 19:00	21 January 00:00	21 January 00:00	21 January 05:30	21 January 09:00	21 January 11:00
Queue 1	21 January 04:00	21 January 07:00	21 January 12:00	21 January 12:00	21 January 17:30	21 January 21:00	21 January 23:00
Queue 2	21 January 16:00	21 January 19:00	22 January 00:00	22 January 00:00	22 January 05:30	22 January 09:00	22 January 11:00
Queue 3	22 January 04:00	22 January 07:00	22 January 12:00	22 January 12:00	22 January 17:30	22 January 21:00	22 January 23:00
Queue 4	22 January 16:00	22 January 19:00	23 January 00:00	23 January 00:00	23 January 05:30	23 January 09:00	23 January 11:00
Prep 5	23 January 04:00	23 January 07:00	23 January 12:00	23 January 12:00	23 January 17:30	23 January 21:00	23 January 23:00
Prep 6	23 January 16:00	23 January 19:00	24 January 00:00	24 January 00:00	24 January 05:30	24 January 09:00	24 January 11:00
Prep 7	24 January 04:00	24 January 07:00	24 January 12:00	24 January 12:00	24 January 17:30	24 January 21:00	24 January 23:00
Prep 1	24 January 16:00	24 January 19:00	25 January 00:00	25 January 00:00	25 January 05:30	25 January 09:00	25 January 11:00
Prep 2	25 January 04:00	25 January 07:00	25 January 12:00	25 January 12:00	25 January 17:30	25 January 21:00	25 January 23:00
Prep 3	25 January 16:00	25 January 19:00	26 January 00:00	26 January 00:00	26 January 05:30	26 January 09:00	26 January 11:00
Prep 4	26 January 04:00	26 January 07:00	26 January 12:00	26 January 12:00	26 January 17:30	26 January 21:00	26 January 23:00

Queues

Queue 5 [edit]

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

Burma

... that Burma the elephant (pictured) once escaped Auckland Zoo?
... that the dance drama Rain of Flowers Along the Silk Road used movements inspired by cave paintings?
... that Sher Machado created a League of Legends tournament exclusively for transgender people?
... that Capote Falls is the highest waterfall in Texas, and the only location where Hinckley's columbine occurs in the wild?
... that the Legend of Aphroditian identifies the Greek goddess Hera with the Virgin Mary?
... that a bishop complained to the pope that Princess Alice of Antioch refused to share her raiding spoils with him?
... that streets in a neighborhood in Mexico were renamed after concepts and projects associated with Andrés Manuel López Obrador?
... that state representative Karl Bohnak, referring to his former profession, said that the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was one of the most challenging places in the U.S. to forecast the weather?
... that Efrim Menuck, the guitarist of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, likened the composition of Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven to film editing?

Queue 6 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by a human (~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Illustration of the Liceu bombing

... that six innocent people were executed for the Liceu bombing (pictured), despite Santiago Salvador confessing that he was the sole perpetrator?
... that Pixel Piracy's developers released a free torrent of their game?
... that Gracie Abrams wrote Good Riddance about her breakup from her former collaborator and boyfriend, Blake Slatkin?
... that Wu Zhong was recognized as the youngest general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army after the first holder was stripped of the title following his immigration to the Soviet Union?
... that the 1926 film Lonely Orchid was adapted from a British novel via a Chinese translation of a Japanese translation?
... that two different colleges experienced fires while Frederick W. Hinitt was their president?
... that South Korean sources reported in January 2024 that several thousand North Korean migrant workers occupied a factory and took hostages?
... that World War II nurse Ethel Lote practised yoga and tai chi until she was 95?
... that "Prius Missile" is internet slang for traffic accidents involving older drivers in Japan?

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.

William Plumer Jacobs

... that William Plumer Jacobs (pictured) founded Presbyterian College and Thornwell Orphanage?
... that the illustrated manuscript Tarif-i Husain Shahi contains a rare depiction of a queen in Islamic art?
... that a bulldog from New Zealand was trained to locate wounded soldiers on the battlefields of the Western Front in World War I and guide them back to safety?
... that the first biography of the first Japanese woman to earn a college degree was written by her great-granddaughter, who also studied abroad in the U.S.?
... that the serial killer Raul Meza Jr., when asked if he was apologetic, replied: "What's the use if a person will not accept it?"
... that after a retabulation showed an overtime was needed, Ateneo put its 1930 NCAA basketball championship round game against UST under protest as one of the two referees already left?
... that Robert Yelverton Tyrrell became a professor of classics despite spending only six weeks at secondary school?
... that the limited study of the Afghani plants Aquilegia gracillima, A. maimanica, and A. microcentra has been blamed on political circumstances?
... that the Price Tower was sold for $10 in 2023?

Queue 1 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by a human (~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Bread stapled to a tree

... that there is a subreddit for photographs of bread stapled to trees (example pictured)?
... that Bob Fernandez, one of the last known survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor, was then just 17 years old and serving as a Navy mess cook?
... that the city of al-Suqaylabiyah was founded in the 19th century by Christian villagers from the Hauran and the Syrian coastal mountains?
... that Oscar Goodman was the tournament MVP for the first New Zealand under-17 basketball team to reach the FIBA Under-16 Asia Cup championship game?
... that the retelling of stories can focus on female characters to reflect the feminist perspective?
... that William, a medieval bishop of Acre, "met a strange and undeserved fate" at the hands of a mentally ill young priest?
... that the music video for "Step by Step" stars a 12-year-old professional skateboarder?
... that Ryusei Nishioka broke the world record difficulty score in trampoline gymnastics by performing seven triple somersaults?
... that Disney+ released a promotional poster for the Doctor Who Christmas special "Joy to the World" with the title spelled incorrectly?

Queue 2 [edit]

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

Flag of Mozambique

... that the flag of Mozambique (pictured), which depicts an AK-47 equipped with a bayonet, is the only national flag to feature a modern firearm?
... that the collapse of the Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund left 14,500 customers A$66 million out of pocket?
... that a labor union sued a Seattle TV station over a newscast aired on another station?
... that Arthur Swanstrom co-wrote the lyrics to "the first Off-Broadway musical to gain wide recognition in New York"?
... that a popular romantic pairing from Doctor Who was later adapted into the show at the suggestion of lead actress Jodie Whittaker?
... that shipwreck hunter Noel Hilliam claimed to have found a sunken U-boat off the coast of New Zealand?
... that lead actor Ian Chan also composed, arranged, and performed the interlude for Last Song for You?
... that in the 2019 NFC Championship Game, Raheem Mostert became the first person to rush for more than 200 yards and score four touchdowns in an NFL playoff?
... that Ana María Ochoa was born in Colombia, studied in British Columbia, and taught at Columbia?

Queue 3 [edit]

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

Hutchinson in the first photograph of a television image

... that Oliver Hutchinson (pictured) was the subject of the first successful live demonstration of the television on 26 January 1926?
... that 1,10-decanediol could potentially hamper the production of nitrite in soil?
... that Doug Hamlin vowed to recruit more women and minorities to the National Rifle Association?
... that the upcoming Seattle Sounders FC season includes a tournament for which they qualified in 2022?
... that the 1999–2001 Liechtenstein financial crisis caused the country to be blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force?
... that the Vĩnh Điện River was used to transport sugar and cinnamon for international export in the 1840s?
... that after seeing a film at the United Palace, the televangelist Reverend Ike asked to buy the theater so he could move in the next day?
... that the staff of Sergiyev Posad-6 were banned from using libraries in Moscow?
... that the music video of "Speed Me Up" was described as "incredibly dumb" and a "cornucopia of hilarious imagery"?

Queue 4 [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.

"Poor Maria" from A Sentimental Journey

... that one 18th-century reader was so offended by some chapters of Laurence Sterne's 1768 novel A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (scene pictured) that they glued the pages shut?
... that only two people are known to have seen Du Toit's torrent frog alive?
... that Jeanne Trevor's name was misspelled on the cover of her first album?
... that the Sitaleshwar Temple remained a place of worship even when it was in ruins?
... that the comet C/1975 T2 (Suzuki–Saigusa–Mori) was independently discovered by five observers within the span of half an hour?
... that viewers of an Indiana TV station's newscast in 1995 could send emails to the presenter live on air?
... that the diary of Erich Lassota von Steblau is an important primary source on the 16th-century Zaporozhian Cossacks of Ukraine?
... that nearly half of the wins achieved in 2024 by the San Jose State Spartans women's volleyball team were by forfeit?
... that Japan's oldest expressway is intended to be transformed into a park?

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.

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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:

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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 5 [update count].

Prep area 5 [edit]

Ruins of the Jethani Temple

... that the Jethani Temple (ruins pictured) may have collapsed under its own weight?
... that the T24 Festival was organized after a former soldier boasted online that he could set up a 24-person military tent by himself?
... that the organ console at the Loew's Jersey Theatre was originally installed at another theater by mistake?
... that Margaret Reid is the first woman to have served as President of the Australian Senate?
... that The Hangover by Toulouse-Lautrec, which features model Suzanne Valadon and the stylistic influence of Vincent van Gogh, was once displayed by Aristide Bruant in his nightclub?
... that there were "jubilant" cheers from the courtroom audience when three students were acquitted of the murder of Fernando Rios?
... that the discontinuation of a Warsaw-based Yiddish literary journal in the summer of 1939 was unrelated to the invasion of Poland?
... that Olympic gold medalist Lao Lishi was one of eight bell-ringers for the Alibaba Group's listing on the New York Stock Exchange?
... that 400 soldiers were routed by six officers and a boy during the English Civil War, according to the Mercurius Aulicus?

Prep area 6 [edit]

Pair of Brachyrhaphis roseni fish

... that Brachyrhaphis roseni (examples pictured) and B. rhabdophora are difficult to breed because they voraciously eat their own young?
... that college football player Jack Browning was named All–Mountain West Conference at three different positions in 2022?
... that the floor plans of East Kangqiao station included a COVID-19 testing booth near one of its exits?
... that the New Zealand goose Thomas has been described as an "icon of the LGBT community"?
... that the sole survivor of the Caffey family murders escaped the burning building and crawled for more than an hour to a neighbor's house?
... that film director Orlando Bagwell initially thought that he would enter a career in medicine?
... that BBC One initially passed on Line of Duty, whose finale would become its highest-rated drama in 19 years?
... that Amit Mekel served in Cairo, São Paulo, Brussels and Los Angeles, before becoming the Israeli ambassador to Paraguay?
... that Blue Bendy have been compared to both pavement and Pavement?

Prep area 7 [edit]

Violet Wong

... that ten-year-old Violet Wong (pictured) received a gold watch for performing for General Chiang Kai-shek?
... that Alabama and Clemson played each other in the championship game of the second and third College Football Playoffs?
... that an irreverent photograph of Czechoslovak President Klement Gottwald brought a ten-year sentence for the photojournalist Jindřich Marco, who had to serve seven years in uranium mines?
... that despite having built a cathedral, Bishop Joseph Crétin said that his diocese did not have one?
... that Jerónimo Muñoz's mastery of Hebrew purportedly caused Jews to assert that Muñoz was himself a Jew?
... that an Oregon radio station stayed on the air through a major windstorm even though a tree fell into its studios?
... that Lee Kuan Yew stated that "there would have been no clean and green Singapore without Lee Ek Tieng"?
... that A Voyage to the Moon (1827) contains the first use of anti-gravity for space travel in science fiction?
... that a wardrobe malfunction at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was staged because the host wanted "[the audience] to wake up a little"?

Prep area 1 [edit]

Sam Kee Building

... that the Sam Kee Building (pictured), recognized by Guinness World Records as the "narrowest commercial building in the world", was built on a bet between two businessmen?
... that a group of 25 women disfigured by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima traveled to the United States in the 1950s to receive reconstructive surgery?
... that Mary Sheffield is the youngest elected member and the youngest president in Detroit City Council's history?
... that "Pantropiko" by Bini, despite being released in November 2023, became a sleeper-hit summer anthem in the Philippines by 2024?
... that the capture of the crusader Bertrand of Toulouse by Muslims was blamed by an anonymous monk on the "treachery" of Queen Melisende and Countess Hodierna?
... that the Chinook Indian Nation became a federally recognized tribe in 2001, but had its status revoked the following year?
... that Liang Sishun published a Chinese poetry anthology in 1908, when she was sixteen years old?
... that Eoscorpius, despite living hundreds of millions of years ago, has been noted for its extreme similarity to modern scorpions?
... that a Greek academic compared the Frankish Tower in Athens with "the droppings of birds of prey"?

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