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DYK queue status

There are currently 4 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 1. 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
June 13	1
June 14	1
June 15	1
June 17	1
June 21	1
June 22	2
June 23	3
June 24	2
June 25	1
June 26	4	2
June 28	4	1
June 29	1	1
June 30	1
July 1	4	1
July 2	1	1
July 3	3	1
July 4	4	1
July 5	4
July 6	5	4
July 7	4	1
July 8	4	2
July 9	4	2
July 10	6	5
July 11	4	3
July 12	5	4
July 13	6	2
July 14	6	3
July 15	6	3
July 16	10	9
July 17	9	4
July 18	5	3
July 19	13	9
July 20	4	3
July 21	11	7
July 22	7	5
July 23	9	7
July 24	9	3
July 25	17	3
July 26	7	3
July 27	10	4
July 28	20	8
July 29	11	3
July 30	7	2
July 31	8	6
August 1	6	3
August 2	6	3
August 3	9	2
August 4	7	3
August 5	9	1
August 6	2
Total	285	128
Last updated 18:43, 6 August 2024 UTC Current time is 18:50, 6 August 2024 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

There are currently 4 filled queues. Admins, please consider promoting a prep to queue if you have the time!

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Current time: 18:50, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 18 hours ago(

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Local update times

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

Queues

Queue 1 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (Z1720 (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

T. acutiloba flowers

... that on top of being used as a culinary herb, Tulbaghia acutiloba (pictured) has been used in treating infectious diseases and hypertension?
... that Olympian Ruby Remati got into synchronized swimming because she liked the competitors' "sparkly suits" as a child?
... that some minority ethnic groups in Botswana view the Three Dikgosi Monument as a proclamation of Motswana dominance?
... that São Tomé and Príncipe was popularly known as the Chocolate Islands in the early 1900s, when it was the world's top exporter of cocoa?
... that when not rock climbing, American Olympian Jesse Grupper develops exoskeletons?
... that a Japanese essayist and film historian has called Godzilla Minus One a "dangerous movie"?
... that refugee Hadi Tiranvalipour spent his first ten days in Italy living in a forest before joining the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics?
... that in its two years of existence, the Hunter River Railway Company initiated construction on what would eventually become the Great Northern Railway connecting Sydney to Queensland?
... that Patrick Gottsch, the founder of RFD-TV and The Cowboy Channel, led the effort to break the Guinness World Record for the largest parade of pickup trucks?

Queue 2 [edit]

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

Uniform of Capital Bicycle Club

... that residents reported the first cycling club in Washington, D.C. (uniform pictured), to the police over concerns that bicycles posed a danger to pedestrians?
... that Olympic taekwondo practitioner Emmanuella Atora described her career as "I hit people for a living"?
... that an American citizen was imprisoned for life for attempting to overthrow the government of Cambodia?
... that Sarah Gibson, who formed a piano duo with Thomas Kotcheff, composed warp & weft inspired by the art of Miriam Schapiro, to be played today by the BBC Philharmonic at The Proms?
... that eight white cardboard elephants were put up as a form of public protest to lobby for the opening of Buangkok MRT station in Singapore?
... that "Lucki" Allen's prediction of the Tet Offensive was ignored, but she was later inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame?
... that the idea for Clustertruck came from a developer wanting to escape traffic?
... that American Olympic rugby player Sarah Levy is the great-granddaughter of a Springbok?
... that David Tennant filmed a Doctor Who mini-episode on his birthday?

Queue 3 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (Z1720 (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Hannibal von Degenfeld

... that Hannibal von Degenfeld (pictured) played the leading role in establishing the Bavarian Army in 1682, before leading it to the Battle of Vienna a year later?
... that a reviewer did not expect a documentary on assisted suicide to be so funny?
... that while Sunny Choi and Logan Edra represent their country at the Olympics in breakdancing, Afghan breakdancer Manizha Talash competes as a member of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team?
... that the 2025 Philippine general election is set to be the first to be held under a new voting system provider after the previous one was disqualified over bribery allegations?
... that the Piano Quintet by Dmitri Shostakovich has been called "the most expensive piece of chamber music ever composed"?
... that workers building Mercy Gilbert Medical Center plowed over alfalfa fields and chased off sheep during construction?
... that that the discovery of a coffin belonging to Ahhotep I, which had been reused to bury a high priest, ignited a debate among scholars over the true number of Egyptian queens named Ahhotep?
... that Washington's participation in the 2024 Sugar Bowl marked the first appearance of any Pac-12 Conference team in the Sugar Bowl?
... that British physician John H. Bryant gave the first description of a blue scrotum caused by a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm?

Queue 4 [edit]

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

Ol' Rip the Horned Toad in his casket

... that the National Casket Company made caskets for U.S. president William McKinley and Ol' Rip the Horned Toad (pictured)?
... that Olympic wrestler Gaku Akazawa also runs a popular massage parlor?
... that Richard Beale Davis first published Chivers' Life of Poe almost 100 years after it was written?
... that taekwondo practitioner Alasan Ann was injured by a gunshot four months before an Olympic qualification tournament, but recovered in time and won the competition?
... that some abortions in Malawi are performed by traditional healers?
... that the cuisine of Jerusalem reflects a blend of Jewish culinary traditions, including Sephardic, Kurdish, Ashkenazi, as well as Palestinian Arab traditions?
... that female wrestler Kennedy Blades once won a state championship against boys?
... that Dead Pony renamed themselves after a track expressing how they felt after being told that Santa Claus was fictional?
... that Classic Tetris World Champion Alex Thach celebrates victories by dumping Parmesan cheese on his head?

Queue 5 [edit]

Queue 6 [edit]

Queue 7 [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 5 [update count].

Prep area 5 [edit]

Astronauts training in the Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator

... that Apollo astronauts walked on walls (pictured) before walking on the Moon?
... that after 1943, the Symphony for Strings by Georgy Sviridov was not played again until 2000?
... that Barry Burton's lines such as "You were almost a Jill Sandwich!" from the first Resident Evil game were popular enough to be referenced in following games?
... that locally endangered Eurasian otters along the river Meghri have become a nuisance to local fish farmers?
... that the parents of Olympian Minna Stess built a concrete skatepark in their backyard for their children?
... that wealth generated by tourism in Barcelona is claimed to be a reason for increased social inequality, causing activists to protest against overtourism?
... that Olympic sport shooter Ada Korkhin practiced in her family's apartment, shooting from the kitchen through the living and dining rooms?
... that Alien Blue was the most popular Reddit app for iPhone and iPad at the time of its discontinuation?
... that New York Mets executive Jay Horwitz did not reveal that he had a glass eye until he was in his 70s?

Prep area 6 [edit]

Fănuș Neagu

... that writer Fănuș Neagu (pictured) claimed to have spent the Romanian floods of May 1970 stranded with a feral wolf on the roof of a cannery?
... that Sierra Leone is the only country where a British law from 1861 still bans abortion?
... that Lewis Worthington Smith received royalties from his textbook The Mechanism of English Style for 20 years?
... that Tomas Fung founded the predecessor of the restaurant Ling Nam with only 3,000 Philippine pesos?
... that Lothar von Falkenhausen was appointed an honorary professor of Zhejiang University, an honor usually reserved for Nobel Prize winners?
... that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a United States regulatory agency, does not require workplaces to have employee break rooms?
... that a critic compared vocalist Riley Gale to a "rabid wolf"?
... that The Strip documents how the gangster Meyer Lansky would walk his Shih Tzu near the pool while visiting a casino?
... that a woman was sentenced to 10 months of forced labor for "tickling" the breasts of The Motherland Calls?

Prep area 7 [edit]

Possible T. rex coprolite

... that the Poozeum holds fossilized dinosaur feces (pictured) which may have come from a T. rex?
... that Suleiman of Germiyan allowed the Ottoman annexation of much of his territory to pay his daughter's dowry?
... that a £142 wine fridge was smuggled into Downing Street on 11 December 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom?
... that voice teacher Verna Osborne retired at the age of 101?
... that researchers estimated that training the model for ChatGPT used the equivalent energy footprint of "driving 123 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles for a year"?
... that Felix Eberty was called "an original and ingenious person" by Albert Einstein?
... that a shipwreck in the eastern Mediterranean, dating from the Late Bronze Age, is the earliest deep-sea shipwreck to be discovered?
... that frontier physician Isaac Coe is credited with saving Indianapolis from an 1821 outbreak of malaria?
... that an art collective released a dating simulator dedicated to preparing the player's income taxes?

Prep area 1 [edit]

Ocean Parkway

... that horse and sleigh racing once took place on Ocean Parkway (pictured)?
... that animals can colonize islands by riding tropical cyclones?
... that Ken Goldin has sold more than US$1.3 billion in collectibles?
... that one of the items on display at the Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts was George Washington's shaving brush?
... that before Fred Thomas became an MP, he was the Royal Marines' light heavyweight boxing champion?
... that Fumika Baba had to learn how to draw for her role in the live-action drama adaptation of Hey Sensei, Don't You Know?
... that before becoming a commissioner of Indian affairs, William P. Dole was only known to have encountered Native Americans once in his life?
... that the pulse stops during the soliloquy of In C Mali?
... that Bolivian intelligence officer Roberto Quintanilla was responsible for cutting off Che Guevara's hands?

Prep area 2 [edit]

Amy Sawyer

... that of over a thousand illustrations created for H. Rider Haggard's works during his lifetime, Amy Sawyer (pictured) was the only woman to contribute?
... that President Ieremia Tabai of Kiribati was elected in 1978, 1982, 1983, and 1987 despite a term limit of three elections?
... that Chinese archaeologist Zou Heng was forced to work as a poultry farmer during the Cultural Revolution?
... that The American Pigeon Museum & Library keeps a flock of hundreds of pigeons for public viewing?
... that Major General Jarrett Robertson earned the nickname "Desert Fox" by having similar skills in battle to German field marshal Erwin Rommel, who held the same nickname?
... that despite being New Zealand's biggest earthquake in 78 years, the 2009 Dusky Sound earthquake caused only minor damage?
... that college football player Reggie Brown tore three knee ligaments but still made it to the NFL?
... that the Linda Lindas wrote No Obligation, their second album, during breaks from school?
... that the Historia Divae Monacellae, a medieval hagiography, tells of wild hares performing miracles?

Prep area 3 [edit]

Pavonia praemorsa

... that the flowers of Pavonia praemorsa (pictured) bloom and die within the same day?
... that soprano Joan Ruth rejected a marriage proposal because her suitor wanted her to abandon ambitions of a singing career?
... that Tina and Milo are the "first openly Gen Z mascots"?
... that Bengisu Avcı had to abandon her 45 kilometres (28 mi) swim across the Kaiwi Channel after being stung by jellyfish twelve hours in?
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... that Argentine naval officer Barry Melbourne Hussey was known as El Ingles ("the Englishman") by his comrades?
... that the 2024 song "Tobey" features "three generations of Detroit"?
... that actor Scott Jarvis was angered when White House officials under Richard Nixon requested that portions of his role in the musical 1776 be cut due to its anti-war theme?
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Prep area 4 [edit]

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