Template:Did you know/Queue: Difference between revisions

Did you know?
Did you know?
Introduction and rules
Introduction	WP:DYK
General discussion	WT:DYK
Guidelines	WP:DYKCRIT
Reviewer instructions	WP:DYKRI
Nominations
Nominate an article	WP:DYKCNN
Awaiting approval	WP:DYKN
Approved	WP:DYKNA
April 1 hooks	WP:DYKAPRIL
Holding area	WP:SOHA
Preparation
Preps and queues	T:DYK/Q
Prepper instructions	WP:DYKPBI
Admin instructions	WP:DYKAI
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
History
Statistics	WP:DYKSTATS
Archived sets	WP:DYKA
Just for fun
Monthly wraps	WP:DYKW
Awards	WP:DYKAWARDS
Userboxes	WP:DYKUBX
Hall of Fame	WP:DYK/HoF
List of users ...
... by nominations	WP:DYKNC
... by promotions	WP:DYKPC
Administrative
Scripts and bots	WP:DYKSB
On the Main Page	T:DYK
Main Page errors	WP:ERRORS
To ping the DYK admins	{{DYK admins}}
	v; t; e;

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit Next edit →

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Revision as of 13:46, 9 July 2014

To report errors in the queue, please post at WT:DYK

ATTENTION ADMINISTRATORS: Please ensure that there is always at least one update loaded into the Queue at all times to prevent overdue updates to the main page.

This page gives an overview of all the hooks currently in the queue for promotion to the front page. By showing the content of all the queue and preparation area pages in one place, the overview helps administrators see how full the queue is, and also makes it easier for users to check that their hook has been promoted. Hooks removed from the prep areas or queue for unresolved issues should be listed at Wikipedia:Did you know/Removed.

You may need to purge this page to get it to display the latest edits.

The next update will be produced from queue 4. After doing a manual update, please update the queue count.

Current number of hooks on the nominations page

Section	# of Hooks	# Verified
Count of DYK Hooks
May 2	1
May 10	1
May 12	3	1
May 14	1	1
May 16	2
May 17	2
May 20	3
May 21	2
May 22	3
May 26	1
May 27	2
May 28	1
May 29	1
May 30	2
June 2	1
June 3	2
June 5	1	1
June 6	1
June 7	2
June 8	1
June 9	6	2
June 10	1	1
June 11	1
June 12	6	5
June 13	7	6
June 14	5	2
June 15	4	3
June 16	4	4
June 17	7	4
June 18	7	7
June 19	3	2
June 20	4	2
June 21	9	5
June 22	10	7
June 23	13	5
June 24	9	1
June 25	10	4
June 26	10	3
June 27	6	5
June 28	8	3
June 29	5	3
June 30	6
July 1	11	2
July 2	5	2
July 3	8	3
July 4	9	1
July 5
Total	207	85
Last updated 00:23, 5 July 2024 UTC Current time is 01:40, 5 July 2024 UTC [refresh]

DYK time

DYK queue status

There are currently 4 filled queues. Admins, please consider promoting a prep to queue if you have the time!

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Current time: 01:40, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 100 minutes ago(

)

Local update times

	Los Angeles	New York	UTC	London	New Delhi	Tokyo	Sydney
Queue 4	5 July 17:00	5 July 20:00	6 July 00:00	6 July 01:00	6 July 05:30	6 July 09:00	6 July 10:00
Queue 5	6 July 17:00	6 July 20:00	7 July 00:00	7 July 01:00	7 July 05:30	7 July 09:00	7 July 10:00
Queue 6	7 July 17:00	7 July 20:00	8 July 00:00	8 July 01:00	8 July 05:30	8 July 09:00	8 July 10:00
Queue 7	8 July 17:00	8 July 20:00	9 July 00:00	9 July 01:00	9 July 05:30	9 July 09:00	9 July 10:00
Queue 1 Prep 1	9 July 17:00	9 July 20:00	10 July 00:00	10 July 01:00	10 July 05:30	10 July 09:00	10 July 10:00
Queue 2 Prep 2	10 July 17:00	10 July 20:00	11 July 00:00	11 July 01:00	11 July 05:30	11 July 09:00	11 July 10:00
Queue 3 Prep 3	11 July 17:00	11 July 20:00	12 July 00:00	12 July 01:00	12 July 05:30	12 July 09:00	12 July 10:00
Prep 4	12 July 17:00	12 July 20:00	13 July 00:00	13 July 01:00	13 July 05:30	13 July 09:00	13 July 10:00
Prep 5	13 July 17:00	13 July 20:00	14 July 00:00	14 July 01:00	14 July 05:30	14 July 09:00	14 July 10:00
Prep 6	14 July 17:00	14 July 20:00	15 July 00:00	15 July 01:00	15 July 05:30	15 July 09:00	15 July 10:00
Prep 7	15 July 17:00	15 July 20:00	16 July 00:00	16 July 01:00	16 July 05:30	16 July 09:00	16 July 10:00

Queues

Queue 4 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (♠PMC♠ (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Paul Parkman

... that Paul Parkman (pictured), one of the developers of the rubella vaccine, did not monetize the patent so that the vaccine could be freely available?
... that according to a former military journalist, 80,000 copies of a command information newspaper were dumped into the South China Sea during the Vietnam War?
... that despite specializing in literature and serving as a senior editor of the Zhonghua Book Company, historian Zhang Zhenglang never published a single book of his own?
... that AJR's "Way Less Sad" samples the final trumpet riff of Simon & Garfunkel's "My Little Town" as its primary hook?
... that when MT Petar Hektorović was temporarily reassigned, one resident of Vis wrote an online memorial to the ship, writing "the waves of Vis grieve for you"?
... that Drew Thomas, a former car salesman, reached the finals of the NBC show Last Comic Standing?
... that the Bad Dürrenberg shaman may have been able to block blood vessels to her brain by holding her head at certain angles?
... that a New York man built a house with materials from several 1964 New York World's Fair pavilions?
... that putting pre-moistened meat diapers in pre-packaged meat is a form of weight fraud?

Queue 5 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (♠PMC♠ (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Nakanoseto Bridge on the Akinada Tobishima Kaido

... that the Akinada Tobishima Kaido (bridge pictured), an island-hopping road, was named after its resemblance to stepping stones in a garden?
... that the "mythical love story" of Sami politician Bjarne Store-Jakobsen and Blackfoot physician Esther Tailfeathers is a focus of the 2014 film Bihttoš?
... that after Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck promised victory, he threw an interception that lost the game?
... that the compilation of the Wu shu was hampered by the execution of two members of the committee compiling the text?
... that after after operating for 168 years and moving to three buildings, the Mercantile Library in Philadelphia was closed due to concerns of asbestos?
... that the energy cost of a single fume hood in Singapore can be up to $9,300?
... that Laura Veale was the first woman to practise as a doctor in the town of Harrogate?
... that to encourage the development of Bissau-Guinean cinema, one foreign filmmaker provided the country's film institute with cameras, lights, and a Steinbeck guitar?
... that professional vibraphonist Joel Ross has called the vibraphone his "least favorite instrument"?

Queue 6 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (♠PMC♠ (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Isle of Dogs Pumping Station

... that the Isle of Dogs Pumping Station (pictured) was nicknamed the Temple of Storms?
... that 16th-century chroniclers thought María Pacheco, a leader of the Revolt of the Comuneros, was a witch?
... that some critics described the fourth season of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as comic relief from the activities of the Trump administration?
... that in order to re-marry, Zhou Wennan had to request Mao Zedong for permission?
... that schoolchildren in the town of Kirkby were paid 25 pence an hour to help build Kirkby Ski Slope, even though the slope never opened?
... that Lois E. Trott ran the first lodging house for homeless girls in America, providing shelter and support for over 1,000 girls annually, all without receiving any payment?
... that Jerzy Kosinski: A Biography described its subject as a "liar", and yet, one reviewer felt that the author's "studiously neutral position ends up sounding like an apologia for Kosinski"?
... that "Chihiro" by Billie Eilish was titled in reference to the main character of Spirited Away?
... that the DJ NewJeansNim has been credited with reviving interest in Buddhism among South Korean youths?

Queue 7 [edit]

The hooks below have been approved by an administrator (♠PMC♠ (talk)) and will be automatically added to the DYK template at the appropriate time.

Dreamtime

... that Dreamtime (pictured) is one of the world's most famous bouldering routes?
... that Jopie and Teun Roosenburg led an art colony at Oost Castle that helped Jewish refugees escape the Nazi-occupied Netherlands to Belgium?
... that Flyover, a 2023 science fiction novel by an American author, portraying a dystopian future where part of the US becomes a theocracy, was published in French but not in English?
... that Anna Russell Cole, a significant benefactor of Vanderbilt University, donated $10,000 in 1926 to endow the office of dean of women?
... that in The Servile State, Hilaire Belloc criticized socialism for being too similar to capitalism?
... that the 2024 Doctor Who episode "Dot and Bubble" was first conceptualized in 2009?
... that rapper Gmac Cash attempted to gift a pair of Cartier glasses to Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan?
... that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers players wore white uniforms during a snowy NFL game, which made them extremely difficult for their quarterback to see?
... that barbarians would have bought cake, not pie, at Barbara's Rhubarb Bar?

Queue 1 [edit]

Queue 2 [edit]

Prep areas

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

Prep area 1 [edit]

Yevhen Klopotenko

... that Yevhen Klopotenko (pictured) fought a "war for borscht"?
... that a street in San Francisco was named after a man who used a false identity?
... that Alfie Templeman described the style of his studio album Radiosoul as "incohesively cohesive"?
... that Rosemary Miller won her state's skeet shooting championship one year after learning the sport, and then won a state shooting championship in all but two years for the rest of her life?
... that the Japanese boy band Nexz was created through the program Nizi Project season 2?
... that the Nazi collaborator Sebastiaan de Ranitz abandoned his office following Mad Tuesday, leaving his department in turmoil?
... that Gedling Town F.C.'s nickname "The Ferrymen" was inspired by the name of a pub located next to the team's stadium?
... that the Magic: The Gathering player Pascal Maynard was criticized for selecting a valuable card over a competitive one in a tournament?
... that after a pigeon sculpture in Wellington went missing, members of the public created a memorial for it?

Prep area 2 [edit]

Republica hickeyi leaf

... that fossil plants (leaf pictured) and damselflies from the Ypresian age were named after the city of Republic?
... that South Korean actress Na O-mi's stage name was inspired by the song "I Dream of Naomi"?
... that in 2021, Nickelodeon launched Avatar Studios to produce new projects set in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender?
... that Joseph Tetley, a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council, defrauded several investors to the 2017 equivalent value of NZ$7 million?
... that Cleo Hill Jr. coached the college basketball team for which his father had played more than 60 years earlier?
... that according to the official history of the Song dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers stormed his bedroom and proclaimed him emperor, to his surprise?
... that a video game consisting solely of a clickable image of a banana became the second-most played game on Steam?
... that the album covers of Blue Note Records have been considered to be the "look" of jazz?
... that on February 3, 1986, African Independence Party leaders Adama Touré and Adama Touré were released from detention?

Prep area 3 [edit]

Toe used in the Sourtoe Cocktail

... that a human toe used for cocktails (pictured) is one of many body parts that are tourist attractions?
... that a novel about Madagascar's colonization could not be published until decades after its author's suicide?
... that real broadcast journalists were used as extras for the portions of the Doctor Who episode "73 Yards" that were filmed at the BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House?
... that plans to shoot portions of the 1989 Japanese film Beijing Watermelon were cancelled after the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre occurred in Beijing mid-production?
... that the Radcliffe Telescope was the largest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere when it was completed in 1948?
... that the marine fungal species Parengyodontium album only breaks down polyethylene plastics that have been exposed to ultraviolet light?
... that author Ron Chernow was reluctant to write a biography of John D. Rockefeller until being shown a 1,700-page transcript of a three-year-long private interview with him?
... that the Green Bay Packers once defeated a team of all-stars chosen from the rest of the league?
... that the Cajun–Texan restaurant chain BB's Tex-Orleans recycled more than 14 tons of shucked oyster shells to help restore oyster habitats in Galveston Bay?

Prep area 4 [edit]

Hermanus Johannes Lovink

... that Dutch agriculturist Hermanus Johannes Lovink (pictured) used a suitcase gramophone during his lectures?
... that the Vancouver School Board's alleged attempt to censor a student newspaper led to the drafting of a press-freedom act?
... that fans on TikTok were behind the choice of name for one of SZA's singles?
... that when sales slowed on the Texas Centennial half dollar, Senator Tom Connally suggested minting five separate versions?
... that ...
... that ...
... that the Green Bay Packers once had fourteen players selected to a national All-Pro team?
... that models in the runway show for Nihilism by Alexander McQueen were dressed in plastic, locusts, rust, and clay?
... that a law was signed so that the delegation of Solomon Islands at the 2020 Summer Olympics could return home?

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 {{ombox|text=<center>To report errors in the queue, '''please post at [[WT:DYK]]'''</center>}}
 </noinclude>
 {{DYKbox}}
+'''ATTENTION ADMINISTRATORS: Please ensure that there is always at least one update loaded into the Queue at all times to prevent overdue updates to the main page.'''
 This page gives an overview of all the hooks currently in the queue for promotion to the front page. By showing the content of all the queue and preparation area pages in one place, the overview helps administrators see how full the queue is, and also makes it easier for users to check that their hook has been promoted. Hooks removed from the prep areas or queue for unresolved issues should be listed at [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Removed]].