User:Feminist/DYK replacement

Draft. Will be polished if gains support

DYK renamed to "Recent additions" or "Recently improved articles"
Hooks replaced by blurbs which provide a concise summary of an article. Think Signpost featured content blurbs
Blurbs are about 300 characters long (anything from 250 to 350 characters would be fine)
Nominators are required to provide a blurb of the article, instead of a hook
4 blurbs per set, one article per blurb. Topmost blurb of each set gets an image
Blurbs should contain a variety of articles. Just like DYK, a maximum of 2 biographies and 2 articles about America
Sets are updated every 8 hours, resulting in 12 articles per day. Rate can be adjusted to one set per 6, 8, 12, 16 or 24 hours depending on number of article nominations, just like DYK
Instead of checking the accuracy and interest of a DYK hook, reviewers check whether the blurb stays true to the article and is grammatically correct
To compensate for the lower number of articles that can be featured, the prose size requirement may be increased from a minimum of 1500 characters to 2500 characters, although I don't really think this is necessary
Everything else, including article eligibility, images, QPQ requirements, prep and queue areas, set promotion, etc. is carried on from DYK

Advantages

Drop-in replacement, can use existing DYK infrastructure, such as bots, templates, prep areas, etc. with only aesthetic changes required
Solves accuracy and interest concerns about hooks, by abandoning hooks altogether
More useful information for each article
More images can be featured
No need to twist a fact to make it interesting, which often affects accuracy as well. A blurb is basically a shortened lead section, which does not require citations

In a transition period between DYK and the new system, article nominators are required to submit both a hook and a blurb
Once all submissions with only DYK hooks are used up, transition to new system by using the blurbs, and update templates (such as {{NewDYKnomination}} and {{DYK talk}})
After transition, stop requiring blurbs for new submissions
Decide whether project pages need to be renamed; if pages are renamed, bots need to be updated to reflect the new page titles, which should not be too complicated
A press release may be used to inform readers of this change, similar to Wikipedia:Main Page history/2015 November 2, since after all we are replacing a 12-year-old feature on the main page