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

DYK queue status

There are currently 2 filled queues. Admin 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 3. 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
April 19	1
April 26	1
April 29	1
April 30	1
May 2	2
May 7	1
May 9	1
May 10	1
May 12	5	2
May 14	2
May 16	2
May 17	5
May 19	1
May 20	5	2
May 21	6	1
May 22	4	1
May 23	1
May 24	5	2
May 25	2
May 26	3
May 27	4
May 28	1
May 29	3
May 30	4	2
May 31	3	3
June 1	4	4
June 2	5	1
June 3	4	2
June 4	1
June 5	8	6
June 6	4	3
June 7	7	4
June 8	10	5
June 9	14	7
June 10	4	2
June 11	5	2
June 12	7	2
June 13	15	5
June 14	8	2
June 15	6	4
June 16	8	4
June 17	9	4
June 18	8	2
June 19	4	2
June 20	5	2
June 21	5	3
June 22	10	2
June 23	10	3
June 24	11	1
June 25	13	2
June 26	8	2
June 27
Total	258	89
Last updated 00:59, 27 June 2024 UTC Current time is 05:53, 27 June 2024 UTC [ refresh

DYK time

DYK queue status

There are currently 2 filled queues. Admin assistance in moving preps is requested.

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Current time: 05:53, 27 June 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	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 3	27 June 17:00	27 June 20:00	28 June 00:00	28 June 01:00	28 June 05:30	28 June 09:00	28 June 10:00
Queue 4	28 June 17:00	28 June 20:00	29 June 00:00	29 June 01:00	29 June 05:30	29 June 09:00	29 June 10:00
Queue 5 Prep 5	29 June 17:00	29 June 20:00	30 June 00:00	30 June 01:00	30 June 05:30	30 June 09:00	30 June 10:00
Queue 6 Prep 6	30 June 17:00	30 June 20:00	1 July 00:00	1 July 01:00	1 July 05:30	1 July 09:00	1 July 10:00
Queue 7 Prep 7	1 July 17:00	1 July 20:00	2 July 00:00	2 July 01:00	2 July 05:30	2 July 09:00	2 July 10:00
Queue 1 Prep 1	2 July 17:00	2 July 20:00	3 July 00:00	3 July 01:00	3 July 05:30	3 July 09:00	3 July 10:00
Queue 2 Prep 2	3 July 17:00	3 July 20:00	4 July 00:00	4 July 01:00	4 July 05:30	4 July 09:00	4 July 10:00
Prep 3	4 July 17:00	4 July 20:00	5 July 00:00	5 July 01:00	5 July 05:30	5 July 09:00	5 July 10:00
Prep 4	5 July 17:00	5 July 20:00	6 July 00:00	6 July 01:00	6 July 05:30	6 July 09:00	6 July 10:00

Queues

Queue 3 [

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator ( Cwmhiraeth ( talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Exterior of the Stonewall Inn

... that after the original Stonewall Inn (modern building pictured) closed in 1969, its space was used by a bagel shop, a Chinese restaurant, and a clothing store?
... that baseball player Shane Rawley has published a novel?
... that the Cat Empire's 2023 album Where the Angels Fall features contributions from 75 musicians and 49 instruments?
... that Sara Houcke began performing in circuses at the age of two as a child clown?
... that a man was denaturalized and deported from the United States for working at a Nazi death camp, despite the courts never holding that he did it willingly?
... that Joy was the sole survivor of the Romanov family's execution?
... that Black Sheep Radio dedicated its first day of programming to a fallen pirate?
... that The Penguin History of Modern China profiled the Christian General, whose army moved to the beat of " Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"?
... that Toby Olubi helped fund his Olympic bobsled career by being " shot out of a cannon"?

Queue 4 [

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

Bermuda onion

... that the Bermuda onion (pictured) was so closely associated with the island that its inhabitants became known as "onions"?
... that a U.S. Navy plane piloted by Michael Wettlaufer clipped the tower of a Florida TV station while on a training mission, forcing it off the air for nearly five years?
... that military officer Chris Tanasale was selected as the mayor of Ambon, Indonesia, to prevent the alienation of local Christians?
... that YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim has updated the description of his video " Me at the zoo" on multiple occasions to criticize the website's business decisions?
... that the Nazis killed more than fifty Dutch nationals in retaliation for the assassinations of Hendrik Seyffardt and Hermannus Reydon by the Dutch resistance?
... that fifteen future Pro Football Hall of Fame players were drafted by the Detroit Lions?
... that a 2007 pop-punk song by Fall Out Boy was named after Michael Jackson's Thriller and begins with a monologue by rapper Jay-Z?
... that the shopping cart is "the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing", according to the shopping cart theory?
... that a book about book banning was banned?

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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 5 [ update count.

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Sea Life Brighton, formerly Brighton Aquarium

... that when Brighton Aquarium (entrance pictured) opened, it had no exhibits?
... that a mail-order catalogue offered a "Rocking Ram" toy designed by Charleen Kinser for $1600 in 1985?
... that the project Called by Name aims to commemorate Poles who were murdered for aiding Jews during World War II?
... that despite a global decline in mangrove forests, Red Sea mangroves have expanded in area since 1972?
... that Voyager 2 has been transmitting data for more than 46 years, making it the oldest active space probe in history?
... that Brittany Luse's podcast The Nod was praised for its exploration of "the diversity and richness of the Black experience"?
... that Hamad City in Gaza was largely destroyed within minutes?
... that despite lagging attendance at the 1964 New York World's Fair, its organizer rejected nearly every suggestion to increase attendance?
... that David Marchese recalled accidentally posting a picture of a cat's testicles on Salon.com?

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Detail of a frog on a banknote

... that the 1754 Battle of the Frogs was commemorated on banknotes (detail pictured)?
... that as of 2019, inclusion in the International Register of Electors no longer requires residency in Canada in the preceding five years?
... that the United States Department of Defense ran a propaganda campaign against Chinese vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that basketball player Dylan Travis played for nine head coaches in nine years?
... that the Oxtongue River, historically a canoe route for indigenous people, is still used for recreational canoeing?
... that the extant details about the life of Leontius of Autun can be summed up as "July 1: the burial of Leontius, bishop of Autun (Gaul), 5th century"?
... that when DarkZero contracted Xynew, his teammates highlighted his "communication skills and game brain", which they deemed unusual for a controller player?
... that the first public performance of the two songs of Arnold Schoenberg's Op. 1 was met with hostile audience reactions?
... that Score: A Hockey Musical has been described as "so Canadian it hurts"?

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Ernest J. King

... that Admiral Ernest J. King (pictured) was so tough that a popular myth held that he shaved with a blowtorch?
... that Billie Eilish first served Lunch during a private party at Coachella?
... that footballer Han Bong-zin trained in the military every day for four years in preparation for the FIFA World Cup?
... that a critic said that the hors d'oeuvres served at Sud 777 could function as desserts and vice versa?
... that after completing his tenure as regent, Tatto Suwarto Pamuji walked 96 kilometres (60 mi) to fulfill a vow he made?
... that Florida Hospital Oceanside was demolished after being damaged by Hurricane Irma?
... that youthful Second World War resistance leader Jean-Pierre Lévy was advised by the Free French intelligence service to dye his hair grey to appear older?
... that Żeromski Park, the second-largest park in Szczecin, Poland, used to be a cemetery?
... that on American band the Linda Lindas' first album, Growing Up, a cat named Lil' Dude is featured playing the piano?

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A Guardian Cap being worn in 2023

... that the NFL has required players in most positions to wear Guardian Caps (pictured) during training even though third-party research has questioned their effectiveness?
... that the Upper Voltan National Radio chief editor Watamou Lamien was the liaison between the Revolutionary Military Organization and the clandestine Voltan Revolutionary Communist Party?
... that Silence Is Loud uses a style considered "absolutely verboten" for its genre?
... that Jackson Demonstration State Forest was named in honor of American lumberman Jacob Green Jackson?
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... that orthopedic surgeon Adnan al-Bursh had also served as an advisor to the Palestine national football team before dying in an Israeli prison in April 2024?
... that American Colossus is a biography of a man who was "the most famous sportsman in the world" and "the most forgotten great athlete in American history"?
... that husband and wife Edward M. and Marie Zimmerman co-wrote the suffragist anthem "Votes for Women: Suffrage Rallying Song"?
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George Kunkel

... that blackface actor George Kunkel (pictured) originally portrayed the character of Uncle Tom to promote slavery during the American Civil War, but later used the part to attack it when his views changed?
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... that The Blue Angels was shot using IMAX cameras rigged to a helicopter, plus an ultra-high-speed camera shooting at 1,000 frames per second?
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... that before reading the script for the play Golden Girls, at least nine of the cast members were under the impression that they would be taking the lead role?

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