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DYK queue status

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

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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 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
December 1	1
December 2	1
December 13	2
December 16	1
December 21	1
December 25	1
December 27	1
December 28	1
December 29	1
December 30	1
January 1	1
January 2	2
January 3	3	1
January 5	2
January 6	7	3
January 8	7	4
January 9	16	14
January 10	13	8
January 11	10	9
January 12	18	14
January 13	5	3
January 14	9	8
January 15	10	6
January 16	7	5
January 17	8	7
January 18	11	7
January 19	13	9
January 20	12	8
January 21	16	9
January 22	17	11
January 23	13	8
January 24	9	6
January 25	8
January 26	8
January 27	2
January 28	14
January 29	1
January 30	7
January 31	6
February 1	1
Total	267	140
Last updated 14:23, 1 February 2025 UTC Current time is 17:37, 1 February 2025 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

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

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Current time: 17:37, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 17 hours ago(

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Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London (UTC)	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 2	1 February 16:00	1 February 19:00	2 February 00:00	2 February 00:00	2 February 05:30	2 February 09:00	2 February 11:00
Queue 3	2 February 16:00	2 February 19:00	3 February 00:00	3 February 00:00	3 February 05:30	3 February 09:00	3 February 11:00
Queue 4	3 February 16:00	3 February 19:00	4 February 00:00	4 February 00:00	4 February 05:30	4 February 09:00	4 February 11:00
Queue 5 Prep 5	4 February 16:00	4 February 19:00	5 February 00:00	5 February 00:00	5 February 05:30	5 February 09:00	5 February 11:00
Queue 6 Prep 6	5 February 16:00	5 February 19:00	6 February 00:00	6 February 00:00	6 February 05:30	6 February 09:00	6 February 11:00
Queue 7 Prep 7	6 February 16:00	6 February 19:00	7 February 00:00	7 February 00:00	7 February 05:30	7 February 09:00	7 February 11:00
Queue 1 Prep 1	7 February 16:00	7 February 19:00	8 February 00:00	8 February 00:00	8 February 05:30	8 February 09:00	8 February 11:00
Prep 2	8 February 16:00	8 February 19:00	9 February 00:00	9 February 00:00	9 February 05:30	9 February 09:00	9 February 11:00
Prep 3	9 February 16:00	9 February 19:00	10 February 00:00	10 February 00:00	10 February 05:30	10 February 09:00	10 February 11:00
Prep 4	10 February 16:00	10 February 19:00	11 February 00:00	11 February 00:00	11 February 05:30	11 February 09:00	11 February 11:00

Queues

Queue 2 [edit]

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

Rose barnacles in Royal National Park

... that the rose barnacle (examples pictured) only eats when the current is strong?
... that Doris Tulifau, after founding an online campaign to counter Samoan gender-based violence, moved to Samoa to expand the campaign in person?
... that the 2014 chariot racing video game Qvadriga was inspired by a 1979 board game?
... that singer Tomoko Aran became a city-pop icon decades after her initial music career?
... that the owner of a Montana TV station bought an American Legion hall, gutted by fire, to use as a studio building?
... that Ernesius, a 12th-century archbishop of Caesarea, was once prevented from crossing the sea by such a severe storm that he refused to make a second attempt?
... that Olde Raleigh Distillery does not reside within its namesake city?
... that archaeologists found evidence at Taur Ikhbeineh in the Gaza Strip of interactions between Egyptians and Canaanites in the 4th millennium BC?
... that an emu named Emmanuel Todd Lopez was the target of a death hoax by undercover journalists?

Queue 3 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by a human (—Ganesha811 (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

An African Song or Chant from Barbados

... that An African Song or Chant from Barbados (manuscript pictured) was nominated for inscription on UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register by someone who saw it in an online exhibition?
... that Elisheva Biernoff paints recreations of found vintage snapshot photographs, some including details like lens flare and overexposure?
... that staffers of an Ohio radio station learned that it had been sold on the same day as its owner's death?
... that A Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Paul Aermont Among the Planets (1873), following the cancellation of a planned second edition, was not reprinted until 2018?
... that Harold Harrington did not seek out new species, but was the first to collect a plant that was later named after him?
... that fans of romcom heroine Bridget Jones were shocked at the death of a favourite character in the 2013 novel Mad about the Boy, and then again in a 2025 film?
... that a Bronze Age priestess named Eritha was the focus of the first recorded legal dispute in Europe?
... that the Roman-era Ard-al-Moharbeen necropolis is the largest cemetery discovered in Gaza?
... that the writer of "Crabs for Christmas" joked that it contributed to Baltimore's population decline?

Queue 4 [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.

Engraving of the columns, c. 1716

... that the peak of the Julier Pass, 2,284 metres (7,493 ft) above sea level, is flanked by two ancient Roman columns (pictured)?
... that executive John Spytek helped the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sign Tom Brady, more than 20 years after Spytek played with him?
... that a Florida TV station's decision to fire one of its main newscasters led to picketing?
... that the wuxia star Wu Suxin passed as a man in several of her films?
... that the pilot episode for a BBC series on a suicide prevention charity made some critics laugh?
... that Syrian vlogger Hayla Ghazal used online humour to explore the limitations placed on women in the Arab world?
... that the Polish subgenre of speculative fiction known as klerykal fiction emerged in the 1990s as a response to societal fears of church influence in politics?
... that the bugia, a ceremonial candlestick used by Latin Catholic bishops, is named after the Algerian city of Béjaïa, which was a source of candle wax?
... that Brooklyn's Roll-A-Palace has been called "the front-runner of the roller-disco craze"?

Queue 5 [edit]

Queue 6 [edit]

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 [[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 5 [update count].

Prep area 5 [edit]

Fatima Payman

... that Fatima Payman (pictured) is the first member of the Parliament of Australia to wear a hijab?
... that abortion in the United Arab Emirates has been described as less restrictive than some American states following the overturning of Roe v. Wade?
... that the Yiddish poet Shmuel Hurvits quit his job as a teacher to become a street paver due to an ideological appreciation for manual labor?
... that the majority of extrasolar planets in fiction are inhabited by native species?
... that Wu Yun wrote a treatise on immortality but apparently declined to discuss the subject with Emperor Xuanzong of Tang?
... that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish's win in the 2025 Orange Bowl made Marcus Freeman the first Asian and first Black head coach to earn a spot in an FBS national championship game?
... that it is said that Antoinette Lubaki, Congo's first named woman artist, painted her watercolours by candlelight at night, as no stories were allowed to be told during daylight?
... that Panchiko released their first studio album, Failed at Math(s), more than 20 years after the band's formation?
... that Scrat, who appears in many films in the Ice Age franchise, was originally intended to be killed in the introduction of the first film?

Prep area 6 [edit]

Sidney Lanier Bridge after its 1972 collapse

... that the 1972 collapse of the Sidney Lanier Bridge (pictured), which was caused by a collision from a cargo ship, caused ten deaths and over a million dollars in damages?
... that Christian death metal has been called the least likely musical development at the close of the 20th century?
... that the second edition of An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic more than doubled the length of the original text?
... that Wolseley Haig noted that it was not the "city's huge mosque" but the "far less pretentious" Jama Masjid that served as the congregational mosque in Hyderabad?
... that the violent end of a bog body might be related to the cult of the Celtic god Esus?
... that the three costliest tornadoes in Oklahoma's history hit the same town in 2013, in 1999 and in 2003?
... that a TV station in Windsor, Ontario, was spared from closure even though it lost money for ten consecutive years?
... that the leaves of the herb spiked savory, although protected under Israeli law, are foraged by local people to make a spice mix?
... that the earliest black holes in fiction appeared decades before the term black hole was coined?

Prep area 7 [edit]

Aeropetes tulbaghia, a species in Dirini

... that the relationship between the Dirini (example pictured) and its closest relative has been described by researchers as "odd"?
... that Zhang Zhiyun, crowned "movie queen" in 1926, is reported to have died homeless in Hong Kong?
... that summons to the Council of Tripoli were issued in the name of the Church to bypass the issue of whether a king could summon a prince?
... that a Swim School song described by one reviewer as "a heavy dystopian doom rocker" was originally performed by Taylor Swift?
... that the Japanese manga series Mink featured futuristic technology even though its creator was unfamiliar with computers?
... that the Airbnb homestay where a song was recorded by Glaive and Ericdoa was dubbed by fans as the "Hyperpop Hype House"?
... that the fourth president of Austria's post-secondary instructors included all three of his predecessors?
... that the Catch II game had "one of the most amazing finishes in NFL postseason history", according to the NFL?
... that the Bank of Korea asked the makers of a cheese-filled waffle to change its design?

Prep area 1 [edit]

Coat of arms of Louis Malet de Graville

... that Louis Malet de Graville (coat of arms pictured) began a successful career at the centre of French politics after his father was captured by the English?
... that an Ohio TV station bribed ABC to obtain a network affiliation, only to lose it within the year?
... that the Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple in Singapore houses effigies of both the Jade Emperor and Mahaganapati?
... that Scholastique Dianzinga edited a post-indepedence history of women in the Republic of the Congo that discussed why women's emancipation has been hindered?
... that most of the films produced by the Huaju Film Company starred its co-founder and his girlfriend?
... that Riko Dan, who featured on a UK Top 30 hit in 2024, first performed on the radio in 1994?
... that young male African bush elephants in musth killed about 49 white rhinoceros in Pilanesberg National Park between 1992 and 1997?
... that Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton spent the last 50 years of her life preserving Alexander Hamilton and George Washington's legacies?
... that a host of the podcast Longform.org once interviewed a writer while accidentally high on edibles?

Prep area 2 [edit]

Macrobdella decora

... that some North American swimming spots have had to be closed because Macrobdella decora (pictured) posed such a hazard to bathers?
... that the majority of Selected Ambient Works Volume II was supposedly composed through lucid dreaming?
... that Karl Malte von Heinz designed the Vatican, Pakistani, Yugoslav and Thai diplomatic missions in India?
... that the anarchist group Los Solidarios assassinated the leader of the Catalan pistoleros, the governor of Biscay, and the archbishop of Zaragoza?
... that photographer Peter Miller stated in 2014 that the "Vermont Way" of grumbling and every so often remembering that "we live in beauty" was "coming to an end"?
... that a group of Jewish refugees continued work on their Yiddish encyclopedia after fleeing from Germany and France?
... that the unlicensed Willy's Chocolate Experience in Scotland led to a crossover event between the American television series Abbott Elementary and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
... that Mufasa shared the same voice as Darth Vader?
... that Dez did not actually catch it?

Prep area 3 [edit]

Maurice Grau

... that Metropolitan Opera director Maurice Grau (pictured) was "important in the growth of popular musical theatre in America"?
... that televangelist Gene Scott went 65 hours without sleep when he barricaded himself in the studios of his Connecticut TV station to protest an order to pay taxes?
... that a train station in Singapore repeatedly had issues with the design of its stairs?
... that the Olympic shooter Ho Chung Kin translated more than 150 Tang-dynasty and Song-dynasty poems, maintaining a rhyme structure that mirrors the original classical Chinese texts?
... that most or all of the inhabitants of Moneka, Kansas, were abolitionists?
... that David of Sassoun has been called the most recognized symbol of Armenia, along with Mount Ararat?
... that the deaths of five teenagers in Poland in the ToNiePokój escape room fire led to inspections of escape rooms in Lithuania and Czechia?
... that Thomas M. Robins was responsible for the construction of the Bonneville Dam?
... that according to one school of epistemology, nobody knows anything?

Prep area 4 [edit]

Johnny Gaudreau

... that despite being one of the smallest players in the National Hockey League, Johnny Gaudreau (pictured) was a seven-time All-Star?
... that Cllr Paul Steele was elected as council leader on the cut of a deck of cards following the 2022 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election?
... that Demi Lovato changed a lyric from "Cool for the Summer" for Revamped in order to reflect pride in her sexuality?
... that the morning show on an Oklahoma TV station was such a "local phenomenon" that the president of ABC acquiesced to them not airing Good Morning America?
... that ...
... that so many people attend SEEK, an annual Catholic young-adult conference, that the Eucharistic liturgies are planned more than a year and a half in advance?
... that ...
... that a blizzard across the United States caused a major water crisis in Richmond, Virginia?
... that ...