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Please use this page for discussions surrounding the creation of "Did You Know" items for April Fools' Day 2024

Areas of work needed to complete the front page are:

Ground rules for this activity along with a list of participants may be found on the Main talk page.

Rules[edit]

April Fools Did You Know items should present some trivia that can be presented in a manner that is possibly unbelievable to the reader. This can be done through words or names that mean two different things, shortened names, unbelievable facts, unrelated facts, etc. The normal written and unwritten rules for Did You Know (DYK) are followed, with these exceptions...

  • April Fools DYKs are subject to the usual exclusions regarding prior Main Page appearance, but the normal rules for special occasions do not apply: the article need only have been created/expanded/brought to GA in the year immediately preceding the April 1 on which it will appear.
  • Proper capitalization, title formatting, and linking standards may be disregarded only if adhering to them will tend to give away the joke. This should be done as little as possible. (example from 2009: "... that Caviar, Chardonnay, and Hot Cocoa compete for the love of Ray J? ")

All other Wikipedia rules and guidelines still apply. Pay special attention to Wikipedia's Biographies of living persons guidelines if your hook relates to a living person.

Remember, we are trying to confuse and mislead Wikipedians and visitors, not lie to them. Keep all hooks and articles completely truthful, but outrageous. (examples from 2010: A hook claiming Dmitry Medvedev died in 2005 is ok, saying Mikheil Saakashvili died is not.)

How to review a nomination[edit]

Any editor who was not involved in writing/expanding or nominating an article may review it by checking to see that the article meets the DYK criteria except, per above, the normal new enough rule (long enough, no serious editorial or content issues) and the hook is cited. Editors may also alter the suggested hook to improve it, suggest new hooks, or even lend a hand and make edits to the article which the hook applies so that the hook is supported and accurate. For a more detailed discussion of the DYK rules and review process see the supplementary guidelines.

If you want to confirm that an article is ready to be placed on a later update, or note that there is an issue with the article or hook, please use the following symbols to point the issues out:

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An article cannot be officially promoted until a reviewer has given approval ( or ) to at least one of the article's hooks.


Nominations[edit]

Awaiting verification[edit]

Note: Nominations for April 1 should be added to Template talk:Did you know in the usual way, as well as below.

Verified hooks[edit]

Fork-tailed drongo

  1. ^ Flower, Tom (2010). "Fork-tailed drongos use deceptive mimicked alarm calls to steal food". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 278 (1711): 1548–1555. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1932. PMC 3081750. PMID 21047861.
  2. ^ Rocamora, G.; Yeatman-Berthelot, D. (2016). "Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  3. ^ Flower, T. P. (2014). "Deception by Flexible Alarm Mimicry in an African Bird". Science. 344 (6183): 513–516. Bibcode:2014Sci...344..513F. doi:10.1126/science.1249723. PMID 24786078. S2CID 3005286.(subscription required)
  4. ^ Flower, Tom (2010). "Fork-tailed drongos use deceptive mimicked alarm calls to steal food". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 278 (1711): 1548–1555. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1932. PMC 3081750. PMID 21047861.

Improved to Good Article status by The Blue Rider (talk). Self-nominated at 12:29, 15 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Fork-tailed drongo; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

  • The Blue Rider, before I give a full review, I'm looking for hooks for April Fools' Day and think this article has a good chance: perhaps something similar to ALT0 with "can lie to steal food"? I cannot propose hooks as the reviewer, but if you're up for it it'd be a great addition to the April Fools' set! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 18:32, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I've made a new alt suitable for April Fools' Day, let me know what you think! The Blue Rider 19:03, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Excellent! I'll add it to the April Fools set. The review:
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall: MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 21:45, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Toilets in New York City

Moved to mainspace by RoySmith (talk), Epicgenius (talk), and Wil540 art (talk). Nominated by RoySmith (talk) at 18:56, 9 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Toilets in New York City; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: A pity we don't have a picture of it Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:28, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]


February 1983 North American blizzard

Created by Tails Wx (talk). Self-nominated at 02:26, 10 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/February 1983 North American blizzard; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

  • Approved. New enough, long enough, generally in good condition. Cited throughout. I think ALT2 is by far the most interesting of the hooks, and its sources check out (allowing for the fact that it's an inherently hyperbolic claim, but I think that's fine). Happy to look at sources for the others if you wish. All images are PD and no copyright, NPOV, BLP or other concerns are evident. QPQ is done. Nice work. UndercoverClassicist T·C 18:02, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Premiership of Maurice Duplessis

  • ... that Premier Maurice Duplessis's hatred of communism was so strong that his campaign once took a full-page ad accusing the government of Canada of "forcing Quebeckers to eat communist eggs"? Source: For the image of the ad, see this article in Le Droit; source used: Linteau, Paul-André; Durocher, René; Robert, Jean-Claude (1991). Quebec since 1930, p. 281
    • ALT1: ... that Télesphore-Damien Bouchard, leader of the opposition in Quebec while Maurice Duplessis was premier, described his rule as "the only portable dictatorship in the democratic world"? Source: Swan, George Steven (1984). "A Preliminary Comparison of Long's Louisiana and Duplessis' Quebec". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 25 (3): 289–319. ISSN 0024-6816. JSTOR 4232361.
    • ALT2: ... that during Maurice Duplessis's second term as premier of Quebec, his government didn't run any tenders because, since the government would never award them to enemies, he deemed them "hypocritical"? Source: Roberts, Leslie (1963). The Chief: A Political Biography of Maurice Duplessis. Clarke, Irwin, p. 93.
    • ALT3: ... that Premier Maurice Duplessis, angry at the fact that the federal government of Canada was taking taxes at the expense of the provinces, once demanded that Ottawa "return our loot"? Source: Gagnon, Alain-G.; Sarra-Bournet, Michel, eds. (1997). Duplessis: entre la grande noirceur et la société libérale (PDF). Montréal: Éditions Québec Amérique. ISBN 2-89037-935-3. OCLC 78036516, p. 195
    • ALT4: ... that Premier Maurice Duplessis adopted the current flag of Quebec? Source: "70 ans pour le drapeau national du Québec". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Political prisoners in Poland
    • Comment: Choose the most interesting, there is a lot to choose from and I guess you will have your own ideas, which will be great. I don't particularly feel like any one is better than the other

Improved to Good Article status by Szmenderowiecki (talk). Self-nominated at 05:18, 8 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Premiership of Maurice Duplessis; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: May we use this for the April Fools' Day set? ALTs 0, 1, and 3 are all great options MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 12:57, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We are in WP:QPQ backlog mode. Double reviews are required.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:42, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I see then, thanks for letting me know. Just one more needed Szmenderowiecki. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 12:35, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The QPQ check tool to the right counts only 9. I don't really trust the QPQ tool that much because it barely counts 40% of my own nominations. But If the nominator feels that they have done less than 20 noms this can go forward or they can do the double. This case is on the honor system.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:46, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I only see eight nominations credited in Szmenderowiecki's talk page history. Under the circumstances, TonyTheTiger's reasoning for requesting another QPQ is not justified, so I'm restoring the previous tick by reviewer MyCatIsAChonk. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for restoring the tick, my page says this should be the eighth nomination, but I may be mistaken in my count. If I'm not and we can move on, let's go with the original option (the very first one) or ALT3, up to promoter's discretion, but I don't particularly care if it's on 1 April (Duplessis was born on the 20th). Szmenderowiecki (talk) 11:46, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks

Improved to Good Article status by Ghosts of Europa (talk). Self-nominated at 07:29, 25 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

  • This DYK won't have enough context to make sense to an average reader, who won't know what Mr. Stupidhead is (though it's a funny title). Was there something else we can try? Shooterwalker (talk) 15:05, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just wanted to @Ghosts of Europa: to make sure they saw this. No hurry if you need time to think. Shooterwalker (talk) 15:10, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Would it help to clarify that Mr. Stupidhead was a story and Mr. West was a film? (e.g. "...that the film The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks may have been influenced by a story called "The Adventures of Mr. Stupidhead in Russia" "). I don't think there is much context for readers to miss here, it's just a story with a similar title and plot. My hope is simply that the hook is entertaining because the titles are both so ridiculous but in different ways (Mr. Stupidhead is blunt while Mr. West is baroque), which I don't think requires any background. Ghosts of Europa (talk) 19:01, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • That could work. "a story called..." makes it clearer that you don't need to know what the story is, only that the title is absurd. Do you want take a shot at finalizing the language? (The person who promotes it will look for whatever is in front of ALT1 or ALT2, and I'll say something like "approved ALT1". You can look at other approved DYKs for the formatting to follow.) Shooterwalker (talk) 14:45, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • ALT1 ... that a story called "The Adventures of Mr. Stupidhead in Russia" may have influenced The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks? Ghosts of Europa (talk) 18:06, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • I suggest adding more context to the film now. For example, "influenced the Soviet silent comedy film, The Extraordinary Adventures..." Wanna put together an ALT2? Shooterwalker (talk) 20:00, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • I've added two alternate wordings. Feel free to make any other wording changes you'd like. Ghosts of Europa (talk) 01:05, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • ALT2 ... that a story called "The Adventures of Mr. Stupidhead in Russia" may have influenced the Soviet silent comedy film The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks?
  • ALT3 ... that the Soviet silent comedy The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks may have been influenced by a story called "The Adventures of Mr. Stupidhead in Russia"?


Aleksandra Waliszewska

Untitled (2012–2013) by Aleksandra Waliszewska
Untitled (2012–2013) by Aleksandra Waliszewska
  • ... that Polish painter Aleksandra Waliszewska, whose work has been compared to Bosch and Goya, has more than a hundred thousand followers on Instagram? Source: [1], "The work has garnered many admirers. (Waliszewska has over 115 thousand followers on Instagram)." Updated number is 154K but not sure how to include that. Also, [2] for comparison to Bosch and Goya.
    • ALT1: ... that contemporary Polish painter Aleksandra Waliszewska thinks art has been in decline since the 15th century? Source: ibed, "Generally, though, she believes art went downhill after the Quattrocento."
    • ALT2: ... that gothic painter Aleksandra Waliszewska works with The Vampire's Wife? Source: ibed, "Recently, Waliszewska collaborated with the Vampire’s Wife," for the gothic descriptor, [3], "... as she creates a new Gothic style ..."
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Potiki
    • Comment: Image might be unusual for DYK, but at least it's not a sepia profile of some dead guy.

Created by Apocheir (talk). Self-nominated at 00:19, 24 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Aleksandra Waliszewska; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough, long enough and information is sourced. It is neutral and plagiarism free. Hooks are cited and interesting; I prefer ALT2 the most. Image is free to use, has been reviewed and accepted on Commons, and I think it's clear enough. QPQ is done. Lajmmoore (talk) 08:52, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think ALT2a: ... that a gothic painter works with The Vampire's Wife? could work for April Fool's Day, but I've moved to WP:DYKAPRIL and left it for the judgement of others. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:21, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: per WP:DYKMOS any hook considered for an accompanying image should have a 'media marker' in the form of (pictured). e.g.: whose work (example pictured) has been compared. ALT2a requires a tick. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:40, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
checkY ALT2a ... that a gothic painter, whose work (Untitled) is pictured, works with The Vampire's Wife?Source: ibed, "Recently, Waliszewska collaborated with the Vampire’s Wife," for the gothic descriptor, [4], "... as she creates a new Gothic style ..."
I'm happy with ALT2a as above - apologoes for not picking up the image wasn't referred too, thanks for the second set of eyes, Reidgreg Lajmmoore (talk) 08:06, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Tumblr sexyman

Created by Di (they-them) (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

Post-promotion hook changes will be logged on the talk page; consider watching the nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Di (they-them) (talk) 00:12, 21 March 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: QPQ is good. The link given doesn't verify the Queen Elizabeth II part of the first hook, although the citation in the article verifies it, so it should be fine. First hook is the most interesting imho (especially given that people connected both, although it isn't in the hook), but the concept of Tumblr sexyman probably makes any hook funny. Article is well-sourced. ALT1 could maybe have a link to The Lorax so people can look up the sexyman by themselves. Chaotıċ Enby (talk · contribs) 01:02, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing out that the link doesn't verify the Elizabeth claim, I used the wrong link! I meant to use this one. Di (they-them) (talk) 01:14, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]