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DYK queue status

There are currently 7 filled queues – all good, for now!
DYK is running 12-hour sets.

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.

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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 25	1	1
April 27	1
April 28	2	2
April 29	1
May 1	1
May 2	2
May 3	1
May 4	1
May 5	2
May 7	1
May 9	1
May 12	3
May 13	2
May 14	1	1
May 16	1
May 17	2	1
May 19	3	3
May 20	2
May 21	1
May 22	3
May 23	2	2
May 24	2	2
May 25	5	4
May 26	8	7
May 27	9	7
May 28	8	5
May 29	2	2
May 30	8	6
May 31	3	2
June 1	1
June 2	3	3
June 3	3	3
June 4	6	6
June 5	6	3
June 6	6	2
June 7	8	6
June 8	5	4
June 9	4	3
June 10	5	3
June 11	7	5
June 12	5	2
June 13	9	2
June 14	6	6
June 15	7	5
June 16	15	9
June 17	9	4
June 18	10	3
June 19	8	3
June 20	6	1
June 21	9	3
June 22	12	5
June 23	13	8
June 24	11	5
June 25	4
June 26
Total	257	139
Last updated 11:07, 26 June 2025 UTC Current time is 11:18, 26 June 2025 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

There are currently 7 filled queues – all good, for now!
DYK is running 12-hour sets.

Earliest time for next DYK update: 12:00, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Current time: 11:18, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 12 hours

Last updated: 11 hours ago(

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Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 4	26 June 05:00	26 June 08:00	26 June 12:00	26 June 13:00	26 June 17:30	26 June 21:00	26 June 22:00
Queue 5	26 June 17:00	26 June 20:00	27 June 00:00	27 June 01:00	27 June 05:30	27 June 09:00	27 June 10:00
Queue 6	27 June 05:00	27 June 08:00	27 June 12:00	27 June 13:00	27 June 17:30	27 June 21:00	27 June 22:00
Queue 7	27 June 17:00	27 June 20:00	28 June 00:00	28 June 01:00	28 June 05:30	28 June 09:00	28 June 10:00
Queue 1	28 June 05:00	28 June 08:00	28 June 12:00	28 June 13:00	28 June 17:30	28 June 21:00	28 June 22:00
Queue 2	28 June 17:00	28 June 20:00	29 June 00:00	29 June 01:00	29 June 05:30	29 June 09:00	29 June 10:00
Queue 3	29 June 05:00	29 June 08:00	29 June 12:00	29 June 13:00	29 June 17:30	29 June 21:00	29 June 22:00
Prep 4	29 June 17:00	29 June 20:00	30 June 00:00	30 June 01:00	30 June 05:30	30 June 09:00	30 June 10:00
Prep 5	30 June 05:00	30 June 08:00	30 June 12:00	30 June 13:00	30 June 17:30	30 June 21:00	30 June 22:00
Prep 6	30 June 17:00	30 June 20:00	1 July 00:00	1 July 01:00	1 July 05:30	1 July 09:00	1 July 10:00
Prep 7	1 July 05:00	1 July 08:00	1 July 12:00	1 July 13:00	1 July 17:30	1 July 21:00	1 July 22:00
Prep 1	1 July 17:00	1 July 20:00	2 July 00:00	2 July 01:00	2 July 05:30	2 July 09:00	2 July 10:00
Prep 2	2 July 05:00	2 July 08:00	2 July 12:00	2 July 13:00	2 July 17:30	2 July 21:00	2 July 22:00
Prep 3	2 July 17:00	2 July 20:00	3 July 00:00	3 July 01:00	3 July 05:30	3 July 09:00	3 July 10:00

Queues

Queue 4 [edit]

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

Mendel Catholic High School

... that Mendel Catholic High School (pictured) raised $15 million through hosting weekly house dances from 1975?
... that singer Karin Ann made headlines after performing live on Polish state television wrapped in a rainbow flag?
... that voters approved a 600-percent increase in property taxes to fund programs at Valley Medical Center?
... that the Diocese of Poreč and Pula was nearly bankrupted over a dispute with the Italian Benedictines, a case that Dražen Kutleša is credited with quietly resolving?
... that the Dutch government considered converting the incomplete Java-class cruisers into English Channel ferries?
... that Jack Reardon received a heart transplant while serving as the mayor of Kansas City?
... that the symbol for equality in mathematics was not used for 61 years after its introduction, and was later popularized by Isaac Newton?
... that stand-up comedian Dustin Nickerson has said that his children have veto power over any jokes he might tell about them?
... that Saint-Saëns's Phaéton was described by a critic after its premiere as "the noise of a hack coming down from Montmartre"?

Queue 5 [edit]

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

Ed Stone

... that Ed Stone (pictured) was the Voyager program's project scientist for 50 years?
... that an actress who appeared in the 1915 film A Welsh Singer did not act in a film again until 1948?
... that Irve Tunick said he wrote about 700 to 800 scripts in his first 15 years of writing radio scripts?
... that Vatican Cycling is the first Vatican sports governing body to be recognized by a world governing body?
... that a newspaper columnist described an Illinois TV station as one that would "illustrate a flood by showing its audience a hand-drawn picture of a lake in the corner of the screen"?
... that Empress Kōken, having resigned the Japanese throne in favor of a relative, shaved her head, became a Buddhist nun, and forced her way back into power?
... that modernist architect Paul Rudolph was said to have run out of money three times while designing the Modulightor Building?
... that Sayuti Abubakar was nominated to become the vice governor of Aceh by an imprisoned former governor?
... that Google Street View in Antarctica started as a "challenge"?

Queue 6 [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.

Congregation Shaar Hashomayim

... that the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim (pictured) in Windsor, Ontario, was modelled after a synagogue in Montreal?
... that NASA promoted the "faster, better, cheaper" approach to spacecraft missions in the 1990s?
... that Black model Debra Shaw walked the runway in Bellmer La Poupée wearing a metal frame that generated controversy over a perceived reference to slavery?
... that a spokesman for the Kaw Nation credited Robert L. Rankin with single-handedly preserving their language?
... that multiple members of various royal families have competed in the Olympics?
... that The Westerlies folded a piece of tin foil over the bell of a trombone to make it hiss?
... that after runner Frej Liewendahl had broken Paavo Nurmi's five-year winning streak, he went to his hotel room with flowers to apologise?
... that the crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Dione repeatedly attacked the shipwrecks of oil tankers, believing them to be German U-boats?
... that one issue facing tsunami sirens in New Zealand has been a youth subculture that steals sirens to compete for the loudest and clearest sound?

Queue 7 [edit]

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

Cui Daozhi

... that Cui Daozhi (pictured) has been called the Chinese Sherlock Holmes?
... that "whatever the Glossa does not recognize, the court does not recognize"?
... that filmmaker Jeff Baena accidentally earned a minor in medieval studies at film school?
... that Mighty Doom features a cartoonish aesthetic that contrasts with the dark, gritty tone of the mainline Doom series?
... that sprinter Abdul Wahab Zahiri made his international debut in the same year that he competed at the Olympics?
... that the 14th-century builder of Gaza's Zofor Domri Mosque was buried in the mosque?
... that actor Ben Ahlers learned watchmaking from the Horological Society of New York for his role in The Gilded Age?
... that due to difficulty reading the biography Edison, a reviewer read it backwards?
... that Horace Niall served as magistrate, defence lawyer, executioner, and coroner – for the same group of men?

Queue 1 [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.

Wreckage of Thai Airways International Flight 114

... that Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was minutes away from boarding an aircraft that exploded (wreckage pictured)?
... that L. Whitney Watkins was given the Bull Moose Party's nomination in a 1912 election despite his own opposition?
... that a 1915 film about Florence Nightingale was criticised for not mentioning her pet parrot?
... that the statue Receiver was repainted in 2013 to match the likeness of NFL player Donald Driver after his retirement?
... that actress Jennifer Metcalfe used the experience of her father's cancer in Episode 6465 of the British soap opera Hollyoaks?
... that economist Roger A. Freeman questioned the value of college and favored limiting access to it to a select few?
... that the children's novel Queenie portrays the early years of the NHS in England?
... that painter Nicolino Calyo left Naples after participating in a failed uprising against King Ferdinand IV, then fled Spain following the outbreak of the First Carlist War?
... that Class War was held responsible for the poll tax riots?

Queue 2 [edit]

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

Forrest modeling in 2018

... that Diandra Forrest (pictured) was bullied for her white skin before becoming a professional model?
... that one of the earliest Ukrainian science fiction novels, written in 1918 by Mykola Chaikovsky, features solar power and a radiotelephone?
... that the Savannah River Site was where the neutrino was discovered?
... that having been elected to Indonesia's House of Representatives five times, Muhidin Mohamad Said is its longest-serving incumbent member?
... that the Philadelphia School of Anatomy began as a private dissection room?
... that Horvat Mazad's walls, which also functioned as storage rooms, were likely a revival of centuries-old military architecture?
... that Ben Lashes is a talent manager for cat memes?
... that a leader of a terrorist group in the Russian Empire was in 1908 revealed to have been a police agent for 15 years?
... that cyclist Howard Wing competed for China at the 1936 Summer Olympics despite never having visited the country?

Queue 3 [edit]

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

Costume parade at the McMenamins UFO festival

... that the McMenamins Hotel Oregon UFO Festival (parade pictured) was established in 2000 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the McMinnville UFO photographs, a 1950 UFO hoax?
... that American football players Tommy Akingbesote and Kyonte Hamilton grew up in the same community, play in the same position, and were both selected in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL draft?
... that the filmmakers of Cyborgs wrote dialogue in both Russian and Ukrainian to show the diversity of the eponymous soldiers who defended Donetsk Airport in late 2014?
... that the Lutterodts were pioneers of African photography?
... that the European Athletics Championships first held a women's 400 metres race in 1958, twenty-four years after the first men's race?
... that the killer of Anne Castle and William Bryan was convicted nearly 30 years after the murders?
... that television producer Paul Graham insisted on "a big game feel" for the sportscast he considered his "baby"?
... that the author of Tackle! found its sex scenes difficult to write because of her age?
... that David Wilcock's 2018 film Above Majestic, according to Vice, makes the case that space aliens "occupy large swaths of Antarctica [and] are massing for an invasion"?

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.

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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 4 [update count].

Prep area 4 [edit]

Khachkars at Aprank Monastery

... that the monumental khachkars (pictured) at Aprank Monastery can be seen from eight kilometres (five miles) away?
... that while filming the opening scene of a Doctor Who episode the production team utilised six ducks, an owl, a horse, and a baby?
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... that an Oregon TV station planned to be off the air for two to four weeks to complete a move—but didn't return for nearly two years?
... that the Academy of Music was the name of three different theaters located on the same property on the Atlantic City Boardwalk which were all destroyed by fires?
... that "Easy Lover" was intended for three different albums before its release?
... that Jeremiah Chamberlain was murdered outside of his home by a local landowner?
... that a whistled language created for a video game was reused in an episode of The Last of Us?
... that the Bishop of Chiclayo Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova described his predecessor Pope Leo XIV as smelling like sheep?

Prep area 5 [edit]

Terrorism Confinement Center, El Salvador

... that the Terrorism Confinement Center (pictured) has a capacity of 40,000 inmates?
... that operatic tenor Vladyslav Gorai was a Merited Artist of Ukraine who died while rescuing civilians during the Russo-Ukrainian War?
... that although abortion in Tunisia has been available for free at government clinics since 1965, most abortions take place at expensive private facilities?
... that the Town Walls of Index, Washington, have 402 climbing routes?
... that Jonas I Losovičius's relocation of the main residence of the bishops of Lutsk would last for three centuries?
... that a Serbian columbine species might be luring some animals with mixtures of molecular compounds?
... that after playing in the NFL, Eddie Garcia became a salesman who "could sell ice to a penguin"?
... that a scene of a man eating a crab in the music video for "Dungka!" symbolised a crab mentality among Filipinos?
... that Giulio Basetti-Sani began as a missionary believing Muhammad to be a "prophet of Satan" and ended believing that the Quran was a prophecy of Christ?

Prep area 6 [edit]

An Aquilegia oxysepala flower

... that medicinal use of Aquilegia oxysepala (pictured), one of the approximately 130 species of columbine, has occurred for thousands of years?
... that a Japanese manga caused a notable decrease in tourism to the country?
... that at age 101, Alena Veselá was present at the cornerstone ceremony for a new concert hall in Brno, which she had promoted for decades?
... that a 44-point comeback in a 2024 AFL semi-final was the largest finals comeback since 1931?
... that Suzy Knickerbocker once called James Ross Mellon one of America's "most eligible bachelors"?
... that though residents of the Acres hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design their houses, they became frustrated and never rehired him?
... that Agnes Gallus fled Hungary during the 1956 revolution before becoming a respected artist in Canada?
... that after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, McKenzie & Willis Store was demolished but the facade was kept and restored?
... that a single horsehair helped solve the murder of Nancy Titterton?

Prep area 7 [edit]

Women's 400 metres final

... that Libania Grenot was the first woman in three decades to successfully defend the European 400 metres title (final pictured)?
... that Captain James Cook and his crew were some of the first Europeans to witness and record Polynesians surfing?
... that Hanahaki disease, a fictional illness where a person coughs up flowers due to unrequited love, is often used in queer fan fiction to symbolize repressed desire?
... that Carmel Naughton, having been told that girls were "stupid and couldn't do maths", sponsored a STEM scholarship fund?
... that after moving into the Samuel Freeman House, the owners sat on cardboard boxes because they could not afford real furniture?
... that Nicolas Cage was trained by award-winning chef Gabriel Rucker for one of his films?
... that a subcontractor working on the tower of a Nevada TV station recorded footage of the PEPCON disaster as it unfolded nearby?
... that Maude Simmons played the mother of Paul Robeson on stage and the mother of Sidney Poitier on screen?
... that the Japanese government responded to the rice riots of 1918, which involved up to 10 million participants, with a "candy and whip" policy?

Prep area 1 [edit]

Harpagofututor

... that male fish in the subclass Holocephali (pictured) often have special organs on top of their head that are used to grab females while mating?
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Prep area 2 [edit]

The pedestrian bridge built in the reconstruction

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Prep area 3 [edit]

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