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Hooks

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}}

New York Public Library Main Branch

• ... that "book trains" carry books to patrons from the New York Public Library Main Branch's (pictured) stacks, which contain an estimated 2.5 million volumes?
• ... that Zhang Lianzhong was the first commander of the Chinese Navy who had served at sea?
• ... that David Bowie's first gig as lead singer was at the Green Man, Blackheath?
• ... that Turkish journalist Pelin Ünker has been the only journalist in the world sentenced for a Paradise Papers-related publication?
• ... that Japan National Route 279's route in Aomori Prefecture follows an ancient pilgrimage path to Mount Osore, a destination believed in Japanese mythology to be a gate to the underworld?
• ... that a future president of Georgetown University, John D. Whitney, decided to convert to Catholicism after reading a book accidentally dropped into the ocean from a United States Navy ship?
• ... that in Der Ring in Minden, a project to present Wagner's Ring Cycle on a small stage, the singers performed in front of a symphony orchestra?
• ... that the Green Bay Packers' training facility Rockwood Lodge burned down just four years after it was purchased under head coach Curly Lambeau?

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Credits

This space is to credit the creators/nominators of the items in this template that in fact appear on the Main Page. If you replace or remove an item before it appears on the Main Page, please revert the promotion of the hook so its template appears again at Template talk:Did you know and add a note to the nomination's template explaining why you removed it.

•   New York Public Library Main Branch – Epicgenius (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
•   Zhang Lianzhong – Zanhe (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
•   Green Man, Blackheath – Ritchie333 (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
•   Green Man, Blackheath – Philafrenzy (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
•   Pelin Ünker – Piotrus (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
•   Japan National Route 279 – Mccunicano (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
•   John D. Whitney – Ergo Sum (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
•   Der Ring in Minden – Gerda Arendt (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
•   Rockwood Lodge – Gonzo fan2007 (give) (tag) – View nom subpage

Credit templates

You can also give out credits using the following templates:

• Article talk page: ({{DYK talk}}) {{DYK talk|4 August|2024}} (check if small style templates in use, if so add |small=yes parm)
• Article creator/expander's talk page: ({{UpdatedDYK}}) {{subst:UpdatedDYK|4 August|2024|Article name}}--~~~~
• Nominator's talk page: ({{UpdatedDYKNom}}) {{subst:UpdatedDYKNom|4 August|2024|Article name}}--~~~~
• Notify contributor about addition to a Portal: (can be modified for more than one portal) – ({{UpdatedDYKportal}}) {{subst:UpdatedDYKportal|Article name|Portal:Portal name}}--~~~~

Note that portal notifications are only done if you have taken the trouble to add the DYK hook to a relevant portal, which is entirely optional. The other notifications must be done before the preparation area page can be reset.

Images

• Don't forget to add an {{mprotected}} notice to the image description page (or {{C-uploaded}} plus a copy of the author attribution and the licence tag if you have uploaded a temporary copy from Commons).
• Alternatively, consider crediting the image file page even if the file is from Commons: {{DYKfile|4 August|2024}}

Posting the new update

• Note: This is the manual method. When using DYKUpdateBot, the bot should automate all of the following except steps 1 and 10.

1. Make sure the image/media for the hooks to be loaded is on English Wikipedia or protected on Commons. If the image/file is on Commons and not protected, upload it to En and tag it with {{c-uploaded}}. You do not need to protect the picture; this is done automatically because of the cascading protection of the Main Page. Alternatively, if you are an admin at Commons you can protect the image/file at Commons instead of uploading to En.
2. Update T:DYK from the current queue.
3. Purge the cache of the Main Page to make sure the new entries appear.
4. Reset the DYK time.
5. Increment the next queue count.
6. Copy the previous set of hooks (not the new set just promoted to the front page) to the archive. Be sure to copy the final revision of the set (should be the last diff on the T:DYK page before your update). Please include the picture/file.
7. Check if the previous picture/file was temporarily uploaded from Commons for display on the Main Page, and delete it from En if so.
8. If you have time, please do the credits for the hooks just promoted (see "Credits" section above).
9. Clear the queue you just promoted hooks from with {{User:DYKUpdateBot/REMOVE THIS LINE}}.
10. If you have time, check if there are any full preparation areas. Check the hooks for errors, and promote them to the next empty numbered queue if they're good. Clear the prep you took hooks from to look like this. Tag the numbered queue with {{DYKbotdo|~~~}} once the queue is loaded and ready.