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DYK queue status

There are currently 6 filled queues – all good, for now!
DYK is running 24-hour sets. There are currently 7 empty slots in the preps, not counting the bottom prep.

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

Current time: 15:32, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 15 hours ago(

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

Local update times

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Prep 4	18 August 17:00	18 August 20:00	19 August 00:00	19 August 01:00	19 August 05:30	19 August 09:00	19 August 10:00
Prep 5	19 August 17:00	19 August 20:00	20 August 00:00	20 August 01:00	20 August 05:30	20 August 09:00	20 August 10:00
Prep 6	20 August 17:00	20 August 20:00	21 August 00:00	21 August 01:00	21 August 05:30	21 August 09:00	21 August 10:00
Prep 7	21 August 17:00	21 August 20:00	22 August 00:00	22 August 01:00	22 August 05:30	22 August 09:00	22 August 10:00

Queues

Queue 2 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by a human (Z1720 (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Carmarthen Infirmary

... that patients at Carmarthen Infirmary (pictured) in the late 19th century were required to help with cleaning, laundry, and caring for other patients?
... that Irish chess player Diana Mirza was labeled the "teenage chess queen" when she was 17 years old?
... that Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Dana–Thomas House around an existing house because a will banned the old house's destruction?
... that hockey player Alexander Karmanov is the tallest draft pick in the history of the NHL?
... that the first reconstruction of Camarasaurus was drawn on sheets of linen and measured 21 m (68 ft) in length?
... that there was an NFL player named Red Heater?
... that part of the travelling exhibition Verstummte Stimmen, which commemorated Jewish figures in opera who faced Nazi persecution, remained permanently in a park in Bayreuth?
... that architect Arthur Edwards designed the Birmingham Municipal Technical School with a steam engine in the basement?
... that, according to its manufacturers, one boat used in Casino Royale "was the first sailing boat to go up the Grand Canal in Venice for 300 years"?

Queue 3 [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.

Elizabeth Debicki

... that Elizabeth Debicki (pictured) realised that she probably would not be a ballerina after outgrowing her teachers at the age of 12?
... that the steel frame of a Manhattan skyscraper was completed in 22 workdays?
... that Gary Hoffman commuted by plane for cello lessons while a teenager?
... that 26 of the 45 episodes in Doctor Who's third season are missing?
... that the steam locomotive Rocket went through a window of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia?
... that New York City's 32nd Police Precinct Station was called a "wonderful Victorian relic" and was the area's most conspicuous building when constructed?
... that "Stupid Song" by Olivia Rodrigo was referred to with the code name "dumb tune" during the filming of its music video?
... that the 44 NASA astronauts educated at MIT include "Hubble's repairman" John Grunsfeld and moon walker Buzz Aldrin?
... that mislabeled fish caused more than 600 Hongkongers to suffer "oily orange diarrhea" in late 2006?

Queue 4 [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.

Manchester Odyssey

... that the oldest surviving codex of the Odyssey (pictured) dating to the 4th century went on tour with the cast and crew of Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey as part of the film's marketing?
... that Jacob Hersant was the first person charged and convicted of performing a Nazi salute in public in Victoria?
... that workers digging a utility tunnel in New York City accidentally created geysers?
... that the development of the Washington, D.C., suburb of Reston was led in part by an alleged Soviet spy?
... that rather than finish a cybersecurity test, OpenAI's AI models broke out of their sandbox and hacked into HuggingFace in an attempt to steal the answers?
... that Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree was the first downloadable content nominated for The Game Award for Game of the Year?
... that land in Manhattan intended for the Sailors' Snug Harbor retirement home was instead used by apartment buildings and a university campus?
... that the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment demonstrated that GPS and Galileo signals can be received and used for navigation all the way to the Moon's surface?
... that in 2021, live yeast was retrieved from beer lost in a shipwreck 126 years before?

Queue 5 [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.

Enid Sinclair cosplayer

... that Emma Myers attended a "werewolf boot camp" to play Enid Sinclair (cosplayer pictured)?
... that Kanmon Kaikyo Fireworks Festival is one of the largest fireworks displays in western Japan?
... that the call sign of a New York state TV station honors a professional wrestling executive?
... that an early 1st-century CE Nabataean olive press at Khirbat an-Nawafla challenges Strabo's claim that Nabataeans grew no olives?
... that a Creamoata promotion involved dropping silver spoons with parachutes over towns from an aeroplane?
... that future king Shō En is said to have fled his home after being accused of stealing water?
... that antiques dealer Obadiah Sypher used an ax to destroy forgeries on the street?
... that the statue of George Peabody in the City of London was mostly paid for by working-class citizens whom Peabody assisted with affordable housing?
... that Australian World War II veteran Reg Chard recalled using the pronunciation of "Woolloomooloo" as a test to distinguish Japanese soldiers from Australians?

Queue 6 [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.

Retrieval of a satellite during a space walk

... that artificial satellites (example pictured) make up the majority of modern space launches and missions?
... that a lawsuit against transgender politician Michelle Bruce claimed that presenting as a woman gave her an "unfair advantage" in her election?
... that the development team for Halloween: The Game worked with John Carpenter and designed the game as a 1970s period piece?
... that Selina Wadge was hanged in 1878 for dropping her child down a well?
... that the mural The Claddagh Embrace was partly made of potatoes?
... that Amanat Khan Shirazi received an elephant from the emperor for his work on the calligraphy of the Taj Mahal?
... that, during the siege of Amida in 502–503, the available food and drink were given to men while women ate leather shoes and the flesh of the dead?
... that Ko Arimatsu witnessed an asteroid impact on Jupiter using a telescope that he built out of boredom?
... that Mitchell Burns demonstrated how to extract natural shampoo from a "very phallic" plant on Christmas Day?

Queue 7 [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.

Photograph of the liberation of Korea

... that the date and location of an iconic photograph of the liberation of Korea (pictured) are uncertain?
... that there is a Korean Peninsula within the Korean Peninsula?
... that a coal miner became one of his country's greatest actors?
... that the Goryeo court moved to Ganghwasanseong Fortress to escape the Mongols?
... that a festival established in 2002 has its roots in a 1592 war?
... that the Diocese of Seoul under Bishop Elijah Jang-Whan Kim funded the planting of an "Anglican forest" in desertified areas of Mongolia?
... that a non-fiction book about North Korea kidnapping two filmmakers to make movies was released soon after North Korea hacked Sony because of a movie?
... that a hiking trail established by Suh Myung Sook is estimated to contribute more than $800 million to the economy of Jeju Province?
... that 13 + 3 + 1 = Seventeen?

Queue 1 [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]]
  
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  To [[TM:DYK/P4|Prep 4]]
  
  To [[TM:DYK/P5|Prep 5]]
  
  To [[TM:DYK/P6|Prep 6]]
  
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- 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:

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Prep areas

Note: The next prep set to move into the queue is Prep 1 [update count].

Prep area 1 [edit]

Fishburn Park Keeper's Cottage

... that a keeper's cottage in Virginia (pictured) housed two generations of park caretakers for more than 60 years?
... that Justin Hinds expected to become an accountant before becoming a Super Bowl–winning coach?
... that one reviewer enjoyed HoloX Meeting, even while describing the series as essentially an advertorial?
... that actor Ryan Clayton joked that he played various villains in productions due to his eyes or hair?
... that Collei was one of the representative Genshin Impact characters for an empty-bottle recycling charity collaboration with Kiehl's?
... that Amasa E. Killam cleared 100 acres (40 ha) of New Brunswick woodland to build a barn and farmhouse from age 14 to 22?
... that a same-sex collective wedding was held in Amapá in 2015?
... that hundreds of white demonstrators prevented the court-ordered desegregation of a junior college in Texarkana, Texas?
... that, according to Benin tradition, King Ewuakpe's wife offered to be buried alive to restore his authority?

Prep area 2 [edit]

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... that Bugis troops fought on both sides of the Riau War, and chatted to one another before fighting began?
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... that Abdurrahman Mohammad Fachir waited for a month to tell his pregnant wife regarding his deployment to Baghdad?
... that the Indonesian Feminist Journal saw circulation improve after protests against milk prices?

Prep area 3 [edit]

The Building Worker

... that construction workers gather each year at The Building Worker (pictured), a statue in Tower Hill, London, to commemorate those who died the previous year?
... that spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 slows voluntary eye movement?
... that stolen stationery from the Philippine consulate in Seattle was used to address a Washington superior court judge in 1954?
... that Scarlett Archer was called a bad actress as she was "acting as someone who is acting" on Emmerdale? under discussion
... that Witch and Hound was inspired by the author dreaming about witches flying around dinosaurs?
... that Vanillamace spent six years dancing at a strip club before creating content full-time?
... that Rizalito David, a 2022 Philippine vice-presidential candidate, endorsed a different presidential candidate to his running mate?
... that Saw: Genesis appeared on Steam in an "apparently premature" reveal before its Summer Game Fest presentation?
... that the next series of euro banknotes will feature either people or birds?

Prep area 4 [edit]

Agus Djaya

... that Indonesian painter Agus Djaya (pictured) exhibited throughout Europe during the National Revolution?
... that the anime film 100 Meters has a 3-minute 40-second long-take scene that includes 9800 rotoscoped frames and took a year to produce?
... that Junius Wilson was a deaf American who spent almost 70 years as a patient in a mental hospital despite not being mentally ill?
... that the quarries in Aris, Namibia, contain at least three minerals found nowhere else on Earth?
... that Filipino rock singer Gian Bernardino sometimes wears androgynous outfits while performing onstage?
... that the village of Gangfang was ceded from Burma to China in 1960 after a 50-year-long dispute?
... that creative director Al Hope had ideas for Alien: Isolation 2 before the original Alien: Isolation had been finished?
... that Dutch East India Company participation in a Johor conflict triggered a siege of Dutch Malacca?
... that there is a small town inside Lincoln? under discussion

Prep area 5 [edit]

Corporate Memphis–style illustration

... that Corporate Memphis (example pictured) is featured on the new Canadian passport?
... that drag performer Salem Moon raised $9,500 for LGBTQ+ youth after an anti-LGBTQ organization targeted her trivia-night event?
... that numerous political purges during the Hongwu era resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people?
... that a New York City mansion once had a tunnel to the Hudson River?
... that the 1993 Japanese anime OVA Aru Kararu no Isan, despite not having a conclusive ending, has been praised by critics for its use of science-fiction concepts?
... that Anthony Carl Knudsen served in the Minnesota House of Representatives for more than eight years, despite arriving in Minnesota as "nothing more nor less than a tramp"?
... that the NCDV campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence during the 2018 FIFA World Cup won a gold prize at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity?
... that the Kalorama Park and Archeological Site in Washington, D.C., is included in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom?
... that Harry Game was rejected by a club, despite having won league titles in Belgium and Greece, because "no one knew who the hell he was"?

Prep area 6 [edit]

Location of names on the Eiffel Tower

... that the Eiffel Tower features the names of 72 men (location pictured), but it was a Femmes et Sciences list that inspired the idea of adding women's names too?
... that the VTuber music group Blue Journey debuted its first standalone single at the end of its first concert? under discussion
... that, during the production of Submarine, director Richard Ayoade insisted on using a 35 mm camera for filming after nobody on the crew wanted to use it?
... that Neozoon once made an art exhibition meant to trick visitors to a zoo into thinking that the "non-toed fur coatie" was a real animal?
... that subscribers chipped in $1 per week to buy a New York City suburb?
... that musician Stella Lefty, who had a US top-20 single in May 2026, is the daughter of a billionaire?
... that a 151-year-old newspaper lost its journalistic independence in 2026 and became a corporate communications organ?
... that Gerald of Wales complained in his Speculum Duorum that the archdeacon of Brecon spoke too much Welsh, but that the bishop of St Davids spoke too little?
... that Boston City Hall has been compared to Lenin's Mausoleum, an inverted Lincoln Memorial, and a packing crate?

Prep area 7 [edit]

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... that ... (pictured) ...
... that in 1957, the Gujarati play Mena Gurjari was staged at the official residence of India's president during India's Republic Day celebrations?
... that Dandara dos Santos, a murdered Brazilian, was honored with a sculpture in Manhattan, exhibited from 2019 to 2020?
... that the Epano Phournos tholos tomb appears to have been robbed during the Late Bronze Age, only a few centuries after it was built?
... that scaffolds made of silk biomaterials, which temporarily support tissue regeneration, can be designed to degrade as new tissue forms?
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