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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.

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Queues

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: File:Symbol confirmed.svg File:Symbol voting keep.svg.
Check to make sure basic review requirements were completed.
- Any outstanding issue following File:Symbol confirmed.svg File:Symbol voting keep.svg 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 6 [update count].

Prep area 6 [edit]

Seven-spot ladybird

... that an estimated 23 billion seven-spot ladybirds (example pictured) swarmed England's eastern and southern coasts during a heatwave in 1976?
... that Bill Cottrell went from playing for a high-school team that had 32 consecutive losses to starting for an NFL team?
... that a type of flute known as a fluier was sometimes built into Romanian shepherds' whips and staffs?
... that actor and playwright J. Harry Benrimo was described as a "central and versatile figure in Orientalist theater"?
... that Lale Andersen, who was popular on both sides of World War II for her version of "Lili Marleen", represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961?
... that Suprapto Martosetomo sheltered Indonesian students at his residence in the Philippines during a 1989 coup attempt?
... that the Variations on a Theme from La Cenerentola are attributed to Frédéric Chopin, but he may only have composed one of the variations?
... that flute playing and hired wailing irked the Latin Church so much that Archbishop Hugh threatened to put the offending women on the rack?
... that Aubrey Plaza got high with the "weed nuns" to promote The Little Hours?

Prep area 7 [edit]

Perron of Liège

... that the Perron of Liège (pictured) was dismantled and removed by the duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, following a failed uprising?
... that a doctor at a remote Swedish hospital was featured in The New York Times after re-attaching a farmer's severed hand?
... that the house of actor Calum Lill was used as a set for the drama Waterloo Road when he was a child?
... that Interstate 155 is the only piece of surface transportation infrastructure that directly connects the U.S. states of Missouri and Tennessee?
... that Lim Joo Hock was called to the bar nearly two decades after getting his Bachelor of Laws degree?
... that Ukraine protects more than 3,000 geographical indications, only thirty of which originate in the country?
... that Logan Barrio is one of the oldest Mexican barrios in Santa Ana, California?
... that the author of Ethelwina used Shakespeare to justify including a real ghost?
... that a song about the discovery of sex toys and hundreds of condoms from West End Girl recently became Lily Allen's first UK top-ten single since 2014?

Prep area 1 [edit]

Mai Murakami

... that Mai Murakami (pictured) was the first Japanese female gymnast in 63 years to win a world title?
... that Maid Marian in Super Robin Hood was voiced by the developers' mother?
... that Charles Throsby Smith led the first British expedition to what became Canberra, and is a founding figure of Wollongong?
... that a 1:10 wooden model was used in the acoustic design of Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall?
... that historian Jürgen Matthäus used artificial intelligence to help identify Jakobus Onnen as the gunman in The Last Jew in Vinnitsa?
... that ...
... that ...
... that FIFA-listed referee Adonis Carrasco signed up for basic training without having ever played football and without knowing any rules?
... that Tipat Halav, a network of well-baby care centers, cut infant mortality rates in pre-state Israel by more than 50 percent between 1927 and 1948?

Prep area 2 [edit]

The Dream of Saint Joseph

The Dream of Saint Joseph

... that The Dream of Saint Joseph (pictured) by Philippe de Champaigne was owned by Napoleon's half-uncle?
... that the 2025 UK Christmas number one single "XMAS" made Kylie Minogue the oldest woman to top the chart with a new recording?
... that a book about a Finnish Santa figure sold particularly well in Germany and Japan?
... that an Iowa nun's drawing of Eve and a pregnant Mary was described as "simple yet theologically dazzling"?
... that the manga Snow Angel ran a campaign supporting young carers?
... that ...
... that the author of How to Survive Christmas described the season as a "rat race"?
... that a cave shrimp from Christmas Island was christened xmas and heralded on Christmas Day?
... that a Japanese ministry promotes eating salmon on Christmas?

Prep area 3 [edit]

Caption goes here

... that ...
... that ...
... that the video game Tigger's Honey Hunt received a BAFTA?File:Symbol question.svg under discussion
... that ...
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... that ...
... that ...
... that political strategist Morris Katz stated that any Democrat "who's scared to congratulate" Zohran Mamdani, "is very unlikely to be the nominee for president in 2028"?
... that ...

Prep area 4 [edit]

Caption goes here

... that ... (pictured) ...
... that ...
... that ...
... that ...
... that ...
... that ...
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Prep area 5 [edit]

Caption goes here

... that ... (pictured) ...
... that ...
... that ...
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Queue 3 [edit]

Queue 4 [edit]

Queue 5 [edit]

Instructions on how to promote a hook

Prep areas

Prep area 6 [edit]

Prep area 7 [edit]

Prep area 1 [edit]

Prep area 2 [edit]

Prep area 3 [edit]

Prep area 4 [edit]

Prep area 5 [edit]

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Local update times

Queues

Queue 6 [edit]

Queue 7 [edit]

Queue 1 [edit]

Queue 2 [edit]

Queue 3 [edit]

Queue 4 [edit]

Queue 5 [edit]

Instructions on how to promote a hook

Prep areas

Prep area 6 [edit]

Prep area 7 [edit]

Prep area 1 [edit]

Prep area 2 [edit]

Prep area 3 [edit]

Prep area 4 [edit]

Prep area 5 [edit]

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