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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 0 empty slots in the preps, not counting the bottom prep.

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Current time: 15:43, 4 October 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 1. After performing a manual update, please update the pointer to the next queue.

Local update times

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Queue 1	4 October 17:00	4 October 20:00	5 October 00:00	5 October 01:00	5 October 05:30	5 October 09:00	5 October 10:00
Queue 2	5 October 17:00	5 October 20:00	6 October 00:00	6 October 01:00	6 October 05:30	6 October 09:00	6 October 10:00
Queue 3	6 October 17:00	6 October 20:00	7 October 00:00	7 October 01:00	7 October 05:30	7 October 09:00	7 October 10:00
Queue 4 Prep 4	7 October 17:00	7 October 20:00	8 October 00:00	8 October 01:00	8 October 05:30	8 October 09:00	8 October 10:00
Queue 5 Prep 5	8 October 17:00	8 October 20:00	9 October 00:00	9 October 01:00	9 October 05:30	9 October 09:00	9 October 10:00
Queue 6 Prep 6	9 October 17:00	9 October 20:00	10 October 00:00	10 October 01:00	10 October 05:30	10 October 09:00	10 October 10:00
Queue 7 Prep 7	10 October 17:00	10 October 20:00	11 October 00:00	11 October 01:00	11 October 05:30	11 October 09:00	11 October 10:00
Prep 1	11 October 17:00	11 October 20:00	12 October 00:00	12 October 01:00	12 October 05:30	12 October 09:00	12 October 10:00
Prep 2	12 October 17:00	12 October 20:00	13 October 00:00	13 October 01:00	13 October 05:30	13 October 09:00	13 October 10:00
Prep 3	13 October 17:00	13 October 20:00	14 October 00:00	14 October 01:00	14 October 05:30	14 October 09:00	14 October 10:00

Queues

Queue 1 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by a human (Hawkeye7 (discuss)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Main building of the Marin County Civic Center

... that a California county government building (pictured) inspired elements of Naboo in the Star Wars prequel trilogy?
... that Toribia Álvaro became a candidate for the Bolivian parliament because no other women of the Uru of Lake Poopó were willing to run?
... that Mark Twain said that the Charlton Public Library banning one of his books was "not of the slightest interest to him"?
... that Dutch painter Henry van Velthuysen dismissed a contemporary's works as "infantile construction-kit shapes"?
... that the spirit Ti Jean, a one-legged cannibal highwayman, evokes colonial fear of maroons?
... that abolitionist Alba Honeywell said he sold the first published copy of anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?
... that Samoa has 225 species of fern, more than New Zealand, a country 85 times larger?
... that Kelvin Kong, the first recognised Indigenous Australian surgeon, was made a member of the Order of Australia for his services to Indigenous health?
... that Pan Pan is thought to have had more than 130 descendants?

Queue 2 [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.

Charlotte Jordan

... that actress Charlotte Jordan (pictured) was once in a girl group that she said changed names so many times it was referred to simply as "The Band"?
... that in 1967 the Cambodian Civil War began with a rebel assault on a Royal Khmer Socialist Youth co-operative farm?
... that Stephanie Williams wrote a fan comic about Monica Rambeau before writing for the character officially?
... that the 2026 Leagues Cup final featured a yellow card just eight seconds into the match?
... that "the godfather of reptile smuggling" called himself "a man of mystery somewhat by design"?
... that traditional dances from England were popularized across Continental Europe by the French?
... that Baptist pastor Morton Bryan Wharton said he coined the term "pastorium" because other Christian denominations already used other terms for clergy houses?
... that a Pixar-themed restaurant has a secret dining room?
... that Fat Papi became the first Kurd on the Billboard Hot 100 because of a woman with a bob?

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.

Édouard André Municipal Park

... that the Eurovision Song Contest was twice held within Luxembourg City's municipal park (pictured)?
... that voice actress Hikari Senga chose anime over musical theatre due to its sustained presence during COVID-19?
... that New York state demolished a historic hunting clubhouse after acquiring it for the state's forest preserve?
... that housing activist Madge Fagan successfully protested the demolition of her own house?
... that The New Yorker listed a book about the One Direction fandom as one of the best books of 2022?
... that an Anglican bishop sits on the National Security Council of Burundi?
... that "Down the Mine" was released to the public more than 40 years after production began?
... that Anny Schlemm, simultaneously a member of the Komische Oper Berlin from 1949 and the Oper Frankfurt from 1952, performed 135 roles between 1946 and 2003?
... that groups of unemployed young men who drink tea play a role in crime prevention in Niger?

Queue 4 [edit]

Queue 5 [edit]

Queue 6 [edit]

Queue 7 [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 4 [update count].

Prep area 4 [edit]

Ebony Stevenson

... that 16-year-old 3x3 wheelchair basketball player Ebony Stevenson (pictured) wore footwear decorated by an indigenous artist at the 2026 Commonwealth Games?
... that Aobazaka46 was announced by synchronized video announcements across 13 digital billboards around the Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo?
... that Zayn Malik auditioned for The X Factor "for fun, to see what would happen"?
... that a shrine's staircase is a popular destination for fans of the 2016 film Your Name?
... that Romanian satirist Teodor Mazilu demanded "a proper hat" as his dying wish?
... that the Berbers waited the departure of Byzantine general Belisarius to rebel, leading to the first battle at Mammes against his trusted commander, Solomon?
... that veteran actress Takako Tokiwa called Manami Ōno an "exceptional talent" after co-starring in Ōno's debut television drama?
... that justice sensitivity is a personality trait describing how readily people notice injustice, and how forcefully they react to it?
... that Eweka was the first king of the Kingdom of Benin and, according to tradition, his first spoken words became his name?

Prep area 5 [edit]

Old Parliament House, Adelaide

... that Old Parliament House (pictured) and the present Parliament House were jointly added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2006?
... that Franz Schnyder made his feature-film directorial debut after Swiss immigration authorities sought to prevent refugee filmmaker Leopold Lindtberg from directing another army-friendly film?
... that a Texas lawmaker voted to submit a 1914 referendum to voters while saying that he would "vote and work against its adoption"?
... that the English edition of German soldier Gottlob Herbert Bidermann's Eastern Front memoir includes events absent from the German original, added thirty-six years later from interviews with him?
... that Dan Deacon wrote the song "When I Was Done Dying" because he liked the idea that his body, memory and consciousness are three separate things that are constantly oscillating?
... that a suicide bomber disguised himself as a schoolboy while attempting to assassinate Timothy Torlot?
... that professional sumo wrestler Arashifuji Kanato first appeared on television as a competitor on the obstacle-course competition show Sasuke Ninja Warrior?
... that Paramacrobiotus pius was described more than a decade after its type specimens were collected?
... that King Simmons hit a deer on his way to the airport?

Prep area 6 [edit]

Teun Toebes

... that a 21-year-old Dutch nurse (pictured) moved into the dementia ward of a nursing home to see what it was like to live there?
... that the top of a Manhattan apartment building was likened to a "mountain castle redoubt in a Harry Potter movie"?
... that Australian player Laura Davoli was one of two UT Arlington players at the 2026 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships?
... that coins minted by Jewish rebels during the Bar Kokhba Revolt counted their years by the "redemption" and "freedom of Israel", while its leader was described as the nasi of Israel?
... that Deng Shuping, a younger brother of Deng Xiaoping, was classified as an "enlightened landlord"?
... that the horns and dome of the dinosaur Stygimoloch were thought to belong to different animals until the discovery of a more complete skull?
... that Michel Soutter's first feature film was booed at Locarno, but he later served on the 1974 Cannes Film Festival jury?
... that, in Religion & Republic, Miles Smith argues that early American history was characterized neither by Christian nationalism nor state secularism but by a non-sectarian "Christian institutionalism"?
... that Treg Songy initially thought that it was a prank when he was drafted by the New Orleans Saints?

Prep area 7 [edit]

One-room schoolhouse in Charlton

... that a 300-year-old bell formerly hung in the Old North Church in Boston now hangs in a one-room schoolhouse (pictured) in Charlton, Massachusetts?
... that Yampit Nawipa is both an active politician and footballer?
... that the University of Warwick's student newspaper compared Squidward Tentacles' speech in "Squid on Strike" to Marxist rhetoric? under discussion
... that Simon Nkoli's contributions to the anti-apartheid movement as an openly gay man motivated the movement's leadership to support gay rights?
... that King Abdullah II donated towards and supported the construction of the Baptism Site International Orthodox University, the first Christian university in Jordan? under discussion
... that after placing seventh in the 400m T13 final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Edwin Masuge temporarily stepped away from athletics to focus on his schooling?
... that the music video for Staind's song "Believe" yielded a sequel?
... that during an attack by John de Welyngton and two other canons of Llanthony Priory, prior Nicholas de Trinbey's eyes were torn out?
... that WAR described itself as "the most racist newspaper on Earth"?

Prep area 1 [edit]

Erin Elmore Scavino

... that Erin Scavino (pictured) says she can get ambassadors fired through art?
... that critics compared Escape from Ever After to the Paper Mario series?
... that a college football player known as the "Flying Fragment" led the country in touchdowns?
... that more than half of the airplanes at Southbridge Municipal Airport were destroyed when a tornado passed through it?
... that a South Korean TV character was praised for breaking negative stereotypes of orphans who age out of foster care in Korean dramas?
... that Marvin Leonard Colker spent 30 years creating the first catalogue of Trinity College Dublin's medieval Latin manuscripts?
... that the Museum of Modern Art purchased Arthur Osver's Melancholy of a Rooftop after he solicited them to view his paintings?
... that the Regional Workers' Federation of Chile made anarchism into a national force in Chile?
... that the Lowell E. Walter House has a garden in the floor of its living room?

Prep area 2 [edit]

Achilles Schucan, ca. 1910

... that one of the Rhaetian Railway's trains is named after its first director, Achilles Schucan (pictured)?
... that ten American solders were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross after ships of the US Army Small Ships Section were attack by Japanese aircraft?
... that Natsuki Takaya requested that the second anime adaptation of her manga series Fruits Basket be done with an entirely different team than the first one?
... that Lego minifigures could dance on their own version of TikTok?
... that Margaret Curphey's opera career as an adult was negatively impacted by health issues stemming from a bad playground accident as a child?
... that Malcolm X once remarked that nutmeg "had the kick of three or four reefers"?
... that sharbel Maroun does not capitalize his given name out of respect for Sharbel Makhlouf?
... that according to etymologist Barry Popik, the term "sugar baby" may have been popularized by the publicity surrounding the killing of Dot King?
... that playgoers at the US premiere of Walden were given bug spray?

Prep area 3 [edit]

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