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DYK queue status

There is currently 1 filled queue. Assistance in moving preps is requested.
DYK is running 24-hour sets. There are currently 15 empty slots in the preps, not counting the bottom prep.

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 8 November 2026 (UTC)

Current time: 19:33, 7 November 2026 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 19 hours ago(

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

Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London (UTC)	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 7	7 November 16:00	7 November 19:00	8 November 00:00	8 November 00:00	8 November 05:30	8 November 09:00	8 November 11:00
Queue 1 Prep 1	8 November 16:00	8 November 19:00	9 November 00:00	9 November 00:00	9 November 05:30	9 November 09:00	9 November 11:00
Queue 2 Prep 2	9 November 16:00	9 November 19:00	10 November 00:00	10 November 00:00	10 November 05:30	10 November 09:00	10 November 11:00
Queue 3 Prep 3	10 November 16:00	10 November 19:00	11 November 00:00	11 November 00:00	11 November 05:30	11 November 09:00	11 November 11:00
Queue 4 Prep 4	11 November 16:00	11 November 19:00	12 November 00:00	12 November 00:00	12 November 05:30	12 November 09:00	12 November 11:00
Queue 5 Prep 5	12 November 16:00	12 November 19:00	13 November 00:00	13 November 00:00	13 November 05:30	13 November 09:00	13 November 11:00
Queue 6 Prep 6	13 November 16:00	13 November 19:00	14 November 00:00	14 November 00:00	14 November 05:30	14 November 09:00	14 November 11:00
Prep 7	14 November 16:00	14 November 19:00	15 November 00:00	15 November 00:00	15 November 05:30	15 November 09:00	15 November 11:00

Queues

Queue 7 [edit]

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

Hanna–Honeycomb House

... that Frank Lloyd Wright decided to continue building a house on a fault line (pictured) despite warnings from a geologist neighbor?
... that Archbishop Peter went missing in battle near Gaza?
... that The Invasion was the first Doctor Who serial with missing episodes to receive an official animated reconstruction?
... that Swiss painter Rolf Knie learned perspective drawing from comedian Emil Steinberger while working as a circus clown?
... that a former hub of the U.S. conservative movement caught fire on the night that Donald Trump was first elected president?
... that Thomaïs of Lesbos was one of the few Byzantine female saints who achieved sainthood as a married laywoman?
... that Captain Cook brought carrot jam on his voyages in hopes that it would prevent scurvy?
... that Joséphine Pencalet won an election 19 years before women were allowed to vote in France?
... that the city of Busan appointed a shark as an honorary ambassador?

Queue 1 [edit]

Queue 2 [edit]

Queue 3 [edit]

Queue 4 [edit]

Queue 5 [edit]

Queue 6 [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]

Puti Guntur Soekarno

... that Puti Guntur Soekarno (pictured) only learned of her deputy gubernatorial campaign after returning home from Japan?
... that one of the artists in the duo Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis kissed future Chilean president Ricardo Lagos on the mouth during a performance?
... that Anne Chisholm once had a fictional goat named after her over a negative book review she wrote?
... that Susie Day said that she had a "stupid amount of fun" writing about a family with same-sex parents in Pea's Book of Best Friends?
... that American judge Archie Simonson was recalled and replaced by his county's first woman judge after he said that rape was "a normal reaction" to "the way women dress"?
.... that the film All of Tokyo! was based on interviews about the real-life experiences of an idol group's fourth-generation members?
... that Melissa Gallegos was a member of the first United States women's national American football team?
... that a Walla Walla County winery occupies a former schoolhouse?
... that Jim Carrey's sixth-grade teacher confiscated his artwork and returned it only after he became famous?

Prep area 2 [edit]

Tai Shan

... that Tai Shan (pictured) was nicknamed "Butterstick" due to his small size at birth?
... that college football player Hank Cook, despite being blind in one eye, ranked second nationally in receptions in 1973?
... that Wile E. Coyote was inspired by Japanese paintings?
... that the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., was turned over to the government for use as a military hospital during the American Civil War?
... that philosopher Emerita Quito was called "the darling of student philosophers, rebels, intellectuals, and even demonstrators"?
... that, during the siege of Martyropolis, Byzantine forces constructed a tall tower inside the city walls with a machine capable of dropping large stones to damage Persian siege engines?
... that Kendrick Lamar performed "The Blacker the Berry" at the 58th Grammy Awards while marching onto the stage in chains?
... that Terrell Creek smells like sulfur at certain times of year?
... that one critic wrote his review of Garfield: Escape from Monday as an imaginary conversation with his fourth-grade self?

Prep area 3 [edit]

Alberta Devor

... that Alberta Devor (pictured) left her job as a Google software engineer to post satirical videos about technology and AI?
... that the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve has not recorded any illegal fishing since 2005?
... that Dolly Parton's final new recording released during her lifetime was a sequel to "Jolene" performed with Belles?
... that ancient Greek playwrights could use a rolling platform to bring scenery or corpses onto the stage?
... that Suchika Tariyal has represented India in international competition in four sports: judo, jujutsu, kurash and MMA?
... that a ban attributed to an 11th-century rabbi forbade Jewish men to take a second wife or to divorce their wives without consent?
... that Francesco Antonio Giorgioli painted himself in a fresco at Rheinau Abbey as a beggar kneeling beside Saint Martin?
... that MrBeast co-wrote a novel about a deadly competition based on his real life show Beast Games, featuring a fictionalized version of himself?
... that "The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man" attacked five people by pouring buckets of human feces and urine on them?

Prep area 4 [edit]

Flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

... that the flag of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (pictured) was investigated by Russian authorities because of its similarity to the rainbow pride flag?
... that the painter Itji Tarmizi escaped an anti-communist purge by hiding with his grandmother?
... that boy band Alamat's song "LuzViMinda" is named after a portmanteau of the three major island groups of the Philippines?
... that when Axel Wrede Sparre was appointed Governor of Stockholm in 1770, Daniel Tilas remarked that "no more incompetent man" could have been appointed?
... that employees of the Bureau of Land Management found the dinosaur quarry of Big Al while searching for wildfires?
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Prep area 5 [edit]

Illustration of earthquake lights

... that a factory foreman reported seeing a ball of light "about the size of 20 suns" during the 1911 Ebingen earthquake (drawing pictured)?
... that ...
... that Toluca were unable to host an international tournament at their stadium because it lacked floodlights?
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... that the singer of "Sunny Sunny" described it as "his stupidest song ever written" despite it being one of his most famous songs? under discussion
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... that before the Battle of Callinicum, Byzantine troops were so eager to fight while fasting for Easter that they threatened mutiny if they were denied battle?

Prep area 6 [edit]

The William Light monument in 2026.

... that Light Square (pictured) contains Adelaide's only marked grave outside a cemetery?
... that ...
... that Singapore Comic Con hosted Marvel Comics first convention exhibition in Asia in 2010?
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... that Handel's Messiah was performed in the Jordanian village of Mukawir, with a background view of the ancient fortress where John the Baptist was beheaded?
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Prep area 7 [edit]

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... that a medieval ivory chest showing a fictional battle between Richard I and Saladin was found in a Brighton junk shop in 1945?
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