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For instructions on how to nominate an article, see Template:DYK nomination header § Instructions for nominators.
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This page is to nominate fresh articles to appear in the "Did you know" section on the Main Page with a "hook" (an interesting fact). Nominations that have been approved are moved to a staging area and then promoted into the Queue. To update this page, purge it.

Count of DYK nominations
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January 17 1 1 2
January 18 3 3
January 19 1 1
January 22 1 1
January 26 1 1
January 27 1 1
January 28 1 1 2
January 30 2 1 3
January 31 2 1 3
February 2 2 2 4
February 3 3 3
February 4 1 1
February 5 1 1
February 6 1 1
February 7 2 3 5
February 8 3 1 4
February 9 1 1 2
February 10 2 3 5
February 11 1 1
February 12 1 1
February 13 2 2 4
February 14 1 3 4
February 15 4 4
February 16 1 2 3
February 17 1 4 5
February 18 2 2
February 19 1 4 5
February 20 4 4
February 21 1 4 5
February 22 8 8
February 23 1 5 6
February 24 5 8 13
February 25 2 4 6
February 26 9 9
February 27 2 10 12
February 28 2 8 10
March 1 1 8 9
March 2 3 4 7
March 3 2 6 8
March 4 1 10 11
March 5 2 7 9
March 6 8 8
March 7 1 11 12
March 8 3 9 12
March 9 1 8 9
March 10 2 5 7
March 11 9 9
March 12 6 6
March 13 1 2 3
March 14 3 8 11
March 15 3 8 11
March 16 4 4
Total 75 206 281
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Instructions for nominators

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If this is your first nomination, please read the DYK rules before continuing. Further information can be found at the DYK guidelines.

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Frequently asked questions

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How do I write an interesting hook?

Successful hooks tend to have several traits. Most importantly, they share a surprising or intriguing fact. They give readers enough context to understand the hook, but leave enough out to make them want to learn more. They are written for a general audience who has no prior knowledge of or interest in the topic area. Lastly, they are concise, and do not attempt to cover multiple facts or present information about the subject beyond what's needed to understand the hook.

When will my nomination be reviewed?

This page is often backlogged. As long as your submission is still on the page, it will stay there until an editor reviews it. Since editors are encouraged to review the oldest submissions first, it may take several weeks until your submission is reviewed. In the meantime, please consider reviewing another submission (not your own) to help reduce the backlog (see instructions below). Because of WP:DYKTIMEOUT, a nomination should be reviewed within two months since the reviewer/promoter may agree to reject and close an unpromoted hook after that time has passed.

Where is my hook?

If you can't find the nomination you submitted to this nominations page, it may have been approved and is on the approved nominations page waiting to be promoted. It could also have been added to one of the prep areas, promoted from prep to a queue, or is on the main page.

If the nominated hook is in none of those places, then the nomination has probably been rejected. Such a rejection usually only occurs if it was at least a couple of weeks old and had unresolved issues for which any discussion had gone stale. If you think your nomination was unfairly rejected, you can query this on the DYK discussion page or with the closer, but as a general rule such nominations will only be restored in exceptional circumstances. If your nomination was promoted, but it hasn't reached the main page after two weeks, you can also query this on the DYK discussion page.


Instructions for reviewers

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Main page: Wikipedia:Did you know/Reviewer instructions

Any editor who was not involved in writing/expanding or nominating an article may review it by checking to see that the article meets all the DYK criteria (long enough, new enough, no serious editorial or content issues) and the hook is cited. Editors may also alter the suggested hook to improve it, suggest new hooks, or even lend a hand and make edits to the article to which the hook applies so that the hook is supported and accurate. For more information on the DYK rules and review processes, see the DYK guidelines and the reviewer instructions.

To post a comment or review on a DYK nomination, follow the steps outlined below:

  • Look through this page, Template talk:Did you know, to find a nomination you would like to comment on.
  • Click the "Review or comment" link at the top of the nomination. You will be taken to the nomination subpage.
  • The top of the page includes a list of the DYK criteria. Check the article to ensure it meets all the relevant criteria.
  • To indicate the result of the review (i.e., whether the nomination passes, fails, or needs some minor changes), leave a signed comment on the page. Please begin with one of the 5 review symbols that appear at the top of the edit screen, and then indicate all aspects of the article that you have reviewed; your comment should look something like the following:

    Article length and age are fine, no copyvio or plagiarism concerns, reliable sources are used. But the hook needs to be shortened.

    If you are the first person to comment on the nomination, there will be a line :* <!-- REPLACE THIS LINE TO WRITE FIRST COMMENT, KEEPING  :* --> showing you where you should put the comment.
  • Save the page.
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If there is any problem or concern about a nomination, please consider notifying the nominator by placing {{subst:DYKproblem|Article|header=yes|sig=yes}} on the nominator's talk page.

Advanced procedures

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How to promote an accepted hook

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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]]

How to remove a rejected nomination

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  • Open the DYK nomination subpage of the nomination you would like to remove.
  • In the window where the DYK nomination subpage is open, replace the line {{DYKsubpage with {{subst:DYKsubpage, and replace |passed= with |passed=no. Then save the page. This has the effect of wrapping up the discussion on the DYK nomination subpage in a blue archive box and stating that the nomination was unsuccessful, as well as adding the nomination to a category for archival purposes.
  • Alternatively, you can use PSHAW, which automates the process.

How to remove a hook from the prep areas or queue

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  • Edit the prep area or queue where the hook is and remove the hook and the credits associated with it.
  • Go to the hook's nomination subpage (there should have been a link to it in the credits section).
    • View the edit history for that page
    • Go back to the last version before the edit where the hook was promoted, and revert to that version to make the nomination active again.
    • Add a new icon on the nomination subpage to cancel the previous tick and leave a comment after it explaining that the hook was removed from the prep area or queue, and why, so that later reviewers are aware of this issue.
  • Add a transclusion of the template back to this page so that reviewers can see it. It goes under the date that it was first created/expanded/listed as a GA. You may need to add back the day header for that date if it had been removed from this page.
  • If you removed the hook from a queue, it is best to either replace it with another hook from one of the prep areas, or to leave a message at WT:DYK asking someone else to do so.

How to move a nomination subpage to a new name

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  • Don't; it should not ever be necessary, and will break some links which will later need to be repaired. Even if you change the title of the article, you don't need to move the nomination page.

Nominations

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Older nominations

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Articles created/expanded on January 17

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Curitiba Pride

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1st Curitiba Diversity Parade in 1995
1st Curitiba Diversity Parade in 1995
  • ... that Curitiba Pride (pictured) was the first in Brazil, marking the foundation of ABGLT? Source: Gomes, José Cleudo; Zenaide, Maria de Nazaré Tavares (July 5, 2019). "A trajetória do movimento social pelo reconhecimento da cidadania LGBT". #Tear: Revista de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia. 8 (1). doi:10.35819/tear.v8.n1.a3402. ISSN 2238-8079.
    • ALT1: ... that the first pride parade in Brazil occurred in Curitiba (pictured)? Source: "Há 20 anos, Curitiba sediou a primeira parada gay do Brasil". Revista Lado A (in Brazilian Portuguese). June 30, 2015. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2026.
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    • Comment: There was Rio one that happened later in that year (July). Despite being more than 168 hours after the article was created, it was "expanded" (final translation) by Questionadora ávida, so I hope this counts.
Created by Questionadora ávida (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Abesca (talk) 18:04, 24 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article long enough, created within the window (nominated on 24 Jan, which is the seventh day from its creation on 17 Jan -- I don't think we usually split hairs about the hours), fully cited and generally in good shape. QPQ not required. The image is a bit of a problem: it's Public Domain in Brazil, but also needs to be PD in the United States for us to host it on Commons: unless someone has explicitly released the rights to it, it almost certainly isn't. You could upload a local version to Wikipedia to solve this. However, I would suggest running any hook without this particular picture, which doesn't display well at small scale.
I'm not convinced that the current hooks pass WP:DYKINT: surely the first Pride parade in Brazil had to happen somewhere, so why is it interesting that it happened here? I must admit I'm struggling to find good alternatives in the article, but am happy to help workshop them. UndercoverClassicist T·C 15:20, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Looking through the article here, I have to agree. The "first" hooks both need strong sourcing per WP:DYKHOOKCITE, while the article is currently lacking in usable hooky material. Maybe if the article is expanded further, more hooks could be suggested. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:09, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
A curiosity could be that it used the acronym GLT in 1995, which is a uncommon term still currently. And that it was changed to just diversity. There are other pictures from Commons. Abesca (talk) 18:47, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
There might be something in the "Diversity" name change -- do we have any idea why they made this change? Does the event now encompass more communities than "just" LGBT+? UndercoverClassicist T·C 19:22, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging article creator Questionadora ávida and nominator Abesca for their input here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:52, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
According to the source, it was only changed because of organization organizing it changed in 2005. It's said that the original acronym was GLT in 1995, which is an uncommon initialism. At that time, LGBT wasn't regularly official, until 2008, in which they changed from GLBT to LGBT. Probably because of so many inconsistent acronyms popped up that they changed, but I couldn't find any reported instance/source saying specifically that. ~~
So what about:

Abesca (talk) 03:03, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on January 18

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Charles Lecomte, Grand Council of French Equatorial Africa

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  • Source: Bernault, Florence. Démocraties ambiguës en Afrique centrale: Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, 1940-1965. Karthala, 1996. pp. 139, 170
Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 450 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 09:54, 20 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

QPQs good. Lecomte is long enough and new enough and its Earwig is clean. I gave it a copyedit and removed some surplus sections but I see no other blockers. I'll take the Grand Council article later, though I'll say now that ALT0 has a WP:SEAOFBLUE issue (I could probably approve ALT0a: ... that Grand Councillor of French Equatorial Africa and Catholic missionary Charles Lecomte renounced priesthood after being asked to leave the Vicariate of Brazzaville? but am all ears for other suggestions) and that I'll probably need a quote from the source if I can't find it in the Grand Council article. Also, why Vicariate rather than Archdiocese?--Launchballer 23:25, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Soman: Very sorry for the delay in reviewing the (long and new enough) Grand Council article. What kept me is that this deserves {{copyedit}} and {{overly detailed}} (and less critically {{lead too short}}), and I've tried several times to sort it out myself but kept giving up towards the end of "First elections...". Please ping me when you've rectified these.--Launchballer 06:18, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer and Soman: Is this still in progress? AllWeKnowOfHeaven (talk) 18:56, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I expanded the lede. But as to copyedit and overly detailed, I disagree that the GC article is overly detailed. It relates the activities and the functioning of the GC, and details the various elections held to and within the body. Now, if freed from the constraints of WP:OR policies, I could summarize and extrapolate on details encounters in sources, for example making points about political shifts that different elections implied. For example, it is pretty evident that the ad hoc creation of post of Syndic for Lecomte was a symbolic consolation price for leaving him out of the Permanent Commission. Electing Stéphane Tchichelle instead of Lecomte to the PC was obviously a political move, illustrating how the African politicians were in the midst of a balancing act towards French interests. But lacking a reference that spells out the analysis, I'm stuck with just noting who was elected, who wasn't and what was their vote tallies. The same issue happens several times in the article. As per Archdiocese vs. Vicariate, the shift from Vicariate to Archdiocese occurred in 1955 (4 years after Lecomte left Congo). --Soman (talk) 09:53, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'd have to agree with Launchballer, because the details of the various elections are near-entirely cited to WP:PRIMARY sources; that policy explicitly cautions against basing large passages on primary sources. Currently much of the article reads more like a prosified database (c.f. WP:NOTDATABASE) than anything else. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:35, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

2026 is the new 2016

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Created by AdobongPogi (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

AdobongPogi masarap 🍛 03:37, 18 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: No - no
  • Interesting: No - no
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Where do I even start here. The hook idea here isn't cited or mentioned in the article whatsoever, which would make this hook misleading for guiding readers to a page that doesn't discuss this at all. As far as I am aware, this is an immediate failure. The article isn't neutrally worded at all; just in the lead alone, we have "It was amplified at the beginning of January 2026 when Grammy nominated Rapper, Fetty Wap’s publicist, Abesi PR posted “2016 is back.” Days later Fetty Wap re-emerged in New York after a three years hiatus. Tik Tok users instantly began posting 2026 is really 2016. TikTok did an instant reset to 2016. Almost overnight, TikTok began to sound and feel like a throwback 2016 reel". Confusing and unencyclopedic, especially that last sentence. The article cites Hello! Magazine, which if my source reliability highlighter script is to be believed, is not a reliable source (though I can't find an entry for it on WP:RSP). The image in the article doesn't seem to be relevant to the text really at all (see WP:IMAGEREL). The phrase "described the year as "golden" in her posts" doesn't have a source at the end of it and is also grammatically incorrect considering that it refers to multiple people. I also don't think that the hook used here, even if it were cited in the article, is that interesting of a fact. This should not appear on the main page. λ NegativeMP1 00:28, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@NegativeMP1: WP:IMAGEREL is a redlink. Finnfrog99 (talk) 15:08, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Slightly harsh to give this an X (you probably mean WP:IMAGERELEVANCE), though I suggest that @AdobongPogi: address the above.--Launchballer 15:17, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: I do apologize if my review was too harsh, but I'm still not fully sure this should be on DYK. There would have to be an article copyedit, new hooks proposed, source revising... at what point does a nomination fail normally? λ NegativeMP1 17:14, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Usually when it times out or a nominator doesn't respond.--Launchballer 01:17, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @NegativeMP1, sorry for the delay. I removed the paragraph about Fetty Wap and TikTok (1) because it did not have a reliable source, and the statement that someone "described the year as golden in her posts" also lacked a reference, which I have now corrected. I verified this here (2) cited Hello! Magazine, a notable source used in other articles. The image I added in the "Origin and spread" section is relevant because it visually illustrate the use of 2016-style. I also included some images to give extra context. There's any fixes or recommendations that need to address? Thank you! AdobongPogi masarap 🍛 02:32, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

That Hello! is used in other articles does not make it usable here, and in fact WP:NPPSG describes it as a "celebrity tabloid with a reputation for fabrication". Very much not a reliable source. (And neither is WP:FORBESCON.)--Launchballer 02:59, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • @NegativeMP1: Please respond to the above concerns. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:05, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    • Will take a further look when I'm in better conditions. λ NegativeMP1 12:42, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Narutolovehinata5 and Launchballer: I am taking a glance at the article now: the Hello! source is still in use, which I think remains a problem when even after the concerns were brought up. Some of the prose seems cleaned up and more suitable in that regard, but something about the article still seems "off". For example, the Reception section goes between present and active tense. This entire excerpt: "Shane O'Neill and Haben Kelati of The Washington Post, Generation Z appears particularly interested in this year. Kelati, an assistant editor for the paper's advice section, counts herself among those who remember 2016 fondly, while O'Neill, a millennial who writes the Seriously? newsletter, is less enthusiastic. The two talked about why 2016 still matters, why the trend is happening, and what we can learn from that year", feels really off. Some other parts of the article also feel off. Even if my initial concerns were resolved (sort-of), the Hello! source still being used and other parts of the article reading weirdly still suggests to me that this is not suitable for the front page. λ NegativeMP1 17:07, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@AdobongPogi: Please respond to the above. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:22, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@NegativeMP1 The article has been updated based on your feedback. The Hello! source has been removed, the wording is smoothed out, and the "Origin and spread" and "Reception" sections now read consistently. Also thank to @Narutolovehinata5 for pinging me. AdobongPogi masarap 🍛 10:22, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The Inklings (book)

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Created by Piotrus (talk).Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 582 past nominations.

Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:28, 21 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Changed earlier pass per below. New enough (submitted within 3 days of creation, long enough (4819 characters). Independent secondary sources are cited in the form of book reviews. The reviewers' opinions are attributed appropriately and presented neutrally. Copyright violation doesn't seem to be a problem, though the summarization of the reviews is rather wordy and excessively long, such that some of the most interesting points get a bit buried and could use some editing so it sounds less mechanical. The hook is cited to a reliable source, although it seems we don't have access to the National Forum through Wikipedia Library so we can't access the continuation page of the journal article. Assuming good faith here. The hook is interested and the QPQ is done. Cielquiparle (talk) 05:39, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Updating per comment from Launchballer: @Piotrus: Could you please 1) Provide a quote from the source you are citing for the hook, as the full ProQuest article is not accessible through Wikipedia Library (just the preview) per WP:DYKHOOK. And 2) Could you please edit the Review section so it sounds less formulaic and LLM-like? (Just saw that we now have at least one recent DYK nomination landing at the AI Cleanup board and would like to avoid that if at all possible, regardless of whether or not an LLM tool was used.) Thanks. Cielquiparle (talk) 19:47, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    • PS. Good catch asking for a double check. The relevant quote, from page 2, is "Carpenter provides a necessarily rather skeletal account of the life and writings of Williams, including some very interesting quotations from previously unpublished letters, as a background to the role which he played in the affairs of the Inklings." Seems like my brain misfired - this refers to unpublished letters by Charles Williams, not Tolkien (whom I was thinking about while working on this book). As such, good save, and here's an ALT1, and an even safer ALT1a, since on third rereading I am not sure if it the review makes it clear who authored the latters (that said, see also this quote: "Carpenter has made effective use of the so-called “Lewis Papers,” the eleven volumes of typescript compiled by W. H. (“Warnie”) Lewis and now in the Wade Collection at Wheaton College, Illinois, as well as other unpublished materials."):
  • ALT1: that The Inklings by Humphrey Carpenter draws on previously unpublished letters by Charles Williams?
  • ALT1a: that The Inklings by Humphrey Carpenter draws on previously unpublished letters? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:46, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Adding another one as ALT1 and ALT1a didn't seem that exciting, many more are possible now with the expansion to the article:

@Cielquiparle: Thanks for your help. I think the hooks you proposed are fine, and I can "adopt" them so you can approve them :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 00:14, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This DYK needs a new reviewer please. Happy for new reviewer to take credit for this and start over fresh. Thanks. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:07, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on January 19

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Gimme What I Don't Know (I Want)

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Improved to Good Article status by RedShellMomentum (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

RedShellMomentum 03:31, 20 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall: @RedShellMomentum: The article was recently promoted to GA status, is long enough, sourced, and poses no copyvio issues. No QPQ is required as this is the nominators fifth nomination. I am concerned however, that this hook doesn't pass WP:DYKFICTION. Are there any alternative hooks that you can propose in its place. TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:13, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@TheDoctorWho: How about "... that music critics were divided on whether Justin Timberlake's "Gimme What I Don't Know (I Want)" was an effective opener for The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2?" This is the only one I can give right now, as I have to go to bed. RedShellMomentum 04:20, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@RedShellMomentum: That's better than the initial one, although I'd still proposing a few more alternatives that may appeal more to a general audience. I'm unsure if people who aren't already fans of Timberlake would find this interesting. TheDoctorWho (talk) 03:08, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
One possible solution is to avoid mentioning the album title by name to make it more general:
ALT1a ... that music critics were divided on whether Justin Timberlake's "Gimme What I Don't Know (I Want)" was an effective album opener?
Other possible hook angles involve the review quotes, but given how their themes, I'm not sure if they would survive WP:DYKGRAT concerns. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:23, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I like that one, but I don't think "album" needs to be linked. RedShellMomentum 03:43, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@TheDoctorWho: Thoughts on the newly proposed hook? RedShellMomentum 19:05, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I was in the middle of replying when you just pinged me 😅. I do feel that ALT1a is much more likely to pique the interest of general audiences (it did mine), so approving it with that hook. Nice work! TheDoctorWho (talk) 19:07, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@RedShellMomentum and Narutolovehinata5: Actually apologies, upon a secondary review of that hook, I unfortunately think that might be a WP:SYNTH issue? There doesn't appear to be a direct source stating that critics were divided on it. Essentially the article is stating that because (A) one critic believed it was a proper opener and (B) another critic didn't that (C) critics were divided (an unsourced statement). Is there a source that directly verifies this? TheDoctorWho (talk) 19:13, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • @TheDoctorWho: The article is lacking in other hooky material, so the only other option I can see is:
ALT2 ... that a reviewer called a Justin Timberlake song a "clunky jungle-as-sex metaphor"?
Given the association with sex, and it being a review quote, I'm not sure if it would meet DYKGRAT or DYKINT, but this is the best I can think of. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:47, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I feel ALT2 works, as a non-Timberlake fan it interests me enough to want to know more. I don't personally know if the mention of sex is a problem, but I'll go ahead and approve this (if it is an issue, I assume we'll get a mention before it makes it to the main page). TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:59, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@RedShellMomentum: Are you okay with ALT2? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:00, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. RedShellMomentum 01:01, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@TheDoctorWho: Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:15, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5: I pushed this through when I replied yesterday. TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:22, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This might need a retick because it hasn't been moved to WP:DYKNA yet. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:10, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It's been showing up for me there in this section since approval. You might try purging the page. TheDoctorWho (talk) 07:27, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
If there are concerns about notability, then start an AfD discussion instead of keeping this nomination in limbo. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:07, 28 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I started that.--Launchballer 23:21, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on January 22

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Bayside Blue

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  • Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNqHkK4zuZc&t=327s 5:27乗ってみた感想を言うと、このベイサイドブルー今までいろんな連節バス乗ってきましたけど、ダントツでたぶんカーブを曲がる回数が多い" Caption5:32 圧倒的に右左折が多い
  • ALT1: ... that Yokohama's articulated tourist buses feature a matte metallic blue livery inspired by the city's symbolic blue color and its waterfront setting? Source: https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shikai/kiroku/katsudo/h30/suikoH300517.files/j8-20180928-kt-13.pdf　ア デザインの基本的な考え方横浜のシンボル的な色である青に水面のきらめきを表現する光沢を持たせた「マットメタリックブルー」を用い、景観にアクセントとなり路線バスと差別化できる単色づかいのバスとします。また、利用者からの視認性を高めるために車体にシンボルマークを配置します。イ 名称水際線沿いを疾走する青い連節バスをイメージさせる「BAYSIDEBLUE」とします。　
  • ALT2: ... that Yokohama City adopted articulated sightseeing buses as part of its waterfront regeneration and visitor circulation strategy? Source: https://prtimes.jp/story/detail/yxJepRIVm9B　「横浜市では、2015年に『横浜市都心臨海部再生マスタープラン』を策定しました。その計画に基づき、横浜市の都心臨海部全体の回遊性を高めて街の賑わいづくりに寄与するため、新たなバス路線を導入しようということになったのです」
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  • Comment: Personally, I prefer the first proposal, as articulated buses are generally intended for rapid, high-capacity transport and therefore usually operate on straighter alignments. In that respect, I find this route to be especially unusual and noteworthy. Thank you very much.
Created by Galactic Center Radio Arc (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Galactic Center Radio Arc (talk) 12:45, 24 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • @Galactic Center Radio Arc: Very promising first DYK article. My main request is that you go back and vastly simplify the "History" section. At the moment it has excessive background detail about every single twist and turn that went into the planning process, mostly sourced to essentially primary sources. This is probably one of the hardest things to overcome in COI situations – you're so close to it, of course you think it's important but actually maybe not all of it matters for Wikipedia readers – which is unfortunate because it's pushing down and burying all the interesting content about Bayside Blue lower down in the article. If you need a second opinion, you could ask for help at WikiProject Japan or one of the public transportation sub-groups. Cielquiparle (talk) 17:59, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Cielquiparle: Thank you very much for your thoughtful advice; I sincerely appreciate it. In fact, I also felt that the History section had become somewhat verbose. At the same time, I believe that the route—rather unusual for an articulated bus—is one of the service’s most distinctive features. I was concerned that readers might not reach the route description if the earlier section remained too long, and therefore considered rearranging the structure, such as switching the positions of the History and Route sections.I have attempted to condense the information as much as possible while staying within a range that I believe does not affect the explanations of transport and urban planning. Has the article become easier to read as a result? If you have any further suggestions, I would be most grateful to hear them.Galactic Center Radio Arc (talk) 14:05, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Cielquiparle: The nominator has since made edits to the article: have the COI concerns been addressed? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:27, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Article is new enough, long enough. It is well sourced and appears to be copyvio free. The main problem was COI editing which led to excessive detail about the transportation planning process, but this has beeen addressed (though we should still add the COI template to the article Talk page). QPQ is not required, so it's down to the hooks. ALT0 is interesting but the content and source have been removed by AirshipJungleman29 as unreliable, likely due to the claim being sourced to a YouTuber's own channel. Google Translate of the caption provided above also suggests that the claim is oversimplified/overstated in the hook when the actual quote clearly includes the qualifier "probably". ALT1 sounds like marketing and ALT2 isn't great because it highlights the COI issue. So my inclination is try to "save" ALT0 in another way. @Galactic Center Radio Arc: Any suggestions for how we could rework the hook citing another source and making sure it corresponds to a sentence in the article? Cielquiparle (talk) 07:42, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Cielquiparle: Regarding ALT0, there is no good source other than Wataru Watanuki’s explanation. The Hino interview might be a good source if used by another editor, but I prefer to avoid using it myself. Instead, I would like to propose a different hook here.
  • ALT3: ...that Japan's first domestically produced articulated bus runs along Yokohama's waterfront??
Source: https://travel.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1267331.html　BAYSIDE BLUEは7月23日から運行を開始する新路線で、国産初の大型路線ハイブリッド連節バス「日野ブルーリボン ハイブリッド 連節バス」により運行される。 / 運行ルートは横浜駅東口からパシフィコ横浜、赤レンガ倉庫など水際線沿いを経由して山下ふ頭で折り返す。
This hook may be less exciting, but it avoids subjective wording, so it may be the more neutral option.Galactic Center Radio Arc (talk) 03:56, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
In general, "first" claims have a high probability of ending up at WP:ERRORS which is what we are trying to avoid. In this case there seems to be an extra qualifier in there – is it the first dometically produced hybrid articulated bus? – and so I think we need to keep looking. Perhaps there is a way to fix ALT1 so that it isn't cramming so much detail into the hook. (You always want to leave enough mystery so that readers want to click to find out more.) Cielquiparle (talk) 07:42, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your helpful comment. Based on the sources I have found, the “first” claim does not appear to be limited to hybrid vehicles. I have therefore added several additional independent sources to the article to clarify this point. On the other hand, following your suggestion, I have also tried simplifying ALT1 so that the hook is not overloaded with detail.
Source: https://www.kensetsunews.com/web-kan/242012　車両デザインの基本的な考えは、横浜のシンボル的な色である「青」に水面のきらめきを表現する光沢を持たせた「マットメタリックブルー」を用い、景観にアクセントとなり路線バスと差別化できる単色づかいのバスとする。(The vehicle design uses matte metallic blue, a glossy finish that evokes the sparkle of the water and reflects Yokohama’s symbolic color, blue, creating a single-color bus that stands out in the cityscape and distinguishes itself from regular route buses.)

Articles created/expanded on January 27

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Cameron Fraser-Monroe

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  • ... that Cameron Fraser-Monroe is the first Indigenous person to choreograph a full-length ballet for a major company?
Created by Significa liberdade (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 22:15, 28 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • The article is 1533 characters, which is just above the 1500 character requirement, but is close enough that it still feels too short. I would suggest expanding the article further. The article is properly sourced and is free from close paraphrasing. A QPQ has been done and it is a full review. Both hooks are cited inline and verified in the hook. However, for ALT1, not only is it an exceptional claim, but I'm also not sure if the source is even strong or reliable enough to be used for such a strong claim. ALT0 is better given that the source is the New York Times, but it's still exceptional, so we need more sources and a search for counterexamples. Unfortunately, another issue here is that there is nothing else in the article that works as a hook, so either the article needs to be expanded, we go with ALT0 but only with stronger sourcing and a search for counterexamples, or we let this one go. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:45, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I've made a request at WT:DYK asking for input here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:30, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
As the nom has chosen to withdraw this nomination if no sources are found, I think its best for me to close this (as withdrawn) after 24 hours. JuniperChill (talk) 23:20, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:Significa_liberdade do you want to withdraw completely or take a look at new hooks?

ALT2 ... that ballet choreographer Cameron Fraser-Monroe applied to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School on a whim and got a scholarship?

ALT3 ... that Cameron Fraser-Monroe is the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's first choreographer-in-residence in 20 years?

By the way, ALT1 is unsubstantiated by the article—which states that Fraser-Monroe is the only First Nations ballet dancer in a professional company, not the only indigenous dancer. The Métis and the Inuit are indigenous but not First Nations. Bremps... 04:09, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the correction, Bremps! I like ALT2. :) Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 04:38, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I like ALT2 as well. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:10, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Naruto, is this fine for the tick? Bremps... 17:18, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
As much as I like ALT2, it doesn't seem to be supported by the source. The article and hook say that he applied "on a whim", but the source only says that he applied for the scholarship and was surprised that he was accepted on the spot despite only practicing ballet two hours a week. Maybe a further reword is needed here? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:19, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
That can be found in the Vancouver Ballet Society source, not in the CBC Radio source. The citations need to be reordered. Pinging User:Significa_liberdade. Bremps... 03:39, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Refs reorganized. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 03:54, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Naruto? User:Narutolovehinata5 Bremps... 20:16, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. The sourcing issue is addressed; however, when reading that source, his quote about the experience stood out to me: "Ballet was like the broccoli you had to eat to get to the bacon." Would you be okay with suggesting a hook about that quote? Like he said that once but then he became a ballet dancer? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:27, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Naruto, sorry for the delay. I can do that, but I question whether it's a good hook (he never explains what the bacon is) or due weight in the article. Pinging User:Significa_liberdade for an opinion. Bremps... 01:21, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT4: ... that dancer and choreographer Cameron Fraser-Monroe once described ballet as "the broccoli you had to eat to get to the bacon"? source:https://vancouverballetsociety.com/2023/02/of-two-worlds-bringing-traditional-indigenous-dance-to-contemporary-ballet/
If we went with this hook, we'd want to make sure it's included in the article. I find it an interesting hook, but as Bremps noted, I'm not sure about due weight, especially going off something he said offhand in an interview. I'd be OK going forward, though. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 16:41, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I think it could be integrated into the article, relating it into his prior lack of interest in ballet. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:25, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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Centres of governance in the Roman Empire

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  • Source: Page 151 of Rome and the transformation of the imperial office in the late fourth-mid-fifth centuries AD by Meaghan McEvoy (reference [94])
  • ALT1: ... that Roman emperors used multiple cities for their residence, base of operations, or to issue laws from? Source: Pages 80, 83, 86 of The Cambridge Ancient History: The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337 (references [11] and [12]), pages 15 and 18 of From Mobile Center to Constantinople: The Birth of Byzantine Imperial Government (reference [14] and [15]),
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Farnsworth House
Moved to mainspace by Jon698 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 113 past nominations.

Jon698 (talk) 20:09, 31 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • The article is in a very respectable condition, long enough and earwig was fine. It was moved to mainspace on the 28 January and nominated on 31st so new enough. The hooks are interesting, the first one probably more so to a general audience. Alt 1 is well cited. You need to add a citation for the first hook. Llewee (talk) 14:46, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Llewee: It is sourced by Page 151 of Rome and the transformation of the imperial office in the late fourth-mid-fifth centuries AD by Meaghan McEvoy. That is reference 94 in the article. Jon698 (talk) 17:51, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Jon698 Source 14 doesn't seem to be supporting the content before it. Llewee (talk) 20:36, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Llewee: The source states on page 151 that "From the reign of the usurper-emperor Maxentius (306-12) onwards,3 not a single emperor resided at Rome throughout the whole of the fourth century" Jon698 (talk) 07:26, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Jon698 Yes I checked that one and it was fine and then I started checking the ALT1 sources and source 14 doesn't appear to mention all those cities in the text it was supporting. Llewee (talk) 11:05, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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Until the End of Time (Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé song)

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Improved to Good Article status by RedShellMomentum (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

RedShellMomentum 00:14, 31 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article was nominated for DYK within 7 days of reaching Good Article status. No issues with sourcing and length. Article is neutral. Earwig reports an unlikely copyright violation of 18.7%, which is mostly from the name of the song. QPQ is done. Both ALTs seem kind of promotional. Is there a way you could rewrite ALT0 to expand on the comparison? lullabying (talk) 21:23, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@RedShellMomentum and Lullabying: How does this sound? ALT2 ... that a reviewer called "Until the End of Time" "excessively bland"? I get it's yet another review quote hook, but it's at least one that's catchy. One issue with the article is that there really isn't much else that would be hooky to a general audience. As for ALT2, I've deliberately omitted Justin's name from the hook to avoid possible future complaints about us running too many Justin hooks. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:24, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Master of Walters 219

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Illumination by the Master of Walters 219 (detail)
  • ... that art historian Millard Meiss claimed that the Master of Walters 219 (artwork pictured) was "one of the first artists to show a skeleton riding a bull"? Source: Meiss 1974, p. 412.
    • ALT1: ... that the insipration for realistic depictions of flowers (example pictured) in the margins of illuminated manuscripts by the Master of Walters 219 may have come from herbals? Source: Randall 1981, p. 233
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Femtanyl
    • Comment: I wrote the original hook partially as an attempt at a tongue-in-cheek way of poking a bit fun of "first" claims, and thought it just might work. I chuckled myself when I read Meiss' comment in the original source. I included the ALT1 as a more traditional alternative for the more cautious hook promoter. I'm open to further ideas.
Created by Yakikaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 161 past nominations.

Yakikaki (talk) 20:52, 30 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • New, long enough, properly sourced, and neutral. No copyvio issues. Hook is short enough and reliably sourced; I think it's clever. (I wouldn't include the image, though, which sadly doesn't shown the aforementioned skeleton.) QPQ is done. Good to go. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:51, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Yakikaki: I'm having some trouble confirming the sources. The article directly quotes "he was one of the first artists to show a skeleton riding a bull". It's supported by sources 1 and 7 in the article. Source 1 seems to only contain the illustrations. In source 7 I can only find "The image in Walters 219, created nearly a hundred years after the Amiens Missal, is a lone forerunner of a spate of illustrations showing Death on a bull in French manuscript (...)". - are you referring to this passage, or am I missing something?
Further, while it takes some of the impact from the hook unfortunately, I think we need to add "in French manuscripts" to ALT0, since that's all Meiss refers to. Barbalalaika 🐌 18:17, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Barbalalaika: Hi, and thanks for looking at this. I am very busy with work this week, but will try to double check my sources and get back in the weekend. Is that all right? Thanks, Yakikaki (talk) 21:30, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Yakikaki: No problem! I'll be on holidays then but will do my best to remain reachable. Just ping me :) Barbalalaika 🐌 19:15, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Barbalalaika: I've had a look in Meiss now, and this is the precise quote: "In his scene in the Walters manuscript of Death entering a locus amoenus he was one of the first artists to show the skeleton riding a bull – an animal that became characteristic of illustrations of Petrarch's Trionfo della morte." So that's the quote. Judging from the article about Petrarch's book, it seems to me the iconography was reproduced not just in (French) manuscripts but also as panel paintings and cassoni. So perhaps that's indication enough that we can leave "in French manuscripts" out? But I'm not going to be dogmatic about that. Thanks again for looking into this. Cheers, Yakikaki (talk) 08:33, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Jimmy Crystal (28 Days Later)

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Created by AdobongPogi (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

AdobongPogi masarap 🍛 16:05, 31 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

AdobongPogi masarap 🍛 3:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC).

I think this one is on the wrong side of WP:DYKGRAT. With Savile taken out, a hook like "that a fictional character's appearance was based on that of a celebrity?" would be compeletely unremarkable and fail WP:DYKINT, so the only interest here comes from using Savile's crimes and reputation to generate shock value or a kind of dark humour. I would be open to alternative hooks which avoided this theme, though note that the nomination has already had one chance to take another run at the criteria. UndercoverClassicist T·C 20:04, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

ALT4: ... that some Americans unknowingly offended Britons by cosplaying a fictional gang?
The contested info is moved off the main page. Bremps... 01:44, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Jenna Meek, Sophie Tea

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Sophie Tea's London studio
Moved to mainspace by Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 364 past nominations.

Launchballer 09:52, 31 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Justin Pippen is a double nom. It counts as two.--Launchballer 17:54, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I didn't notice that was also a double nom. Approved. JuniperChill (talk) 18:08, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@JuniperChill: Any chance you could approve the image and the hook ALT0a: ... that the entrepreneur Jenna Meek once made Sophie Tea's (studio pictured) breasts go viral? I'm sure a promoter will trim it, but no harm in giving them the choice.--Launchballer 01:00, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer:, sure, I'll go ahead and approve ALT0a and the picture. Why not consider including the picture of Sophie in the article seeing if its usable for Wikipedia/Commons, seeing as you made a comment about it when nominating this? JuniperChill (talk) 19:49, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hook has been pulled per concerns raised at WT:DYK, especially in light of the Savannah Bond hook and its reception. Concerns were raised that the hook may fail DYKGRAT or at least the spirit of it, and possible rewords may not have completely solved the issue. A new hook is needed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:36, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that a photo of Sophie Tea caused Jenna Meek's products to become a popular outfit choice at 2017's festivals?
ALT2: ... that a topless photo of Sophie Tea caused Jenna Meek's products to become a popular outfit choice at 2017's festivals?--Launchballer 05:47, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
in light of the Savannah Bond hook and its reception
As many defended the hook as saw a problem with it. The fact that the article got over 50,000 views speaks to what the silent majority thought about the hook. There is zero gratuitous with the word "breast". It's a neutral description of a part of the human body and the one person stating WP:DYKGRAT about this hook didn't put forward any reasonable argument for their claim other than a weak "call your family and ask what they think". TarnishedPathtalk 06:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Instead of focusing the hook on one woman's breasts, it seems a more relevant topic, reflected by the WP:WEIGHT of sources, is the "glitter boob" trend: "'Glitter boob' artist makes millions from festival phenomenon" (Yahoo), "Glitter boobs trendsetter's massive spike in business sales come festival season" (The New Zealand Herald), "How to launch a brand by going viral, by the 26-year-old who sparked the 'glitter boob' craze" (The Telegraph).—Bagumba (talk) 08:09, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Over at the WT:DYK discussion, Black Kite suggested running the two articles separately. Launchballer said they have an idea for Meek, while BK suggested a hook about the time Tea painted a cow. Given that, how does this solo hook for Tea sound? Unfortunately the article does not currently support the "giant cow" suggestion since "giant" is not in the article, but I think the fact is interesting, and most importantly avoids the sensationalism concerns:
  • ALTb ... that Sophie Tea once painted an image of a multi-coloured cow on a hostel's wall in exchange for accommodation?
Admittedly the hook will almost certainly do worse than the breasts angle, but given how that angle has had multiple objections, that is unlikely to run so this could be the best we've got. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:47, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'd word ALTb as ALT3: ... that Sophie Tea once paid for accommodation by drawing a cow? ALT1 doesn't mention breasts or even make any suggestion as to the contents of that photo.--Launchballer 12:17, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I like ALT3 more than my wording so that should be good. We still need a solo hook for Meek, though. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:49, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
As for the "glitter boob" angle, given how the WT:DYK discussion turned out, I don't think "glitter boobs" is any better. Launchballer's suggestion about painting Love Island contestants with glitter is probably better. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:55, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to suggest ALT4: ... that Jenna Meek once decorated Love Island contestants with glitter? and that someone independent assesses the WT:DYK consensus and all hooks.--Launchballer 15:38, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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Osyp Turiansky

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  • ... that Osyp Turiansky's novel Lost Shadows has been claimed to be the first work of Ukrainian fiction to get published in the United States in English translation?
  • Reviewed:
Created by Skoropadsky (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Skoropadsky (talk) 19:40, 2 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

It's written in the article that it was suppressed. Was that a mistake? Bremps... 15:38, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Bremps: The article says, that Turiansky's works were "largely ignored" in Galicia, and his own views were "met with condemnation", especially among Ukrainian nationalists. But I couldn't find any information on his publications being suppressed by authorities in pre-Soviet Western Ukraine. If you mean Ukraine under the Soviet Union, then you are of course right, but I don't find this a particularly interesting piece of information, because works by most other pre-WW2 Galician writers were suppressed as well under Communism. Skoropadsky (talk) 21:10, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article is new enough and long enough. I like the hooks, and the source does indeed say suppressed. That being said, I'm concerned about the possibility of close paraphrasing in this article. The hook fact, for example, reads "In Soviet Ukraine Turiansky's literary works were long suppressed, and the first postwar edition of his prose was published in 1989 in Kyiv.", while the source reads ""Turiansky’s literary oeuvre was suppressed in Soviet Ukraine and the first postwar edition of his prose was published in Kyiv in 1989." That is some awfully close paraphrasing, especially towards the end of the sentence. Please go through the article and ensure adequate paraphrasing.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:39, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

1918 Massachusetts Question 1

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  • ... that a 1918 referendum to establish an initiative and referendum process in Massachusetts passed by fewer than 9,000 votes?
Created by Delcoan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

Delcoan (talk) 06:10, 2 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

@DYK admins: Hello, I accidentally selected 1976 Massachusetts Question 1 instead of 1918 Massachusetts Question 1 when I was creating the DYK, so it was created on the 1976 article's talk page and is known under that name on the DYK nominations list. Delcoan (talk) 06:14, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination has been patched accordingly. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 06:44, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Delcoan (talk) 00:02, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delcoan I moved this page to the correct title, don't think it would cause any issues but anyone can revert me. HurricaneZetaC 01:12, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Delcoan (talk) 01:59, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Well, rather than moving it back, I've patched it again. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 04:56, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not a review, but the correct word for describing a countable quantity is fewer, rather than less. For example, "he had less water" versus "he had fewer gallons of water". Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:41, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for letting me know! I have changed the proposed hook to say fewer rather than say less. Delcoan (talk) 00:02, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Full review follows:

  • Areas with no issues: Article is new enough, copyvio-free (Copyvio Detector flags only the block quotes) and neutral. Overall, the article is presentable. The hook is backed up by the provided source (noting that the source for the hook is a primary source). QPQ has been done.
  • Length: The article is just barely long enough. I get a count of 1532 characters after removing the two quotations. Of that balance, there are 171 characters in the three short sections that introduce tables or block quotes. That's not much margin, and I would recommend adding some prose to give yourself some more cushion should copyediting remove some text.
  • Sourcing: Most of the article relies on a political advertisement placed by Francis P. Garland. What makes Garland a reliable source here? I would think that a contemporary political advertisement supporting the measure is a primary source, which means the article is based almost entirely on primary sources. Per WP:RSPRIMARY, while primary sources may be used judiciously, Large blocks of material based purely on primary sources should be avoided. Do you have some reliable secondary sources you can sub in for the extensive material for which you use Garland's ad as a source?
  • Hook: I find this angle uninteresting. 9,000 votes is not a interestingly tight margin, and the measure had to pass or fail so I don't see how simply reciting the margin of victory would be perceived as unusual or intriguing. (We've had a number of ballot measure-related hooks in the last month, and with one exception they've all performed below average, suggesting that a different approach is needed for these kinds of hooks.) Can you suggest a different hook?

I hope these issues aren't insurmountable. Thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:59, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Dclemens1971: Hello! Thank you for your review. Regarding the sourcing- because of it being from so long ago and being pretty niche, sources for this particular data I could not find elsewhere. Well, at least for the voting data in the house and the support. Maybe info on the facts about others states are available elsewhere. Anyway, my question for this is if I add a lot of other information throughout the article that doesn't use that source, would this concern of it being a large block of material from a primary source disappear because of the other content overtaking that concern? In other words, I keep that data, but add a bunch of other info, meaning that source goes from being like 3/5ths of the article to 1/5th or something, but all of it still remains. Let me know! Delcoan (talk) 16:55, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Delcoan: Maybe, but that only addresses the extensive use of primary sources issue and still leaves the question of whether Garland's advertisement is a reliable source for the claims it makes. (I don't know one way or the other.) I would also like to see a different hook; I'm not going to approve this one. Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:59, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Dclemens1971: By "I'm not going to approve this one," do you mean not going to approve my proposed change, or do you mean you'll fail the review entirely? Delcoan (talk) 17:32, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Delcoan: I mean I'm not going to approve the proposed hook as written, because it fails WP:DYKINT. I don't plan to fail the review entirely if necessary improvements across the other dimensions can be made. Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:36, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Dclemens1971: Can I actually withdraw this nom for now and then maybe later put it back up when its ready with criteria? Delcoan (talk) 14:23, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn’t, because it won’t be eligible again unless it’s brought to GA. You have another 7 weeks before this times out, so don’t sweat—come back to this open non when you can. Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:52, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Delcoan: I will be on a wikibreak for a few weeks starting 18 February, but will try to check my pings weekly. If my attention is needed more quickly, I have email enabled. Thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:43, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Okay! Enjoy your wiki break :) Delcoan (talk) 20:41, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
For what it's worth, the guidelines do allow DYK-nominated articles to have fewer sources, provided that leniency can be given to more obscure or niche topics. I'm not sure though if Massachusetts politics counts. As for hooks, I can really only see one other option in the article:
ALT1 ... that a 1918 Massachusetts referendum passed despite only receiving a majority vote from two of the state's 14 counties?
@Dclemens1971 and Delcoan: Does ALT1 work? It does lose what the referendum is about, but the point of this proposal is how it passed despite having a majority vote in only two counties. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:50, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, ALT1 sounds good! Delcoan (talk) 16:24, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
(Adapted from my comment at WT:DYK) Naruto's ALT is better, it marginally crosses the line of interestingness. But the other problem is that the vast majority of the prose is still based on a contemporaneous political advertisement (which the page creator describes as a Boston Post article; it isn't) placed in the paper by an advocate for the initiative. Per the discussion above, I don't believe this can be presumptively treated as a reliable source, and thus the article doesn't meet WP:DYKCITE. I'm unwilling to approve this nomination unless reliable sourcing is introduced, although if another editor disagrees with me and wishes to approve the article with the sourcing as is, they may feel free to take over the review. Dclemens1971 (talk) 02:24, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on February 3

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Tui Hobson

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  • ... that New Zealand artist Tui Hobson completed an international commission for a garden in Northern France commemorating 100 years since WWI the First World War and New Zealand soldiers?
Kohlhase, Marilyn (21 February 2025). "Tui Hobson: Va'ine Warrior - Retrospective. Feb-April 2025 by Marilyn Kohlhase." The Charlotte Museum. Retrieved 31 January 2026. https://www.charlottemuseum.co.nz/post/tui-hobson-va-ine-warrior-retrospective-feb-april-2025-by-marilyn-kohlhase.
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Moved to mainspace by Avawatson03 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Avawatson03 (talk) 02:38, 9 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Reviewing... ... will post a full review within 24 hours, cheers! Flibirigit (talk) 02:43, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: No - ?
  • Interesting: No - ?
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article was moved to the mainspace on February 1, and nominated for DYK 7.5 days later. Length and sourcing are adequate. The article is mostly written in a neutral tone, except for one phrase: "This project is one of her most notable international commissions". The "Ponsonby News" appears to be a promotional press release, so I question its reliability. I cannot access the "Pataka" source. The "Te Tuhi" appears to be a promotional site for artists, so it may not be neutral. Are there any independent sources, such as newspapers for the phrase in question? No plagiarism issues were detected. Hook ALT0 is very wordy, and tries to say too much to be interesting. Also, the sources supporting that hook are questions as per above. Please consider proposing a shorter hook focusing on one aspect. Hook ALT1 is shorter, more interesting, cited and verified by the source. All images used in the article have a pulbic domain license on the Commons. QPQ is not required for this nomination. Overall, the nomination is in good shape with attention needed on sourcing for ALT0, and the promotional tone of that one phrase. Best wishes. Flibirigit (talk) 13:09, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Jerry Bird (skydiver)

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  • ... that American skydiver Jerry Bird participated in the world's first 10-man star formation, above Taft, California, on July 2, 1967?
  • Source: "A Galaxy of Stars". Parachutist. October 2022. pp. 42–44. Retrieved 3 February 2026. … on July 2, 1967 - 10 Southern California skydivers exited from a Twin Beech … and made history by building the world's first 10-man star formation … over the Taft School of Sport Parachuting. ... The record-setting jumpers, by exit order, were Gary Young; John Rinard; Clark Fischer; Jim Dann; Jerry Bird; Bill Stage; Terry Ward; Bill Newell; Brian Williams and Paul Gorman.
Created by Paul W (talk) and Tspooncl65 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

Paul W (talk) 12:00, 4 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • @Paul W and Tspooncl65: Super interesting article, and great AFC save, but presentability appears to be the main issue right now. The lead is larger than most of the prose sections, and the "Skydiving accomplishments" is a proseline-formatted-listicle-resume when it should be fully integrated into a biography or sections that explain what we are reading about. The issue here is less about notability than putting together a cohesive bio. Best advice is to look at similar bios and see how they do it and go from there. An easy way to approach it is to group like content with like. When something doesn't work together, either remove it or add it to another section. Look for a narrative continuity. Some people go by chronology, but you want to avoid strictly doing this by proseline. Instead, think about milestones like education, career, entry to the sport, etc. This may sound strange, but write it from the POV of someone who knows nothing about the subject. Put yourself in that weird headspace. Viriditas (talk) 11:15, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Viriditas. I have made some edits to the article, trimming the lead slightly but expanding the body copy, and breaking the Skydiving section into subsections, with some additional context. I think it reads less like a list now. Tspooncl65, being the skydiving expert, may wish to make further changes, but perhaps you can let us know if it's closer to what you think is needed? Best wishes. Paul W (talk) 19:15, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Much closer, thanks. The missing part is newspapers.com. It has all the necessary articles to put everything into context and to wrap this up. I would like to help, but I'm a bit busy with other things. If you have access to TWL, you'll see what I mean. I would guess that 30 minutes on newspapers.com would completely wrap this up as it would resolve the biography entirely. Viriditas (talk) 23:50, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Viriditas. Just checked into TWL but NewspaperARCHIVE.com appears to be offline until the end of March. I can access Newspapers.com via another route, but not its premium service. Paul W (talk) 09:48, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
When you sign up for The Wikipedia Library, there's an extra step you need to complete where you request access to the premium newspapers.com service. They usually give it to you within a couple of days or so. If you are already signed up for TWL, you can go to this page, then click the login at the right hand upper corner. If you have the proxy setup in your browser automatically (which I recommend doing), then you just click a second time without entering credentials. Then, scroll down or search on that page for "newspapers.com". Click on it and it will bring you to the application page. Viriditas (talk) 22:42, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Viriditas. Application submitted. Paul W (talk) 12:13, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Pokémon Uranium, Pokémon Prism

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Improved to Good Article status by Pokelego999 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 05:25, 3 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • @Pokelego999: The trick is to type closing and opening brackets in the QPQ field in that order, so "Template:Did you know nominations/The Missing (2023 film)]], [[Template:Did you know nominations/Retro Mystery Club Vol.1: The Ise-Shima Case". Will review in the next 24 hours.--Launchballer 05:33, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • @PL, I think some words may be missing in your sentence.
"Pokémon Uranium and Pokémon Prism, after Nintendo contacted them due to copyright concerns?"
"Pokémon Uranium and Pokémon Prism ceased development, after Nintendo contacted them due to copyright concerns?"
This may have been what it was supposed to say? 11WB (talk) 06:11, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Pokelego999: Long enough, new enough. QPQs are done and Earwig's clean. No reason why either would deserve a maintenance template, though I removed one factual clanger from the Prism article. I'm on the fence as to whether the hook's interesting; 'firm sues to preserve its copyright' doesn't strike me as terribly unusual?--Launchballer 12:10, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Launchballer: Perhaps it would be helpful if the lead were expanded with information that the games gained enough of a following that fans continued updating them after their release? Should be able to keep the hook intact while also providing a more interesting hook. Let me know your thoughts on this. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 02:32, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Pokelego999: That wouldn't help as readers bored by the hook won't get that far. I suggest proposing a hook based on their long development times.--Launchballer 07:31, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: What do you think of an alternate DYK proposal that's only Uranium, and focuses on the fact that it was nominated for an award, which was rescinded after a DMCA by Nintendo? - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 07:58, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Nintendo are known for doing this quite often. I agree that this should have something extra to make it that bit more interesting. 11WB (talk) 21:38, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Cukie Gherkin: My apologies for dropping this. It would be a shame to drop Prism; you could start a hook starting "that a fan-made video game based on the same series as Pokémon Prism" or suggest a hook based on their long development times.--Launchballer 15:57, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on February 4

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Husin Yusuf

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Moved to mainspace by Juxlos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 298 past nominations.

Juxlos (talk) 09:32, 4 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • No concerns regarding the article or the hook's substance, but the wording of the hook needs to be more clear. I initially thought the word stand here has an idiomatic meaning (that SBY missed his chance to speak) before reading the article and figured out that it is a literal stand. I suggest adding "regency" or "region" before the aforementioned word? Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 00:14, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea what this hook is supposed to say or mean. Please rewrite it. Viriditas (talk) 23:00, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Juxlos: courtesy ping. Viriditas, it's not fair to drop a concern onto someone's nomination over a week after it's approved and not ping them. Sennecaster (Chat) 04:32, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Juxlos:, please see above; fwiw, I also had no clue what the first half of the hook means, but the corresponding explanation in the article seems simple, so it's probably a quick fix. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:04, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, been away. Maybe something like
Juxlos (talk) 06:03, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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Nala Ray

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Nala Ray in 2025
Nala Ray in 2025
  • ... that Baptist minister's daughter Nala Ray (pictured) left a multi-million-dollar a year pornographic OnlyFans channel to return to Christianity?
  • Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/12/04/nala-ray-onlyfans-anti-porn-faith-advocate/87572291007/ "...her dad took on a newfound religious intensity, becoming a minister. Frequent in-fighting in her Baptist community led her family to hop from church to church. ... Ray made her fortune posting explicit content of herself on OnlyFans. ... Over the course of her five years on the site, she estimates she made $14 million total, averaging $300,000 a month. ... Ray met Jordan Giordano, a Christian influencer, on TikTok in 2023. He didn't know who she was. They started talking.... In January 2024, Ray quit OnlyFans."
Moved to mainspace by GRuban (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 53 past nominations.

GRuban (talk) 02:39, 6 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Overall: – Moved to mainspace the day before the nomination. Yes. Reliably sourced and free of plagiarism/close paraphrasing (yes, both). Other concerns? I mean, parts of the criticism of porn and the industry are sourced to Christian news sites, but given that there's a section with opposing views to the moral criminalisation (my words) of porn, it's okay to have this balanced (same happens in what a wacko said about porn the day before he died) and we know his words are not necessarily honest. Perhaps the lede can be shortened? What do you think GRuban? – Hook is interesting (I leave it up to native speakers to modify wording) and QPQ is partially done ... We can get it done if GRuban can finish the genocide article review. If not, I guess they can submit another review. CoryGlee 13:16, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@CoryGlee: The QPQ of the Genocide DYK is done. It was completed February 9, and was promoted February 14 by User:Viriditas. It was then pulled from the queue February 15 by User:HurricaneZeta because the article is undergoing some kind of review, but I can't influence that, my part in the review is done. --GRuban (talk) 15:46, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Cool. I didn't know the QPQ protocol. If DYK admins do not object take this as promoted. CoryGlee 16:42, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Curtesy pings @GRuban and CoryGlee:. TarnishedPathtalk 00:34, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@TarnishedPath: They're not self-published sources. The Charlie Kirk Show was a whole media empire, not a one man band, and that's the most cited YouTube video. Similarly (though to a lesser degree), Michael Knowles (political commentator) and Lecrae. --GRuban (talk) 00:45, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Per WP:RSPYT "Most videos on YouTube are anonymous, self-published, and unverifiable, and should not be used as a reference. Content uploaded from a verified official account, such as that of a news organization, may be treated as originating from the uploader and therefore inheriting their level of reliability."
Further from WP:REPUTABLE "Articles should be based on reliable, independent, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy."
If you think Charlie Kirk and the rest of those publisher's have a reputation for fact checking and accuracy that raises them above a WP:SPS, you'll need to get consensus for that at WP:RS/N.TarnishedPathtalk 01:10, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Alternatively, you can remove them and replace them with RS. TarnishedPathtalk 01:22, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@TarnishedPath: — Hi, I had a problem with Charlie Kirk's podcast on an article that I created (William and Zachary Zulock) where I was kindly informed of ABOUTSELF and YouTube sources. They are acceptable when the account is verified and other strict conditions are met, such as only talking about oneself over noncontroversial issues. I am sorry that I was not that well-read when I reviewed this. CoryGlee 01:39, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@CoryGlee:, I had previously considered that YouTube videos where the subject was the interviewee were usuable per WP:ABOUTSELF. However, following discussions at Talk:Savannah Bond#January 2026 and Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 505#YouTube as a source of BIO subjects confirming facts about themselves, I'm no longer sure that is a safe assumption. Being cautious, as we ought to with BLPs, my current understanding is that such videos would only be usuable if we considered the publishers—Charlie Kirk and the other two—to be reliable sources. TarnishedPathtalk 02:06, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@TarnishedPath: WP:BLPSPS says written or published. I would consider anything a person says about him- or herself in an interview to be the audiovisual equivalent of having written it. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 02:19, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Compassionate727:, that's not an interpretation that some other editors have taken. TarnishedPathtalk 02:24, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: There are multiple discussions occurring which discuss issues to do with this nomination. See:
This nomination should not timeout at least until those discussions are concluded. TarnishedPathtalk 11:32, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on February 6

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Clinton plan intelligence conspiracy theory

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  • ... that investigators determined the purported "Clinton plan" was baseless and fabricated by Russian spies, while the Trump administration claimed it was real?
    • ALT1: ... that investigators were unable to verify an alleged "Clinton plan" mentioned in a hacked Russian intelligence memo, even as Trump administration officials publicly promoted the claim?
    • ALT2: ... that no evidence was found supporting a purported "Clinton plan" described in a hacked Russian memo, even as Trump administration officials publicly cited the claim?
    • ALT3: ... that a purported "Clinton plan" originated in Russian intelligence material obtained by Dutch intelligence hackers?
    • ALT4: ... that a purported "Clinton plan" cited by Trump officials came from Russian intelligence material later described as likely disinformation?
    • ALT5: ... that no evidence was found for a purported "Clinton plan" in a hacked Russian memo cited by Trump officials, and that Durham's sources included Russian spies discussing creating the material?
  • Reviewed:
Created by Valjean (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Valjean (talk) (PING me) 16:07, 6 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

References

  1. ^ Savage, Charlie (August 1, 2025). "Durham's Debunking of the 'Clinton Plan' Emails, Explained". The New York Times. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
  2. ^ Strobel, Warren P. (July 31, 2025). "FBI investigated, never verified, purported Clinton plan to link Trump with Russia". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 6, 2025. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
  3. ^ Bump, Philip (May 15, 2023). "Durham's probe ends as it began: Pointing at trees to obscure the forest". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 1, 2026.


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Climate change in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Created by Chidgk1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 43 past nominations.

Chidgk1 (talk) 06:39, 8 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is long enough, new enough, free of copyvio (only a 7.4% on Earwig). Prose is... rather rough. Far more subsections than are necessary for an article of this length. Sources may be questionable (most appear non-academic, mainly from the UN and advocacy groups). Hook seems interesting and its length is good but I didn't see where the linked source verifies it (a quote would help). Also not sure if an announcement from a specific UN programme is sufficiently reliable here (no author is given). QPQ is done. — An anonymous username, not my real name 20:48, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@An anonymous username, not my real name: I have combined some short subsections. I will look into the hook cite. Please could you tag "better source needed" or "unreliable source" for any other cites you suspect are not good enough to support the text. Chidgk1 (talk) 13:22, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
In this case, the problem isn't necessarily that they are generally unreliable, but that there are better ways to cite the information. UN programmes and climate advocacy groups are likely just reusing more academic studies for their info and it would be better to cite the studies themselves. You can use Google Scholar to find sources of academic quality. — An anonymous username, not my real name 19:40, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
OK I added 4 more scholarly sourcesChidgk1 (talk) 06:36, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 ... that tackling its poverty might help to limit climate change in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the world?

Source: https://cafi.org/country/the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo/ "... in the DRC, forest loss is due to poverty, to a local need for land and forest products (small-scale slash-and-burn agriculture and charcoal) exacerbated by strong population growth."

Shaea al-Zindani

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5x expanded by Dr. Blofeld (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Thepharoah17 (talk) 00:36, 8 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

I reworded to make it clearer. Thepharoah17 (talk) 09:36, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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William and Zachary Zulock

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* ... that some U.S. right-wing political commentators, including Laura Ingraham and Charlie Kirk, baselessly argued against same-sex adoption over the case of two gay men who abused their adoptive sons?

**ALT1... that the criminal case against two gay men in the U.S. caused a political controversy in Argentina? ***ALT1a... that a criminal case against two gay men in the U.S. prompted anti-fascism demonstrations in Argentina?

      • ALT2...that in early 2025, anti-fascism demonstrations took place in Argentina against President Milei's remarks about gender ideology, pedophilia, and the criminal case against two gay men in the U.S.?
Created by CoryGlee (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.

CoryGlee 23:40, 8 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

  • Adequate sourcing: No - WP:MEDIAMATTERS is heavily relied on, but the source used is clearly an opinion article by Matt Gertz, and consensus at RSN plus the guidance of WP:RSOPINION indicates that statements sourced to it should be attributed. They are not attributed in the "Reactions and aftermath" section. The article's statement The case against the Zulocks prompted a strong homophobic reaction from right-wing conservatives in the United States and abroad. has two citations (one of which is also identified as an opinion piece), neither of which reference a homophobic reaction in the United States. The only other source given to indicate there was any controversy at all is Media Matters, and considering that Media Matters' business is ginning up controversy about right-wing media, I wouldn't take a single Media Matters writer's (unattributed) opinion that there was a controversy as sufficient without further reliable secondary sourcing. The only discussions about Pagina 12 at RSN have raised concerns about its reliability (and that article reads as highly opinionated as well), so I'd love to see a better source than a sole Perfil article for the scale of the controversy in Argentina.
  • Neutral: No - See above; claims of a strong homophobic reaction are not neutral since they are not sourced to a reliable, non-opinionated, secondary source.
  • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: Yes
  • Other problems: No - Original research appears to be present. The entire paragraph starting with Empirical evidence discredits... appears to have been constructed as public service announcement; none of its sources reference the Zulock case and in fact predate them significantly. This appears to be an effort at WP:SYNTH. The article's statement He further described the Zulocks's actions as "appalling", but argued that data and statistics indicate that this type of abuse is much more common among heterosexual persons. is not found in the Media Matters article, which instead says It’s an appalling story, but also appallingly familiar — sexual abuse by household members is unnervingly common, particularly for children who pass through the foster care system. This makes no reference to relative prevalence of child sexual abuse among heterosexual versus homosexual parents.

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: No - The hooks are not neutrally phrased, and MMFA is not sufficiently reliable for statements of fact in wikivoice. Moreover, the term "baselessly", presented in wikivoice as if MMFA weren't an opinionated source, doesn't appear in the MMFA claim. ALT1 is sourced to highly opinionated sources but the Perfil article indicates there was a controversy. However, the article does not claim that the Zulock case caused the controversy as the hook states but rather that Javier Milei generated controversy when he linked homosexual couples to “pedophilia” by citing a U.S. court case (machine translation)
  • Interesting: No - If ALT0 were rephrased to attribute the claim to Media Matters, it would result in something that boiled down to "did you know that Media Matters criticized Laura Ingraham and Charlie Kirk", which is entirely predictable. ALT1 is probably fine, interesting-wise, if the sourcing issues can be resolved.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Copyvio detector flags several passages but they are verbatim recitations of the charges and quotes from the sources so not an issue. Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:01, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Dclemens1971 I will easily solve all those issues. As for empirical evidence it was copy-paste from Wikipedia article on LGBTQ grooming conspiracy and others that I can link you to. Easily solvable. Ping you when I do it all. CoryGlee 15:23, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
My point about the passage is that including it here the way you did is a sort of WP:COATRACK where you take sources that don't discuss the Zulocks and their crimes to draw readers to conclusions about the Zulocks' crimes. That's the original research.
@Dclemens1971: Hi, I have fixed the wording where necessary. As for some of the U.S. reactions, I found the whole tape of Ingraham and Mia Cathell on Fox News itself. As for Charlie Kirk, as stated in edit summary, there's a Matter's link but directly to the podcast where he says those things, however, as much obvious as it is that he's talking about the Zulocks, he didn't mention them by name in his (usually, and thankfully gone) hateful speech. In the case of Matt Walsh, I didn't find Wonkette on PERENNIAL. If that's not reliable, I found his verified account on X with that post. So, I am willing to remove Kirk's part altogether if you like, and I used Media's source only as a means of stating Gertz's opinions. Finally, I have reworded the analysis subhead to eliminate OR and SYNTH. And lastly, I have no problems striking ALT0 and going for 1. CoryGlee 22:59, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
CoryGlee, there has not been a discussion about Wonkette at WP:RSN for a while (except for one about its editorial bias), but I am unwilling to tick it off here as a reliable source without a consensus to that end. It is owned by its editor-in-chief, has been migrated to the blogging platform Substack, and has no statement of editorial policy or standards on its site. The article selected as a source here is 1/3 the blogger reposting his own X posts; it's highly opinionated and in traditional Wonkette style, vulgar. I'd sooner just link to Matt Walsh's X posts if you want to include them. There continues to be a problem with neutrality and source-text integrity in the article; the words homophobic/homophobia are used twice to describe the reaction of US commentators, but not even Matt Gertz uses that term, nor does he describe it as widespread, broad or anything similar. Nor does Gertz describe any of the commentators as far-right. I don't know where these concepts are entering the article, but it is not from the MMFA source. The word tabloid in the lead is also not backed up by any content in the article. Additional question: What does the sentence Tenembaum ended the article saying that in the "new times" of Argentina, "absurd questions were beginning to make sense." mean in the article? Finally, can you please propose a rephrased ALT1 if that's the direction you want to go? Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:56, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Dclemens1971: thanks for the neat review. I have removed Wonkette and cited the Twitter (X) from Walsh's official account which links (retweet) from a far-right outlet describing the Zulocks's case to which Walsh responds. That said, I have decided to remove Kirk's entry because I saw on his article that the input was rephrased on the basis that Kirk does not mention the Zulocks by name, although it is obvious that he did refer to their case. Anyway, took that off and rephrased some controversial wording. I will modify hook 1 and strike the original.
@CoryGlee: Didn't see your response until now; for future reference, a ping only works if the comment is signed with four tildes. Much better on NPOV tone issues, but this is still not ready to go. I see you've added the Laura Ingraham source as a source in other spots. This is an opinionated source (see WP:FOXNEWSTALKSHOWS) and would not generally be considered a reliable source. Looks like you have a second source for this section (In 2011, Zachary was a suspect in the rape of a 14-year-old boy, whom Zachary allegedly lured into his apartment to sexually assault him. He was questioned by Walton County police, but the case did not advance, and Zachary did not face any investigation nor charge.); please be sure that the other source covers this. For the statement The Zulocks also tortured the two boys, forcing them to stand in a corner for "eight hours straight" over back-to-back days, only allowing them to go to the bathroom and eat. A relative of Zachary said that on one occasion William hit the elder sibling in the face and added that "they abused (the children) in every possible way." please add a source that is not Laura Ingraham's show. (The other Ingraham Angle sources are fine; her show is reliable for information on what aired on her show). Not sure why Gateway Pundit's Twitter is being cited for Matt Walsh's tweet, but that should go. As for the hook, I'm still not seeing where in the sources it says that the Zulock case triggered the protests in Argentina. Indeed, the BA Times source added specifically says Political, trade union and civil society groups in Argentina are marching Saturday in repudiation of President Javier Milei's recent remarks about feminism and the LGBT community. As I've said above, this angle needs to be recast to point out that Milei's remarks on the Zulock case were the proximate cause of the protest unless there are other sources to the contrary. Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:07, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Dclemens1971: I understand, Ingraham and Cathell could be lying (though I doubt it) about the addition of torture. I have reworded accordingly, including the rape allegation (2011) entry, sticking to the scarce words by The Daily Telegraph. As for the source on the Argentine protests, I cite verbatim this source by Página 12 (Source #25) It's in Spanish, I insert a quick Google Translation: “In its most extreme versions, gender ideology is simply child abuse. They are pedophiles,” Milei ridiculously declared, among other statements where he called for the extermination of the “cancer” of feminists, “leftists,” and everything he calls woke. The economist-turned-president cited as an example a gay couple from Georgia, USA, sentenced to 100 years in prison for abusing two adopted children. Beyond this case, there is no demonstrable evidence that gay men are more likely to commit acts of pedophilia than heterosexual men. A UNICEF report in Argentina, which surveyed incidents between 2020 and 2021, highlighted that “statistics indicate that the majority of abusers are socially well-adjusted heterosexual men.” Regarding the United States, the American Psychological Association stated that “gay men are not more likely to sexually abuse children than heterosexual men.” Gregory Herek, a professor at the University of California, analyzed 352 cases of child sexual abuse, in which LGBT+ adults were responsible for only 1%. [A Popular and Diverse Response] In response to the Argentine president's attack, people took to the streets in every province of the country, generating a memorable mobilization to Plaza de Mayo on February 1, 2025, in what was the 1st Federal March of Antifascist and Antiracist Pride. In response to the president's insults, both LGBTQ+ organizations and other opposition groups—political parties, unions, and civil society organizations—marched. CoryGlee 21:26, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
CoryGlee That quotation confirms what I said and what your hook doesn't say -- that the demonstration was triggered by Milei's comments, not by the Zulock case itself. I thus can't approve your proposed hook because it's not validated by the sources in the article and that you have provided here. P.S. I'm not saying Ingraham and Cathell are lying; I'm just saying that articles at DYK are required to be based on reliable sources, and Fox News opinion shows are by consensus not reliable sources. Dclemens1971 (talk) 22:59, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Dclemens1971 I have reworded the hook to get it backed by Página 12 and other sources' statements. As for Ingraham & Cathell, if you like, I remove their opinions on what is not independently verified by other sources (let's say, the torture thing). In the rest of linking to that source, it is for the analysis and not facts. CoryGlee 23:18, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
CoryGlee ALT2a... that Javier Milei's remarks about the U.S. criminal case against two gay men resulted in anti-fascism demonstrations in Argentina? I'm rearranging this slightly to streamline it for discussion. As I review it, Milei's remarks seemed to be about the abuses the Zulocks committed, not the criminal case. Does this read better? ALT2b... that Javier Milei's remarks about child sexual abuses committed by two gay men resulted in anti-fascism demonstrations in Argentina? Dclemens1971 (talk) 23:29, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Dclemens1971, yes, thanks, I was just about to ping you about that. It looks like translating is giving another meaning for me. Indeed, not the case, but the actions by the Zulocks, added to other general remarks about gender ideology and feminism. I am going to make it very clear in the article. I think that it is a good ALT indeed. Do you think that it is needed to add that he expressed more things like comments on gender, etc. or it's just fine with the case of the article? CoryGlee 23:33, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
CoryGlee I don't want to make the hook too long so I'd leave it at the current length. The one reservation I have is the guideline that Hooks that unduly focus on negative aspects of living persons should be avoided. For my part, I don't think naming the crimes of these individuals is undue focus on a negative aspect of their lives since it is what they are notable for, but I don't know if promoters and queuers will disagree. That said, since I proposed a hook with a new fact in it, I can't review it myself and am requesting an independent reviewer to take a look at ALT2b. Dclemens1971 (talk) 00:02, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Chatô, o Rei do Brasil

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  • ... that the film Chatô, o Rei do Brasil took twenty years to be released due to a scandal involving the mismanagement of public funds?
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Created by Cassilvwikis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

DanGFSouza (talk) 22:09, 8 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: The hook is not directly cited in the source given, it only says (translated): "After two decades of controversy surrounding director Guilherme Fontes – who last year was ordered to pay R$ 71 million to the Brazilian government ... " @DanGFSouza: Do you have a source stating that he mismanaged public funds? Chorchapu (talk | edits) 15:15, 25 February 2026 (UTC) Chorchapu (talk | edits) 15:15, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Siege of Mosul (1261)

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Siege of Mosul (1261)
Siege of Mosul (1261)
  • ... that the 1261 siege of Mosul (pictured) occurred after the city's new ruler rejected his father's previous submission to the Mongols?
  • Source: Jackson 2017, pp. 168, 453
Created by MunkhtushigTheGreatMongol (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 92 past nominations.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:37, 11 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • I'll review this.


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: This is a solid DYK. The article is short but it's a good start and hopefully it can be expanded with more attention brought to it. Earwig detects no copyvios, although I don't know how effective it is at checking when the sources are books, not online content. ALT0 is more interesting than ALT1 in my opinion. Gb321 (talk) 05:48, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Gb321 and AirshipJungleman29: Might just be the way I've ready it but I'm assuming "submission" is used in the "accept defeat" sense here? At first glance I was a little confused (read it as "submitting what?") Could it be worded slightly differently? I also prefer ALT0 to ALT1. SnowyRiver28 (talk) 23:56, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"Subjugation" is a better word, except it goes the wrong way, as it is the Mongols who subjugated Mosul. I don't know what the word is for the other way around, Mosul "being subjugated by" the Mongols. Mosul submitting to the Mongols is the best I can think of, but I can see what you mean when you say it sounds confusing: "his father's previous submission" sounds like he sent them something, not that he allowed himself to be subjugated. I'm not sure the best way to fix this. Gb321 (talk) 03:46, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT0a ...that the 1261 siege of Mosul (pictured) occurred after the city's new ruler rejected his father's previous acceptance of subjugation by the Mongols?
"acceptance of subjugation by" sounds clunky to me Gb321 (talk) 03:49, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on February 9

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Miloš Vučević

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Miloš Vučević
Miloš Vučević
Improved to Good Article status by Vacant0 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 750 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:08, 16 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]


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Hicks-neutral technical change

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  • Source: Galor, Oded (1988). "The Long-Run Implications of a Hicks-Neutral Technical Progress". International Economic Review. 29 (1): 177–183. doi:10.2307/2526817. ISSN 0020-6598.p. 177. Quote: "The long-run consequences of a Hicks-neutral technical change for factor prices are studied as well. The analysis demonstrates that in contrast to the results obtained in static (one-good, two-factor) frameworks, a Hicks-neutral technological progress, through its effect on capital formation, alters the factor price ratio in the long run." [2]
  • Source: Sheng, Yu. "Technological change, capital deepening, and agricultural total factor productivity ( TFP) growth: Cross‐country comparison of 18 OECD countries". Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 47 (5): 1848–1868. doi:10.1002/aepp.13535. ISSN 2040-5790. p. 1848. Quote: "Our results reveal technological progress as the predominant driver of agricultural TFP growth, consistently offsetting input scale contractions."
  • Source: Doraszelski, Ulrich; Jaumandreu, Jordi (2018) "Measuring the Bias of Technological Change". Journal of Political Economy. 126 (3): 1027–1084. doi:10.1086/697204. ISSN 0022-3808. p. 1030. Quote: "Hicks-neutral technological change causes output to grow, on average, in the vicinity of 1.5 percent per year."

— Preceding unsigned comment added by MiltonMilei (talk • contribs) 16:08, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Grapesurgeon:

  • Source: Galor, Oded (1988). "The Long-Run Implications of a Hicks-Neutral Technical Progress". International Economic Review. 29 (1): 177–183. doi:10.2307/2526817. ISSN 0020-6598.p. 182. Quote: "In the long-run, however, the increase in factor prices stimulates capital formation, which in turn further increases the wage rate while decreasing the interest rate." [3]

@Grapesurgeon:

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5x expanded by MiltonMilei (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

MiltonMilei (talk) 13:26, 10 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • @MiltonMilei: Hi, not doing a full review here and no comment on any other potential issues, but for the future reviewer's convenience, you should provide a link to the source in question, and ideally quote the line that supports the hook (especially if it's paywalled/not open access). Thanks, ScalarFactor (talk) 00:36, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • @MiltonMilei: imo hook is not particularly interesting; so what that it does? You could maybe spin the hook to emphasize how the article's title sounds like jargon, but imo at present there's no reason the average person would care to read into this. Could you provide one or more alternate hooks? grapesurgeon (talk) 16:05, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • @MiltonMilei: Hello, I saw the alternate hook proposed. The hook comes from a paper that is making a hypothesis; we can't present hypotheses as absolute truth on Wikipedia. The article also has a similar problem with this; This deceleration of progress reflects a shift from Hicks-neutral to labor-augmenting technological change that favors capital-intensive economies and amplifies cross country TFP differences this is presenting the paper as like proven fact rather than a hypothesis. Could you provide another hook? grapesurgeon (talk) 05:25, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Grapesurgeon: I added two alternative hooks. Did you see both of them? MiltonMilei (talk) 06:04, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • @MiltonMilei: The hook about Spain's output growth has the same hypothesis issue, so imo can't use. The increases wages hook may also be a hypothesis as well, particularly because "level of technology" in given formula may be a little vague, but my background in this area is a little weak. Maybe the hook could be reworded to: ALT5 "... that Hicks-neutral technical change is hypothesized to increase wages and lower interest rates". Maybe the Spain hook could be edited in a similar way instead. Do you have thoughts on which you'd prefer? grapesurgeon (talk) 14:56, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hypanis plicata

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Improved to Good Article status by Sn 173 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Sn 173 (talk) 10:35, 10 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • @Sn 173: Imo hook is not particularly interesting; so what that it can? Is it unusual for molluscs to be able to do that? The average person has no context on this; think about if you had to go out in the middle of the street and tell people about this would they be interested? Could you come up with one or more alternate hooks? grapesurgeon (talk) 16:06, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    • Boring into hard substrates like this is not something many aquatic animals in general can do, but if you say it's not interesting then I don't really know what I could do, sorry. Other facts about this species would be too technical to add here. Sn 173 (talk) 22:49, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Not willing to review, just a comment: maybe it's a wording issue? If you show that this mollusc, a soft-bodied animal (I think thin-shelled bivalve is too scientific for DYK), can bore into hard clay, and if you explain how it does it (does it use its foot?), and possibly why it does it, maybe it gets a different vibe. Barbalalaika 🐌 14:20, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Sn 173: Courtesy ping, sorry.
Sorry for responding so late. The literature doesn't really elaborate on this behavior besides comparing it to piddocks (bivalves in the family Pholadidae), but I don't know if "dyk that a cockle from the caspian sea can bore into hard clay similarly to piddocks?" or "convergently evolved that ability separately from piddocks" will mean anything to non bivalve-brained people (and also the most detailed but also brief account on the behavior and the mention of convergent evolution comes from a really old 1917 paper). I'm fine with this not getting promoted I just thought it'd be neat to try :P Sn 173 (talk) 19:18, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Ahmad Soedarsono

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  • ... that after being suggested to resign due to his cancer, ambassador Ahmad Soedarsono responded that he wanted to die in the line of duty? Source: https://www.tempo.co/tokoh/meninggal-dunia-1079451 - Almarhum mengidap kanker sejak lama dan sudah beberapa kali masuk rumah sakit di Bangkok. Atasannya pernah memintanya untuk pulang saja menginga penyakit itu. "siarlah saya meninggal dalam tugas," jawab Sudarsono. "The late ambassador had long suffered from cancer and had been hospitalized several times in Bangkok. His superiors once asked him to return home due to the illness. "Let me die on duty," Sudarsono replied."
Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 117 past nominations.

Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 03:54, 13 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: The article text uses "pass away in office" rather than "die in the line of duty" (as in the hook) or "die on duty" (as in the source). Per MOS:EUPHEMISM, one of the later two phrases would be preferred. Otherwise, this seems good to go to me. A Thousand Doors (talk | contribs) 10:10, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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Seedance 2.0

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  • ... that according to a major Hollywood writer, Seedance 2.0 is a sign that "one person is going to be able to sit at a computer and create a movie indistinguishable from what Hollywood now releases"?
  • Source: “I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us,” wrote Rhett Reese, writer of the “Deadpool” films, in a comment on the Cruise-Pitt video. “In next to no time, one person is going to be able to sit at a computer and create a movie indistinguishable from what Hollywood now releases.” Variety
Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 208 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 03:52, 18 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Hooks must adopt a neutral point of view. Someone else's opinion about Seedance 2.0 (even more, a wild prediction about Seedance 2.0 that may never actually happen) does not sound like a neutral hook. Cambalachero (talk) 16:10, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: that after viewing a viral clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting generated with Seedance 2.0, a major Hollywood writer stated "It's likely over for us"? Thriley (talk) 21:45, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Still the same problem. it's a wild prediction. I have noticed a problem with the article: it only talks about the reception of Seedance 2.0, and there's basically no info about Seedance 2.0 in itself. What are its features? Has Bytedance shared any insights, stories, or anecdotes about its creation? What changed from Seedance 1.0, 1.5, or whichever was the previous version? (surely it did not start as 2.0). Add more info from that angle, and surely you'll find a better hook in the process. Cambalachero (talk) 00:21, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Is this article in a good enough shape to be featured on DYK? Guz13 (talk) 15:48, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The article itself has the technical requirements (new, length, etc), but the hook is not suitable, and reading it I can't propose other alternatives either. That's because the article is mostly a "reactions to Seedance 2.0" rather than a proper "Seedance 2.0" article, and as a result there is no interesting info that can be made into a hook that isn't a variation of "someone has X opinion of Seedance 2.0". And, as pointed, hooks must be neutral. Cambalachero (talk) 18:21, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

There has been tons of press over the past week, so there is certainly more to add. I'll propose some new hooks over the next day or so. Thriley (talk) 19:14, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski

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  • ... that during the ratification of the Union of Brest, prince Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski organized a meeting of the union's Orthodox opponents in a local Protestant church?
  • Source: All the hierarchs of the Kievan metropolitanate arrived in Brest [...], but they did not meet together. Instead, [...] the Orthodox bishops, [...] Prince Ostroz'kyi and several other princes met in a nearby Protestant church. (Paul Robert Magocsi: A History of Ukraine, 1996, p. 166: https://diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/8750/file.pdf)
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5x expanded by Skoropadsky (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Skoropadsky (talk) 00:28, 14 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]


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Alfonsas Svarinskas

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Alfonsas Svarinskas kissing a Lithuanian Army flag in 1992
Alfonsas Svarinskas kissing a Lithuanian Army flag in 1992
  • ... that the Lithuanian Catholic priest Alfonsas Svarinskas (pictured) was nicknamed "The Incorrigible" by the KGB?
  • Source: Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo kanceliarija – Exhibition "The Legendary Priest. Monsignor Alfonsas Svarinskas (1925–2014)" [4]
  • Reviewed:
Created by +JMJ+ (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

+JMJ+ (talk) 22:02, 20 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

The article is long enough, new enough (just) and the hook is interesting (but the wording could possibly be tweaked). No QPQ needed.
I do have a few concerns with the article, however. The proposed image cannot be used because it is flagged for missing evidence of permission. I checked if there is an alternative image that could be used but I'm a bit wary of using either of them, I don't feel confident they are not subject to copyright. The article furthermore contains several unreferenced paragraphs, and much of it reads too much like proseline; for example here: In 1990–1991, he was the Chancellor of Cardinal Vincentas Sladkevičius. 1991–1992 Deputy of the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas. In 1991–1996, he was the Chief Chaplain of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, the first clergyman to hold this position in Lithuania. He was also given the rank of Reserve Colonel. [...] In 1997–1998, he was the Rector of Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Kaunas and Assistant Priest of the Minor Church of the Resurrection of Christ [lt]. In 1998–2000, he was the priest at Church of St. John the Baptist [lt] in Kavarskas. Since March 30, 2000, he was the priest-resident of Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Ukmergė. It's mostly a list of postings, can it be re-worked into genuine prose?
There are some minor beauty spots regarding the language too ("Alfonsas Svarinskas (January 21, 1925 – July 17, 2014) – Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest, Monsignor." is not a great way to start the articel; "grandma" seems a bit too informal to me, why not use "grandmother"? etc); I can perhaps live with those but they bring the general presentability down.
Finally, the hook facts are not readily identifiable in the prose of the article or supported by inline sources per WP:DYKCITE. To simplify things, I would propose an alternative hook, ALT 1: "... that Alfonsas Svarinskas was nicknamed "The Incorrigible" by the KGB?" which I find snappier and likely to make the reader curious; it is already supported by an inline citation.
Take your time to address these issues, and let me know your thoughts. Thanks, Yakikaki (talk) 21:42, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
+JMJ+ waiting on some fixes above. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 12:45, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the advice Yakikaki and sorry for the delay. I finally got around to making the fixes, both regarding the ALT (to make it snappier) and finding a better picture. I'll fix the prose today, and if not immediately, then tomorrow for sure. Thank you for your patience!--+JMJ+ (talk) 21:34, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
+JMJ+ Thanks, it looks much better now. I can see you've made a big effort here and really appreciate it. The image is appropriately tagged, I see you uploaded it yourself so I assume you are the one who took it? We do have a couple of new issues though, because the re-written prose is in several places quite thinly supported by inline citations, and per WP:DYKCITE we would at least need one inline citation to reliable sources per paragraph. Some more strongly worded claims, for example "the libelous propaganda film", would also need clear attributions supporting them. Thanks again for all your hard work on this, it's coming along nicely and we're almost there. Yakikaki (talk) 09:02, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
PS: The new image also needs to be included in the article. Yakikaki (talk) 09:04, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

+JMJ+ Hi again, how is it going? I checked in on the article just now and see that a lot of new inline citations have been added to sources that seem to be written by Svarinskas himself, is it correct? I'm not sure that will fit the bill for the use of primary sources in Wikipedia, it seems the article is becoming quite reliant on his own statements, also regarding controversial aspects such as his exposure to torture. I would recommend a lot of caution when using it. Other users may have more insight into how far his autobiography (if that is what it indeed is) can be used, based on other examples on Wikipedia. At this point I just note that the policy advises care when using primary sources. Thanks, Yakikaki (talk) 11:27, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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Eric Tolt

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Improved to Good Article status by Johnson524 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 31 past nominations.

Johnson524 17:11, 22 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Johnson524, could you suggest a different hook? I am sorry but I don't find this hook interesting. There is a fact in the first paragraph "Tetris career" section that is very interesting. I would suggest it myself, but then I could not review it. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 19:31, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Coffeeandcrumbs: Ooo I'd love to hear what you had in mind! 😀 Even if you can't conduct a review, it's more important to me to have the hook be as polished as possible for the main page. Cheers! Johnson524 22:01, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
      • Johnson524, I will have to find another DYK to review for QPQ but here goes. I suggest the following hook:
        ALT1:- ... that Eric Tolt was the first person to achieve a "maxout" on a version of Tetris, a point in the game where the score becomes so high that it no longer registers correctly?
I hope you like it. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 03:13, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Coffeeandcrumbs: Very much so! I've added it above, cheers! Johnson524 03:20, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
No opinion on ALT1, other than if we are to go with that, we need to make sure that the sourcing is extra strong per WP:DYKFIRST. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:46, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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St. Martin's Church, Zillis

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St. Martin's, Switzerland
St. Martin's, Switzerland
  • Source: https://zillis-st-martin.ch/kirchendecke-st-martin-zillis/ is checkable online. it indicates "Einbau der romanischen Holzdecke." was 1109-1114, but the printed Nay 2008 source suggests this is either a mistake or too aggressive - it says AFTER 1114 (when an original log in the ceiling was dated to).
Created by SnowFire (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 22 past nominations.

SnowFire (talk) 01:48, 25 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Toadspike [Talk] 09:23, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have modified this to "the third and present church". Toadspike [Talk] 09:32, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • I was looking at source 5, "La restauration du plafond de l'église de Zillis", and couldn't find the dates provided ("Between 1938 and 1940"). Please let me know where I can find them. It looks like source 10 is used later on to cover the same time period, maybe that one needs to be cited here as well. Incidentally, it looks like you got the title of source 10 wrong. The linked source is "Die romanische Bilderdecke der Kirche St. Martin in Zillis wiederbetrachtet", which would match date and author as well. The title you gave looks like that of a paper by Hans Rutishauser. However, in trying to verify the text cited to the first use of source 10, beginning with "The church ceiling is a work of art ...", I found that I could not verify most of that text (e.g. the date 1114, the panel size, the fir wood, and the flat ceiling) using this source, so perhaps you did intend to cite the paper by Rutishauser instead. Please take another look and do let me know if I have missed anything or misunderstood. Toadspike [Talk] 16:07, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for the check! My bad, I was sorting through sources without quite enough care, and not being a German-speaker obvious copy/paste errors didn't immediately stand out as howlers... I've fixed the '38-40 to be referenced to Nay. Cite 10 also just had flat the wrong title, yes (Rutishauser's work was technically a chapter in a monograph collection). Most of that paragraph was really cited to Nay 2008 at the end, and the other ref was more a "btw" on that particular sentence on the flat ceiling - I've repeated the original cite earlier in the paragraph for clarity. I also re-checked out Nay 2015 and went through it to make some additions. Infuriatingly enough, I didn't find in the first 70 pages or so the dimensions and fir part, but I'm 99% sure I got that from Nay 2008. Can double-check that back out again if desired. SnowFire (talk) 20:34, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on February 19

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Don W. Moore

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Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 131 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 20:13, 21 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • I will review. MartinPoulter (talk) 16:12, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is impressive work; clearly long enough, new enough, and written in good, Wikipedia style. QPQ done and no copyright concerns. I have added a few wikilinks and made small, stylistic edits. To me, ALT1 is vastly more interesting/ less confusing that the other hooks, but could be worded slightly more elegantly. Could we have "worked for Associated Press and United Press International and without telling either he worked for the other?" MartinPoulter (talk) 16:32, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on February 21

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Coulterville Main Street Historic District

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View of historic stone and wood-frame buildings along Main Street in Coulterville
View of historic stone and wood-frame buildings along Main Street in Coulterville
  • ... that a historic district (pictured) in California was rebuilt after a series of major fires resulting in a layering of different building techniques and materials?
"Numerous fires raged through the town, consuming all but a few fortunately situated structures and the masonry shell of structures in the path of the fire. New wood-frame structures were built and masonry shells were reused with wood-frame additions. The pattern of fire and rebuilding continued until 1900, when a decline in mining activity and improved fire protection techniques broke this cycle. Coultervilie's present appearance largely dates to the rebuilding that followed the last great fire in 1899. The structures in the Coulterville Main Street Historic District clearly reflect this pattern of development. The largest group — twelve of the twenty-four contributing structures — are built on the shells of masonry structures dating to the 1850s or 1860s, generally of brick or stone, with wood-frame additions dating to the period just after the 1899 fire. These structures are clustered near the intersection of Main Street and Highway 49 and constitute the core of the commercial district."
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    • Comment: Trying to get ahead of my QPQs here, hope I did this right!
Created by Sparks19923 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

DarthCloakedGuy (talk) 11:06, 21 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting article, new enough, long enough, few but fine sources, offline source accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I like the hook idea, but a few things:
  • I'd not pipe the title, which tells a lot (and a longer bold title is more attractive).
  • I'd drop California, and if not, have it without a link.
  • Consider mentioning gold rush instead.
  • The image is licensed, but hard to see in stamp size: consider to use one of the historic photographs which would give a better impression of the era. Thank you for nominating, DarthCloakedGuy! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:04, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Sparks19923: The nominator DarthCloakedGuy hasn't edited since the day of the nomination; in his absence, are you willing to pick this up and address the concerns? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:59, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on February 23

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Haibane Renmei

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  • ... that the script for Haibane Renmei was still unfinished by the time it started airing?
  • Source: Yoshitoshi, Abe (October 2010). "到来する出来事に向かって" [Facing the coming events]. Yurīka ユリイカ [Eureka] (Interview). Vol. 12. Interviewed by Arima, Yuu. Japan: Seidosha. p. 116. ISSN 1342-5641: それで放送が七話くらいまで進んでいたのに最終回ができていなくて、ダビングのときにRADIXのプロデューサーに廊下ですれ違い様に肩をポンと叩かれてあと二日でシナリオが完成しなかったら最終話は総集篇になりますと言われて "The finale was still unfinished around the time episode seven had aired, and during dubbing, the RADIX producer tapped me on the shoulder as we passed in the hallway and told me 'If the script isn't done in two days, the finale will be a recap episode.'"
  • ALT1: ... that the screenwriter of Haibane Renmei was given two days to finish its script? Source: Same as above
Improved to Good Article status by Kamakou (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Kamakou (talk) 22:09, 23 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Nice to see this here! Never seen it but always heard great things. Article was nominated same day as GA promotion. Passes length requirement. Extensively sourced, presentable, and recently passed GA review. Hook is sourced. QPQ is not necessary. Passes all the basic checks - my only thing is I'd probably adjust the wording of the hook. Both, I think, make it sound less interesting then the quote from the source does. For one, it says it's specifically the script for the finale rather than nondescriptly "the script", and makes it clear the show around halfway done airing before it was finished. Plus it includes the threat of the finale being a recap if it wasn't done in the two days. So it could be "the finale of Haibane Renmei was not fully written when the seventh episode aired", or "the screenwriter of Haibane Renmei was given two days to finish the script for the finale, or "a producer threatened to make the finale of Haibane Renmei a recap episode if the script wasn't finished in two days". Open to whichever direction you feel is best. LittleLazyLass (Talk | Contributions) 00:07, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Kamakou: Please respond to the above review. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:00, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, sorry for the delay! I didn't realize there had been a response. I think "... that a producer threatened to make the finale of Haibane Renmei a recap episode if the script wasn't finished in two days" would be perfect. Kamakou (talk) 02:11, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on February 24

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Siri Dahl

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Siri in 2013
Siri in 2013
5x expanded by Sangdeboeuf (talk) and Hemiauchenia (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 376 past nominations.

Launchballer 01:34, 5 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: A couple of sources in the article are tagged as non-independent press releases. Neither hook is interesting, so new suggestions are needed. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:24, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Removed the press releases. Suggest ALT1: ... that the cisgender actress Siri Dahl (pictured) once won a trans porn award? or ALT2: ... that Siri Dahl (pictured) once took part in a campaign called Hands Off My Porn?--Launchballer 19:14, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Note that there is currently a discussion at WT:DYK regarding pornography-related nominations: its outcome may affect this nomination and others. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:30, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

CUNY SEEK

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Created by Pharos (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Pharos (talk) 17:07, 1 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new enough, long enough, and cited to reliable sources throughout. Hook fact is verifiable, but I think the hook is not all that clear (particularly to non-Americans). When I initially read "Assembly Speaker" I assumed it was a post in the CUNY senate not the New York State Assembly. Non-American readers are also not likely to know who Shirley Chisholm and Percy Sutton are, and the current hook is not well suited for a global audience as required by WP:DYKHOOKSTYLE. There are far too many links to pages other than the target nominated article. I think we need to work on crafting a hook less dependent on links to other pages in order to successfully direct traffic to the CUNY SEEK page. The midnight march could still be featured but crafted in a different way. I think focusing on the CUNY program as an affirmative action program could help and dropping the names of Chisholm and Sutton altogether would be ideal as these are names non-Americans and younger Americans are not likely to recognize. Additionally the article is currently not compliant with MOS:LEAD. There are many facts in the lead section not articulated in the body of the article. The lead section is supposed to contain only facts communicated in the body. The article needs some reworking to move content from the lead into the body, and then restructure the lead as a summary of the content expressed in the body. I shouldn't be seeing cited claims in the lead section that aren't expressed below the lead. The lead needs to summarize only. Until that happens, this fails the presentability component of WP:DYKCOMPLETE. Please propose alternative hooks below, fix the lead, and then ping me. Best.4meter4 (talk) 17:21, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

BravesVision

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Created by White 720 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Wexmoney (talk) 02:32, 27 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

2024 EFL League Two play-off final

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Improved to Good Article status by Amakuru (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 21 past nominations.

 — Amakuru (talk) 15:05, 26 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Not a review, but I wonder if another hook is possible here because, as currently written, the hook may be a bit too specialist for most of our readers. Yes, association football is the world's most popular sport, but even many soccer fans are unfamiliar with the intricacies of the English leagues, such as promotion-and-relegation and the play-offs. I would suggest proposing a hook more targeted towards non-sports fans. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:55, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Before I even go into reading I can already tell you that I find the pipe misleading. I read that a person named Crawley Town played some match (of what, tennis?). Please open it giving year and league without further need to explain. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:24, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Fine GA, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. "aggregate" sounds impressive but I'd not know what it means. First-ever in Wembley, in 128 years and winning, sound interesting enough to me. Please let me know when you have other hook options. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:29, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Pacific Marine Mammal Center

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Created by Gjb0zWxOb (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 21:54, 24 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article easily meets length for the new article DYK requirement, and the DYK was submitted the date it was created. Article is neutral and well sourced. Copyvio clocks in at 3.8%. Hook is interesting but misleading, I propose it be changed to ALT 1 ...that a pacific harbor seal with lungworms led to the creation of the Pacific Marine Mammal Center? Gb321 (talk) 18:52, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on February 25

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La Ofis (Chilean TV series)

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Moved to mainspace by Robert Motecinos Holda (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Robert Motecinos Holda (talk) 23:02, 25 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • The Office hasn't been eligible since 2005; review needed for La Ofis.--Launchballer 04:43, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Launchballer: I was not aware of the fact that The Office was not elegible anymore when i nominated this article. However, this article talks about a separate TV show, even if it is an adaptation. I am not sure if this still qualifies it as an article about The Office, but from my limited understanding of the DYK rules, it seems to qualify due to it's age and character count + all the other requirements (In my opinion). Please correct me if i am wrong. And also, would you be so kind as to explain to me why The Office is not elegible for DYK? TIA, R. M. Holda - (talk) 16:48, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
La Ofis is eligible, it just needs a review. The Office is not eligible because it does not meet WP:DYKNEW.--Launchballer 16:56, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Launchballer: i removed the office UK as one of the main articles in this submission, it was a mistake from my part including it in. If i'm not mistaken, La Ofis has been reviewed, so would it be possible if the corrected DYK nomination is reviewed? TIA, R. M. Holda - (talk) 17:47, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Dalzell (British Army officer, born 1662)

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  • ... that Robert Dalzell, a general in the British Army, was also treasurer of the first insurance company in London to protect against the risk of fire?
  • Source: Chichester, H. M.; Spain, J. (2004). "Dalzell, Robert (1661/2–1758), army officer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7082. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.) "In 1720 Dalzell was appointed treasurer of the Sun Fire Office, the first London insurance house to undertake fire risks. Dalzell was one of a group of Scottish investors who took control of the business following the collapse of the South Sea Bubble, and retained his position as treasurer and later chairman until his death nearly forty years later."
5x expanded by Ruby2010 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 113 past nominations.

Ruby2010 (talk) 01:13, 5 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: No - The only issue is that "the first insurance company in London to protect against the risk of fire" is misleading since Fire Office was founded in 1680 "at the backside of the Royal Exchange".
  • Interesting: No - This might be interesting, but I found more intriguing stuff in the Guy pages ref on GB, though it will require more content sourced to Guy - namely what's in the my ALT1 - to be added to make it compliant with DYK rules. Helps fight the dispute over how to handle the "first" part (see WP:DYKFIRST)
  • Other problems: No - If you're still willing to run ALT0, replace "the first insurance company in London to protect against the risk of fire" with "one of London's first fire insurance companies".

QPQ: No - None yet.
Overall: Expanded from 26 February to 5 March (nom day), from 326 to 3859 B (11.83x). Not much worth noting. This is the hook proposed:

@Ruby2010: What do you think? ミラP@Miraclepine 20:22, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Miraclepine: I like your proposed althook. I've added a fuller quote to the article to support it. Regarding the fire risk claim, it is supported by the sources (Kaufman: "As long-standing Treasurer of the Sun Fire Office, the first London insurance house to undertake fire risks (now RSA Insurance Group), he lived at the business's premises at Craig's Court, Charing Cross"). But I'll modify to "one of the first" in the article since there is a disputed claim. Also, I will add my QPQ shortly. Ruby2010 (talk) 02:13, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I've completed my QPQ, but see now that I need to complete a second one as well. I will work on this tomorrow. Ruby2010 (talk) 02:21, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. If you prefer ALT1 over ALT0, please confirm this so I can checkmark the nom. ミラP@Miraclepine 02:36, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Ruby2010: "Tomorrow" has passed, so a reminder that per DYK rules this may be closed without warning if the other QPQ is not provided in 24 hours time. ミラP@Miraclepine 04:03, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Miraclepine: Apologies, life has been busy this week. I've added a second QPQ above. Ruby2010 (talk) 16:56, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I'll let a promoter decide on whether to use ALT1 over ALT0. (I'm using the mark per IAR and to get it out of the PEIS-clogged WP:DYKNOM.) ミラP@Miraclepine 17:22, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Independent review needed for ALT1. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:09, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on February 27

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Peter Brownell

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Improved to Good Article status by Jon698 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 115 past nominations.

Jon698 (talk) 05:37, 28 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: To start with, this nomination has an issue in that it states that the article was created on February 27, but in actuality it was elevated to GA status on that day. This should be changed. Concerning the article, it is long enough, neutral, well-sourced, and was elevated to GA status recently enough. The hook is cited, though I find it a tad bland. Perhaps adding when Brownell was elected would make it more interesting? Also, QPQ has not yet been satisfied, as two reviews are needed. Please ping me when these issues have been addressed and I will continue with this review. JJonahJackalope (talk) 19:26, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@JJonahJackalope: I corrected the nomination to be from its GA status rather than recent creation.
@Jon698: Given that two QPQs are required and only one has been provided, this may be closed within 24 hours as an incomplete nomination unless a second QPQ is provided.
@JJonahJackalope: How about this?:
ALT1 ... that Peter Brownell, the most recent Republican mayor of Burlington, Vermont, lost renomination to the Vermont State Senate over his support for same-sex civil unions?
It is mentioned in the lede, but the body does not directly state that his views cost him his seat, rather that he was targeted by a pastor over his views. If we go with ALT1 (or a reword of it, I think the actual wording could still be worked on), that has to be addressed first. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:02, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the notification @Narutolovehinata5:. I forgot about this DYK due to work in real life and some Wikipedia discussions. I have added the second QPQ. I like the hook that you proposed. Pinging @JJonahJackalope: as well. Jon698 (talk) 16:44, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Jon698: I have updated the review template to reflect some of the changes that have been made. If we are to proceed with ALT1 (or some variation), I agree with Narutolovehinata5 that some changes to the article would need to be made and that proper sourcing would need to be provided. Please reach back out to me when you are ready to continue this review. Also, courtesy ping for @Narutolovehinata5:. -JJonahJackalope (talk) 04:21, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@JJonahJackalope: I removed it from the lede in this edit. Jon698 (talk) 04:08, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Jon698: have you provided sources for the claims made in ALT1? -JJonahJackalope (talk) 02:09, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Reference [63] sources this. Jon698 (talk) 02:20, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Joe Baggs

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Moved to mainspace by Launchballer (talk) and Georgeykiwi (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 373 past nominations.

Launchballer 21:40, 27 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

An AFD has been opened. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:54, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on February 28

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2009 United States attacks in Yemen

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Improved to Good Article status by Hsnkn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Hsnkn (talk) 19:14, 6 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Unexpectedly Naughty Fukami

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  • ... that the author of Unexpectedly Naughty Fukami felt that the idea for the story was cliché when it was first suggested to her by her editors?
  • Source: Chil Chil [ja] (link): 着想のアイデアは編集部から頂いたのですが、最初聞いた時は結構ベタだなと思いました(笑)。[The idea of the concept was given to me from the editorial department, but when I first heard about it, I thought it was kind of cliché (laughs).]
Created by Lullabying (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 76 past nominations.

lullabying (talk) 06:33, 6 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Comments by Tbhotch

General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: A newly created article that is long enough. It doesn't have copyvio issues, it is sourced to acceptable sources (mostly). The hook is interesting and sourced. QPQs done However these are the issues I found:

  • Per WP:DYKTAG: "There is an expectation that an article—even a short one—that is to appear on the front page should appear to be reasonably complete and not some sort of work in progress." The article has a yellow banner indicating incompleteness, and the list is mostly unsourced.
  • The plot includes a quotation. As per MOS:PLOT:" However, if the summary includes a direct quotation from the work, then Wikipedia:Verifiability requires it to have an inline citation" You'll need to source it or reword it in your own words.
  • There is a Twitter source Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 23:30, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The Twitter source appears to be the official Twitter account of the label, so in theory it should be tolerable per WP:ABOUTSELF, though the ANN source also helps as a third-party reference. As for the episode list not having plot summaries, generally we really only require a plot summary for an entire work rather than individual episodes or volumes: the latter is not what DYKCOMPLETE is going for. If there's no plot summary for the manga itself, DYKCOMPLETE would apply, but there is. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:40, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm pointing out what is currently flagged, whether the flags are correct or not; they must be resolved before approval. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 03:13, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I only made minor grammar and spelling edits to the article. Template:No plot was added by User:Clariniie in this edit. I guess my username caused the confusion. Mosplot (talk) 23:24, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Pat O'Keeffe

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Lance Corporal Pat O'Keeffe instructing troops in boxing during the First World War.
Lance Corporal Pat O'Keeffe instructing troops in boxing during the First World War.
  • ... that during World War I, military boxer Pat O'Keeffe (pictured) once tried to recruit a milk-cart driver by asking "don't you want to serve your King?", only to get the reply: "Yus. How many quarts will he want?"? Source: "He wanted to serve". Star Green 'un. 17 July 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
    • ALT1: ... that British boxer Pat O'Keeffe (pictured) won the Lonsdale Belt outright during an air raid, saying before the bout: "If I get home safely tonight I don't think I will fight again"? Source: Bettinson, A. F.; Bennison, B. (1922). The Home of Boxing. London: Odhams Press. p. 185. Harding, John (2016). Lonsdale's Belt: Boxing's Most Coveted Prize. Pitch Publishing. p. 103.
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    • Comment: I am happy to provide a PDF or photo copy of the newspaper or book page(s) as proof if required. Full 'milk-cart' quote: "He was recently crossing London Bridge in company with his Sergeant-Major when from the other direction came a husky, healthy youth pushing a milk cart. Said the Sergeant-Major to the Corporal: “There’s a likely-looking recruit for you, Pat; try him.” O’Keeffe approached his victim, prodded him in the chest with his little stick, and said: “Say, don’t you want to serve your King?” “Yus,” answered the youth. “How many quarts will he want?”"
Improved to Good Article status by Metalicat (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Metalicat (talk) 13:31, 1 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]


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Amy Hart (TV personality)

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Created by Meena (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 48 past nominations.

DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 17:56, 8 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Reviewing CoryGlee 00:27, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • I was so indignant when checking the QPQs and saying to myself (the user is taking credit for another user's reviews). LOL. I checked and the nominator is different. Hehe. New and long enough, QPQs done, and article is reliably sourced. That said, as always with these things, subheads about Hart's works need to be fully referenced or trimmed to selected ones which can be verified by a RS. I did not understand the wording of hook #1, but if I am correct by reading the source, this would make it much more interesting than the original. Ping me, DaniloDaysOfOurLives ― CoryGlee 00:39, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Operación Estrella Polar III

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Created by Thepharoah17 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

Thepharoah17 (talk) 04:25, 3 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

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Created by NotCarlJohnson1992 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

NotCarlJohnson1992 (talk) 22:53, 2 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • {not a review) Could this hook be reworded please? It doesn't really read well, when I remove the 'due to its rarity' part. Also, the words 'odyssey' and 'official' don't appear in the article. JuniperChill (talk) 22:30, 4 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ok, here are alternatives:

ALT1: …that patients with POLR1C mutations can experience POLR3-related leukodystrophy with Treacher-Collins syndrome Source: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/NXG.0000000000000369

ALT2: …that there are 321 cases of POLR3-related leukodystrophy reported. Source: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12391809/ NotCarlJohnson1992 (talk) 09:52, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I think ALT1 most likely isn't interesting (ie, fails WP:DYKINT) as I have no idea what POLR1C and Treacher-Collins syndrome are. I would note that this isn't my area of expertise (which is why I only commented about rewriting the original hook, not you providing new hooks), so I'll get someone else to review this article and ALT2. JuniperChill (talk) 19:06, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I have a feeling ALT0 is also not interesting as idk what a 'diagnostic odyssey' is until now. And this is a pretty obscure topic nonetheless and that the article uses so much brackets even when skim reading that it would slow readers down so I'm not sure how this could proceed. JuniperChill (talk) 19:56, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
By “diagnostic odyssey” I mean that patients with this disease have to go to a lot of doctors to get diagnosed, it’s mentioned in the source. NotCarlJohnson1992 (talk) 20:27, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Then I think there's the potential for a reworded version of ALT0 as I feel as though that's interesting (hence why I've struck the 1st part of my previous comment). ALT0a: that as POLR3-related leukodystrophy is a rare hereditary disorder, patients have to through diagnostic odyssey to receive official diagnosis? But as I said earlier, I'll let another user review the other two hooks. JuniperChill (talk) 21:47, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thanks! NotCarlJohnson1992 (talk) 21:51, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
No opinion on the article itself, but I imagine readers might be turned off by seeing the overly medical name, so I would suggest referring to the disease under a more layperson-targeted name, or at least use a pipelink. So instead of saying "POLR3-related leukodystrophy", you could instead go with "a [type] condition" or something similar. JuniperChill Do you have one in mind? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:46, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This is an official name for this disorder, but “4H syndrome” is a synonym of it. Should it be changed to “4H syndrome”? NotCarlJohnson1992 (talk) 06:12, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Ramadan bazaar

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Created by Mrpresidentfaris (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 762 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:25, 4 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Suggesting another possibility:
  • ALT1 ... that many vendors at Ramadan bazaars intentionally design their products with the intention of going viral?
The issue right now is that the "Malaysia" section of the article, including the part where this ALT comes from, currently has an LLM tag, so that will need to be addressed regardless of what hook ultimately runs. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:41, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Port of Muskogee Railroad

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Port of Muskogee Railroad locomotives
Port of Muskogee Railroad locomotives
Converted from a redirect by JudeHalley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Jude Halley talk/contribs 13:25, 3 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Here's another hook:
ALT1: ... that a curve on the Port of Muskogee Railroad (pictured) was too tight for the Union Pacific's standard six-axle locomotives to use?
Source: https://www.progressiverailroading.com/intermodal/news/Port-of-Muskogee-obtains-grant-for-rail-upgrade-project--57243
"Union Pacific Railroad’s access now is limited to four-axle locomotives because the arc of the tracks entering the port is too narrow. Since six-axle locomotives have become the rail industry standard, the four-axle units are being phased out."
Jude Halley talk/contribs 01:53, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]



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Architecture of ancient Israel

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Volute capital from Jerusalem
Volute capital from Jerusalem
  • Source: Lipschits, Oded (2011-07-21). "The Origin and Date of the Volute Capitals from the Levant". The Fire Signals of Lachish. Penn State University Press. pp. 203–226. doi:10.5325/j.ctv1bxh0bf.18. ISBN 9781575066295.
On the last page, 226, it is said: "The 27 volute capitals in five of the major cities within the boundaries of the Kingdom of Israel as one of the main original architectural features that evolved in ancient Israel during the time of the Omride dynasty. This was a unique architectural phenomenon, with no known parallels from that time in the entire region... The distinct style of these capitals ... attracted the attention of the Assyrian rulers when they conquered the Kingdom of Israel and they were highly regarded by them. The Assyrians, renowned for their ability to embrace artistic and architectural elements and incorporate them into the local Assyrian tradition, adopted the volute capitals for a limited period of time and scope. They were placed ... as well as in Sennacherib's palace in Nineveh..."
Created by Tobias Schäfer 87 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Tobias Schäfer 87 (talk) 17:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • This is a thoroughly impressive article without even accounting for the fact that it is the author's first. Truly well done, Tobias Schäfer 87. It is new and more than sufficiently long. Sources abound. I have not detected any copyright or neutrality issues. I have verified the hook fact. The hook is interesting and the image is properly licensed. The one problem with the article is the lead. It currently consists of only one sentence, and that one sentence is tautological, basically stating that the architecture of ancient Israel was the architecture of ancient Israel. The goal of the lead sentence is not to repeat the title of the article but to summarize the content of the article for the reader. Surtsicna (talk) 19:20, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Sam Jaffe (naturalist)

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  • ... that to gallery openings of Sam Jaffe's photographs he brought "wine, cheese and live caterpillars"?
Created by HouseOfChange (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 26 past nominations.

HouseOfChange (talk) 21:31, 9 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Nice article with interesting hooks; the only problem is that neither quote currently appears in the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:54, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@AirshipJungleman29:Thanks for your review and for flagging this problem! I fixed it. HouseOfChange (talk) 20:15, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Pawnee-no-pashe

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Joseph is definitely "Not Afraid of Longhairs"
Joseph is definitely "Not Afraid of Longhairs"
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Created by Uruiamme (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

I like to saw logs! (talk) 09:33, 9 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Note: Listed as both regular DYK and April 1st, 2026.
  • ALT1 ... that Joseph Pawnee-no-pashe (pictured) was "Not Afraid of Longhairs" and the only governor of the Osage Nation?
  • ALT2 - April 1st ... that Governor Joe (pictured) was "Not Afraid of Longhairs"?
General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation

Image eligibility:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Nice article with interesting hooks, especially ALT2 for WP:DYKAPRIL. There are uncited paragraphs in the article which I've marked with {{cn}} per WP:DYKCITE. I'm also a little concerned about notability, as most of the sources seem to be quite old and/or WP:PRIMARY. Image is not that clear, so should probably not run. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:07, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Reply: I made several edits and fixed your citation noted portions a day or two ago. I then found several more "aha" resources that are not all primary sources. We have several newspaper articles that are retrospective of this individual, as he was prominent enough to have a memorial placed in the 1960s. I switched to quoting the best secondary sources with a method that preserves the page number. The newspaper articles about him are substantially short enough to need just a single cite. While editing Joe, I discovered his brother was perhaps as prominent or more than he was ... he also has a monument ... and statue ... on his tomb. Joe was one of the main Osage leaders in stories from the late 1860s to the early 1880s. His brother didn't gain prominence until later. The article's quality isn't exactly a full featured article, but it stands as one of the most comprehensive biographies available anywhere, basing it on a plethora of sources scattered widely and only recently available to a global audience.
I am not sure what the problem with the photo is with clarity at 100px. I would like another opinion. It's just a simple crop from a 150 year old print. There are other images of him on the Internet but probably not uploaded to Wikipedia yet. This was a studio photo from around the early to mid 1870s. Thanks ~~ AirshipJungleman29 for your input. I would like to move forward with the April 1 potential for 2026. I feel the quality of the article is sufficient to stand beside any other leader from the Osage nation, and is likely better than any who lived so long ago. I like to saw logs! (talk) 22:10, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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Freddie Moore

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  • ... that despite having a career spanning over 70 years, starting in the 1910s, only in 1981 did Freddie Moore record his first and only album as leader?
2. Yanow, Scott. "Freddie Moore Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
    • Reviewed:
Created by KingGreenbean (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

𝕶𝖎𝖓𝖌𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚗 💬🖋️ 00:20, 8 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Review: New and long enough. Content is sourced, neutral, and copyvio free (see below). Hook is sourced to a description of a Rutgers oral interview of the subject, which is slightly strange because the oral interview says nothing about the album, but is probably okay. AllMusic biography cited to Scott Yanow is considered reliable by the music projects. Hook is good but slightly awkward because it refers to numbers three times (70, 1910s, 1981), a format you generally want to minimize by eliminating numbers in a hook whenever possible. Given that the discography section was tagged and I removed the tag and expanded it somewhat, I will bow out of this review and hand it over to someone else. For what it's worth, the Freddie Moore oral history interview linked above contains most of the missing recordings that should be added to the discography. Extensive review notes below:
    • @KingGreenbean: Get yourself an internet archive account (they are free) and check out Voices of the Jazz Age (1992), pp. 174-187. It's a great overview of the subject and will lead you into all sorts of directions.
    • I did a little bit of cleanup and removed close paraphrasing, bringing the Earwig percentage down about 4%.
    • I corrected some grammar and dates and the title of the LP. All we know for sure is that The Great Freddie Moore was recorded in 1981.[7] The release date of 1985 looks like an error to me, so I removed it.
    • I removed the expansion tag and changed the section to selected discography. Also, if you read the footnotes to Voices of the Jazz Age, it says that many of the recordings are not available, although since that was written in 1992, things may have changed. Using expansion tags is generally not helpful, as they just sit in the article for years on end. I'm happy to help with the discography.
    • My only complaint right now is that this article doesn't touch on the main points, importance, and significance of who Moore was and what he accomplished. You could do that in just a few sentences in the lead or the body or both. One way to approach this is to briefly describe his style that you write about in the lead as well. The author of Voices of the Jazz Age explains why this is notable. Moore had a drumming style that he used that had mostly died out between 1910 and 1920. That's very unusual as he preserved a kind of musicianship, almost a living museum if you think about it. He also came from a time when entertainment and music were generally one and the same, which for the most part, is no longer true of jazz. To quote Chip Deffaa from his book, Moore "is a holdover from an almost-vanished style of performing...Moore is a survivor from an era that's now almost completely gone."
    • In general, your hook is good, but there are so many incredible hooks to choose from in Deffaa's book that it might make your head spin. The anecdote about Moore, Art Hodes, and their encounter with racism is a really good one and would make a fine hook, for example. The anecdote about Moore playing in King Oliver's band and Oliver threatening the band to come to rehearsal on time with a gun is another good one. The anecdote about him working in a carnival is very sad, but could also work. However, given your excellent lead image, you may want to write a new hook that emphasizes his musicianship as entertainment and a lost art of performance, as well as his drumming style. This is so that the hook matches the image.
    • This is very interesting: Moore's appearance on Wilbur De Paris And His Rampart Street Ramblers New Orleans Jazz album (Atlantic, 1952), was an early experiment with binaural recording on vinyl. This could be a most fascinating hook if more could be found about it.
    • The lead image is iconic. Is there a reason you don't want to use it in your hook so that it will appear on the main page?
  • Viriditas (talk) 09:41, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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The Ancestor's Tale

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Improved to Good Article status by Charlie Faust (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Charlie Faust (talk) 16:18, 9 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Further, is the book about a widely accepted fact, or just a theory, or only a work of fiction? M. Billoo 03:51, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Theory/fact is a false dichotomy, as theories (Einstein's relativity, the germ theory of disease, plate tectonics, quantum theory) are used to explain facts. Darwin's theory of natural selection explains the observable fact of evolution. As such, it is a theory and a fact. Per Wikipedia: "A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of such facts. The facts of evolution come from observational evidence of current processes, from imperfections in organisms recording historical common descent, and from transitions in the fossil record. Theories of evolution provide a provisional explanation for these facts."[1]
And yes, it is well-observed. See Peter and Rosemary Grant's study of Darwin's finches, Richard Lenski's E. coli long-term evolution experiment, the evolution of nylon-eating bacteria... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlie Faust (talk • contribs) 13:59, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Charlie Faust: (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Ok, your concept may qualify. But not as the current wordings. You need to rephrase it, and mention your page title in bold link within your hook. So that the readers may know which article you want them to come and see. Again, I must say, please study WP:HOOK. Thank you! M. Billoo 19:40, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

ALT4: ... that The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life retraces the history of life using a format based on The Canterbury Tales? Thriley (talk) 01:02, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Dawkins, Richard; Wong, Yan. The Ancestor's Tale. p. 313.
  2. ^ Dawkins, Richard; Wong, Yan. The Ancestor's Tale. p. 186.
  3. ^ Dawkins, Richard; Wong, Yan. The Ancestor's Tale. p. 233.
  4. ^ Dawkins, Richard; Wong, Yan. The Ancestor's Tale. p. 533.

Éric Bernard (actor)

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Bernard in 2014
Bernard in 2014

* ... that French actor Éric Bernard (pictured) alleged that homophobia in France's cinema played a part in the decline of his career after a main role in the film Sauvage?

  • ALT1: ... that French actor Éric Bernard (pictured) refused a suggestion by one of his friends to capitalise on his Tunisian background to pursue a successful acting career? Source: This very old note of Le Parisien of November 2006 tells this detail
  • ALT2: ... that an agent of French actor Éric Bernard (pictured) asked him not to hold hands with his husband in the Cannes Film Festival to avoid damaging possible roles as a straight man? Source:I guess you saw it per your statement, let me know if not
  • Reviewed: Huachicol fiscal and Amy Hart (TV personality)
Created by CoryGlee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 29 past nominations.

CoryGlee 00:52, 9 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

  • Adequate sourcing: Yes
  • Neutral: No - The personal life section seems a bit undue due to its size relative to career; some parts may have to be moved to the career section or trimmed outright, and the career section may have to be expanded (for example with reception about his role in Sauvage. Everything else is fine BTW.
  • Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: Yes

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: No - Regarding ALT0, ref 5 doesn’t say in toto that he alleged that homophobia played a role in his career’s decline (unlike with that he alleged encountering homophobia in the industry), but rather that a journalist writing ref 5 analyzed that it was part of homophobia in the French industry. ALT1 is fine, though I’m include to suggest a hook about how his agent told him not to hold hands with his husband at Cannes.
  • Interesting: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Created two days ago, size 4273 B, not much issues worth noting. @CoryGlee: address the issues and you’re good to go. ミラP@Miraclepine 21:27, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@CoryGlee: All good from the article side of things! I prefer ALT2, but it's a little too clunky:
ALT2b: ... that actor Éric Bernard was advised not to hold hands with his husband in the Cannes Film Festival to avoid damaging possible roles as a straight man? Source: Same as ALT2b
I think they'll get the idea that it was an agent/manager/employer. What do you think? BTW, I almost forgot to note that I marked the image at Commons for possible copyvio. ミラP@Miraclepine 13:33, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much, Miraclepine! Yes, of course, that's more concise and simple. By the way, about the photo, I did not upload that, so I cannot tell you about its CC status; I will look for another photo or otherwise that's not a requirement :-) Thanks. CoryGlee 13:38, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I never said you uploaded it, just that it happened to be there. Also, if you don't have any luck in finding a photo, it's not necessary. You can just remove it. ミラP@Miraclepine 13:53, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I know you never said that, I was just stating it for the record. Cool. Thanks. CoryGlee 15:52, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

E.T.: Interplanetary Mission

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Created by OpalYosutebito (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

- OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 19:16, 8 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall: The article received GA status, it's long enough, well sourced, hook is well sourced and interesting. Just a few minor corrections and then we'll be good to go:

  • "Critics deemed the game an improvement from the previous E.T. game" - "improvement on" is more correct.
  • "Once NewKidCo and Ubisoft acquired the license to the movie from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment."- The purpose of the sentence is unclear.

And congrats on the GA status! Bremps - though your suggestion certainly does spark curiosity, with your permission I think we'll go with ALT0, it probably has a better chance of being approved ;) TouchedWithFire (talk) 13:57, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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Star Reach (video game)

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5x expanded by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 591 past nominations.

Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:08, 11 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new and long enough, hook is very interesting and eyecatching for me, though I'm not sure about its factuality. The statement you made originated from the opinion of James Jeff, who reviews for the Computer Gaming World, in the Gameplay section and is presented as a given fact as if the game's creator intended it as such. Could you clarify on this issue? That's the only problem from my side, if it's resolved then it's good to go. Thank you. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 18:19, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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Odes 1.4

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Illumination and calligraphy by William Morris
Illumination and calligraphy by William Morris
Created by Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 74 past nominations.

Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 00:03, 13 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Sounds good! Please feel free to "yo" me when you finish. Thriley (talk) 22:28, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Linguistic purism in France

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Created by Emholt1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Emholt1 (talk) 18:46, 10 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: None required.

Overall: Interesting article, but a couple of points. Firstly, it seems to me like a content fork of Language policy in France, which covers much of the same material in more detail. Should this not be merged into that? Secondly, if the answer to that is no, there are a couple of issues that need to be fixed, like some uncited material, and some source misrepresentation (e.g "often even denying that languages other than French exist at all" is not supported by the source. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:32, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Lucky Avianto

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Moved to mainspace by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 4. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 120 past nominations.

Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 18:50, 15 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

@Jeromi Mikhael: Note that since this is a double nomination and we are currently on backlog mode, you need to provide four QPQs. Given the number of QPQs involved, you will be given 36 hours instead of the usual 24 hours notice; however, the nomination will still be marked for closure if you do not provide them in time. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:25, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, sorry for the lack of QPQ, I was chasing the deadline since the former article is already quite old and I'd thought it'll be a good idea to nominate it first before completing the DYK. Will be completing the DYK formalities ASAP. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 13:50, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
WP:DYKUBM demands an extra QPQ "for every new nomination", not per article, so you need three, not four. I'll review when I see them.--Launchballer 13:55, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer:, I went with Narutolovehinata5's interpretation of the QPQ rule and I've reviewed four different articles for this occasion. I think you can commence with the review. Thank you! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 14:52, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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John Fasel

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Created by Guerreroast (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 36 past nominations.

Roast (talk) 20:46, 14 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • The article is new enough and long enough. I did not find any close paraphrasing. Two QPQs have been provided; however, only the Argelia Laya review appears to have been a full one; Humus form does not appear to have been a full review (or at least did not explicitly check all the criteria), so a different QPQ has to be provided. The hook is interesting but misleading: the article does not explicitly say he ate nails for a living (i.e. that was his job), but rather he did it as part of his job. A rephrasing is needed. I'm also a bit concerned about WP:DYKCOMPLETE since it doesn't say exactly when he retired, if he pushed through with it, what happened to him after, and most importantly stuff about his personal life and when he died. If none can be found, that's okay, I am just bringing this up here in the interest of transparency. The sources are paywalled (Newspapers.com has a hard paywall and NYT is soft paywalled) and I don't currently have TWL access, so I am requesting excerpts for the relevant statements. For the QPQ issue: I am giving you 24 hours or so to provide a replacement QPQ, otherwise this will be closed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:58, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hồ Vĩnh Khoa

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  • ... that Vietnamese actor Hồ Vĩnh Khoa quit his acting career and moved to the United States with his husband, where they regularly uploaded videos to their OnlyFans account?
  • Source: VGT tells everything about the end of his career and decision to take up private life, as well as other details beyond their work for adult films on OnlyFans.
  • ALT0a ... that Vietnamese actor Hồ Vĩnh Khoa said that Buddhism and Buddhist rituals heavily influenced his lifestyle?
    • Source: Phunu Online: "Faced with life's obstacles, the actor chose to recite Buddhist scriptures and mantras to seek spiritual guidance. "People still judge me by my appearance, by my social media, as someone uneducated and lacking depth. But in reality, I'm different. I'm a vegetarian, I recite Buddhist prayers. I'm a family man, I rarely go out so I can spend time with my family," Ho Vinh Khoa shared about his lifestyle, which is heavily influenced by and based on his belief in Buddhism." (from Vietnamese)
  • ALT1 ... that Vietnamese actor Hồ Vĩnh Khoa came to dislike the label of "hot boy" and said he was looking for his true self as a "charistmatic and edgy guy"?
    • Source: ZNews: Ho Vinh Khoa admits he's no longer too young to be called a "hot boy." He also doesn't want to continue pretending to be younger to please his teenage fans. "I'm trying to break free from the 'hot boy' image and become a charismatic, edgy guy. That's my true self," he said.
    Created by CoryGlee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 30 past nominations.

    CoryGlee 16:24, 14 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Hashi Mohamed

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    • ... that Hashi Mohamed believes social mobility is no longer possible for British children?
    Improved to Good Article status by JacobTheRox (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) 16:01, 14 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]


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    Atzimba Casas Escudero

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    • Source: Source (in Spanish): "Los 'Súper campeones' me inspiraron, gracias al futbol pagué mi carrera: Atzimba Casas Nos fuimos a vivir a Estados Unidos cuando yo tenía cuatro años, ahí todo era nuevo, no había mucho qué hacer, yo me la pasaba viendo la tele y había un programa que se llamaba los Supercampeones, de ahí vi el futbol como algo bien padre". / (in English) "'Captain Tsubasa' inspired me; thanks to football I paid for my degree: Atzimba Casas We moved to the United States when I was four years old. Everything was new there; there wasn't much to do. I spent all my time watching TV, and there was a show called Captain Tsubasa. That's how I started to see soccer as something really cool." Milenio
    5x expanded by Morogris (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 112 past nominations.

    Morogris (✉ • ✎) 02:56, 16 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Irish War News

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    Irish War News (Volume One Issue One)
    Irish War News (Volume One Issue One)
    • ... that only one copy of Irish War News was ever published (pictured)?
    Created by Finnfrog99 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    Finnfrog99 (talk) 00:55, 16 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • New enough and barely long enough. The reference does not mention there being only one publication. Also, in the hook, "copy" should be substituted for "issue", as the former would mean there has only ever been one paper with this publication. Roast (talk) 01:34, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Guerreroast: Hello! small update, turns out there was a second issue of Irish War News that was only briefly mentioned in one source that exists online, so i'll have to do a different hook
    • ALT1: ... that the second issue of Irish War News was printed 8 years after the first (pictured)?

    Finnfrog99 (talk) 16:53, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Alan J. Southward

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    Created by Cremastra (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

    Suggestions on alternate hooks are always welcome. Cremastra (talk · contribs) 18:28, 15 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • This is a lovely new article of sufficient length. Sources are cited and check out. Cremastra forgot to cite the source, but I was able to verify the hook fact. I see no copyright or neutrality issues. QPQ is done. I find the original hook somewhat bland, but love ALT1. The subject's wife is also notable and I hope to see an article about her too. Would you be interested in proposing a double hook featuring both spouses? Surtsicna (talk) 20:39, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
      • Dr. Southward has a bit less coverage than her husband, unfortunately, but I should be able to throw together an article on her. Good idea for the double hook. And apologies, what part of the hook did I forget to cite? Cremastra (talk · contribs) 20:48, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    You only forgot to cite it in the DYK nomination template. I do not think that is required anyway, but it does help reviewers verify. Please let me know when/if you write an article about her and the double hook! Surtsicna (talk) 22:39, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


    Articles created/expanded on March 16

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    Verses of Love (novel)

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    • ... that the Indonesian novel Verses of Love has been read as a challenge to Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses''?
    • Source: *Sakai, Minako (2012). "Preaching to Muslim Youth in Indonesia: The Dakwah Activities of Habiburrahman El Shirazy". Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affair. 46 (1): 9–31. One of the reasons why Habib wrote Ayat Ayat Cinta was that he wanted to compete against the Satanic Verses of Salman Rushdie which is seen by many Muslims as an insult against Muhammad and Islam. Habib believed that in the West the image of Islam was so tarnished that those who do not know anything about Islam feel fearful about Islam and Muslims
    Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 773 past nominations.

     — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:22, 16 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Temple of ECK

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    The Temple of ECK
    The Temple of ECK
    5x expanded by Darth Stabro (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 63 past nominations.

    ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 18:38, 16 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

    Hook eligibility:

    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Article is new enough and long enough (tool notwithstanding, given that it reads the geolocation poorly). Copyvio tool shows no issues. Couldn't quite read the clipping, so AGF there. I am not sure on the hook fact, however. Signing a petition for something is not necessarily being against something else. If the source supports the petition actively opposing ECK, great, the article should reflect that. If not, we need a new hook.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:33, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Edmund Wojtyła

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    Doctor Edmund Wojtyła
    Doctor Edmund Wojtyła
    Moved to mainspace by Robert Motecinos Holda (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    R. M. Holda - (talk) 03:35, 16 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • @Robert Motecinos Holda: Hi! Thanks for the superb article, I've checked the formalities on length, citation, and plagiarism and none of those churned out anything concerning. Just one question about the hook: is it necessary to mention the subject as a brother of the Pope, or would the hook do the same thing by simply mentioning his name without any superficial attributes? Is there any connection on the focus on the hook to his genealogy? I felt like both of the hook would be more concise without it. Thank you! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 13:54, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Jeromi Mikhael: I personally believe that including the detail that Edmund was the pope's brother makes the hook more interesting, especially since John Paul II was and still is a well known pope. That is my personal opinion though, and you can remove that detail if you see fit. R. M. Holda - (talk) 18:49, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Don McGowan

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    • ... that Don McGowan's television antics included snowballs, a clown costume, and a streaker?
    Created by Flibirigit (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 175 past nominations.

    Flibirigit (talk) 00:34, 16 March 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Created yesterday, size 9197 B. Nothing to note after minor fixes made. @Flibirigit: Address the issue and you're good to go. ミラP@Miraclepine 18:23, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]


    Special occasion holding area

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    See also: WP:SOHA

    The holding area is near the top of the Approved page. Please only place approved templates there; do not place them below.

    Do not nominate articles in this section—nominate all articles in the nominations section above, under the date on which the article was created or moved to mainspace, or the expansion began; indicate in the nomination any request for a specially timed appearance on the main page.
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