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This notice will automatically hide itself when the backlog is cleared.

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 6. 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 13	1
April 14	1	1
April 19	1
April 24	1	1
April 25	2
April 26	1
April 29	2	1
April 30	1
May 1	1	1
May 2	2
May 5	1
May 6	1	1
May 7	2
May 8	1
May 9	2
May 10	4
May 12	6	1
May 13	1	1
May 14	2	1
May 16	3
May 17	7	1
May 18	3	2
May 19	2	1
May 20	7	4
May 21	9	1
May 22	8	5
May 23	6	3
May 24	6	1
May 25	3
May 26	5	2
May 27	10	6
May 28	6	5
May 29	5	2
May 30	7	5
May 31	10	9
June 1	5	2
June 2	7	3
June 3	6	4
June 4	1
June 5	8	5
June 6	5	1
June 7	11	3
June 8	11	4
June 9	15	4
June 10	5	2
June 11	4
June 12	10	3
June 13	10	2
June 14	4
June 15	6	2
June 16	4
Total	242	90
Last updated 16:43, 16 June 2024 UTC Current time is 16:43, 16 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, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Current time: 16:43, 16 June 2024 (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 6	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 7	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 1 Prep 1	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 2 Prep 2	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
Queue 3 Prep 3	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
Queue 4 Prep 4	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
Queue 5 Prep 5	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 6	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
Prep 7	24 June 17:00	24 June 20:00	25 June 00:00	25 June 01:00	25 June 05:30	25 June 09:00	25 June 10:00

Queues

Queue 6 [edit]

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

Henry Street salamander tunnel

... how salamanders cross the road (pictured)?
... that Joe Shield was the first person from Vermont to be drafted into the NFL and then make a team's roster?
... that codebreaker Emily Anderson was trained to become a Hush WAAC before she joined the British GCHQ?
... that actress Mia Goth was cast as both Pearl and Maxine in X to emphasize the similarities between the two characters?
... that making the manganese nitride Mn₂N requires a sponge?
... that AI researcher Jan Leike believes "safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products" at OpenAI?
... that Zombie Plane cannot take flight from Chuck Norris?
... that Two Roosters Ice Cream became locally popular after offering odd flavors such as "grilled cheese" and "pizza"?
... that Drake discovered an ancient Chinese city?

Queue 7 [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.

Mencap video featuring George Webster

... that the CBeebies presenter George Webster (pictured) has "effervescence, bubbly charm, a quick wit", and "an extra chromosome"?
... that the ancient Homeric Hymns influenced the works of James Joyce, Alfred Hitchcock and Neil Gaiman?
... that Jasprit Bumrah holds the record for scoring the highest number of runs in a single over in Test cricket?
... that the Natives Representative Council held meetings in school halls?
... that Kenji Tanigaki, the action director of Rurouni Kenshin and Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, began his career as a stuntman on the invitation of action choreographer Stephen Tung?
... that after presenting a televised singing contest won by Sarah Geronimo, Regine Velasquez co-headlined a concert with her?
... that Qin Huasun criticized Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations as a "brazen attempt [...] at splitting a sovereign state"?
... that Don Hutson and Forrest Gregg were the only Green Bay Packers' players selected for all three NFL All-Anniversary Teams?
... that Utter served as a Stockholm police horse for more than 23 years, participating in 515 changings of the Royal Guards?

Queue 1 [edit]

Queue 2 [edit]

Queue 3 [edit]

Queue 4 [edit]

Queue 5 [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 1 [update count].

Prep area 1 [edit]

Waveform of the Amen break

... that the Amen break (waveform pictured) gained popularity because it offered an easy way to create jungle music?
... that the execution of Burkinabé trade union leader Soumane Touré was prevented by the intervention of his childhood friend, then-president Thomas Sankara?
... that The Amazing Digital Circus is influenced by the short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"?
... that Jaelyn Brown, who was born with two club feet, now plays in the WNBA?
... that the U.S. Department of Labor recorded 583 sitdown strikes in the U.S. between 1936 and 1939, affecting half a million workers?
... that Vasantha Krishna Prasad was the richest candidate from Krishna district to contest the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election?
... that Megan Abbott receives the most negative letters from readers for The End of Everything?
... that volleyball player Madisen Skinner beat Texas in one national championship final – then won two national championships with Texas?
... that Pizza Hut’s most expensive pizza was a weighted blanket?

Prep area 2 [edit]

Victory Salute

... that the sprinter Peter Norman requested that he be left off the Olympic Black Power Statue (pictured) so that others could stand in his place?
... that a Japanese samurai was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI, nearly 400 years after his execution during the Great Martyrdom of Edo?
... that the Picts disappeared from the historical record after the devastation suffered following the Battle of Dollar?
... that until 2017 Minnesota State Highway 36 used a lift bridge to cross the St. Croix River?
... that the classicist Adam Parry said that he had only ever considered three careers: academia, law and beachcombing?
... that Isaac Watts, the "father of English hymnody", described one of Charles Wesley's hymns as "worth all the verses he himself had written"?
... that a Buddhist android preacher regularly gives sermons on the Heart Sutra?
... that the Nabisco Shredded Wheat Factory was used as a marketing tool, with an image of the factory on every cereal packet it produced until 1960?
... that Bills plays for the Bills?

Prep area 3 [edit]

Ryu Sung-hyun

... that Olympian Ryu Sung-hyun (pictured) taught himself gymnastics for four years because his father did not want him to become an athlete?
... that English actor Jude Law is actually named David, as a result of his parents naming their children after their best friends?
... that Sadie O. Horton was the first recorded female United States Merchant Marine veteran of World War II?
... that "Sea of Voices" was accepted by Porter Robinson's fans even though it was a fundamental change to his prior musical style?
... that Morris Villarroel wore a camera on his chest that took 1,200 photographs a day for several years?
... that all of the players on the Green Bay Packers were selected for the 1940 NFL All-Star Game?
... that the events following the Battle of Stainmore have been called the end of the first Viking age in England?
... that American pianist Ella Scoble Opperman, the first dean of the Florida State College for Women, was praised for growing the college into a credible school of music?
... that the sheep-herding founder of Kekerengu in New Zealand became an international fugitive?

Prep area 4 [edit]

Schoenoplectus triqueter

... that Schoenoplectus triqueter (pictured) can grow up to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) tall on stems less than half a centimetre (0.20 in) wide?
... that in her musical show Songbird, Regine Velasquez performs one lesser-known song from the featured theme each week?
... that David Fishwick became the largest minibus supplier in Britain after finding that he could not afford a chip butty for lunch?
... that a high jumper took up sprinting to qualify for Kiribati at the 2020 Summer Olympics?
... that playwright Vivian Cosby was hospitalized for three and a half years after lighting herself on fire because of a faulty gas heater?
... that the Creamoata Mill, which once produced a now-nonexistent breakfast food, was listed as Gore's only "place of outstanding historical and cultural influence"?
... that the documentary film I Am Human has been the conversation starter for neuroscience panel discussions at universities such as Harvard?
... that Gabriel André Aucler tried to reestablish paganism after the French Revolution?
... that Alan Kulwicki Memorial Park was partially financed with a US$250,000 donation from Hooters chairman Robert Brooks?

Prep area 5 [edit]

Yulia Lipnitskaya

... that at the 2014 Olympic Games, Yulia Lipnitskaya (pictured) became Russia's youngest ever Winter Olympic gold medalist?
... that a Utah radio station read listeners a book, a Chapter a Day?
... that Italian pianist and composer Maria Luigia Pizzoli posthumously received the title of Maestro di Contrappunto?
... that Larrabee County was a proposed county in Iowa, but because of its failure Iowa remains a state with 99 counties?
... that ...
... that climate change in Asia is expected to increase already-high flood risks in Asian cities, potentially affecting 932 million people?
... that Saleh Manaf was elected as the regent of Bekasi despite being a dummy candidate in the election?
... that the SkyBridge Alternatives Conference has been compared to the Super Bowl, but for hedge funds?
... that ...