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DYK queue status

There are currently 4 filled queues. 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 4. 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 6	1	1
April 12	1
April 15	1
April 17	1
April 18	2	1
April 20	1
April 21	1	1
April 22	1	1
April 23	3	2
April 24	3	3
April 25	3
April 26	1	1
April 27	3	1
April 28	4	3
April 29	3	2
April 30	3	2
May 1	1	1
May 2	4	3
May 3	3	2
May 4	2	1
May 5	4	2
May 6	4	4
May 7	2	1
May 8	4	4
May 9	5	3
May 10	5	4
May 12	8	6
May 13	6	4
May 14	3	3
May 15	2	2
May 16	7	5
May 17	3	2
May 18	1
May 19	6	6
May 20	3	2
May 21	4	3
May 22	9	6
May 23	7	7
May 24	6	4
May 25	8	8
May 26	18	17
May 27	16	12
May 28	8	3
May 29
May 30	3
May 31
June 1	1
June 2
June 3
June 4	1
June 5	4
June 6	6
June 7	5
June 8	1
June 9	1
June 10	5	1
June 11	6
June 12	5
June 13	5	1
Total	224	135
Last updated 16:48, 13 June 2025 UTC Current time is 16:56, 13 June 2025 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

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

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Current time: 16:56, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 16 hours ago(

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Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 4	13 June 17:00	13 June 20:00	14 June 00:00	14 June 01:00	14 June 05:30	14 June 09:00	14 June 10:00
Queue 5	14 June 17:00	14 June 20:00	15 June 00:00	15 June 01:00	15 June 05:30	15 June 09:00	15 June 10:00
Queue 6	15 June 17:00	15 June 20:00	16 June 00:00	16 June 01:00	16 June 05:30	16 June 09:00	16 June 10:00
Queue 7	16 June 17:00	16 June 20:00	17 June 00:00	17 June 01:00	17 June 05:30	17 June 09:00	17 June 10:00
Queue 1 Prep 1	17 June 17:00	17 June 20:00	18 June 00:00	18 June 01:00	18 June 05:30	18 June 09:00	18 June 10:00
Queue 2 Prep 2	18 June 17:00	18 June 20:00	19 June 00:00	19 June 01:00	19 June 05:30	19 June 09:00	19 June 10:00
Queue 3 Prep 3	19 June 17:00	19 June 20:00	20 June 00:00	20 June 01:00	20 June 05:30	20 June 09:00	20 June 10:00
Prep 4	20 June 17:00	20 June 20:00	21 June 00:00	21 June 01:00	21 June 05:30	21 June 09:00	21 June 10:00
Prep 5	21 June 17:00	21 June 20:00	22 June 00:00	22 June 01:00	22 June 05:30	22 June 09:00	22 June 10:00
Prep 6	22 June 17:00	22 June 20:00	23 June 00:00	23 June 01:00	23 June 05:30	23 June 09:00	23 June 10:00
Prep 7	23 June 17:00	23 June 20:00	24 June 00:00	24 June 01:00	24 June 05:30	24 June 09:00	24 June 10:00

Queues

Queue 4 [edit]

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

Burgle Bros 2

... that the box of Burgle Bros 2 transforms into a two-layer game board (pictured)?
... that Sydney Agudong and her sister were the final two candidates for a role in Lilo & Stitch?
... that Alexander McQueen pioneered the use of digitally engineered prints in fashion with Natural Dis-tinction Un-natural Selection?
... that Charles Moses competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics, despite previously fabricating claims of his Olympic participation?
... that the 1956 album Lonnie Donegan Showcase entered both the UK albums chart and the UK singles chart?
... that every team on which Bob Kercher played for seven years went undefeated?
... that to comply with broadcasting regulations, some American TV stations claimed that tabloid shows and a Christmas special were educational?
... that film director James Ashcroft enjoys "playing in the dark"?
... that a 1994 paper tried to claim ancient Babylonian astronomy as a new discovery in diabetes care?

Queue 5 [edit]

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

Mugshot of Edgar Matobato

... that ex-hitman Edgar Matobato (pictured) fled the Philippines with a fake passport while posing as a gardener?
... that Yamada's Symphony in F major had to be reconstructed after a maritime accident and after the bombing of Tokyo during WWII?
... that Chris Anderson was one of three members of his family to win a Delaware state golf championship?
... that a horse in an episode of The Last of Us previously appeared in The 100 and Jurassic World Dominion?
... that Everyone Hates Elon invited members of the public to destroy a Tesla Model S to raise money for food banks?
... that the 2004–2005 trial of the Chohan family murders was the longest in the history of the London Metropolitan Police?
... that the meningitis storyline in the romance novel Harriet was inspired by the illness of the author's son?
... that the 2023 EFL League Two play-off final saw a father–son duo on opposing coaching sides?
... that a bird with huge feet once walked by a river near Denali?

Queue 6 [edit]

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

Traffic camera video of the Jonesboro tornado

... that the COVID-19 pandemic was credited with saving lives by keeping people indoors during a tornado (video featured)?
... that the construction of the Colosseum was funded by spoils from the First Jewish–Roman War?
... that "The Interstellar Song Contest" featured the return of a Doctor Who character last seen more than 40 years earlier?
... that a diner who was denied a table caused Máximo Bistrot to temporarily close by raising concerns about the reservation system?
... that baseball player Ed Stone may have been born on January 2, 1909, or August 21, 22, or 23, 1909, or August 21 or August 22, 1910?
... that almost no fuel was found at the crash site of a fuel transport aircraft?
... that former ambassador Diennaryati Tjokrosuprihatono used to work as a kindergarten teacher?
... that the musical duo Food House was named after their frequent use of Uber Eats?
... that Tom Farris thought that he was a jinx for every team for which he played, so he once asked to be traded to an opposing team to make them lose?

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.

Park No. 474 in Chicago

... that the Illinois Institute of Technology created Chicago's smallest park by deeding a 54-square-foot (5 m²) granite slab (pictured) to the city?
... that footballer Franco Mastantuono played youth tennis on a national-level?
... that Franklin Sonn was the first black South African ambassador to the United States?
... that the deportation of Soviet Germans was one of the largest ethnic-cleansing operations of the 20th century?
... that John Linton Chapman, despite his artistic talent, sold potboilers and his relatives' valuable paintings to make a living?
... that New Star GP spans five decades of Formula One history, from the 1980s to the present day?
... that Marva Nabili, a member of the Iranian New Wave, made a "haunting" film about the struggles of a family in Manhattan's Chinatown?
... that Rued Langgaard said that his Symphony No. 6 depicts the struggle between Jesus and "spiritual wickedness in high places"?
... that Eileen Niedfield, one of the first five women in her medical school's pathology program, graduated with the highest score in the United States?

Queue 1 [edit]

Queue 2 [edit]

Queue 3 [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]

HNLMS De Ruyter

... that the shipwreck of HNLMS De Ruyter (pictured) went missing, leaving only an imprint on the ocean floor?
... that NFL player Dustin McDonald was later a labor leader who led strikes and was jailed for fighting the police?
... that the death of a pregnant woman in a video game was written to be even darker on television?
... that Joe Eddins helped conservative Oklahoma enact universal preschool?
... that Olive Garden and Chili's got in a ship war over Destiel?
... that William F. J. Ryan designed more than 1,000 coats of arms for bishops, dioceses, and institutions?
... that the cover art for Jane Remover's debut album is a screenshot taken from Google Maps?
... that the "Tiger-Rider" is said to have miraculously flooded his village with alcohol?
... that "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" contains 261 "Na"s in total?

Prep area 2 [edit]

Rosa Parks

... that Rosa Parks (pictured) did not refuse to surrender her seat because she was physically tired, but because she was "tired of giving in"?
... that logicians using classical rules of inference can deduce any arbitrary statement from a contradiction?
... that Ratwita Gandasoebrata pioneered the development of clinical pathology in Indonesia?
... that the producer of África Brasil had to take a specialized course in the United States to learn how to record the unusual setup of musicians?
... that Arizona State athletic director Graham Rossini got his start as a student assistant, with duties including washing baseball uniforms?
... that the government's Visit Myanmar Year initiative caused Aung San Suu Kyi to encourage a tourism boycott?
... that NFL player Blane Smith, one of 15 children, grew up in a two-room house in conditions like "sardines in a can"?
... that Nourished by Time recorded Erotic Probiotic 2 while ill with COVID-19?
... that a Mexican restaurant with just four communal tables, no set menu, no reservations, and cash-only payments was awarded a Michelin star?

Prep area 3 [edit]

Boulder–Deer Creek Pass

... that Boulder–Deer Creek Pass (pictured) is home to "Togo" wolves and is potential grizzly-bear habitat?
... that Wang Yungui lifted her family out of poverty, then helped hundreds of other people in her home village to do likewise?
... that Inua Ellams created the antagonist for "The Story & the Engine" after learning that "ghost writer" translates to 'Black person' in French?
... that Regina George was once voted the "meanest high school film character of all time"?
... that The Guardian recommended Buried Alive! as a book to help children make friends?
... that John Lynch was at one point the only honors linguistics student at the University of Sydney?
... that Pope John Paul I broke with tradition by declining to be crowned with a tiara at his inauguration?
... that Robin Adair Harvey reached 17 state championships in 24 years as a high school field hockey coach?
... that British troops during the sack of Yogyakarta looted all the court archives and manuscripts except for a single Quran?

Prep area 4 [edit]

Pallas Athena

... that Pallas Athena (pictured) marked Gustav Klimt's transition to his iconic "golden phase" style?
... that a legislator, a civil servant, and a soldier led the campaign for a new district on Sumba Island?
... that the cover for Brazilian supergroup Tribalistas' debut album used chocolate syrup to illustrate the trio?
... that Jeremy Crawshaw was the only punter selected in the 2025 NFL draft?
... that HMS Sheffield earned twelve battle honours during World War II?
... that a South African library was named after American economist Elizabeth Ellis Hoyt in recognition of her work in Africa?
... that the Five Domains model seeks to ensure that animals have a "life worth living"?
... that Taylor Swift compared the metaphors in her song "...Ready for It?" to those in the novel Crime and Punishment?
... that Ralph Riggs made his professional stage debut when he was a baby?

Prep area 5 [edit]

Opiki Toll Bridge

... that the Opiki Toll Bridge (pictured) was placed on New Zealand's national heritage register decades after its deck was removed?
... that most of the population of Niamey has consisted of first- and second-generation immigrants since the city was established?
... that Harry Wunsch, despite appearing "short and fat", was a "savage tackler"?
... that Black dandyism flourished during and after the Harlem Renaissance as a means of self-expression in the African-American community?
... that Carlo Rinaldini was the first person to propose a temperature scale that split the interval between the freezing and boiling points of water into equal degrees?
... that the title of Elegies comes from a suite of poems that its director read during the film's pre-production?
... that Saba's airport, known for its short runway, was named after Juancho Yrausquin in honor of his efforts to secure funding?
... that Sculpture Space lets artists create large-scale works in a former metalworking shop?
... that a mysterious French Olympian is thought to have actually been a renowned Georgian mathematician?

Prep area 6 [edit]

Maroney and Obama not impressed in 2012

... that gymnast McKayla Maroney (pictured) caused an internet phenomenon with her 'not impressed' facial expression?
... that in Japan, texting someone a poop emoji is a way to wish them good luck?
... that football player Dominic Vairo went from being forced off the freshman team at Notre Dame to being captain of the varsity team?
... that an anime programming block that originally aired on American cable channel TechTV was the inspiration for the founder of a Japanese animation studio?
... that ratline organizer Ivo Omrčanin once beat a suspected informant with an umbrella?
... that a leak from a natural gas storage field led to the explosion of several buildings in Hutchinson, Kansas?
... that Lorenzo Pace performed a candlelit flute concerto prior to his dissertation defense?
... that Queen Afua inspired New York City mayor Eric Adams to become a vegan?
... that the Fuck Tree has been described as a "physical embodiment of desire"?

Prep area 7 [edit]

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... that journalists have described cycling's Big Four riders as having a "lockdown" on winning the sport's biggest races? See discussion
... that Bill Cottrell, after his NFL career, became a personnel supervisor at the Ford Motor Company? (Moved here pending discussion regarding a new hook)
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