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DYK queue status

There are currently 3 filled queues. Please consider promoting a prep to queue if you have the time!
DYK is running 24-hour sets. There are currently 3 empty slots in the preps, not counting the bottom prep.

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Current time: 01:08, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 68 minutes ago(

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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 5. After performing a manual update, please update the pointer to the next queue.

Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 5	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 6	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 7	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 1 Prep 1	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 2 Prep 2	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
Queue 3 Prep 3	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
Queue 4 Prep 4	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
Prep 5	25 June 17:00	25 June 20:00	26 June 00:00	26 June 01:00	26 June 05:30	26 June 09:00	26 June 10:00
Prep 6	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
Prep 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

Queues

Queue 5 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by a human (Dclemens1971 (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Ditrichites aristatus plant in Kachin amber

... that it was 41 years between the first Ditrichites moss description and the genus being reported in amber fossils (pictured)?
... that basketball player Adan Diggs hired an agent before making his high school debut?
... that Johns Hopkins University and the City of Baltimore agreed to demolish the city's former U.S. Marine Hospital in 1987, and then changed their minds in 2019?
... that in the Battle of Faventia, the Byzantines missed the opportunity to attack the Gothic army while crossing a river due to disagreements among their commanders?
... that two relatively unknown players, Cary Brabham and Gordon Laro, were featured on the cover of Madden NFL '96?
... that a Tijuana water park features a slide that curves upward to launch riders airborne into a pool?
... that the Mutapa Empire fragmented following the death of a ruler who spent his time writing songs on an mbira and smoking dagga?
... that Israel D. Andrews believed that promoting trade with the provinces of British North America would eventually lead to U.S. annexation?
... that Olympic cyclist Clyde Rimple was fined £60 for pouring bleach and urinating on his wife's clothes?

Queue 6 [edit]

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

Pudgy

... that comedian Pudgy (pictured) was often referred to as the "female Don Rickles"?
... that Mexico's Observatorio 1873 began as a military lookout and observatory, and now includes a whale museum, an iguana sanctuary and a zip line?
... that a Hindu wife of the Muslim ruler of Awadh is often linked to a festival honoring Lord Hanuman on Tuesdays?
... that, in the January 1926 Liechtenstein general election, Wilhelm Beck was reported to the police for allegedly supporting republican views?
... that Shirakami Fubuki introduced Hololive to global audiences with a drumming showdown?
... that the Orleans Parish Criminal Courts Building combines Neoclassical and Art Deco sections to represent the elegance and the severity of the law?
... that, in his book The Anatomy of Evil, forensic psychiatrist Michael Stone writes that he suffered from a nightmare after interviewing serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells in Texas?
... that Lai Ka-ying is the first Hongkonger in space, but not the first astronaut born in Hong Kong?
... that a fighting video game requires the player to bark loudly and frequently to win?

Queue 7 [edit]

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

Detail of the Canadian totem

... that one of the original carvers of a totem pole (detail pictured) described efforts to restore it as akin to "sending a carpenter to repaint the Mona Lisa"?
... that Jean Varraud once put football star Zinedine Zidane on cleaning duty?
... that the number of damage claims lodged after the 1974 Dunedin earthquake was unusually high for an earthquake of its magnitude?
... that Richard M. Hotaling maintained a herd of Holstein cattle from Holland at his house in California?
... that the music video for the PinkPantheress song "Girl Like Me" evokes a "pre-Brexit utopia", according to the New Statesman?
... that a history of New York City examines its subject from the metaphorical viewpoints of a satellite, a jet airliner, a helicopter, a bird, and ground level?
... that Indonesian politician Muhadi Suyono threatened legal action after a Malaysian government website listed reog as one of their cultural traditions?
... that Eiga.com withdrew an April Fool's Day prank mocking Donald Trump?
... that Kris Lindahl's billboards have been reacted to with anger, annoyance, and fandom?

Queue 1 [edit]

Queue 2 [edit]

Queue 3 [edit]

Queue 4 [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]

Hadley Williams

... that doctor Hadley Williams (pictured) left London for London, then returned to London?
... that the kingdom of Kulembebe may have been founded in modern-day Angola in the 13th century?
... that a television station mistakenly broadcast footage of a different person three times while trying to film a suspect for killing a child?
... that Northwestern basketball coach Chris Collins claimed that he did not know his player Jake West was an influencer until Collins's own daughter told him?
... that prominent anti-Islam protester Salwan Momika was a key figure for the Syriac Assembly Movement during the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election, despite living in Sweden at the time?
... that New York–based pastry chef Natasha Pickowicz wrote a cookbook on Chinese hot pot?
... that Ōtari-Wilton's Bush is the only public botanic garden in New Zealand that is entirely dedicated to native plants?
... that eight players from the national-champion 1965 Michigan State Spartans football team, including MVP Steve Juday, received first-team All-America honors?
... that Saint Sadalberga used telepathy to "order lettuce from her gardener", according to a story from her vita?

Prep area 2 [edit]

Beans on toast

... that beans on toast (pictured) have variously been referred to as "skinheads", "skins on a raft" and "cowboy's dinner"?
... that opera singer Joyce Castle specialized in "portraying nuts, mamas, lesbians, nymphomaniacs, witches, and men"?
... that the author of Your Own Quiz wanted the readers to answer at least one question in the novel correctly at the same time as the main character?
... that all three sons of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip attended Gordonstoun School?
... that one writer described the decorations of 44 West 77th Street as having seemingly been "squeezed out of a pastry tube"?
... that the video game developer Volition was named after a lexical definition?
... that Jacob Huesman joined the New York Giants as a fullback despite never having played the position before? under discussion
... that the Gordon House was the headquarters of a project to rebuild an 1813 ship?
... that Vasily Baranshchikov's travelogue was an 18th-century bestseller, despite what one contemporary review deemed sloppy writing and an ungrateful, whiny tone?

Prep area 3 [edit]

Samseonggak of Gapsa

... that some buildings in Korean Buddhist temples (example pictured) also enshrine an indigenous mountain god? under discussion
... that Licia Fertz posed nude for Rolling Stone at the age of 89?
... that the documentary film Kino-Eye includes footage reversed by director Dziga Vertov to show bread being unmade and a bull being "resurrected"?
... that professional climber Charles Barrett was sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple sexual assaults in Yosemite National Park?
... that Notharctus, one of the first fossil primates discovered in North America, was originally classified as a pachyderm?
... that Eduardo Clark discovered that several teachers registered on Mexico's national education payroll were collecting more than MXN$500,000 per month, with some listed at least ten times?
... that queer-theory professor Tim Dean's book Unlimited Intimacy investigates the sexual subculture of barebacking among gay men?
... that fur-trading ships wintered in an old factory?
... that future NFL player Lindsay Knapp, while he was in high school, appeared in a commercial playing basketball against Michael Jordan?

Prep area 4 [edit]

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

... that many dams (example pictured) built on international rivers have led to political conflicts over water sharing, exacerbated by population increases, impacts of climate change, and water scarcity?
... that recording sessions for his album Taste left singer Haechan temporarily voiceless?
... that Francis Méano won both the French Division 1 and the Latin Cup only a month before he died in a car accident in 1953?
... that seven thousand policemen and soldiers were deployed to secure the repeated 2018 Sampang regency election?
... that Johann Sigismund Weiss played the lute before the Holy Roman emperor and the assembled German princes at the 1711 imperial election?
... that, upon the release of a promotional figure for the Honkai: Star Rail character Tingyun, players posted comments wondering whether her fate ingame would ever be revealed?
... that George McLean Harper invented the term "conversation poems" to describe some of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's work?
... that a derailment in 2005 was caused by a train attempting to travel a 10 mph (16 km/h) crossing at 69 mph (111 km/h)?
... that a group of schoolboys in 1836 discovered a hidden cache of tiny coffins, the purpose of which is still unknown?

Prep area 5 [edit]

Emiria Sunassa

... that Indonesian painter Emiria Sunassa (pictured), variously described as an elephant hunter, a poison-maker, and a "tiger woman", claimed sovereignty over West Papua?
... that Lana Del Rey released "First Light", the theme song for a James Bond video game, 11 years after her submission for the theme of the Bond movie Spectre was rejected?
... that Kailey Utley took a break from her optometry career to become a professional soccer player?
... that the shipentine Acme lost a trans-Pacific race against a damaged ship during her maiden voyage?
... that the gate house at the Elsie Perrin Williams Estate was designed by the owner's teenage daughter?
... that Pierre-Amable de Soubrany's corpse was guillotined after he survived a suicide attempt with five other convicted French revolutionaries but died on the way to his execution?
... that library patrons in the 1880s needed to obtain a letter of recommendation to access the Astor Library Building's shelves?
... that John Nasseff started at West Publishing as a boxcar unloader, and later earned $175 million for his stock when the company was sold 50 years later?
... that a wooden doll ruled the kingdom of Tonga for three years?

Prep area 6 [edit]

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... that Patrick Castagno won his 60th state championship shortly after his 60th birthday?
... that during the Jewish–Roman wars, residents of Khirbet el-Maqatir secretly cut a passage between their hiding cave and a water cistern so they could draw water unseen while hiding from the Romans?
... that the actor-choreographer Le brothers taught themselves martial arts through YouTube videos and kung fu films?
... that when completed, the Josephine M. Hagerty House was likened to a packing crate and a jail?
... that ...
... that the Supreme Court of Canada set aside an election in a federal district in Quebec after one postal vote was not counted?
... that merchant Benjamin Naylor built a store that contributed to the small New Zealand town of Clyde being described as having "movie-set good looks"?
... that ...

Prep area 7 [edit]

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