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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, it.

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Count of DYK nominations
Section	Unapproved	Approved	Total
May 12		1	1
May 16	1		1
May 19		1	1
May 20		2	2
May 22		1	1
May 23	1	1	2
May 24		1	1
May 26	1	2	3
May 27		1	1
May 28		3	3
May 30	1	1	2
May 31		3	3
June 1	1	3	4
June 2		1	1
June 3		2	2
June 4		2	2
June 5		2	2
June 6	1	5	6
June 7		3	3
June 8		4	4
June 9		10	10
June 10		5	5
June 11	1	9	10
June 12	3	5	8
June 13		6	6
June 14	3	10	13
June 15	2	5	7
June 16		5	5
June 17	2	7	9
June 18		5	5
June 19		5	5
June 20	1	7	8
June 21	2	4	6
June 22	3	8	11
June 23	4	5	9
June 24		11	11
June 25	2	7	9
June 26	1	9	10
June 27	2	6	8
June 28	1	7	8
June 29	3	11	14
June 30	5	13	18
July 1	3	11	14
July 2	1	8	9
July 3	4	8	12
July 4	4	6	10
July 5	4	8	12
July 6	3	7	10
July 7	6	15	21
July 8	5	6	11
July 9	8	6	14
July 10	7	1	8
July 11	8	3	11
July 12	5	10	15
July 13	6	10	16
July 14	3	10	13
July 15	6	8	14
July 16	8	3	11
July 17	5	5	10
July 18	8	7	15
July 19	8	2	10
July 20	7	2	9
July 21	5	4	9
July 22	2		2
Total	157	339	496
Last updated 03:23, 22 July 2026 UTC Current time is 03:27, 22 July 2026 UTC [refresh]

Instructions for nominators

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

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

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.
• After the nomination is approved, a bot will automatically list the nomination page on Template talk:Did you know/Approved.

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

How to promote an accepted hook

At-a-glance instructions on how to promote an approved hook to a prep area

• See Wikipedia:Did you know/Preparation areas for details on verifying a hook's acceptability.
• Promoters should not promote their own nomination or their own review.
• When promoting hooks intended for a particular date, keep in mind that when the number of available approved nominations exceeds 120 we switch to two sets per day, and when that number drops below 60 we return to one set per day.

Check list for nomination review completeness

1. Select a hook from the approved nominations page that has one of these ticks at the bottom post: .
2. Check to make sure basic review requirements were completed.
   • Any outstanding issue following needs to be addressed before promoting.
3. Check the article history for any substantive changes since it was nominated or reviewed.
4. Images for the lead slot must be freely licensed. Fair-use images are not permitted. Images loaded on Commons that appear on the Main Page are automatically protected by KrinkleBot.
5. Hook must be stated in both the article and source (which must be cited at the end of the article sentence where stated).
6. Hook should make sense grammatically.
7. Try to vary subject matters within each prep area.
8. Try to select a funny, quirky or otherwise upbeat hook for the last or bottom hook in the set.

Steps to add a hook to prep

• In one tab, open the nomination page of the hook you want to promote.
• In a second tab, open the prep set you intend to add the hook to.

Wanna skip all this fuss? Install WP:PSHAW instead! Does most of the heavy lifting for ya :)

1. For hooks held for specific dates, refer to "Local update times" section on DYK Queue.
   • Completed Prep area number sets will be promoted by an administrator to corresponding Queue number.
2. Copy and paste the hook into a chosen slot.
   • Make sure there's a space between ... and that, and a ? at the end.
   • Check that there's a bold link to the article.
3. If it's the lead (first) hook, paste the image where indicated at the top of the template.
4. Copy and paste ALL the credit information (the {{DYKmake}} and {{DYKnom}} templates) at the bottom
5. Check your work in the prep's Preview mode.
   • At the bottom under "Credits", to the right of each article should have the link "View nom subpage" ; if not, a subpage parameter will need to be added to the DYKmake.
6. Save the Prep page.

Closing the DYK nomination page

1. At the upper left
   • Change {{DYKsubpage to {{subst:DYKsubpage
   • Change |passed= to |passed=yes
2. At the bottom
   • Just above the line containing

     }}<!--Please do not write below this line or remove this line. Place comments above this line.-->

     insert a new, separate line containing one of the following:

     To [[TM:DYK/P1|Prep 1]]

     To [[TM:DYK/P2|Prep 2]]

     To [[TM:DYK/P3|Prep 3]]

     To [[TM:DYK/P4|Prep 4]]

     To [[TM:DYK/P5|Prep 5]]

     To [[TM:DYK/P6|Prep 6]]

     To [[TM:DYK/P7|Prep 7]]

   • Also paste the same thing into the edit summary.
3. Check in Preview mode. Make sure everything is against a pale blue background (nothing outside) and there are no stray characters, like }}, at the top or bottom.
4. Save.

For more information, please see T:TDYK#How to promote an accepted hook.

Handy copy sources:

• To [[TM:DYK/P1|Prep 1]]
• To [[TM:DYK/P2|Prep 2]]
• To [[TM:DYK/P3|Prep 3]]
• To [[TM:DYK/P4|Prep 4]]
• To [[TM:DYK/P5|Prep 5]]
• To [[TM:DYK/P6|Prep 6]]
• To [[TM:DYK/P7|Prep 7]]

How to remove a rejected nomination

• 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

• 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

• 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

Older nominations

Articles created/expanded on May 16

Nusuk

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• ... that Nusuk was used by Hajj 2023 applicants from 57 countries after Saudi Arabia replaced a lottery process with priority-based selection?

• Source: Al Jazeera says pilgrims from Europe, Australia and the Americas were chosen "based on priority" for Hajj 2023, and that Nusuk was used for applicants from 57 countries.

• • ALT1: ... that Nusuk, a Saudi pilgrimage app launched in 2022, surpassed 51 million users worldwide by March 2026? Source: Saudi Gazette reported that the Minister of Hajj and Umrah announced in March 2026 that Nusuk had surpassed 51 million users worldwide.

• ALT2: ... that after Saudi Arabia moved away from lottery-based selection for Hajj 2023, applicants from 57 countries used Nusuk to seek a place on the pilgrimage?
• Source: Al Jazeera says Saudi Arabia used a lottery system for Hajj 2022, while pilgrims from Europe, Australia and the Americas were chosen "based on priority" for Hajj 2023, and that Nusuk was used for applicants from 57 countries to select Hajj packages and payment options.

• • Reviewed: [[]]
  • Comment: Special occasion request: please hold for 26 May 2026, the expected Day of Arafah / 9 Dhul Hijjah 1447 AH, if approved in time.

Moved to mainspace by Umais Bin Sajjad (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Umais🗣 08:06, 17 May 2026 (UTC).

• I'll review this! Finnfrog99 (talk) 18:29, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good to go! but dont think ALT1 is interesting, only approving ALT0. Finnfrog99 (talk) 18:35, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

• This was only approved a few days before the date request; but there a few issues with the hook, so I'm afraid this can't be run in time. ALT0 is written fairly confusingly, it doesn't really make clear what the app does or what the lottery/priority system is for non-Muslims, and ALT1 was not approved. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 22:41, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I agree ALT0 can be clearer. Would this version address the concern?

• ALT2: ... that after Saudi Arabia moved away from lottery-based selection for Hajj 2023, applicants from 57 countries used Nusuk to apply for Hajj packages?

This keeps the hook focused on what Nusuk was used for while retaining the lottery-system context. Umais🗣 05:16, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Pardon my ignorance, but what's a Hajj package? I'm not sure the average reader will know, either. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 04:54, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

By "Hajj package", I meant the service package applicants choose for the pilgrimage, usually covering arrangements such as accommodation, transport and related Hajj services. I agree that wording may not be clear enough for a general reader, so I have updated ALT2 to avoid that term. Umais🗣 18:38, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

all right, that clears up my concern, ALT2 is good to go :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 04:29, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Pulled per concerns about close paraphrasing at DKYT. Dclemens1971 (talk) 19:22, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

• Procedurally adding icon to put this out of DYKNA. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:55, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on May 23

Pépé Bradock

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The white elephant, Abul-Abbas of Emperor Charlemagne in Paris, Decorated initial from Paris, BnF lat. 2195, fol. 9v

• … that French edm producer Pépé Bradock, opened an album with a track-name tribute to Abul-Abbas, the white elephant gifted to Charlemagne by Harun al-Rashid?

• Source: https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/05/pepe-bradock-interview

• • Reviewed:

Created by I&I22 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

I&I22 (talk) 20:41, 24 May 2026 (UTC).

• Source checks out, I think Charlemagne's elephant sounds really cool as a track title, and many folks would learn something new, about a music producer and the fact that Charlemagne had an elephant. Someone may want to change "edm" to "EDM" in the hook, but all good all the same. BarntToust 05:17, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
  • @I&I22 and BarntToust: Reviewing this for promotion, the hook claim in the article is sourced not to the Red Bull Music Academy interview but to a self-published and currently inaccessible website about elephants, while in the Red Bull Music Academy interview, Bradock does not actually say the song was named after the elephant; the interviewer suggests it, and Bradock meditates on "what ifs" (what if Abul-Abbas was an albino elephant, a treasure of the Orient) without actually stating the hook fact. Is there a better source here? Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:44, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

@Dclemens1971: The nominator hasn't edited since July 1. Given that this times out in a few days, should this be rejected, or can the hook/article still be salvaged? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:50, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

I’d give the courtesy of a few days for a response. Dclemens1971 (talk) 10:41, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on May 26

John Patrick (rugby union)

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• ... that John Patrick won both of the last two Olympic gold medals ever awarded for rugby?

• Source: "John Clarence Patrick". Olympics. 26 May 2026.

worldrugby.org. "Rugby Olympic history | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2026-05-26.

• Reviewed:
• Comment: I gave two sources, as one states which Olympic gold medals John Patrick won, and the other states that those were the last two ever awarded for rugby.

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

Cynthia Muldoon (talk) 19:59, 28 May 2026 (UTC).

• Will review this shortly. ShadowBallX (talk) 03:28, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

• New and long enough, sourced and neutral, no QPQ needed, Copyvio brings up a 3.8%. Ended up making some minor format fixes in the article, but you're good to go. ShadowBallX (talk) 04:42, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

• @Cynthia Muldoon and ShadowBallX: Pulling approval; the article is heavily reliant on self-published sources (Cal fan blog posts and and self-published material hosted on the University of Idaho site). The hook fact is also not stated in the article, and it appears to be WP:SYNTH relying on an original interpretive conclusion that he won a gold medal and then rugby was dropped, instead of a secondary source confirming that he won the last rugby gold medal at the Olympics. Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:13, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Isn't the hook as written wrong, given that rugby sevens became an Olympic sport in 2016? So unless "rugby" meant 15-a-side rugby union specifically and not the sport of rugby in general, there is no such thing as "the last two ever awarded for rugby", since rugby is currently an Olympic sport. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:53, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on May 30

Thomas Bouchier

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• ... that after 40 years as Regius Professor of Civil Law, Thomas Bouchier arranged for his son to succeed him?

• Source: "In 1712 Bouchier did the faculty of law serious harm by arranging for his son James (1683–1736), who was also a civil lawyer, to succeed him as regius professor..." from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

• • Reviewed:
  • Comment:

Created by 1stViscountessNivlac (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Nivlac, 1st Viscountess Nivlac (talk) 19:03, 2 June 2026 (UTC).

• Hey @1stViscountessNivlac:, I love the article. It's new enough, it's long enough, it's interesting, cites back up what they say. No copyvio, neutrality is there, cited hook. However, two big things - 1) a few last-sentences-of-paragraphs have no citations ("When Sweit died in 1672, Bouchier became Regius Professor in his own right." and "The couple had three sons: James, Richard, and William.") and 2) the hook isn't necessarily that interesting to an outside observer. Would you be able to 1) propose an alternative hook and 2) cite those two clauses? Thanks! Jishara (talk) 03:03, 3 July 2026 (UTC)
  • Hello, @Jishara:! Thanks for the review. I've shifted the citations for the mentioned paragraphs to the end. I'll give an alternative hook a ponder - maybe something about the pack of villains imposing on the Queen (still about him arranging for his son to succeed him, but perhaps a bit punchier). Nivlac, 1st Viscountess Nivlac (talk) 01:09, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

... that Thomas Hearne called Thomas Bouchier a "vile, abominable Wretch" — who nonetheless had "good skill"? Bremps... 22:35, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

• • @1stViscountessNivlac: I like the pathway, but I'm not sure what Thomas Hearne called Bouchier is something that people would find notable unless they knew about Hearne - maybe something cutting out the name like ALT2: ...that even those who called 40-year Regius Professor of Civil Law Thomas Bouchier a "vile, abominable Wretch" acknowledged his "good skill"? Jishara (talk) 01:48, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

I don't mean to hostilely take over the review, but is information about him so hard to come by that half his page is about his familial relations instead of his own life? Bremps... 22:35, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

• Hi, @Bremps:! Thanks for the comment. He is a relatively obscure figure (though certainly notable as regius professor) and the details provided on his children are about as bare a biography as you could write (other than the details of James Bouchier's succession, which I think is easily just as much about the father as the son. Nivlac, 1st Viscountess Nivlac (talk) 01:09, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 1

Light Up the Night (Protomen song)

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• ... that the music video for "Light Up the Night" was pitched to the Protomen by writer John Sebastian La Valle at one of their performances?

• Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-orlando-designer-br/196117150/

• • ALT1: ... that "Light Up the Night" has been described as the signature song of the 80s film and Mega Man inspired rock opera by the Protomen? Source: https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/light-up-the-night-with-mega-man-rock/
  • ALT2: ... that the music video for "Light Up the Night" includes visual references to The Terminator, Blade Runner, Aliens, Escape from New York, and Kilroy Was Here? Source: https://mediacommons.org/imr/content/light-night-and-bands-pivot-videogame-fandom-80s-nostalgia
  • ALT3: ... that the Protomen released a 16-minute short film to serve as the official music video to "Light Up the Night" 7 years after the song's initial release? Source: https://consequence.net/2016/09/first-look-the-protomens-16-minute-short-film-light-up-the-night/
  • ALT4: ... that the Protomen appear as both characters and in-universe narrators in the music video for "Light Up the Night"? Source: https://consequence.net/2016/09/first-look-the-protomens-16-minute-short-film-light-up-the-night/
  • ALT5: ... that "Light Up the Night" marked a turning point in the narrative and style for the Protomen and was later called back to in Act III: This City Made Us? Source: https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/light-up-the-night-with-mega-man-rock/ ; https://thelivewire.com.au/2026/01/20/album-review-the-protomen-act-iii-this-city-made-us/
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: My apologies if I've added too many alts for review.

Moved to mainspace by PBugaboo (talk) and Pingnova (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

PBugaboo (talk) 23:53, 1 June 2026 (UTC).

• @PBugaboo and Pingnova: Hi, and welcome to the DYK. Thank you for bringing this article. Please see WP:DYKGRAT, as per which the hook should be likely to be perceived as unusual or intriguing by readers with no special knowledge or interest in the topic. Not a review, but currently the hooks appear to be either common or general straight-forward information, or seems targetted to the fans only. For ALT4, see WP:DYKFICTION. Hope there will be a better hook, please do not mind and all the best. M. Billoo 17:24, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Hi @M.Billoo2000:, the feedback's appreciated. Does the below satisfy as intriguing or unusual framing? PBugaboo (talk) 23:15, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  • ALT6: "... that "Light Up the Night", a song from a Mega Man-inspired rock opera, was on the soundtrack of a Shakespearean Terminator 2 parody?" Source:https://theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/terminator-the-second-original-score Additional source if required: https://protomen.com/news/2013/10/

@PBugaboo: I am marking this for a full review, but please also present how is the hook context well-cited in the article for the reviewers' ease, as per WP:DYKHFC. Thank you. M. Billoo 01:22, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

@M.Billoo2000: Understood, thank you. I have included the source.PBugaboo (talk) 06:16, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 6

C. W. Kim

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• ... that Korean-American architect C. W. Kim frequently stayed seperated from his family throughout the Korean War? Source: https://goldsea.com/Personalities/Inspiring/kimcw.html
  • ALT1: ... that architect C. W. Kim produced the master plan for San Diego Convention Center? Source: Biberman, Thor Kamban (November 13, 2000). "Kim's Influence Seen in San Diego's Skyline". San Diego Daily Transcript. Vol. 111, no. 226. pp. A1, A10.
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Improved to Good Article status by Yelps (talk) and Mmemaigret (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Yelps ᘛ⁠⁐̤⁠ᕐ⁠ᐷ critique me 11:48, 9 June 2026 (UTC).

• Not a review, but the Wikipedia article says that his birthday is on August 3 while the Goldsea article says that he was born on August 6. What is correct? KimYubin (talk) 14:13, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Oops, an oversight on my part, sorry (to be honest this was my first attempt at reviewing a GA nom, so I definitely made some mistakes and oversights. So this DYK also serves the purpose of hopefully polishing the article) — Yelps ᘛ⁠⁐̤⁠ᕐ⁠ᐷ critique me 15:58, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Recent GA, so easily passes spotchecks, QPQ not needed. But ALT0 is meh - the same could be said about most soldiers who participated in this (or any other) war. ALT1 is also meh for me, since it refers to a specific building. Better, but most folks don't know about it and it doesn't sound special. But how about a hook based on the claim from the article that "Kim is responsible for the design of a number of San Diego buildings"? Although the fact that none of them are blue linked in the paragraph is a minor annoyance; Scripps Clinic and Research is linked later, in a list that contains entries that are not in the prose earlier. I'd strongly suggested reworking the article so that a list of his buildings in one place. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:34, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

• Sorry, could you please clarify? Aren't all of his notable works already in a dedicated section? I've fixed some consistency issues on the article, but would need further clarification to do the changes you're suggesting. Also, as a bonus: check out the "Possibly DYK nomination" section of the article's talk page for further potential DYK ideas. I'll hold off from picking any of them myself for now. Thanks — Yelps ᘛ⁠⁐̤⁠ᕐ⁠ᐷ critique me 11:18, 21 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Pinging Piotrus in case they never saw the previous message. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:40, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
    • @Theleekycauldron and Yelps: Thanks, I didn't see this since I wasn't pinged. I am not sure what is the "bonus". The key thing is to get a good dyk. I'd suggest using something based on "Do you know that a number of the most notable buildings in the San Diego skyline are inspired by South Korean heritage" adding "Designed by subject". Ping me when the hook is prepared and I'll likely approve it. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:15, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

@Piotrus: Very sorry for any inconveniences, but I'll not be available to provide potential hooks because of exams starting this week. So I'll tackle this in the weekend, where I'll hopefully have more time. — Yelps ᘛ⁠⁐̤⁠ᕐ⁠ᐷ critique me 15:20, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

@Piotrus: Here's (finally) some more potential hooks. Let me know what you think:

• ALT2:... that architect C. W. Kim designed a hotel complex whose towers were intended to resemble a gateway on the harbor to the city beyond?
• ALT3... that although architect C. W. Kim designed Emerald Plaza to look like eight towers, it actually consists of only two buildings joined by glass atriums?
• ALT4:... that a survivor of the Korean War eventually contributed to numerous notable buildings in San Diego's skyline?

Yelps ᘛ⁠⁐̤⁠ᕐ⁠ᐷ critique me 18:11, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

• • @Yelps: I like ALT4 best as it is about him, not a building. But I suggest adding "Korean immigrant to US" or such, as "a survivor of the Korean War" could imply he was an American-born soldier in the war, for example. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 18:20, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

@Piotrus: Alrighty then, is this what you're perhaps looking for?

• ALT4a:... that an Korean immigrant to the US eventually contributed to numerous notable buildings in San Diego's skyline?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Yelps (talk • contribs) 11:18, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
• As someone involved with WP:SAN/US-SAN, I do like ALT4.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 16:08, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 11

Ute Walther

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• ... that Ute Walther, who portrayed the Rosenkavalier in the 1985 opening of the restored Semperoper, then went to the Deutsche Oper Berlin in West Berlin for a long career? Source: for the former fact, for the latter
  • Reviewed: Robert A. Ellison Jr., Aaron Titus
  • Comment: Today is the former day of German Unification, from a time when it seamed a dream: perhaps a good time to nominate a singer between East and West in the 1980s. The Semperoper performance is on YouTube.

Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 2183 past nominations.

Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:25, 17 June 2026 (UTC).

• I'll take a shot at reviewing this one. "She performed as a guest at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982 as the Composer, in Madrid and Lisbon." Is there supposed to be something before "in Madrid and Lisbon"? APK hi :-) (talk) 09:46, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

  Not sure if I understand the question. It would be nice to know more detail about these performances but we can only say what the sources say. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:29, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

  It seems like there’s a missing word or phrase, or maybe I’m reading it wrong. Did she perform as the Composer in Madrid and Lisbon as well? APK hi :-) (talk) 12:33, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

  It would be nice to known more about her performances in Madrid and Lisbon, but we can only say what the sources say, giving only the cities - not theatre, no opera, no role, no time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:42, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

  I think an "and" is missing. Grimes2 12:48, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

  add it if you think it clarifies --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

  Thank you, the missing "and" is what was throwing me off I suppose. APK hi :-) (talk) 17:18, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

The length is good and as far as Earwig is concerned, there are some similar sentences from this source that could be reworded. The hook seems good, but do you think it's worth mentioning she performed in both East Germany and West Germany? The current hook suggestion implies that, but I wonder how many readers would know that Semperoper is in Dresden. I guess adding "in Dresden" might clarify. APK hi :-) (talk) 17:18, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

I'd not be surprised if Operawire copied from us. - We can add in Dresden, but I'm not sure that people would know that it was in East Germany (and sometimes I feel we can't even expect readers to know that Germany was divided).

ALT0a: ... that Ute Walther, who portrayed the Rosenkavalier in the 1985 opening of the restored Semperoper in Dresden, then went to the Deutsche Oper Berlin in West Berlin for a long career?

Sadly, you're right about the division of Germany and common knowledge. I didn't realize Operawire copied us until you mentioned it and I looked at the edit history timeline. Thanks for pointing that out. Everything looks good. Thanks for writing! APK hi :-) (talk) 22:40, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

• Pulled per extensive discussion at WT:DYK; additional hooks can be workshopped and approved here. Dclemens1971 (talk) 01:04, 20 July 2026 (UTC)
• Putting the icon here to prevent it staying at WP:DYKNA. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:05, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 12

Consulate General of the Philippines, Seattle

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• ... that in 1954, stolen stationery from the Philippine consulate in Seattle was used to address the Washington Supreme Court about one of its rulings?

• Source: "It has been learned from reliable sources that one Juan Z. Bagasan swiped stationery from the Philippine Consulate in Seattle and wrote on it a letter to a certain Washington State Superior Court judge, expressing his views regarding a decision recently handed down by that court." --Filipino Forum

• • Reviewed: Languages of Palestine and Rezlan Ishar Jenie

Created by Sky Harbor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 58 past nominations.

Sky Harbor ^(talk) 04:38, 21 June 2026 (UTC).

• The source says Washington State Superior Court, not Washington Supreme Court. Are you sure it does not refer to one of the 39 superior courts in Washington state instead of the Washington Supreme Court? Bremps... 05:43, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Bremps. In the article being cited this isn't clear, but if it were a specific Superior Court it would mention the county, no, and not the state? I can take a deeper look at this but if you think it would be better to not specify, or to specify that it's a Superior Court but without going into further detail, I can do that. --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 15:02, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

I'm not a reviewer, in case I wasn't clear. I read the paper and I had the impression that they left it unclear which specific superior court it was so as not to dignify the complaint. But I would either try another hook or rewording this one, as I thought that the person had stolen a pen or something and was not impersonating the embassy. Bremps... 19:30, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Okay, that's fair. How about this then for ALT1:

"...that in 1954, stolen stationery from the Philippine consulate in Seattle was used to address a judge of a state superior court about one of its rulings?"

Or something similar that at least makes clear which state was being addressed, since this hook in its current form doesn't do that? --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 07:08, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

It's a bit wordy, IMO. The page is also not updated. Bremps... 03:30, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

The article has been updated. Would this edit make it less wordy? Let's call this ALT1A:

"...that in 1954, stolen stationery from the Philippine consulate in Seattle was used to address a Washington superior court judge?"

I'm concerned it's missing context but this should be less wordy. --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 04:48, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

I'd say it's better, but I'll leave the review up to the reviewer. Best, Bremps... 21:59, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

• Full review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:25, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

William Fitzgerald (educationalist)

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Fitzgerald 1883

• ... that William Fitzgerald (pictured) helped develop the University of Otago's first women-only hostel because landladies preferred male students, thinking they required less effort?

• Source: Fitzgerald, Gerald (2016). The Life of William Sanderson Fitzgerald. Gerald Fitzgerald. ISBN 9780473357771. OCLC 951964428.

Also Chisholm, James (22 March 1911). "St Margaret's Residential College". Otago Daily Times. p. 5. Retrieved 15 June 2026.

• • ALT1: ... that William Fitzgerald (pictured) organised the first national teacher's union in New Zealand? Source: as above, and E. J. Simmonds (1983). NZEI 100: an account of the New Zealand Educational Institute. Wellington: New Zealand Educational Institute. ISBN 0-908579-19-5. Wikidata Q140255055.
  • Reviewed: [[]]
  • Comment: 2nd Nomination, so no QPQ required

5x expanded by Str8toftheDome (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Str8toftheDome (talk) 00:59, 12 June 2026 (UTC).

• The source for the hook, as well as most of the article content, is from a self-published book written by whom I presume to be a descendant of Fitzgerald. That is not a reliable source and certainly not for the claim that landladies preferred male tenants. Traumnovelle (talk) 06:26, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

  Fitzgerald is a common name, I don't know that we can assume a relationship. Regardless, I have added a second source to the hook and article that supports the "men are less work" angle. DrThneed (talk) 06:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

  full review needed, thanks :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:12, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

  Noting for the reviewer that the source referred to by Traumnovelle is no longer used as a source, but has been added to a 'Further reading' section of the article instead. DrThneed (talk) 22:34, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

  Thank you for doing that. Traumnovelle (talk) 23:06, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

• General eligibility:
• New enough:
• Long enough:
• Other problems: - per MOS:PEACOCK please strike the most notably from the sentence " He is most notably the first rector of Otago Normal School, also known as Dunedin Training College, the first place in New Zealand to offer formal teaching qualifications."

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting: - I don't find either hook currently providing that interesting; that the subject of the article of this DYK provided the first national teaching credentials is IMHO more important than creating a union or a boarding house

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: From 6JUN to 12JUN article was expanded to 5415 characters from 805 characters, exceeding WP:DYK5X, and also passes WP:DYKLEN. During that time period also Grutness & DrThneed did work on the article during that time. There are some minor C/E things that can be addressed (changing a to an in the sentence "In 1859 Fitzgerald was appointed as a assistant master at St. John's Grammar School's ...; headmaster is one word in the sentence "On 16 August 1869, Fitzgerald began working as Head Master of Ōamaru District School."; change it's to its in the sentence ". At it's closing, Fitzgerald was then appointed as Inspector of Schools for Otago ..."; changed his to is in the sentence "He his buried with her in Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin.")(reviewing the 12JUN version so these might have already been addressed). Please see my above comment about WP:WTW wording within lead section. Sourcing is from three sources only, but all appear to be reliable sources; shame there aren't more. Earwig passed the article. Please see note above about hook interest. Image is fine. With a little work this DYKN will get to where it needs to be. RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 17:45, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

National Centre for Domestic Violence

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• ... that the NCDV transformed national flags into domestic violence scenes?

• Source: https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/world-cup-england-match-2018-domestic-violence-women-football-police-a8441151.html

• • ALT1: ... that the NCDV pointed out that domestic violence increases by 26% when England play football and by 38% when they lose? Source: https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/world-cup-england-match-2018-domestic-violence-women-football-police-a8441151.html
  • ALT1a: ... that the National Centre for Domestic Violence publicised that domestic violence increases by 26% when England play football and by 38% when they lose? Source: https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/world-cup-england-match-2018-domestic-violence-women-football-police-a8441151.html
  • ALT2: ... that photos of injured women won the gold prize at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity? Source: https://www.lovethework.com/en/awards/winners-shortlists/cannes-lions/entertainment-lions-for-sport?tag=publication+dates%40%40year%40%402019
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Created by Gert7 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Gert7 (talk · contribs) 16:52, 14 June 2026 (UTC).

• This is an impressive bit of work. Wikipedia can do a lot of good by raising awareness of domestic violence services, but also highlighting where those services have arguably been irresponsible, as this article does. I've added some citation details and added third-party citations to a paragraph where the source was too closely aligned to the campaign. Campaign (magazine) is a good independent source for what advertising campaigns were running at a particular time and who was behind them.

The article is new enough, easily meets the content length requirement, and is original (checked with Earwig). I prefer the ALT1 hook: ALT2 might give the reader the impression that the link will show them graphic photos and discourage click-throughs. I've taken the liberty of adding ALT1a with two small changes. I'm using the full name of the National Centre for Domestic Violence rather than its acrostic; this keeps us just within 200 characters and I think it's important because "NCDV" isn't going to mean much to people. I've changed to verb to "publicise" because this isn't a fact that they noted in a publication, but raised national awareness of with a media campaign. The hook is stated in the article with an appropriate inline citation (I've copied the Independent citation into the relevant sentence as the scholarly paper itself isn't a citation for the use of the study). I think this is good to go. Thanks for improving Wikipedia User:Gert7. MartinPoulter (talk) 15:23, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

• Pulled from prep based on discussion at DYK about hook interest and accuracy. EggRoll97 ^(talk) 02:28, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

@Gert7, MartinPoulter, EggRoll97, Dclemens1971, Beta Beta Beta, and Black Kite: What are your opinions of ALT3: ... that a 2018 campaign pointing out that domestic violence increased by 26% when England contested the World Cup encouraged victims to contact the National Centre for Domestic Violence? It's long, but I think it's worth it, especially for the World Cup set.--Launchballer 21:05, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

I have no objections. --Gert7 (talk · contribs) 17:20, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

I accessed the underlying study via TWL and found it only studied police reports in Lancashire and the scholars concluded "it is important to ascertain whether this finding is replicated across the United Kingdom or other countries. Similarly, further research is required to distinguish the situational factors associated with this finding, an approach unavailable to this study due to the limitations of the data." Clarifying that the results of the study are limited to a single English county (as would be necessary for accuracy) would make the hook longer and less hooky. Personally, I'd suggest a different angle. Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:04, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

I would recommend returning to the topic of the NCDV itself, rather than the study. ALT4: ... that the services of the National Centre for Domestic Violence were advertised with a claim that domestic violence increases by 26% when England play football and by 38% when they lose? --Gert7 (talk · contribs) 11:35, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

But DYK should not be in the business of platforming an imprecise claim. The study's finding was limited to Lancashire and the researchers cautioned about drawing broader conclusions. That a business marketed its services by imprecisely broadcasting research findings doesn't mean DYK should highlight the imprecise restatement of the findings as fact. Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:41, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

In that case I think there's not much else to be done here, and enough time has passed that I don't think another hook should be tried. --Gert7 (talk · contribs) 12:41, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

It would be a pity. To completely bypass the statistical concerns, I propose shifting the focus to the award itself. How about: ALT5: ... that the NCDV campaign "The Not-So-Beautiful Game" to raise awareness of domestic violence during the football World Cup won a gold prize at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity? Or: ALT5a: ... that the 2018 NCDV campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence during the football World Cup won a gold prize at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity? ⁓☆⁓⁓ PaulasBunt (talk) 19:49, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 14

Kanako Wada

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• ... that as a student, singer Kanako Wada originally washed the uniforms of her college's rugby team? Source: DJ Meikan (from the dl.ndl search): ④東京芸術大学美術学部彫刻学科 ... その上ラグビー部のマネージャーで部員たちの泥だらけのユニフォームを毎日洗濯していた彼女。/④ [Attended] Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts .... She also served as the manager for the rugby team, washing the players' mud-covered uniforms every day.
  • ALT1: ... that as a student, singer Kanako Wada once managed her college's rugby team? Source: Same as ALT0
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mooi Indië and Template:Did you know nominations/WKOF
  • Comment: Not sure if I should say "before her singing debut" since sources are vague on when she started with the college rugby team due to her debut coming before graduation.

Created by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 158 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 21:31, 18 June 2026 (UTC).

Forward Sports

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Adidas Brazuca, produced by Forward Sports for the 2014 FIFA World Cup

• ... that Forward Sports had less than two months to move from having no production line for the Adidas Brazuca (pictured) to producing the World Cup ball?

• Source: Dawn

• • ALT1: ... that Adidas asked Forward Sports to help produce the Adidas Brazuca (pictured) for the 2014 FIFA World Cup after its Chinese supplier could not meet demand? Source: Dawn
  • ALT2: ... that Forward Sports had local engineers build production and testing equipment for the Adidas Brazuca (pictured) in seven weeks? Source: Dawn
  • ALT3: ... that Forward Sports made 5.5 million Al Rihla balls for the 2022 FIFA World Cup supply chain, but not the match balls used in Qatar? Source: Reuters
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Newaukum Creek
  • Comment:

5x expanded by Umais Bin Sajjad (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

Umais🗣 13:20, 14 June 2026 (UTC).

• Under review, thank you! M. Billoo 05:12, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
  • @M.Billoo2000: I've removed the {{DYK?}} because you haven't given a review; do you still plan to do one? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:20, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

@Theleekycauldron: Hi. Reviewed on the article talk page, this nom is an apparent disqualify until concerns raised there are addressed. @Umais Bin Sajjad: It does not comply 5x anymore. Thank you! M. Billoo 01:07, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

I've expanded and reran DYKcheck. The current version stands above 8,000 characters of readable prose, so it meets 5x now. Umais🗣 06:23, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

• Marking for a secondary opinion before I would approve. M. Billoo 07:17, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

July 19 WP:SOHA? Bremps... 05:32, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

@Umais Bin Sajjad: Can you also extract a hook from the article related to the 2026 FIFA WC? @Bremps: Can you please discuss at the WT:DYK so that the nom be featured at the SOHA? We are almost a week away and any secondary uninvolved user can tick off this under 5x eligibility. For now, my review is that the article seems well-developed and well-sourced after my previous comments on the talk page. QPQ presented, all hooks sourced, and no major problems. Image also seems licensed, but I could not verify for now due to being an international inaccesaable reference. This can also be a part of WP:DCWC. Thank you! M. Billoo 09:32, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

@M.Billoo2000: Here's a new hook with FIFA'26 angle:

ALT4: ... that Forward Sports manufactured the 2026 FIFA World Cup ball, which uses technology to give real-time data to match officials? Source: Khaleej Times Umais🗣 05:29, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Related discussion at ERRORS: Special:Permalink/1364930123. CMD (talk) 11:57, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Comic Fiesta

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• ... that Comic Fiesta 2025 featured the premiere screening of the TV anime Sentenced to Be a Hero?

• Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-12-09/sentenced-to-be-a-hero-tv-anime-gets-premiere-screening-at-malaysia-comic-fiesta/.231872

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

Sddarealone (talk) 07:49, 14 June 2026 (UTC).

• Long enough, new enough, no issue regarding prose and sourcing. The 27.0% seems to be false positive. QPQ is not needed as nom has less than 5 noms. Now, the problem is now is the hook is not WP:DYKINT. Have any other hook in mind? Pinging @Sddarealone: for response. Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 06:30, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

@Miminity: That was quite close but I have another hook.

... that Comic Fiesta 2006 was the birthplace of Cosplay Chess ?

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20111205013429/http://comicfiesta.org/comic-fiesta-101-cf-a-history/ Sddarealone (talk) 08:10, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply, hmm… I think this still don’t pass WP:DYKINT. Cosplay chess seems to not too popular term for human chess. I suggest something like:

• ALT2: … that Comic Fiesta host the largest amateur creative art market in Malaysia?
• ALT3 … that there is a competition for 60 Seconds of Anything in Comic Fiesta?

The last one is a possible WP:DYKAPRIL one. @Sddarealone: Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 13:55, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

review needed for ALTs 2 and 3, thanks :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:12, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

I see ALT2 more appropriate as it's interesting and has a wider appeal to readers. Additionally, I will suggest to go with my first hook (Sentenced to be a Hero one), which is also my preferred hook. Sddarealone (talk) 22:14, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Given that ALT2 is a superlative hook (even if, as far as I'm aware it's true), I'm not actually sure if ALT2 can run as is, especially if the source is Comic Fiesta itself. Ideally the source should be a third-party source, and given that it's quite a strong claim, it needs to have strong sourcing as well. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:19, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

I have added a source for ALT2 in the section because as you implied, extraordinary claims require extraordinary sources Yes, I read a lot of policies here so I spotted this sentence in somewhere, maybe in WP:RS or WP:OR :) Anyway here's the source - https://anydayguide.com/festival/1238-comic-fiesta. Also it has been over three weeks since the DYK nom started and its yet to conclude. Is my first hook satisfactory enough according to WP:DYKRULES? I find the DYKINT quite subjective so I don't know how to improve this hook any further. Thanks. Sddarealone (talk) 17:07, 5 July 2026 (UTC).

ALT2 should be fine per the interestingness guideline, the real sticking point here is if the sourcing is airtight. Superlative hooks (like "first" or "largest") usually require strong sourcing, ideally multiple independent sources of high quality, which is why in practice they're sometimes discouraged. Knowing the Malaysian pop culture scene, I think ALT2 should be fine, but some editors can be quite strict about such hooks and would be more cautious. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:07, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

For ALT2, I couldn't find any other reliable sources as they are either blogs or WP:WORDPRESS sources. Henceforth I want to keep the first proposed hook as my final hook. A loose alternative would be ALT2. Sddarealone (talk) 09:16, 15 July 2026 (UTC).

The original hook doesn't meet the interestingness guidelines as it will really only interest fans of the series or maybe Malaysian anime fans, rather than a broad/general audience. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:14, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 15

Outline of artificial satellites

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Satellite retrieval during space walk.

• ... that artificial satellites (example pictured) make up the majority of modern space launches and missions?

• Source: https://brycetech.com/reports/report-documents/global-space-launch-activity-2024/Bryce_Global_Space_Launch_Activity_2024.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_artificial_satellites#cite_note-Bryce_launches_2024-4

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Created by Very Polite Person (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 19 past nominations.

— Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 17:25, 17 June 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - Article is largely unsourced.
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Not sure what "modern" means here. Might be more interesting to say that due top Starlink, most satellites orbited in 2024 were communications satellites. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:51, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, that wording's imprecise, let me come up with something better.

For the sourcing, that's something I wondered about because most/all of these Outlines are not fully sourced articles per se in their design. All the bullet point items for example are ANL templates like {{anl|Article name}} to output the local page's short description, and the mini-ledes are summaries of the block. Even the featured article Outline of lichens doesn't ref tag all things. I wasn't sure on that. — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 15:57, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

That article looks fully sourced to me. I give a pass to the {{anl}} templates, but each section of this article has an introductory paragraph or two if text (which makes up the 17K word size) and only the first one is referenced. I will ask for a second opinion. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:15, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

It probably wouldn't be hard to carve out a small legion of sources from each sub-article in each section (each mini-lede in the Outline is basically just a summation of that sub-list contents). I was going to (later) rewrite them all past ANL to specific catered sentences for each domain, so if an article shows up in 2-3 sections, it would have a unique source/sentence for each on that specific context... but that's a, uh, year long project probably to do clean. I can "hot drop" in a lot if needed quick, just not ultra tidy/matching formats and as organized as I prefer. What do you think? No hurry of course!

Has one of these Outlines ever come up on DYK? — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 17:19, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

An Outline article is a kind of list, and lists are permitted at DYK. WP:DYKLEN: Stand-alone lists are allowed, but only the prose part of article counts towards the 1500 character requirement. I checked and found that at least one Outline has run on DYK: Outline of canoeing and kayaking on 20 November 2010. I would not have rated it as eligible, as it falls slightly short of the 1,500 word minimum. I emphasis that the {{anl}} templates are fine; what is required is referencing of the introductory text of each section, which is the only part that counts towards the 1,500 word requirement. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:18, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

As I suspected I would, I had to nuke anl completely - was timing out mediawiki calling so many, so I flipped them to plain old wikilinks, kept the short description off each, and started populataing mini-ledes with suitable basic sources from linked child articles. Not pretty and a ton of formats but I can clean that up later. — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 19:56, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Another editor said the page would not load for them, but it loads fine for me. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:47, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

@Very Polite Person: Are you still working on this? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:43, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

@Hawkeye7: I went through and sourced a huge number of them (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_artificial_satellites#References), did we have to be complete for DYK? — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 15:15, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Yes. WP:DYKCRIT: The article must be based on reliable sources, which must be cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited to a reliable source no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose). Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:26, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Is this sufficient for now...? — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 15:47, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

You've only done the first half of the article. You are still missing references for "Orbital parameters and maneuvers", "Satellite lifecycle", "Launch and deployment", "Station-keeping and control", "Servicing and repair", "End of life and disposal", etc Note also the last phrases in "Applications", "Communications" and "Earth observation and remote sensing". Also: What is "Beichman 1988" (fn 34) and "unoda" is multiply defined (fn 105).

I was afraid you were going to say that... this is what I get for trying to be hyper ambitious for a DYK! Let me keep plugging away, they're all (literally) a click away. — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 20:26, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

@Hawkeye7: - still chewing through these, shouldn't be too much longer. — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 20:22, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

fn 265: "Cite error: The named reference NASA SmallSat platforms 2026 was invoked but never defined (see the help page)." Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:28, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

It took almost two weeks, but... done: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_artificial_satellites&diff=1363536474&oldid=1360998760 — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 21:08, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Collei

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• ... that the fictional disease suffered by Collei in Genshin Impact has been compared to Guillain–Barré syndrome and POEMS syndrome? Source:
  • ALT1: ... that as part of a promotional effort for Genshin Impact, Collei was a representative character for a charity program aimed at recycling? Source:
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Aaron Mahnke; Template:Did you know nominations/Furry pornography

Created by Gommeh (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 20 past nominations.

Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 17:29, 15 June 2026 (UTC).

• Gommeh, courtesy ping that a second QPQ is required for this nom, and your one current QPQ may not actually qualify since it does not actually address any of the DYK criteria and is a simple checkmark, even though the nominated article includes an entire section/table with no citations. Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:43, 16 June 2026 (UTC)
  • I believe it should be fine, as I did check all the criteria and found no issues. I did not see it was in backlog mode when I submitted it, and am looking for a good DYK to review as I write this. I also did not see the table (as I normally don't check those, and the DYK hook did not mention it or use the table) so I have simply removed the table from the article (see its history). Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 13:49, 16 June 2026 (UTC) Dclemens1971
    • Full review needed, including an assessment of whether the QPQ for Aaron Mahnke counts, thanks :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:14, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
• Note: The YXRB sources have been removed from the article as part of an unrelated cleanup, as the source was found to likely be unreliable after further investigation. As such, I am withdrawing ALT0, and am also striking the YXRB source from ALT1. Gommeh ^{(talk 🎮 sign)} 19:18, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

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Fate/Extella Link

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• ... that Fate/Extella Link was the first game in the Fate/Extra series to feature a multiplayer mode? Source: https://marvelous-usa.com/games/fate-extella-link/
  • ALT1: ... that reviewers described Fate/Extella Link as an improvement over its predecessor, while warning that its reliance on Fate lore made it difficult for newcomers? Source: multiple reviews, ex. Nintendo Life, Nintendo World Report, RPGamer made these points
  • ALT2: ... that Fate/Extella Link topped Japan's video game sales charts upon its release in June of 2018? Source: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2018/06/japanese_sales_charts_fateextella_link_slashes_its_way_to_number_1_on_ps4
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Moon on a Rainy Night
  • Comment: 2nd QPQ review: Template:Did you know nominations/C. W. Kim

Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 604 past nominations.

_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 14:53, 17 June 2026 (UTC).

Nine Inch Noize (album)

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• ... that composing film scores together inspired Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize to produce a collaborative live and studio remix album?

• Source: Louder

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Pépé Bradock

Improved to Good Article status by BarntToust (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

BarntToust 05:17, 17 June 2026 (UTC).

• In my opinion, it should say "collaborative album with studio, live, and remixed elements" or something similar, as the current piece leaves out that the majority of the material was newly recorded in a studio (regardless if someone likes or dislikes it, its status as a collaborative studio/live/remix album is a notable example of being outside the norm). Xanarki (talk) 16:35, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

@Xanarki: changed the wording now. have to be mindful to be terse in wording, so that character count doesn't exceed. take a look and see if it is As Descriptive as You Need It to Be. BarntToust 17:43, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Seems legit to me - it adequately covers the odd hybrid status of the album itself. Thnx! Xanarki (talk) 23:55, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

@Xanarki: agreed, alright! Now, does this mean this nom is ready for your {{subst:DYKtick}}? Thank you again. BarntToust 04:25, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

I see no issues moving forward ! Xanarki (talk) 00:07, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

it doesn't look like a full review against the DYK criteria was done here, so marking for full review needed. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:39, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

• I'll take on a full review here. Leafy46 (talk) 19:45, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems: - WP:EXPLICITGENRE violation. See below.

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• Cited:
• Interesting: - Not really? I don't think it's particularly odd that two artists who have worked together in the past would decide to collaborate again.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Earwig gives 13.8% similarity, which is fine. One issue is that the genre included in the infobox fails WP:EXPLICITGENRE; the exact wording from the source says that the band's sound "marr[ies] Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' onyx post-punk and industrial techno with Boys Noize's sleek, sweaty electroclash", which is not the same as saying that the album as a whole is industrial techno. This should be resolved. In addition, I just don't find this hook to be particularly compelling? As it stands, it is basically just saying "These two artists who collaborated before decided to collaborate again", which leaves a lot to be desired imo. It's also worth noting that the article *technically* doesn't make this leap of logic. It says that composing film scores inspired the two to perform live together, but not that it inspired the creation of this specific album. Maybe it could mention how the album followed their Coachella collaboration, or maybe there's just a different way this can be phrased to make this more unique? Let me know what you think. Leafy46 (talk) 19:45, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

@Leafy46: Changed genre to electronic rock as per AllMusic and Pitchfork classifications.

I think maybe

"...that Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize performed a collaborative live and studio remix album at Coachella 2026?"

is a good hook from there, but let me know. BarntToust 22:43, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

@BarntToust: Both AllMusic and Pitchfork don't work here. "Electronic" and "Rock" separately can't be combined to "Electronic Rock" per EXPLICITGENRE, and anyways AllMusic's genres shouldn't be used per WP:ALLMUSIC. Should be an easy enough fix to separate them, though. Also note the new cite error at the bottom of the page.

Regarding the new hook, I definitely like it a lot better. I think there's an interesting angle it could take along the lines of "they released their debut album less than a week after their first live performance together at Coachella, and the album happened to match the Coachella setlist", but that's not currently in the article. Leafy46 (talk) 21:57, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Have now sourced both and also the industrial genre to Metacritic. This one album is tricky, genre-blending albums like this. Let me know. BarntToust 22:38, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Alright then, I'm happy with the article itself. As for the hook, it needs a source, since the article states "The album's structure follows the setlist of Nine Inch Noize's Coachella 2026 performance" but this doesn't mean that the album is one-to-one with the live performance. That, or the hook needs to be slightly reworded. Leafy46 (talk) 20:46, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Regarding the new angle, just chiming in with some concerns. The one I have is that the hook would require the reader to know who either NIN and Boys Noize are. Granted, both are well-known artists, so that may not be as much of an issue, but I'm not really sure how the hook solves the "two artists who have collaborated before collaborated again" concern that was raised earlier in the review. Do you think a different angle is possible here that isn't about it being a collaboration? Either that, or the suggestion Leafy46 made regarding "less than a week later", but its interest might depend on when the album was recorded, if it was planned all along or if it was a sudden thing. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:59, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

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Mena Gurjari (Play)

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• ... that Mena Gurjari became the first—and reportedly only—Gujarati play to be staged at Rashtrapati Bhavan?

• Source: " It is the only Gujarati play to be staged at Rashtrapati Bhavan in independent India. Written by Rasiklal Parikh, 'Mena Gurjari' tells the tale of a woman, Mena, from the Gurjar community."
• Source: "આ નાટકની મહત્તા વર્ણવતાં તેમણે ઉલ્લેખ કર્યો કે આ એકમાત્ર ગુજરાતી નાટક રાષ્ટ્રપતિ ભવનમાં રજૂ થયું હતું." ("Describing the importance of this play, they mentioned that this was the only Gujarati play to be performed at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.")

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

Snehrashmi (talk) 03:24, 21 June 2026 (UTC).

• Article was moved to mainspace the day before the nomination, and is long enough and free from close paraphrasing. No QPQ needed as the nominator has less than five nominations. The hook is cited inline and verified. However, one of its two sources is the Times of India; per WP:TIMESOFINDIA, the source has a questionable history of fact-checking. Given that the hook is superlative (in this case "first" or "only"), I don't think it is usable for this claim. There is a second source, but given the circumstances, it is probably better to go with another hook. As an aside, even if we were to go with the Rashtrapati Bhavan angle, many international readers may not know it is the official residence of the President of India, so any hooks about it should instead be piped as "India's president's official residence" or "the official residence of India's president". Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:13, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the review. I understand the concern regarding the use of the Times of India source, and I also appreciate your suggestion to replace "Rashtrapati Bhavan" in the hook with "the official residence of the President of India" for the benefit of international readers. I will re-draft the DYK hook shortly. Thank you once again for your valuable feedback. Snehrashmi (talk) 04:03, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

As an aside, per the MOS, the article title should be at Mena Gurjari (play), and "Revivals and Adaptations" should be "Revivals and adaptations". Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:37, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing about the article title and the section correction. Snehrashmi (talk) 03:58, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

@Snehrashmi: Any progress on this nomination? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 09:11, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

 Done Snehrashmi (talk) 03:05, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

@Theleekycauldron: Thank you for checking in. I am currently working on revising the DYK hook. I have identified a few promising references through Google Books, but they are only partially accessible. I plan to visit a library to consult the full sources and verify the claim. If I am unable to obtain stronger sourcing, I will revise the nomination with an alternative hook based on another well-sourced fact from the article. I expect to update the hook by Sunday. Snehrashmi (talk) 16:15, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Theleekycauldron:,@Narutolovehinata5: I have now updated the article by removing the unsupported "first/only Gujarati play performed at Rashtrapati Bhavan" claim that relied on The Times of India and Chitralekha. Instead, I have added details supported by scholarly book sources. The article now states that, in 1957, Mena Gurjari was performed at Rashtrapati Bhavan during the Republic Day celebrations in Delhi (supported by Riddhi ane Ronak) and that it was staged to entertain delegates attending a UNESCO conference (supported by Rasik-Bharati: Prof. R. C. Parikh Commemoration Volume, Sanskrit Sahitya Akademi, 2005).

In light of these changes, I would like to replace the original hook with the following alternative:

ALT1* ... that the Gujarati play Mena Gurjari was staged at official residence of India's president during India's Republic Day celebrations?

• Source: "In 1957, the play was performed at Rashtrapati Bhavan"
• Source: "Mena Gurjari was performed in Delhi during the Republic Day celebrations"

Sorry for the late reply. That's better, but I would copyedit the hook to say "at the official residence of India's president", as well as specifying what year. Either that, or instead of saying "was staged", it could say "has been staged". Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:43, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

ALT2* ... that In 1957, Mena Gurjari was staged at the official residence of India's president during India's Republic Day celebrations? (added the year and "the". Dropped "Gujarati play" from the hook, Is it Ok?Snehrashmi (talk) 16:36, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

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Speculum Duorum

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• ... that in his Speculum Duorum, Gerald of Wales complained that the archdeacon of Brecon spoke too much Welsh and that the bishop of St Davids spoke too little?

• Source: Scott, A.B. (1975). "Giraldus Cambrensis Speculum duorum. Edited by Yves Lefèvre and R. B. C. Huygens. English translation by Brian Dawson. General editor, Michael Richter. Pp lxx, 298. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. 1974. £6.00. (Board of Celtic Studies, University of Wales, History and Law Series, no. 27)". Irish Historical Studies. 19 (76): 444–445. doi:10.1017/S0021121400023671. ISSN 0021-1214.

Giraud de Barri; Huygens, Robert Burchard Constantijn; Lefèvre, Yves; Dawson, Brian; Richter, Michael (1974). Speculum duorum or a mirror of two men , preserved in the Vatican library in Rome... / Giraldus Cambrensis; edited by Yves Lefèvre and R.B.C. Huygens; general editor Michael Richter; English translation by Brian Dawson. History and law series. Cardiff: University of Wales press. ISBN 978-0-7083-0544-7.

• • ALT1: ... that in his Speculum Duorum, Gerald de Barri described Gerald de Barri as "more nepa (scorpion) than nepos (nephew)"? Source: Loyn, H. R. (1975). "Giraldus Cambrensis: Speculum Duorum or A Mirror of Two Men. Edited by Yves Lefèvre and R. B. C. Huygens (Eng. trs. by Brian Dawson, gen. ed. Michael Richter). 10×6. Pp. lxx + 298. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1974. £6". The Antiquaries Journal. 55 (2): 434–435. doi:10.1017/S0003581500008532. ISSN 0003-5815.
  • Reviewed:

Moved to mainspace by Quoting Querying Questioner (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Quoting Querying Questioner (talk) 00:58, 27 June 2026 (UTC).

• @Quoting Querying Questioner: New enough (Jun 19), long enough (18 KB), well-sourced. ALT0 is interesting and verified in source. However, there is an immediate copyvio issue: the statement in the hook fact uses the exact same phrasing as the source ("speaking Welsh, liking Welsh music, and wearing Welsh clothes"). Please address this, and make sure that there are no other copyvio issues; I will then check if the article is acceptable for DYK. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 02:45, 10 July 2026 (UTC)
• @Vigilantcosmicpenguin The wording I used, "speaking Welsh, enjoying Welsh music, and wearing Welsh clothes", does not violate copyright as it is too short, factual, and ordinary. To avoid contention, as Wikipedia appears stricter on copyright than the law is, I have reworded it nonetheless and will be careful with future contributions. Quoting Querying Questioner (talk) 06:08, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

7 Dogs

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• ... that while filming 7 Dogs, Sela Studios set two Guinness World Records for film stunt explosions?

• Source: Guinness World Records states that Sela Studio achieved the largest film stunt explosion during filming of 7 Dogs in Riyadh on 29 August 2025, and Guinness World Records also states that Sela Studio achieved the record for most high explosives detonated in a single film take during the same filming.

• • ALT1: ... that a stunt explosion filmed for 7 Dogs in Riyadh was measured at 170.7 tonnes of TNT equivalent? Source: Guinness World Records states that the largest film stunt explosion was 170.7 tonnes of TNT equivalent and was achieved by Sela Studio during filming of 7 Dogs in Riyadh on 29 August 2025.
  • ALT2: ... that during filming of 7 Dogs, 405.85 kilograms of TNT-equivalent high explosives were detonated in a single take? Source: Guinness World Records states that the most high explosives detonated in a single film take was 405.85 kilograms of TNT equivalent and was achieved by Sela Studio during filming of 7 Dogs in Riyadh on 29 August 2025.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/About Time (newspaper)
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Created by Umais Bin Sajjad (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

Umais🗣 15:38, 21 June 2026 (UTC).

• ... that 7 dogs set explosive world records?
• ... that 7 dogs set off 170 tonnes of TNT?

Could work for WP:DYKAPRIL...Bremps... 05:54, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

• These are some really good hooks for WP:DYKAPRIL. I'll leave it to the reviewer to decide whether to use one of them, although next April is still quite far away. Thanks for the suggestion. Umais🗣 06:50, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Full review still needed, thanks :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:21, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

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Khirbet el-Hammam (Narbata)

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• ... that the Roman siege works still encircling Khirbet el-Hammam (ruins pictured) are the closest known parallel to those at Machaerus?

• Source: Zertal, Adam (1981). "מערכת-המצור הרומית בח'ירבת אל-חמאם (נרבתא) שבשומרון" [The Roman Siege System at Khirbet el-Hammam (Narbata) in Samaria]. Qadmoniot (in Hebrew) (55–56): 112–118. JSTOR 23674924. pp. 116–117: המערכת במכוור היא המקבילה הקרובה ביותר לזו שלפנינו. במכוור, שזוהתה עם קלעת אל-מישנקה, כ-7 ק"מ ממזרח לים-המלח, התבצר חלק מאחרוני הקנאים אחרי חורבן ירושלים. רוחבו של הדייק שליד מכוור זהה לזה של נרבתא: 2.20 מ'. מערכת-המצור של מכוור כוללת גם סוללת-אבן ואחד-עשר מחנות מוצר, הנמנים ברובם עם סוג המחנה הקטן הצמוד לדייק. ממדיהם דומים לאלה של המחנות בח'ירבת אל-חמאם. translation: The system at Machaerus is the closest parallel to the one before us. At Machaerus, identified with Qal'at al-Mishnaqa, about 7 km east of the Dead Sea, some of the last zealots fortified themselves after the destruction of Jerusalem. The width of the dyke near Machaerus is identical to that at Narbata: 2.20 m. The siege system at Machaerus also includes a stone assault ramp and eleven camps, most of which belong to the small camp type attached to the dyke. Their dimensions are similar to those of the camps at Khirbet el-Hammam.

• • ALT1: ... that Khirbet el-Hammam (ruins pictured) has been identified with Narbata, the town to which the Jews of Caesarea fled in the events Josephus presents as the outbreak of the First Jewish Revolt? Source: Elmakayes, Yair; Ben-Shlomo, David; Frumkin, Amos (2023). "A New Look at the Water Systems at Khirbet el-Ḥamam (Narbata)". Israel Exploration Journal. 73 (1): 56–72. JSTOR 27315425. p. 58: Regarding the Hellenistic and Roman periods, Zertal suggested this was one of the 'Nirbachta' (later Narbata) towns, settled by the returning Babylonian exiles at the time of the Jewish Revolt and referred to by Josephus as the town to which refugees from Caesarea fled.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/North Fork Snoqualmie River, Template:Did you know nominations/John Kinloch Anderson

Created by Mariamnei (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 28 past nominations.

Mariamnei ✦ ^{reach out 🕊️} 13:24, 24 June 2026 (UTC).

Battle of Sena Gallica (551)

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• ... that Byzantine commander John the Sanguinary, acting against the emperor's wishes, assembled a fleet and sailed to provide relief to Ancon and encountered the Gothic fleet?

• Source: Bury, John Bagnell (1958) [1923]. History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian. Vol. 2 pp. 256, 259 John had been ordered to await the arrival of the new commander-in-chief at Salona, but Narses was delayed on his way, ...The general, Valerian, who was stationed at Ravenna and was not strong enough to send relief, wrote to John at Salona an urgent letter on the gravity of the situation. John promptly manned thirty-eight warships with seasoned men, and at Scardona, higher up the Dalmatian coast, they were joined by twelve more which came across from Ravenna with Valerian. The two generals and their fleet sailed to Sena Gallica, ...
  Syvänne, Ilkka (2021). Military History of Late Rome 518–565 p. 335 The news prompted John, who was at Salones, to intervene before it was too late. He did this despite the emperor’s explicit order not to act on his own initiative.

• • ALT1: ... that the decisive factor in the Battle of Sena Gallica was the greater sea-fighting experience of the Byzantine fleet's Greek sailors? Source: Bury, John Bagnell (1958) [1923]. History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian. Vol. 2 p. 259 But the Goths were at a great disadvantage. They had not the natural aptitude of the Greeks for handling ships, and they can have had very little training in the operations of maritime warfare. They were unable, in the excitement of the action, to maintain a suitable distance between their ships. Some of these were too far from their neighbours and were easily sunk by the enemy, but most of them were too close together and had no room to manoeuvre. Their opponents, on the other hand, kept perfect order, and with cool readiness took advantage of all the blunders of the Goths, who at last, weary and helpless, gave up the contest and fled.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Premise + Template:Did you know nominations/Ko Arimatsu
  • Comment: Note that the article had a previous DYK in 2008 but it should be considered new because it satisfies the 5 year requirement in WP:DYKNEW. If I misunderstood the rules please let me know.

Improved to Good Article status by A.Cython (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 25 past nominations.

A.Cython(talk) 23:19, 22 June 2026 (UTC).

• • ALT1b: ... that the Byzantines' superior naval prowess helped them defeat the Goths at the Battle of Sena Gallica?

This might make the hook more interesting. Edward056686 (talk) 20:05, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

• • • @Edward056686: I am happy with this one (ALT1b). A.Cython(talk) 20:29, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Liam Ruck, Markus Ruck

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Liam Ruck

• ... that identical twins Liam (pictured) and Markus Ruck were selected by the same team in the 2026 NHL entry draft?

• Source: NHL

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dissipatio H. G. & Template:Did you know nominations/Theo Faiss & Template:Did you know nominations/Sô Y Tiết
  • Comment: To do QPQs within two days.

Created by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 3. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 476 past nominations.

BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:38, 29 June 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Recently created articles. Hook is interesting and cited. No copyvio detected. Picture appears to be public domain. Nice work. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:15, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

• Wait I still have the complete the QPQs. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:24, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Will have third QPQ done after I get up tomorrow (July 2). BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:46, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
    • @WikiOriginal-9: Thanks for the review – QPQs done. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:25, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Given the degree of overlap between these two articles, they can't both qualify. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:13, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 23

Faceless Angel of Jeonju

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• ... that an anonymous donor has donated over 1 billion KRW to a community center in Jeonju for 25 years?

• Source: 1. 천사의 선행은 올해로 25년째다. [...] 이로써 얼굴 없는 천사가 놓고 간 누적 성금은 모두 10억 4천 483만 6천 520원에 달한다. (This year marks the 25th anniversary of the angel's good deed. [...] This brings the total amount of money left by the faceless angel to 1,044,836,520 won.) Yonhap News 2. 그는 지난 2000년 4월 초등학생을 통해 58만 4000원이 든 돼지저금통을 중노2동주민센터에 보낸 것을 시작으로 해마다 성탄절을 전후로 남몰래 선행을 이어오고 있다. (Starting with sending a piggy bank containing 584,000 won through an elementary school student to the Jungno 2-dong Community Center in April 2000, he has been secretly doing good deeds around Christmas every year.) Joongang Ilbo

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Agreeee
  • Comment: Drive-by nomination. Also, I would like to request SOHA for August 15 (Korean Independence Day).

Created by 2leeosze (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

KimYubin (talk) 10:27, 29 June 2026 (UTC).

• Also 2leeosze please feel free to comment here if you have any feedback.

Review for User:KimYubin. Article is new enough, long enough. There are a few prose and formatting issues in the article, but it's certainly presentable as is. Article is well-sourced. Hook is appropriately sourced. Photos are appropriately licensed. Hook could use some work though.

What do you think about this alternate hook?

ALT1: ... that Jeonju has a holiday that celebrates a Faceless Angel?

I think this is punchier and more eyecatching.

grapesurgeon (talk) 14:33, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Baruch Katinka

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Air-propelled railcar, 1918

• ... that during World War I, Baruch Katinka devised an "air-propelled railcar" (pictured) that reached speeds of 100 km/h (62 mph) by attaching a 160-horsepower airplane engine and propeller to a narrow-gauge railway car in Ottoman Palestine?

• Source: https://ztrain.kinneret.ac.il/railcart/ The air-propelled railcar

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

Aniyahol (talk) 05:11, 26 June 2026 (UTC).

• Article is new enough and long enough. QPQ not required. There do not appear to be any copyvios and the Earwig tool came back unlikely. The hook is interesting and less than 200 characters. However, there are a number of issues:

• The "Biography" section is completely unsourced. Reliable sources need to be added for those facts.
• The source for the sentence about the replica of the rail car at the Semakh Historic Railway Station museum failed verification, as the source does not mention the rail car at all. On the other hand I found and added a source for a separate fact in the article that could be used as a source to say a replica of the rail car is at a memorial site in Semakh (perhaps the railway station museum is that memorial site but then that would need a reliable source.
• The last paragraph about the YMCA has one source that also does not verify any of the facts in that paragraph. I found a blog site that mentions some of those facts but that does not appear to be a reliable source. So either reliable sources for those facts need to be added, or the paragraph needs to be removed.
• The source supporting the hook blocks me when I try to link to it from Wikipedia. I was able to link to it separately, but it is not clear that the source is reliable. I did find and add reliable source that mostly supports the hook. However, if that source is used, the hook needs to be revised slightly to something like:

ALT1 ... that during World War I, Baruch Katinka devised an "air-propelled railcar" (pictured) that reached speeds of over 80 km/h (50 mph) by attaching a 160-horsepower airplane engine and propeller to a railway car in Ottoman Palestine?

• I assume the image is fine since it comes from Commons, but the origin of the original photo is not clear so I can't be sure myself. I'll leave that to the uploading admin (once the other issues are corrected) to determine if they are comfortable with using the image. Rlendog (talk) 02:20, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

• Some improvements have been made. I am still blocked from the "The air-propelled railcar" site, but that does appear to be a reliable source (a university site) and, based on an AI response I was able to generate, may well cover the fact that the replica is at the Semakh Historic Railway Station museum. 3 sentences remain unsourced: "He studied engineering in Germany before immigrating to Ottoman Palestine in 1908.", "Katinka was also the contractor for the Jerusalem YMCA building with its landmark carillon tower.", "Other projects carried out by Katinka and his company include Jerusalem's main post office as well as airports and military bases across Mandate Palestine." Rlendog (talk) 20:58, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

• Both hooks above are longer than the maximum allowed length of 200 (they're 227 and 218). (I informed the nominator of the problem with the original hook less than an hour after the nomination was created, but there was no response.) I've now struck both hooks. The following (ALT 1a) is 197, just barely in the acceptable range: MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 17:56, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• ALT 1a: ... that during World War I, Baruch Katinka devised an "air-propelled railcar" (pictured) that reached speeds of over 80 km/h (50 mph) by attaching a 160-horsepower airplane engine and propeller to a railway car?

• ALT 2: ... that in 1928, Jewish contractor Baruch Katinka completed the construction of Jerusalem's luxury Palace Hotel, commissioned by Haj Amin al-Husseini, in just 13 months? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aniyahol (talk • contribs) 09:07, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Zachari Zeegelaar

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• ... that after discussing a red card that he was shown during a football game, the match's referee advised Zachari Zeegelaar to pursue a professional career in refereeing?

• Source: Suriname Nieuws: Zachari Zeegelaar had never thought of entering the world of refereeing. (in Dutch) – Due to a red card, he was not allowed to play, but decided to take a seat on the bench as a coach. In that match, the referee awarded an indirect free kick after a handball by the goalkeeper outside the penalty area, and Zeegelaar pointed out to Amalensi that it should have been a direct free kick. "And he agreed with me. Afterwards, we started talking more often about refereeing in Suriname." Amalensi, whose son Sören is also a FIFA referee, advised Zeegelaar to take the refereeing course because he had mastered the rules of the game. Amalensi stated that a great career lay ahead of him. However, Zeegelaar only followed the advice after two years. After the start of the course, everything happened very quickly. Course instructors Hedwig Vinkwolk, Romeo Kabeli, and Gerrirt Niekoop were all impressed by his dedication and regarded him as a great talent.

• • Reviewed: Desis Rising Up and Moving and Sheryl Palmer
  • Comment: I will add the 2 QPQ in the coming hours

Created by CoryGlee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 44 past nominations.

CoryGlee 16:13, 25 June 2026 (UTC).

• Comment. This article looks very promising but the lede needs to be at least two sentences, or else it looks like a stub, and stubs are not allowed at DYK. A good second sentence would be to include a notability argument, which tells readers why they should keep reading and also staves off potential nominations for deletion. Cielquiparle (talk) 05:40, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Note taken, Cielquiparle, thanks a lot for that. I will take care of that and add the second QPQ. CoryGlee 16:48, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Arbel Yehoud

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• ... that Arbel Yehoud was at the center of multiple delays in the January 2025 Gaza war ceasefire?

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Improved to Good Article status by EaglesFan37 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

EaglesFan37 (talk) 22:56, 23 June 2026 (UTC).

Articles created/expanded on June 25

Cameron Houindo

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• ... that Cameron Houindo was often booed by his opponents' parents at youth basketball games? Source: 1
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Seth Van Neerden, Template:Did you know nominations/Chris Williams (bishop)

Created by JTtheOG (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 26 past nominations.

JTtheOG (talk) 21:39, 27 June 2026 (UTC).

• New enough, long enough. Well sourced to English, French, and Slovenian sources. Tone is neutral. Copyvio not a problem per spot check. QPQs are done. Article is tidy with nice infobox too. Hook is a winner but the one question is about whether "booed at" is the right choice for «En raison de sa taille, il se faisait siffler par les parents adverses…». How about "jeered at"? "Booed at" seems to suggest the parents actually said "boo" like Anglophone parents would... This is such an interesting question I found myself in rabbit holes reading non-RS articles that nevertheless tell you something useful like this one. @JTtheOG: Basically the issue is that the parents were probably actually whistling, which is the equivalent of American booing, but maybe "booing" makes it sound like they were actually saying "boo". Cielquiparle (talk) 05:30, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  • That's a very interesting observation. I think you're 100% correct in taking issue with my wording. Perhaps we could ask a French-speaking editor what their interpretation of the text would be? JTtheOG (talk) 06:19, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Stillorgan Obelisk

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The Stillorgan Obelisk

• ... that Lord Allen built an obelisk with a groin vault at the base (pictured) for his wife?

• Source: "At Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, [Edward Lovett Pearce] designed an impressive example as a monument to Lady Allen, on a vast cross-vaulted rocky base." "Stillorgan Obelisk was built in 1727 at the instigation of Lord Allen"

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Amasa E. Killam Template:Did you know nominations/St Helena Hospice
  • Comment: Cross vaulted and groin vault mean the same thing
  • Comment 2: Can this be promoted into the 3rd "... that" slot? I want to win a Bilorv's Challenge if that's fine

Created by Finnfrog99 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 21 past nominations.

Froglord (Finnfrog99) (talk) 13:24, 25 June 2026 (UTC).

• Finnfrog99, please note that a second QPQ is required for this nomination. Dclemens1971 (talk) 22:15, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Will do, one sec Froglord (Finnfrog99) (talk) 22:17, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
    • @Dclemens1971: done! Froglord (Finnfrog99) (talk) 22:37, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
      • full review still needed, thanks :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 09:25, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

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José María España

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• ... that the sons of executed conspirator José María España raised the first Venezuelan national flag in the same square where their father was put to death?

• Source: http://www.psuv.org.ve/temas/noticias/1761-nace-jose-maria-espana-martir-revolucion-independentista-venezolana/

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

ItsMeGabeProductions (talk) 09:04, 27 June 2026 (UTC).

• Note that Venezuela's national day is July 5th; this could be a WP:SOHA hook. Bremps... 00:13, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

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Geoffrey de Henlaw

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• ... that Geoffrey de Henlaw gained a reputation as a physician in Bristol before becoming prior of Llanthony and later bishop of St Davids?

ALT1:...that Geoffrey de Henlaw was a physician in Bristol before becoming prior of Llanthony and later bishop of St Davids?

• Source: Cowley, Frederick George (1977). The monastic order in South Wales, 1066-1349. Studies in Welsh history. University of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press [for] the History and Law Committee of the Board of Celtic Studies. ISBN 978-0-7083-0648-2.

"Geoffrey de Henlaw, prior of Llanthony (1178-1203) and later bishop of St. David's (1203-1214), probably acquired his fame as a physician before he became an Augustinian."

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

Quoting Querying Questioner (talk) 10:05, 30 June 2026 (UTC).

• The article is well-organized besides being long and new enough. WP:VR is met through the reliable sources used. QPQ is not needed and no copyvio was detected. The hook is long enough and interesting but the same thing can not be found in the body as a whole sentence. Moreover, the article reads that he "probably gained a reputation as a physician before becoming an Augustinian." --Mhhossein ^talk 21:49, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
• "that Geoffrey de Henlaw was physician in Bristol before becoming prior of Llanthony and later bishop of St Davids"? Quoting Querying Questioner (talk) 03:42, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Quoting Querying Questioner: Are you suggesting an alternative hook? Then use the template and isnert ALT1. Like this:

ALT1:...that Geoffrey de Henlaw was physician in Bristol before becoming prior of Llanthony and later bishop of St Davids?

Then, you need to edit the article so that this sequence of roles are clarified. When was he known as a physician? There's a clear sentence that helps; "On 29 June 1199, the chapter of St Davids elected Gerald of Wales as bishop." Do the same for the other roles. --Mhhossein ^talk 15:55, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, I am. I cannot do the same for the other roles as there are no known surviving records of when he became prior. Quoting Querying Questioner (talk) 08:22, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Portuguese in California

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• ... that most Portuguese Americans live in California?

• Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/palcus-2020-us-decennial-census-reveals-increase-in-population-of-portuguese-in-the-united-states-301935515.html
• "California continues to be the state with the largest Portuguese population, with 350,011 Portuguese"

• ALT1: ... that some Portuguese Americans in California practice bloodless bullfighting during religious festivals?

• Source: https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/california-s-bloodless-bullfights-keep-2511124.php
• "The state banned the gory bullfights, introduced by early Spaniards, in 1957, but allowed supporters - mostly ranchers descended from Azorean Portuguese immigrants - to continue their country's "bloodless" variation so long as contests were pegged to religious festivals and the bulls weren't maimed or killed."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Statue of John Cartwright

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

BaduFerreira (talk) 02:28, 28 June 2026 (UTC).

• PALCUS seems like a decent enough source for this. The first hook checks out, is fairly interesting, and the article seems in decent enough shape. It's eligible from recent move to mainspace, and there's no evidence of copyvio I could find. QPQ works. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:20, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  • @BaduFerreira and Generalissima: "most" would usually imply at least a majority, while it seems like California only has a plurality, so I've struck alt0 (plus I think that had an EGG link). Suggesting ALT2: ... that a plurality of Portuguese Americans live in California? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 20:57, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Also, does the article need to be moved to Portuguese Americans in California or something? The current title feels very odd, I wouldn't refer to a Portuguese American as "a Portuguese". theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 21:03, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
    • I've gone back and forth on the article title and named it Portuguese in California as it covers both Portuguese Americans in California and Portuguese people (non-Americans) in California. I took inspiration for the title from articles like Koreans in Washington, D.C. or Japanese in Hawaii. BaduFerreira (talk) 21:22, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 28

Homelessness in Papua New Guinea

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• ... that Papua New Guinea's homeless population are sometimes referred to as "Drain Dwellers"?

• Source: "In Papua New Guinea, homeless people are also referred to as ‘Drain Dwellers’, while in the Western Cape they are known as ‘Pavement Dwellers’."

https://systems.enpress-publisher.com/index.php/jipd/article/viewFile/6138/4347

Ige OA. (2024). A scoping review of street homelessness: What can Papua New Guinea learn from South Africa?. Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development. 8(12): 6138. https://doi.org/10.24294/jipd.v8i12.6138

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5x expanded by Zoe3456 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Zoe3456 (talk) 19:50, 28 June 2026 (UTC).

• Just noting there is currently a maintenance tag in the "Government responses" section. APK hi :-) (talk) 01:20, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

  Pinging @Zoe3456:. Yue🌙 (talk) 08:17, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

  Hi, I updated it! No more maintenance tags. Thanks! Zoe3456 (talk) 14:41, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

• Hi Zoe3456! New enough and large enough expansion. Nominator is QPQ-exempt. I have a question about the WSWS source, which is listed as "generally unreliable". Is there a substitute? Hook fact checks out. Almost ready if I can get that generally unreliable source replaced. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 22:28, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on June 29

Rigid kite (airborne wind energy)

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• ... that rigid kite airborne wind energy systems could also be used in surveillance and atmospheric monitoring?

• Source: "Kitemill Announces Strategic Market Entry: Security Infrastructure to Catalyze the Airborne Wind Energy Revolution". Kitemill. 2026-05-14. Retrieved 2026-07-02.

Cayon, Oriol; Watson, Simon; Schmehl, Roland (2025-10-13). "Kite as a sensor: wind and state estimation in tethered flying systems". Wind Energy Science. 10 (10): 2161–2188. Bibcode:2025WiEnS..10.2161C. doi:10.5194/wes-10-2161-2025. ISSN 2366-7443.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dzanga Bai

Created by Mahno2000 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 107 past nominations.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:16, 6 July 2026 (UTC).

• @Mahno2000: New and by far long enough, Earwig detects no copyvios, all images are properly licensed, QPQ done. The hook could be improved; its source specifically focuses on the eastern Schengen area border rather than generic surveillance, which is interesting. I also think that a hook just focusing on the fact that tethered UAVs can generate wind power is by itself pretty interesting. Also, "rigid kite airborne wind energy systems" is a bit wordy and a shorter phrase should be used.

I'm also going to quibble with the sourcing of the history section. "The quantitative foundation of the field is usually traced to the 1980 paper 'Crosswind kite power' by Miles L. Loyd" is cited to that 1980 paper itself, and "the field's first comprehensive monograph was published in 2013" is cited to that 2013 paper. These facts can only be verified by independent sources written afterwards. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 21:48, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Piero Volpi

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• ... that Italian physician Piero Volpi indirectly helped Brazil win the 2002 FIFA World Cup by treating the tournament's top goalscorer, Ronaldo, so that he would be fit to play in the tournament?

• Source: https://sempreinter.com/2024/11/18/inter-doctor-piero-volpi-hakan-calhanoglu-doesnt-have-serious-problem/ https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/esporte/fk2411199921.htm https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/esporte/fk0112199912.htm https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/20_aprile_09/piero-volpi-medico-calcio-io-infettato-un-paziente-sport-deve-attendere-3ffffc7e-7a2f-11ea-880f-c93e42aa5d4e.shtml

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  • Comment: I would write this hook for the July 19th World Cup final, but that day has already been set in stone. The sentence that this hook was based on was cited four times in the article, so I have provided all four of the citations for you (usually I only choose one).

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

Beta Beta Beta - talk 21:16, 29 June 2026 (UTC).

• Apparently it isn't set in stone actually since I read that DYKs should generally consist of 9 hooks instead of 7, so I think there's room for two more. Beta Beta Beta - talk 21:37, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  • ... that an Italian footballer helped Brazil win the 2002 FIFA World Cup? Bremps... 05:27, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

I much prefer this hook. In solidarity, Iseult ^Δx talk to me 23:48, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Yilma Ketema

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• ... that Yilma Ketema was the first black footballer to play in both Greece and Turkey?

• Source: Gazzetta.gr: "Λίγοι ωστόσο γνωρίζουν πως στους «κίτρινους» αγωνίστηκε ο πρώτος μαύρος ποδοσφαιριστής στην ιστορία του ελληνικού ποδοσφαίρου" (Few people know, however, that the first black footballer in the history of Greek football played for the "yellows") + "Μάλιστα έγινε ο πρώτος μαύρος ποδοσφαιριστής και στο πρωτάθλημα της γειτονικής χώρας, δίχως όμως να καταφέρει να μακροημερεύσει στην Κωνσταντινούπολη." (In fact, he became the first black footballer in the neighboring country's league, but he did not manage to stay long in Istanbul.)

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Gray Lodge Wildlife Area

Created by ShadowBallX (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

ShadowBallX (talk) 01:22, 29 June 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - n
• Interesting: - n

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I just searched on Google who was the first black player in Turkey and found Ketema was not the first black player in Turkey, but Fercani Şener, who was from Afro-Turks background. As a result, you need to find another interesting fact about him for the hook.

In addition, I believe his article could be improved by adding information from the digitized Greek newspaper archive. I put the website in citation format. Faldi00 (talk) 19:36, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

• Thanks for the archive. As for the first in Turkey, I guess it was referring specifically to the Süper Lig, which was founded in 1959. (To me, it sounded like it was for the first in the country as a whole). Though I'm confused as to why you don't think the hook is interesting. ShadowBallX (talk) 23:45, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

• Sorry for the late reply because I was on vacation. Actually, I want to tick the hook as interesting. However, as the fact-check found that he was not the first black player to play in Turkey, I considered marking it as not interesting. Anyway, I just discovered that when Şener played for Beşiktaş, the club competed in the Istanbul league since the national-level football competition in Turkey did not yet exist. Hence, the hook is better rewritten as:

ALT0a: ... that Yilma Ketema was the first black footballer to play in both the Greek and Turkish National Football Leagues?

Please ping me if you are fine with my hook suggestion. Faldi00 (talk) 14:15, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

@Faldi00: Your alt is fine, would probably change the last part to "...to play in both the national leagues of Greece and Turkey?" Additionally, I've just found another ALT hook that might be good. ShadowBallX (talk) 20:17, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that one year after Yilma Ketema became the first African footballer in Greece, the country's football federation introduced a ban on foreign players? Source: Gazzetta.gr: "To G-Weekend γράφει για τον Γίλμα Κατάμα, τον πρώτο ποδοσφαιριστή απ' την Αφρική στην ιστορία του ελληνικού πρωταθλήματος που αγωνίστηκε στον Άρη στα μέσα της δεκαετίας του '60." (G-Weekend writes about Yilmas Katamas, the first footballer from Africa in the history of the Greek championship who played for Aris in the mid-1960s.) and "Ο Άρης επιχείρησε να τον διατηρήσει στο δυναμικό του με νέους βελτιωμένους όρους, αλλά ένας νόμος περί απαγόρευσης ξένων ποδοσφαιριστών στο ημιεπαγγελματικό ελληνικό πρωτάθλημα αποδείχθηκε ανυπέρβλητο εμπόδιο." (Aris attempted to retain him on its roster with new improved terms, but a law banning foreign footballers in the semi-professional Greek league proved to be an insurmountable obstacle.)

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Stephan Ludwig Roth

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• ... that after his 1849 execution, pastor Stephan Ludwig Roth became a "martyr" among the Transylvanian Saxons because of his advocacy of social justice?

• Source: Mall, Jonathan (2019). "Stephan Ludwig Roth und die Juden. Überlegungen zu einem vernachlässigten Aspekt im Denken des "größten Mannes des Sachsenvolkes"". Zeitschrift für Siebenbürgische Landeskunde (in German). 42: 63–81. ISSN 0344-3418. Retrieved 24 August 2025.

"Das Vermächtnis Stephan Ludwig Roths". Hermannstädter Zeitung. 2 October 1970. Retrieved 24 August 2025.

• • ALT1: ... that although the Transylvanian Saxon pastor Stephan Ludwig Roth admired the biblical Israelites and ancient Hebrews, he was openly antisemitic to contemporary Jews? Source: See multiple in "Views on Jews" section.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Abdurrahman Mohammad Fachir

Improved to Good Article status by Apollo468 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 116 past nominations.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:14, 7 July 2026 (UTC).

Murder of Cissy Stuart

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• ... that police and others suspected that the person who stabbed Cissy Stuart to death knew her and was familiar with her house?

• Source: Los Angeles Times. "Because the cellar door was locked, it was suggested by the police and acquaintances of the Stuarts that the murderer must have known Cissy and was familiar with the house."

• ALT1: ... that Cissy Stuart grew Mr. Einsteins in her yard?

• Source: The New York Times. "But the horticulturalist would not live to see the blooms of her Mr. Einsteins (daffodils), her Emily rose or the tall blue flowers of her monkshood."

• Reviewed: Arenaza

Created by StonyBrook (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

StonyBrook _babble 19:41, 6 July 2026 (UTC).

Nicolae Moromete

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Moromete in Securitate uniform

• ... that Nicolae Moromete (pictured), who tortured prisoners of the Romanian communist regime in the 1950s, had fought the Soviet Union in World War II?

• Source: Multiple sources for both facts (and many many for the torturer part). Allow to quote from arguably the most detailed and researched, namely Diana Popa, "Nicolae Moromete, torționarul bâlbâit care a adus moarte pe unde a trecut. Delta Dunării era supranumită 'țara lui Maromet'", in Ziua de Constanța, 6 February 2025: În timpul celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial, Nicolae Moromete a fost trimis pe frontul de Răsărit. Conform informațiilor existente în dosarele sale profesionale, spune [istoricul] Dumitru Lăcătușu, acesta a deservit centrala telefonică a Batalionului 11 Transmisiuni, ajungând cu unitatea lui în Odessa, Crimeea și Cotul Donului. În timpul conflagrației, a fost și decorat cu medalia „Bărbăție și Credință“ după ce și-a pus viața în pericol pentru a repara un fir de transmisiuni care se rupsese. [...] nu doar că Moromete ordona bătaia, ci participa direct la ea. Un fost deținut politic trecut a povestit că, în anul 1950, după ce doi iugoslavi au reușit să evadeze din închisoare, toți deținuții politic au fost scoși dezbrăcați în curtea închisorii și așa au trecut printr-un tunel de gardieni înarmați cu bâte. În fruntea lor se afla însuși Moromete. Ca și când n-ar fi fost de ajuns, a ordonat ca toate ferestrele celulelor să fie închise, bătute în cuie și astupate cu obloane. Oamenii ajunseseră morți vii. Trei dintre ei au murit asfixiați, iar tuturor celorlalți le-au ieșit pete roșii de piele. O altă metodă de tortură de-a lui Moromete era închiderea deținuților într-o cameră neagră cu ciment pe jos, unde arestații erau aruncați în pielea goală. Discuțiile dintre deținuți pe teme politice le aduceau celor prinși pedepse suplimentare. Cei care visau la venirea americanilor au fost scoși iarna afară și, după ce au fost acuzați că otrăvesc mintea celorlalți, au fost bătuți cu ciomegele și cu patul de armă și loviți cu pumnii și picioarele, iar apoi aruncați în groapa de gunoi. Cu sângele încă șiroind pe ei, erau aduși din nou în celule. [...] Din anul 1952, Nicolae Moromete a fost numit în funcția de comandant la Galați, după ce timp de câteva luni a deținut aceeași funcție la Caransebeș. La penitenciarul din Moldova, Maromet a continuat să utilizeze aceleași practici abuzive. Din ordinul lui, hrana deținuților era dată la porcii unității, iar norma zilnică a deținuților era redusă „pe considerentul că nu îndeplineau normele fixate la confecționarea rogojinilor“. Despre condițiile de lucru, hrană și cazare se menționează în mai multe documente faptul că „erau necorespunzătoare, astfel că au decedat zilnic câte trei-patru deținuți“, iar celor bolnavi „nu li s-a dat niciun fel de medicamente“. [...] Probabil pedepsit de superiori, Nicolae Moromete a fost trimis la colonia de muncă Chilia Veche în vara anului 1956. Era un loc rupt de lume, unde doar Dumnezeu din cer mai vedea ororile la care au fost supuși deținuții de aici, mulți bătrâni și bolnavi, care erau puși la munci grele: la îndiguirea ostroavelor, la tăierea stufului și a papurii din Delta Dunării. [...] Conform „Dicționarului penitenciarelor din România comunistă (1945-1967)“, deținuții lucrau câte zece ore în apă, noroi și frig, iar norma zilnică a crescut de la 20 de maldăre la 44 de maldăre, în timp ce s-au redus rațiile alimentare și s-a introdus aplicarea de pedepse celor care nu își îndeplineau norma zilnică. [...] În vara anului 1958, toți deținuții cazați la Bacul 4 au fost bătuți „până și-au făcut necesitățile pe ei“, așa cum reține un document al Direcției Generale MAI Constanța, cu cravașe confecționate din curele de ventilator de mașini, care erau întărite cu sârmă până la mijloc, și ciomege. De cele mai multe ori, bătăile deținuților de la Chilia Veche erau auzite și de localnici, care, în cele din urmă, au informat conducerea ministerului.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Varsha Deshpande

Created by Dahn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 128 past nominations.

Dahn (talk) 20:18, 4 July 2026 (UTC).

• Dahn, not a review, but I think the hook can be more concise. Maybe: ...Nicolae Moromete (pictured), who tortured prisoners of the Romanian communist regime in the 1950s, had fought the Soviet Union in World War II? In solidarity, Iseult ^Δx talk to me 21:40, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

• @Iseult: That's a very fine suggestion, thank you! I've rephrased the original hook directly. Dahn (talk) 02:31, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Mujahid Bani Mufleh

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• ... that Palestinian journalist Mujahid Bani Mufleh was targeted by teargas while covering a protest attended by government ministers and legislators? Source: Reporters Without Borders
  • ALT1: ... that Palestinian journalist Mujahid Bani Mufleh was targeted by teargas on the job? Source: Reporters Without Borders
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Park Theatre (Philadelphia, Broad St.)

Created by JTtheOG (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 27 past nominations.

JTtheOG (talk) 03:50, 4 July 2026 (UTC).

• Comment ALT1 is less wordy and more concise, and is better IMO. The word "while" could be inserted in between teargas and on. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 21:43, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Bishop O'Dowd High School

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• ... that the campus of Bishop O'Dowd High School features a 3-acre (1.2 ha) ecological restoration site built by students on an abandoned rock quarry?

• Source: https://bringingbackthenatives.net/bishop-odowd-high-schools-living-laboratory

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

CostalCal (talk) 20:01, 1 July 2026 (UTC).

• GA, in time, long enough, sourced, no apparent copyvios, no QPQ needed. The image does not indicate the source of the CC license, and so is not currently appropriate. CostalCal, where does the article say that the ecological restoration site was built by students on an abandoned rock quarry? --Usernameunique (talk) 21:24, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
  • Note: Dragon Hoops was bold, but it doesn't appear to be eligible for DYK. I assume the bolding was accidental, and I unbolded it. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 04:30, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

• @Usernameunique: @Mandarax: I have deleted the second hook, re-written the first one, changed the source, removed the image, and I believe that this requires another reviewer to check as it has been abandoned for almost 2 weeks now. CostalCal (talk) 23:17, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on July 1

Amadu Bansang Jobarteh

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• ... that Amadu Bansang Jobarteh had 4 wives and 17 children?

• Source: "He was married to four women, Kumuna Sakiliba, Kachikaly Suso, Lanla Conteh and Nyima Cham with over seventeen children."

• • ALT1: ... that Amadu Bansang Jobarteh tuned his kora by ear from a single tonic string? Source: "Amadu Bansang Jobarteh's tuning method is based on the timbango string as system tonic. First he tunes the answerer (jinkandango) string (C) to a fifth above the timbango string (F)... He also checks the upper octave of the timbango (the string he calls kumbengo) against these two strings. He then fills in the lower tetrachord starting at the G immediately above the F (timbango) and then the A immediately above...There is no real sense of absolute pitch among kora players, so when two get together one must make an adjustment up or down to play with the other. Koras are usually tuned to match the range of the vocalist, who is often the player himself. Most are tuned with their system tonic" (p. 160-161)
  • ALT2: ... that Amadu Bansang Jobarteh was called a "library" of African history by the Gambian politician Sidia Jatta? Source: "Sidia Jatta, a renowned Gambian Parliamentarian who is a founding member of PDOIS Party has strong admiration for the great Jali referring to him as a “Library” out of respect for his firm knowledge of African history."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Radu Cioculescu

Improved to Good Article status by RabidTuberculosis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

RabidTuberculosis (talk) 21:57, 7 July 2026 (UTC).

The Rise and Reign of the Mammals

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• ... that in Steve Brusatte's book The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, humans are given "about the same attention as horses and whales and elephants"?

• Source: From the book itself, https://books.google.com/books?id=_XBBEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+rise+and+reign+of+the+mammals&newbks=0&hl=en&ovso=1#v=onepage&q=ut%20the%20same%20attention%20as%20horses%20and%20whales%20and%20elephants&f=false

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Avannaata Qimussersua
  • Comment: It's been a while on the QPQ but my records suggest I haven't used that one yet. I can review a new one if that's not kosher.

I'm not thrilled about this hook, happy to take alternative suggestions if anyone has any.

Created by Rusalkii (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

Rusalkii (talk) 06:10, 2 July 2026 (UTC).

List of Toluca FC records and statistics

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• ... that Toluca FC has produced more top goalscorers in a season than any other club in Liga MX?

• Source: Spanish: A lo largo de su historia, [Toluca FC] ha tenido 9 campeones de goleo individual entre los que suman 16 títulos en la Liga MX, una cifra que lo coloca como el equipo con más títulos de goleo en el país. / English: Throughout its history, [Toluca FC] has had 9 individual scoring champions among whom they have won 16 titles in Liga MX, a figure that places it as the team with the most scoring titles in the country. (El Informador)

• • ALT1: ... that a Toluca FC player holds the Liga MX record for most goals scored in a single tournament since the league adopted a two-season format in 1996? Source: Spanish: José Cardozo posee el récord de goles en un solo torneo corto ... nada se compara a ese año cuando logró 29 goles en 19 partidos de Fase Regular, una marca que luce insuperable. / English: José Cardozo holds the record for most goals in a single short tournament ... nothing compares to that year when he scored 29 goals in 19 regular season games, a record that seems unbeatable. (Mediotiempo) Spanish: Con el Invierno 96, en 1996 quedaron instaurados los torneos cortos, diseño copiado al futbol argentino, con un agregado muy mexicano: la liguilla, éxito comprobadísimo en cualquiera modalidad en el futbol mexicano. / English: With the Winter 96 [season], in 1996 the short tournaments were established, a design copied from Argentine football, with a very Mexican addition: the playoffs, a proven success in any modality in Mexican football. (ESPN Deportes)
  • ALT2: ... that Toluca FC is the only team in Liga MX to have scored over 100 goals in a calendar year? Spanish: Toluca es el único equipo de Liga MX en marcar 100 goles en un año natural / Toluca is the only Liga MX team to score 100 goals in a calendar year (Récord)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kampala – Hamburg: Roman einer Flucht
  • Comment: Favorite hooks are ALT0 and ALT2

Moved to mainspace by Morogris (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 121 past nominations.

Morogris (✉ • ✎) 22:50, 1 July 2026 (UTC).

• Comment Please consider adding this to the 19 July SOHA. Dahn (talk) 20:56, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

• As the nominator I’m supportive of having this posted on 19 July SOHA. Morogris (✉ • ✎) 23:22, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on July 2

Vintilă Weiss

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• ... that a torture experiment in Romanian communist prisons was ended by a Jewish communist victim-whistleblower?

• Source: Multiple detailed sources on the succession of events. Here's the concise version in (in Romanian) Mihai Pelin, "Final fără glorie — Siguranța și Securitatea versus Legația Franței (2)", in Jurnalul Național, August 31, 2006: Mai mult n-a fost chip sa se scoata de la Vintila Weiss, trecut ulterior prin infernul din Penitenciarul Gherla, molestat sistematic de legionarii care amorsasera "fenomenul Pitesti". Cu ambii plamani afectati, chestorul a fost transferat in Spitalul Penitenciar Vacaresti si, de aici, prin concursul unor fosti colegi de serviciu din defuncta Siguranta a Statului, a reusit sa trimita conducerii partidului comunist un memoriu detaliat despre ce se intamplase si inca se mai intampla in penitenciarele de la Pitesti si Gherla. Memoriul in speta a sfarsit prin a ajunge spre rezolvare la Ministerul Afacerilor Interne, al carui secretariat i-a solicitat generalului Gheorghe Pintilie, seful Securitatii, toate datele existente despre Vintila Weiss. Asta ca sa se stie cine divulga ororile de la Gherla si ce mai poate spune in plus. Interogarea fostului chestor a produs marturii zguduitoare, treptat cercul de martori a fost largit, ajungandu-se intr-un tarziu la o ancheta de mari proportii si la un proces in urma caruia peste o duzina de legionari tortionari au ajuns la glont. In contextul acelui timp, Vintila Weiss nu avea de unde sa stie ca insasi Securitatea pusese la cale "fenomenul Pitesti", perpetuat ulterior la Gherla, prin locotenent colonelul Tudor Sepeanu si directorii penitenciarelor in discutie. (The final part, on him "not knowing" that the Securitate was behind this, is contradicted by all other sources, but that's besides the point.) On Weiss' Jewishness and communism, the most detailed source is Radu Ciuceanu (2015), for instance pp. 231–232: Un singur individ împotriva unui minister atât de temut precum Ministerul de Interne. El a răsturnat carul care cuprindea mărimile cunoscute sau necunoscute ale unei instituţii ce stârnea, ziua şi noaptea, groaza printre români [...]. S-a chemat Vais Vintilă şi, în plus, era evreu. Date biografice: simpatizant al P.C.R.-ului în ilegalitate.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carlos Mallo Molina

Created by Dahn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 129 past nominations.

Dahn (talk) 21:38, 4 July 2026 (UTC).

Articles created/expanded on July 3

Reinforced concrete bridge

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Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge, China

• ... that the Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge's (pictured) 420-metre (1,380 ft) arch span is the longest of any reinforced concrete bridge?

• Source: Chen, Q.; Zhang, Y.; Xiang, H. W.; Wang, S. G. (2015). "Construction control techniques of long-span steel truss arch bridges". Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development (English Edition). 9 (1): 35–44.

• • ALT1: ... that the world's first reinforced concrete bridge was built in Paris in 1875? Source: Fernández Troyano, Leonardo (2003). Bridge Engineering: A Global Perspective. Thomas Telford. p. 152. ISBN 978-0727732156.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/HoloX Meeting

Moved to mainspace by Xiaotong Lian (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 110 past nominations.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:26, 7 July 2026 (UTC).

• Long enough, free of maintenance templates, moved to mainspace on the indicated day. No copyvio concerns. Image is CC BY-SA. Hook fact appears in the article, is interesting and short enough. AGF on the offline source. QPQ done. I have two concerns:
  1. Is a claim like "longest bridge" acceptable if the reference is 10 years old? Should it rather be "was the longest bridge in 2015"?
  2. Should the Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge maybe be linked in the hook, as we have an article on it?

Also, adding the reference for being the longest of the reinforced concrete bridges should maybe be added to the bridge article itself, as the ref there does not support the fact. --Pgallert (talk) 11:50, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Tian'e Longtan Bridge, China

Thanks for the review Pgallert. Yes, your first point is good; it turns out a larger one has been built since, so I have struck the first hook and adjusted the text in the article. A new hook suggested below:

• ALT0a: ... that the Tian'e Longtan Bridge's (pictured) 600-metre (2,000 ft) arch span is the longest of any reinforced concrete bridge?

We tend to not introduce excess links in hooks to encourage the click-through rate to the bolded link. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 09:49, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Silk biomaterial

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• ... that scaffolds made of silk biomaterials, which serve as temporary frameworks for regrowing living tissue, can be designed to degrade at the rate at which new tissue forms?

• Source: Cao, Yi; Wang, Bochu (2009). "Biodegradation of silk biomaterials". International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 10 (4): 1514–1524. Bibcode:2009IJMSc..10.1514C. doi:10.3390/ijms10041514. PMC 2680630. PMID 19468322.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Women drone operators in the Ukrainian military

Moved to mainspace by Auralithe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 108 past nominations.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:00, 7 July 2026 (UTC).

Ízaro Island

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• ... that a 15th-century monastery on the island of Ízaro was visited by three different monarchs?

• Source: https://urdaibai.org/es/geografia/izaro.php https://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/costa/izaro-isla-rica-leyendas-historia-visitaron-tres-20250722171651-nt.html

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/St Patrick's Bridge
  • Comment: Sources are in Spanish.

Created by Srr9810 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Beta Beta Beta - talk 01:12, 5 July 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - n
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• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article new and long enough and plagiarism free as far as I can tell. Significant uncited material remains. Hook is cited and interesting. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:56, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Freddy (soccer fan)

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Langley

• ... that German soccer fan Freddy garnered prominence on X for being a fan of Langley (pictured), but later deactivated his account after people claimed that he was working at Langley?

• Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/freddy-world-cup-viral-fan/687771/

• • ALT1: ... that while visiting Atlanta before the 2026 FIFA World Cup, German soccer fan Freddy described the city's metro system as a GTA lobby? Source: https://nypost.com/2026/06/12/lifestyle/german-world-cup-tourist-goes-viral-eating-his-way-across-america/
  • ALT2: ... that an anonymous German soccer fan named Freddy garnered prominence for his reaction to a Buc-ee's? Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20260612190743/https://people.com/german-soccer-fan-goes-viral-as-he-discovers-u-s-food-spots-in-world-cup-road-trip-11995387
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Felicity Lott
  • Comment: I really prefer alt0, so if you find any issues with it, I would like some refinements.

Created by Knightoftheswords281 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

— Knightoftheswords 12:55, 3 July 2026 (UTC).

• Reviewing. Cielquiparle (talk) 03:54, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Great idea for a Wikipedia article. New enough (nominated on same day moved into mainspace), more than long enough (31755 characters). Has a lot of sources – 81 are cited (20 of which Cite Unseen finds generally reliable, 11 no consensus, 5 marginally reliable, and 6 generally unreliable). Drilling down further on the 6 generally unreliable, weirdly at least 2 of them are articles that don't even mention Freddy. Get rid. In fact, strongly recommend getting rid of that entire Background section that has nothing to do with Freddy. This is not a magazine article or essay; it's an encyclopedia entry about Freddy. That section is extraneous and if anything could belong in a completely different Wikipedia article (maybe). It also pushes down the main content of the article and in this day and age of scrolling rather than reading, no one has patience to wade through a bunch of extra information they weren't expecting like "what is the World Cup". In any case, point 3 in the checklist requires more work. QPQ is done. Hooks have a bunch of problems: All hooks suffer from MOS:SEAOFBLUE, an excessive number of blue links to common words and phrases that confuse the reader as to where they should click (the objective is to get them to read the article about Freddy, remember?). ALT0 definitely does not qualify as a picture hook, as Langley is not the main subject of the article. Also it seems funny only to a limited audience (Americans who know what Langley is referring to the CIA headquarters). The whole thing seems like an oversimplification as well. Perhaps the hook can still be saved but it needs a bit more thought put into it. ALT1 fails the interesting test (what is a GTA lobby? even if I work out that it's a Grand Theft Auto reference, why is it interesting to a broad audience?). Also the sourcing for that hook fails point 5 in the checklist (though perhaps an alternate source could be found). ALT2 has potential but "garnered prominence" sounds awkward. @Knightoftheswords281: All this to say, there is a lot of interesting content in this article, so don't hide it, and don't undersell it – with the right hook, this should be a winner in the monthly DYK stats – take a look through the successful past hooks to see what works. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:33, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
  • @Cielquiparle and AirshipJungleman29:, while in retrospect, the background section was prolly too long, I don't agree with its wholesale removal, since the broader "European/international tourists come to America during the WC and love it" has been pretty extensively covered in the sources used in this article, as well as (to a lesser extent) the political atmosphere around the WC. Such a background section with one or two (shorter) paragraphs with the base biographical information included at the top of the following section moved in should be fine and fall under WP:DUE. As for ALT0, I think the interest is more from the wordplay in the hook, which would probably intrigue readers in of themselves (perhaps the link could be changed from GB Center of Int. to just the CIA?); the same is (slightly less) true with (a de-initialized) ALT1, since GTA and its contents are fairly broadly known globally. Also, NYP is considered reliable for uncontroversial, non-political statements per WP:RSP. I've also noticed that ASJM has orange-tagged the article ({{Fanpov}}); if he could point to specific examples throughout the text, I will analyze and rewrite. — Knightoftheswords 16:55, 8 July 2026 (UTC)
    • Thanks for the ping. It's some excessive detail and some wording. The lead is larger than most FAs, phrases like "eagle-eyed netizens" and "and received extensive attention" are reminiscent of much more promotional articles, the significant amounts of unencyclopedic minor details in his journey (I guess it's good to know which mountains are good sniper points?) contributes to the feeling of bloat, and the use of some fairly tabloidy sources—I've never heard of Dexerto before but I'm not surprised that WP:RSP advises against using it for BLPs—doesn't help. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:08, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on July 4

Assassination of Patrice Lumumba

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Patrice Lumumba

• ... that at least three countries collaborated on the killing of a Congolese independence leader (pictured)?

• Source: The three countries would be US, Belgium, and DRC (also Belgian client state of Katanga could be fourth).

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Baltimore (Randy Newman song)
  • Comment: Happy to come up with more alts, but this one gets to the thrust of it

Converted from a redirect by Dizzycheekchewer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

Dizzycheekchewer (talk) 15:13, 10 July 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - ?
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• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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• Cited: - ?
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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article converted from redirect on July 4 and nominated on July 10. QPQ is done. Article is long enough. But there are some issues I need to raise:

1. I'm sorry, but I don't think this picture is appropriately licensed. The description on Commons claims that AP did not renew the copyright for the image, but the AP's website shows the image & claims that it is copyrighted. Therefore, I think the Commons version of the image needs to be deleted, because it is not actually in the public domain.
2. The caption for the larger version of the image says it is Lumumba and two unknown aides, but the man to his left may actually be his vice president, Joseph Okito, per Getty Images in an alternative/sequential photo
3. The language of the hook is almost restrained to the point of misleading readers. What I mean is: he was prime minister and was assassinated, but the language of the hook almost changes readers' understanding of who he was & what happened to him. Does that make sense? Also, I wonder if you've considered any alternative hooks?
4. There are a couple "citation needed" tags that I added to the article. Some footnotes and also sentences at the end of paragraphs (after a citation in the previous sentence) do not have a citation. Also, there's an instance where a paragraph preceding a blockquote is missing a citation, whereas the blockquote has a citation... typically per WP:BLOCKQUOTE, you want the citation at the end of the sentence or paragraph that precedes/introduces the blockquote.
5. Just a note for you: there are many references in Sources section that are not actually cited. I can see them with User:Trappist the monk/HarvErrors.js -- I don't think you need to fix those for DYK, but I think it's worth cleaning those up when you have a chance (maybe move unused references to "further reading"?)

Please let me know if you have any questions. — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 01:40, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Responding to the non-photo concerns (I'll take a look at the Okito bit and add to the caption—it definitely makes it more interesting to have the two of three victims in one header photo):

I see what you mean with the alt as is. It is admittedly a little murky about the cause and effect vis a vis the different countries. The US, for example, wanted to kill Lumumba and a) did have multiple non-enacted plans and b)paid many of the people secondarily involved in his ouster, but pretty categorically did not explicitly facilitate the eventual killing. The Belgians that were directly involved were also (intentionally) generally not the ministers, but ostensibly private citizens or contracted by Katanga. I'll noodle on a rewrite and add a couple different alts here as well sometime tonight or tomorrow.

I'll also address the cite issues, thank you for tagging them. The Sources section was just a full grab from the original Patrice Lumumba split and most didn't get used in my rewrites, but I found it hard to figure out which were gonna cause problems with their removal. That tool should help. Thanks! Dizzycheekchewer (talk) 00:40, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

• @Dizzycheekchewer: I tried to find another source identifying Okito (by photo, to compare & validate Getty's assertion) but it's difficult. Maybe just saying "two unidentified individuals" in the caption would be best? For an alternative hook, maybe specifically calling out how the US tried to poison him (putting poison in his food or on his tooth brush) prior to his assassination? — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 17:51, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Still need to address some of the article's issues, but for some alts:

ALT0B... that the United States, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Congolese separatists all sought and eventually facilitated the killing of an influential independence leader?

ALT1 that U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower authorized an eventually cancelled plan to assassinate a Congolese independence leader via poisoned toothpaste?

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ALT2 that the separatists responsible for the assassination of Patrice Lumumba buried, reburied, and then eventually dissolved the victim in acid to hide their actions?

ALT3 that Belgium waited 40 years after the assassination of Patrice Lumumba to apologize to his family and another 20 years to repatriate his tooth?

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• @Dizzycheekchewer: Thank you for sharing those alts. I think the ALT1 is the most interesting without being gruesome. Do you agree? I wonder if it could be rephrased to something like: "... that the U.S. cancelled a plan to assassinate the first Prime Minister of the Congo with poisoned toothpaste?" Or could even say they "tried and failed" to assassinate..." because, technically, they cancelled the plan after it failed, right? ALT3 could also work but what about rewording like: "... that Belgium took 40 years to apologize for the assassination of Patrice Lumumba and then another 20 years to return his tooth?" What do you think? — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 20:23, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

• @Dizzycheekchewer: just following up here, I have now proposed both the image above & the larger image for deletion in Commons because it is not public domain (AP still claims copyright on their website). It needs to be removed here as well. — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 23:28, 18 July 2026 (UTC)
  • Hey, I responded on Wikicommons, but the issue is that the copyright expired because AP Images were not renewed and the US copyright regime up until 1963 required a properly timed renewal to maintain the right. The AP version is a different aspect ratio and may have been the full unpublished file photo (or it may have just been an error), but the version on Wikicommons was a) published in the US before 1963 b) is cropped here to match that originally published version and c) was not renewed in the required timeframe by the rights holder. That makes it acceptable for PD in the US by all I've seen. The AP may still have rights in some countries with different copyright regimes (fwiw it's PD under DRC law as well), but Wikicommons goes by US rights. Dizzycheekchewer (talk) 00:14, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

• @Dizzycheekchewer: thank you again for explaining this all to me here and on Commons. I've struck through my comments above about image copyright & also updated the criteria for the image licensing above. — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 00:31, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

U.S. Route 101 in California

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• ... that the second longest high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in California are on US 101 in the San Francisco Bay area?

• Source: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans): US-101 Marin-Sonoma Narrows Carpool Lanes Update

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Improved to Good Article status by Nebulous2357 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Nebulous2357 (talk) 21:59, 4 July 2026 (UTC).

• Not going to be a full review, but I think these could be althooks to consider:

• ... that it's only "the" 101 in Southern California? Masters, Nathan (November 10, 2015). "Why Southern Californians Love Saying 'the' Before Freeway Numbers". KCET. Retrieved August 4, 2017.

• ... that voters supported rebuilding U.S. Route 101 in California, then opposed it the next year? McCormack, Don (2000). San Francisco and San Mateo 2000. Martinez, California: McCormack's Guides. p. 59. ISBN 9781929365081. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011 – via Internet Archives.

• ... that U.S. Route 101 in California will host the world's largest wildlife crossing? Guldimann, Suzanne (February 9, 2015). "Liberty Canyon wildlife crossing granted $1 million by SCC". Malibu Surfside News. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2015.

• ... that the earliest predecessors to U.S. Route 101 in California were 16th century "royal roads" built by the Spanish? Kurillo, Max (2000). California's El Camino Real and its historic bells. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0-932653-37-5. Retrieved February 20, 2026 – via Internet Archive.

Bremps... 05:12, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

• I like the last two althooks the best. I revised my submitted nomination. Nebulous2357 (talk) 08:33, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Bengal Provincial Congress Party

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• ... that during the 1942 Quit India Movement, a parallel local government – the Tamralipta National Government – operated independently of British rule in Medinipur?

• Source: Chatterji, Joya. Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism and Partition, 1932–1947. Chapter: "The Reorientation of the Bengal Congress, 1937–45." Cambridge South Asian Studies series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN 0521411289. Page cited: 134.

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Created by R1F4T (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

R1F4T (talk) 15:22, 4 July 2026 (UTC).

Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira

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• ... that after becoming an activist after the death of her son, in 2025 Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira won the "Nobel Prize for human rights activists"?

• Source: https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/11/26/dedico-ao-meu-filho-e-a-marielle-franco-ana-paula-de-oliveira-do-maes-de-manguinhos-ganha-premio-de-direitos-humanos-na-suica/

• • ALT1: ... that Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira won the "Nobel Prize for human rights activists" after campaigning against police brutality in Brazil following the death of her son? Source: https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/11/26/dedico-ao-meu-filho-e-a-marielle-franco-ana-paula-de-oliveira-do-maes-de-manguinhos-ganha-premio-de-direitos-humanos-na-suica/
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Created by Animaliak (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Animaliak (talk) 11:28, 4 July 2026 (UTC).

• – hello Animaliak! I notice that "Nobel Prize for human rights activists", which is in quotes in the hook, does not show up in the article's prose. If we are to include that line, it should be in the article. However, it is probably better to simply use the name of the award in the hook. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 23:26, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks Vermont for explaining that - happy to change it! Do I need to edit my initial hooks? (It's my first time nominating an article so unclear of process). Animaliak (talk) 06:11, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Animaliak, np, usually we add additional alt hooks. I'll do one below, and given I've proposed a hook will request another reviewer. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 02:57, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

• ALT0b... that after becoming an activist after the death of her son, in 2025 Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira won the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders?

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David Leibel

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• ... that Haredi Rabbi David Leibel is sparking fierce debate by urging ultra-Orthodox men to serve in the military and enter high-tech while maintaining traditional religious practice?

• Source: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2018-06-19/ty-article/rabbis-reckon-with-need-for-ultra-orthodox-men-to-work/0000017f-e74d-df2c-a1ff-ff5d7b210000

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

Aniyahol (talk) 08:48, 7 July 2026 (UTC).

L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground

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• ... that the US Marine honored by L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground was in the same kindergarten class as fellow Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient Robert E. O'Malley?

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• • ALT1: ... that Robert Moses defended the site of what became L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground after local civic workers complained the location was too rocky? Source:
  • Reviewed: Meccha_Chameleon
  • Comment: QPQ: Reviewed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Meccha_Chameleon

Created by Mnation2 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Mnation2 (talk) 02:44, 7 July 2026 (UTC).

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Dzanga Bai

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African forest elephants covered in mineral-rich mud at Dzanga Bai.

• ... that over a 20-year study at Dzanga Bai, researchers individually identified 3,128 African forest elephants by recognising each one from the unique shape of its ears, tusks and other physical characteristics?

• Source: Scientific research section, paragraph beginning "At Dzanga Bai, researchers are able to recognise individual elephants..."

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  • Comment: First article created on English Wikipedia. Expanded with original photographs, videos and a map created by the nominator.

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

JosepMGracia (talk) 08:22, 6 July 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - n
• Neutral: - n
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article new and long enough. Significant amounts of unsourced material. Large swathes of peacock-type purple prose verging on the obviously promotional, with lots of repetition. This is very reminiscent of AI-generated material and I have tagged it as such. This article needs large amounts of improvement to reach the DYK criteria. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:10, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the detailed review. I've gone through the article and made substantial changes to address the issues you raised. I toned down the wording, rewrote the lead and all the main sections, and added citations throughout. I'd appreciate it if you could have another look when you have a chance.

--JosepMGracia (talk) 08:01, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

JosepMGracia, please note that replies should be on the DYK nomination page, not the article talk page itself. Your edits were improvements; I have further edited the article to reduce duplication and improve the article quality. Can you please point me to where in this article it states that 4,000 elephants were identified or that 1,000 were monitored over extended periods? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:54, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for catching that. You were right — I had overstated the figures. I've now corrected the article to reflect the data reported by Turkalo et al. (2013): 3,128 individual forest elephants identified over a 20-year study, and I've updated the hook accordingly. Thank you again for your careful review and for the improvements you made to the article.I really appreciate your help in improving it. JosepMGracia (talk) 21:30, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

@JosepMGracia: Please don't use AI to write your responses in talk page comments or articles for that matter. It goes against our policy guidelines and can introduce incorrect informetion into articles. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 19:14, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

47NEWS

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• ... that the website 47NEWS was once criticized for the posts from an unaffiliated Twitter account?

• Source: Impress Internet Watch ["今回槍玉に挙げられていたのが、共同通信社などが主宰する「47NEWS」のニュースヘッドラインを流すアカウント「@47news」。[...] Togetterにはまとめサイトが作られて47NEWSが叩かれているのだが、実はこのアカウントは非公式botで、47NEWSとの関係も不明瞭だったため、逆にまとめ人への批判コメントも。" "The account singled out for criticism this time was "@47news," which broadcasts news headlines from "47NEWS" (an outlet managed by Kyodo News and others). While a curation page was created on Togetter to bash 47NEWS, the account turned out to be an unofficial bot with an unclear relationship to the actual 47NEWS; consequently, the curator themselves also faced critical comments."

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival

Created by Miminity (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 59 past nominations.

Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 14:56, 5 July 2026 (UTC).

Articles created/expanded on July 6

Omnisexuality

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Omnisexual pride flag

• ... that Hannibal Lecter is omnisexual (pride flag pictured), according to series creator Bryan Fuller?

• Source: https://collider.com/bryan-fuller-hannibal-silence-of-the-lambs-interview/

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Charolais (cheese) (donated by Launchballer)

History merged from redirect and draft by Pppery (talk), started and edited by Lavender-wikigirl (talk), Karada (talk), C.Fred (talk), Quxyz (talk), and Historyday01 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Dudzcar (talk) 12:19, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

• @Dudzcar: Not a review, but the QPQ for Human settlement was used at Template:Did you know nominations/Murder of Dandara dos Santos. Another QPQ is needed for this nomination. Best, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 16:44, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Also, I think the hook is the wrong side of WP:DYKFICTION. (I had planned on drivebying this with a hook to do with some people identifying as this because they considered the word 'bisexual' offensive, but the source doesn't quite support that.)--Launchballer 21:13, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

I am not really in with the DYK section of Wikipedia but I feel like a simple definition of omnisexuality could make for a decent fact. Most of the population does not really know what many of the more niche sexualities mean. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 23:35, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Question: is it still renominable? Dudzcar (talk) 21:15, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

• Five days after the nominator has been notified (with acknowledgement) of the requirement for an unused QPQ, none has been supplied and thus I am marking this nomination for closure as incomplete. Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:39, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

@Dclemens1971, Quxyz, and Dudzcar: I did say I would have drivebyed this and I'd rather this run, so I'm going to donate Charolais (cheese). As for the hook, ALT1: ... that a test determining the ethics of having sex with a fictional non-human character is named after a fictional omnisexual? springs to mind, but I'll have a proper look when I'm back from shopping. (A definition hook was quibbled over at WT:DYK in the last week, but I'll hear it anyway.)--Launchballer 15:25, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Full review needed now that a QPQ has been provided. Dclemens1971 (talk) 02:05, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

History of Mediacorp

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• ... that a 100-watt transmitter, lent by the Marconi Company to a group of amateur Singaporean radio enthusiasts in April 1925, could transmit as far as Penang, Malaysia?

• Source: "Listening-In"; "Singapore Broadcasting"

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Reaching Out (sculpture)

Converted from a redirect by RandomMe98 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 11:04, 7 July 2026 (UTC).

Chet Lo

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• ... that Chet Lo designed the outfits SZA and Doja Cat wore in their music video for their single "Kiss Me More"?

• Source: https://www.vogue.com/article/chet-lo-kiss-me-more-sza-doja-cat

• • ALT1: ... that Chet Lo's Spring/Summer 2025 collection was inspired by his mother? Source: https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2025-ready-to-wear/chet-lo
  • ALT2: ... that fashion designer Chet Lo's signature spikes are inspired by the durian? Source: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3247342/chet-lo-his-durian-inspired-collab-charles-keith-asian-american-designer-and-singaporean-brands-gen
  • ALT3: ... that fashion designer Chet Lo's Spring/Summer 2024 collection was inspired by Chinese and Japanese erotic art? Source: https://highxtar.com/en/chet-lo-reflects-on-sexuality-in-his-ss24-proposal/
  • ALT4: ... that fashion designer Chet Lo designed a bag to hold Capri-Suns in? Source: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/capri-sun-fashion-pouch-tendend-33473358
  • ALT5: ... that fashion designer Chet Lo collaborated with Tinder to create outfits inspired by his dating life? Source: https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/chet-lo-tinder-lovestruck-capsule-1236159312/
  • ALT6: ... that fashion designer Chet Lo's Fall 2026 collection featured a Hong Kong night market built inside the venue? Source: https://wwd.com/runway/fall-2026/london/chet-lo/review/
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2

Created by Jishara (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 21 past nominations.

Jishara (talk) 18:03, 6 July 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Requesting a second opinion because I'm a new reviewer and would like to be sure I've not missed anything.

• Article is new enough, long enough, plentifully sourced (a couple of marginally reliable ones in there but the hook is fine), no copyright issues. I though it could use a bit of copyediting and some edits for flow, which I have done - is this OK, can I still review?
• I love the fact in ALT2, but I think that mentioning it's knitwear specifically (not traditionally spiky) would make it more intriguing. How about ALT2a: ... that fashion designer Chet Lo's signature spiky knitwear is inspired by the durian fruit?

Obleronet (talk) 09:53, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

• • I'm totally fine with 2a. Waiting for second reviewer. Jishara (talk) 17:19, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on July 7

Foundation of the State Crisis

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• ... that when the Wanli Emperor objected to naming his eldest son heir because his mother had been a former palace servant, the Emperor's own mother reminded him that she had been one too?

• Source: McMahon, Keith (2016). Celestial Women: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442255029. p. 130

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ulla Smidje

Improved to Good Article status by Min968 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

Min968 (talk) 05:25, 12 July 2026 (UTC).

Faecalibacterium prausnitzii

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• ... that Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is the most abundant single species in the human gut microbiota?

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• • ALT1: ... that the highly oxygen-sensitive bacteria Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is difficult to cultivate, even under oxygen-free conditions? Source:
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Daisuki na Hito
  • Comment: Not really proud of the wording of ALT0 since it's just word for word repeated in the article.

Converted from a redirect by AlyInWikiWonderland (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Beta Beta Beta - talk 00:12, 8 July 2026 (UTC).

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Eastern Thailand conurbation, Chiang Mai Metropolitan Area

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• ... that both the Chiang Mai Metropolitan Area and the Eastern Thailand conurbation suffer from being governed by dozens of separate small local government units and not a centralised administration?

• Source: See multiple in both articles.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/List of Toluca FC managers
  • Comment: Second QPQ: Template:Did you know nominations/Makan Nasiri

Created by Thomson Walt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 114 past nominations.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:03, 7 July 2026 (UTC).

• I take, will review in the next 24 hours.--Launchballer 00:20, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Long enough, new enough, QPQs are fine, Earwig has no complaints. WP:Cite Unseen and WP:UPSD highlight Chiang Mai's refs 4, 6, and 20, and Eastern Thailand's 6, 8, 14, and 26 as unreliable. I'll investigate the hook some other time.--Launchballer 12:08, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Sorry @AirshipJungleman29 and Thomson Walt:, would you mind walking me through the sourcing for the hook? I'm sure it's all there, but I just keep missing it.--Launchballer 23:59, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Launchballer:, below are the sources supporting the hook, with direct links to the relevant references for easier verification.

Eastern Thailand conurbation

• Tontisirin, N. & Anantsuksomsri, S., Sustainability 2021, 13, 6153, p. 16: Supports the cross-boundary growth / coordination-gap part of the claim. Doesn't itself use "dozens" or "no general planning authority" language.

...Another policy implication of urban expansions relates to the administration and management of urban areas. As shown in Figure 14, urban spatial growths extend beyond just one administrative boundary. This could be problematic for appropriate fiscal and resource allocations among these municipalities, both in terms of natural resources and man-made ones. Thus, regional and urban plans should be integrative among several municipalities when urban areas expand beyond more than two local administrative boundaries...

• OECD/UCLG, Country and territory profiles: Thailand (SNG-WOFI): National-level, not EEC-specific, but underwrites the "no centralised administration" framing.

...The Constitution makes no reference to horizontal cooperation, neither between municipalities nor between provinces. The State Administration Act of 1991 only mentions coordination to refer to the relationship between amphoes and local governments in the preparation of community plans for the management of local budgets...

• Bangkokbiznews, "อบจ.ระยองทุ่ม 2.3 พันล้าน ลุยบำบัดน้ำเสียครบวงจร" (31 July 2020): Names eight separate municipalities sharing one pollution-control zone, needing an externally-imposed joint wastewater project — empirical evidence of fragmentation, though the article itself never uses that word.

...ในเขตพื้นที่เขตควบคุมมลพิษประกอบด้วย เทศบาลนครระยอง เทศบาลมาบตาพุด เทศบาลตำบลเนินพระ เทศบาลตำบลบ้านฉาง เทศบาลเมืองบ้านฉาง เทศบาลตำบลทับมา เทศบาลตำบลมาบข่า และเทศบาลตำบลมาบข่าพัฒนา มีประชาชนในพื้นที่รวมทั้งสิ้น 316,113 คน มีปริมาณน้ำเสียประมาณ 60,000 ล้านลูกบาศก์เมตรต่อวัน... ("The pollution-control zone consists of Rayong City Municipality, Map Ta Phut Municipality, Noen Phra Subdistrict Municipality, Ban Chang Subdistrict Municipality, Ban Chang Town Municipality, Thap Ma Subdistrict Municipality, Map Kha Subdistrict Municipality, and Map Kha Phatthana Subdistrict Municipality, with a total population of 316,113 and roughly 60,000 million cubic metres of wastewater per day.")

• MGR Online, "เมืองพัทยาเดินหน้าแผนกำจัดขยะกว่า 1,500 ตัน..." (9 March 2022): Same pattern — a waste-management plan requiring joint action across three separate districts/LAOs.

...เมืองพัทยาได้จัดให้มีการประชาพิจารณ์แผนการบริหารจัดการขยะมูลฝอย Cluster ที่ 2 จังหวัดชลบุรี รวม 3 อำเภอประกอบด้วย อ.บางละมุง ศรีราชา และสัตหีบ... ("Pattaya City held a public hearing on the Cluster 2 solid-waste management plan for Chonburi province, covering three districts: Bang Lamung, Si Racha, and Sattahip.")

• EnLAW Foundation, "สรุปประเด็นการยื่นคำฟ้องเพิกถอนประกาศแผนผังการใช้ประโยชน์ในที่ดิน...EEC" (16 July 2020): Shows the 2019 consolidated land-use plan was imposed centrally across all three provinces precisely because the ordinary process (which would let each LAO/province adopt its own plan) was bypassed by a 2017 Section 44 order — indirect evidence the region lacks a single home-grown planning authority.

...เครือข่ายประชาชนภาคตะวันออก 3 จังหวัด ได้แก่ ฉะเชิงเทรา ระยอง และชลบุรี ร่วมกับทีมทนายความจากมูลนิธินิติธรรมสิ่งแวดล้อม (EnLAW) ยื่นฟ้องคณะกรรมการนโยบายเขตพัฒนาพิเศษภาคตะวันออกและคณะรัฐมนตรีต่อศาลปกครองสูงสุด... ("A civil-society network from three eastern provinces — Chachoengsao, Rayong, and Chonburi — together with lawyers from the Environmental Law Foundation (EnLAW), filed suit against the EEC Policy Committee and the Cabinet at the Supreme Administrative Court.")

Chiang Mai Metropolitan Area

• Sangawongse, S., Fisher, R. & Prabudhanitisarn, S., Social Sciences & Humanities Open 4 (2021), 100154, pp. 5–6: Direct, near-verbatim match for the "no legal authority to enforce" claim in the article.

...The Comprehensive Plan, both at city and provincial levels, has been inconsistent in implementation, because the Chiang Mai DPT regional office (a representative of the central government) does not have the legal authority to enforce the Comprehensive Plan. In practice, enforcement could not be fully conducted by the local government officials who anticipated that the regulations provided by the plan might increase their work load...

• Prachatai.com, "เข็นอย่างไร? ให้เชียงใหม่มีขนส่งสาธารณะเสียที" (already cited in the article for the transit paragraph): "No provincial-level lead agency" (ไม่มีเจ้าภาพระดับจังหวัด) is essentially the article's "no single provincial-level body" claim in the source's own words.

...เชียงใหม่ขาดแคลนระบบขนส่งมวลชนมานานกว่า 30 ปี...ปัญหาขนส่งสาธารณะในจังหวัดเชียงใหม่สามารถสรุปได้อย่างสั้นๆ ว่า 'ปล่อยให้แข่งขัน และตายไปเอง' โดยมีต้นเหตุมาจาก 'โครงสร้างทางนโยบาย' ที่ไม่มีเจ้าภาพระดับจังหวัดในการจัดการ และเกิดความเหลื่อมล้ำเมื่อเปรียบเทียบกับกรุงเทพฯ และปริมณฑล... ("Chiang Mai has lacked a mass-transit system for over 30 years...the problem can be summed up as 'left to compete and die off on its own', rooted in a 'policy structure' with no provincial-level lead agency to manage it, creating disparity compared with Bangkok and its surrounding area.")

• OECD/UCLG SNG-WOFI, Thailand country profile (same source as above): National-level, not Chiang Mai-specific, but underlies the general "no centralised administration" framing used for both articles.

...The Constitution makes no reference to horizontal cooperation, neither between municipalities nor between provinces...

• iLaw, "'เชียงใหม่มหานคร' ประตูบานใหม่ของการกระจายอำนาจจากมือของพลเมือง" (17 April 2025, already cited in the article): Indirect evidence — a consolidation bill being needed at all implies authority is currently split between an appointed governor and an elected PAO.

...ได้มีการแก้ไขปัญหาอำนาจของผู้ว่าราชการจังหวัดและความทับซ้อนของหน่วยงาน จึงได้กำหนดให้ผู้ว่าราชการจังหวัดรวมอำนาจการบริหารจัดการทั้งหมดมาไว้ที่ 'เชียงใหม่มหานคร'...เป็นการนำอำนาจของผู้ว่าราชการจังหวัดและองค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัด (อบจ.)... ("[The bill] addresses the problem of the provincial governor's authority and overlapping agencies by consolidating all administrative power into 'Chiang Mai Mahanakhon'...bringing together the powers of the provincial governor and the Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO).")

• Prachachat.net, "ดีเบต 'ขนส่งมวลชนเชียงใหม่' ติดกรอบปัญหาเรื้อรัง..." (26 January 2026, not currently cited): Reinforces the same theme (local bodies can only act at small scale; anything larger needs the centre) but doesn't name multiple LAOs the way the Eastern Thailand infrastructure sources do.

...อุปสรรคหลักของการพัฒนาขนส่งมวลชนเชียงใหม่ยังคงอยู่ที่ข้อจำกัดด้านกฎหมายและการปลดล็อกงบประมาณจากส่วนกลาง แม้ท้องถิ่นอย่างองค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัดเชียงใหม่จะเริ่มขยับด้วยโครงการรถโดยสารไฟฟ้า (EV Bus) แล้วก็ตาม แต่ระบบขนส่งมวลชนขนาดใหญ่...ยังจำเป็นต้องอาศัยการตัดสินใจและงบลงทุนจากรัฐบาลกลาง... ("The main obstacle to developing Chiang Mai's mass transit remains legal constraints and the need to unlock central-government budget, even though local bodies like the Chiang Mai PAO have started moving with the EV Bus project — larger-scale transit still requires central-government decisions and investment.")

Going through the sourcing above, each individual element of the hook sentence — cross-boundary urban growth, the absence of horizontal-cooperation mechanisms, named examples of multiple LAOs sharing a single problem — is supported by a source, but no single source states the full sentence "governed by dozens of separate small local government units and not a centralised administration" as written.

If it would help, here are a couple of alternative phrasings that stay closer to the wording of a single source each:

• "...that both the Chiang Mai Metropolitan Area and the Eastern Thailand conurbation extend across multiple local government jurisdictions, creating challenges for coordinated planning?"
• "...that because planning authority in the Chiang Mai Metropolitan Area and the Eastern Thailand conurbation is split among many local governments, neither region has been able to enforce a single coordinated urban plan?"

But I'll leave it to the nominator whether the current wording plus the sourcing above is sufficient, or whether one of these (or something else) would be preferable — happy to go either way. Thomson Walt (talk) 13:09, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Comment I'm sorry, but the above comment is so blatantly AI-generated it slaps you in the face. @Launchballer: what's your take on the situation? @Thomson Walt: please explain why you used AI to write your comment as this is disallowed under our AI policy. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 01:00, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Kepler-1229b:. Sorry for the confusion. My English is only at an intermediate level, so I usually draft my comments or other content in Thai first and then translate them into English. I use an LLM to help polish the English wording and grammar so that my comments are clearer and less likely to be misunderstood.

@Thomson Walt: Thanks for clarifying the situation. You should try to avoid using AI in the future though so situations like this occur less often. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 04:45, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

@Thomson Walt: Did you use an LLM to help you write Eastern Thailand conurbation and Chiang Mai Metropolitan Area? If yes, in what capacity was it? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:36, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

@AirshipJungleman29: From my brief observations, the article is at worst copyedited with AI. I have not checked for source-to-text integrity, but the prose does not strike me as immediately AI. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 20:42, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

Industrial Arbitration Court

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• ... that the Industrial Arbitration Court made it mandatory in 1993 for all collective agreements to be submitted on a 5.25-inch floppy disk?

• Source: "All new collective agreements to be registered with the Industrial Arbitration Court must be accompanied by a floppy disk on which the CA data has been stored. From Oct 1, the court directed that a 5.25-inch high density floppy disk be submitted with the original copy of the fuly executed collective agreement." "Floppy disks with all CAs". The Straits Times. 1993-10-13. p. 24.

• • ALT1: ... that the inauguration of the Industrial Arbitration Court was delayed because its designated space in the Supreme Court building was not vacated by the previous occupants on time? Source: "The court will be housed in the Supreme Court building, taking over the office space previously occupied by the Estate Duty Office.", "... the delay in setting up the court was due to the Estate Duty Office having to look for other accommodation. Now, that it had moved to Fullerton Building, the P.W.D. would start work on the new courtroom." "Expert to set up labour court". The Straits Times. 1960-07-26. p. 7.
  • ALT2: ... that the Industrial Arbitration Court was established in 1960 with assistance from the Australian Industrial Relations Commission under the Colombo Plan? Source: "Mr. Hastings, who is Registrar of the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission of South Australia, began work today in an office at the Ministry of Labour and Law. He was seconded to the Government under the Colombo Plan and will be here for about three months. He will advise the Registrar and staff of the court on general administration, including presentation of cases and other court procedure." "Expert to set up labour court". The Straits Times. 1960-07-26. p. 7.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/WTVI
  • Comment: I am finding an article to review :) Done!

Moved to mainspace by BenTanXiaoMing (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

BenTanXiaoMing (talk) 17:54, 7 July 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - ?
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing: - ?

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article nominated the same day it was moved to mainspace (July 7) & is long enough. QPQ done. Earwig doesn't detect copyvio. I think ALT0 is by far the most interesting. But before I can approve this, there are some "citation needed" tags in the article to address. @BenTanXiaoMing: please ping me when you've had a chance to add citations & remove those tags. — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 02:58, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

• @Chao Garden: Thank you for taking the time to review this :) I have added the relevant citations. BenTanXiaoMing (talk) 14:26, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Migalhas

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• ... that Migalhas is the first media outlet that covers the Brazilian judiciary?

• Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20220203143905/https://www.n3w5.com.br/brasil/2019/05/miguel-matos-criou-migalhas-e-renovou-jornalismo

• • ALT1: ... that Editora Migalhas had published a book by Supreme Court Justice Luís Roberto Barroso about the 30th anniversary of the Brazilian Constitution? Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20220201134422/https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2018/09/26/ministro-luis-roberto-barroso-lanca-livro-sobre-os-30-anos-da-constituicao.ghtml
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Created by Questionadora ávida (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Questionadora ávida (talk) 17:05, 7 July 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - Cited to a blog

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article appears to be a 1-to-1 translation from the PT wiki article, so I've gone through and done some copy-editing to be more inline with the WP:MOS. I noticed that the source that the first hook is cited from appears to be a blog. I suggest replacing this reference with a reliable source. Once that's done, I can go ahead and update this to a pass. Also, there appears to be something odd with the archive links. I'm not sure if this is just on my end, but I get a "503 Service Unavailable" error when I try to access them. BaduFerreira (talk) 07:08, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Asociación Continental Americana de Trabajadores

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• ... that soon after the American Continental Workers' Association was established, the rise of dictatorships throughout Latin America left it unable to function?

• Source: Alexander, Robert J.; Parker, Eldon M. (2009). "Anarchosyndicalist Unions and ACAT". International Labor Organizations and Organized Labor in Latin America and the Caribbean: A History. ABC-Clio. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-0-275-97739-9.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Osemwede

Improved to Good Article status by Grnrchst (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 80 past nominations.

Grnrchst (talk) 10:11, 7 July 2026 (UTC).

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University of Yangon

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• ... that the construction of the University of Yangon was partly funded by gambling fairs known as "our-day", organised by local officials across Burma? Source: "ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ်ကြောင့် မြန်မာပြည် ဘာတွေပြောင်းခဲ့သလဲ". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). 30 November 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  • ALT1: ... that undergraduate programmes at the University of Yangon were suspended for nearly two decades after its campus repeatedly became a centre of political protest? Source: Yan Paing (21 June 2013). "ရန်ကုန် တက္ကသိုလ် ပြန်လည် ဝေစည်တော့မလား". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hammarbya

Improved to Good Article status by Htanaungg (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

Htanaungg (talk) 14:20, 11 July 2026 (UTC).

Quetena

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• ... that a lava sample from the Quetena volcano in Bolivia chemically resembles rocks from millions of years before its age?

• Source: L 8: rhyodacite, Quetena volcano, 4350 m; 67°23'W, 22°17'S. (p. 95)

High-K calc-alkaline association (Table 2, lavas L 4–L 10). According to the data of Jakeš and White (1972), this group can be attributed to the shoshonite association. (p. 98) In southwestern Bolivia, the Miocene and Early Pleistocene lavas belong to the high-K calc-alkaline association. (p. 99)

• • ALT1: ... that a 1977 survey dated lava flows at the Bolivian volcano Quetena to the Holocene, but a later assessment placed them much earlier? Source: Lava effusions along fissures (Quetena) and a few endogeneous extrusions (Khara Laguna, Escala) occurred in Holocene time. (p. 88) De Silva (2007 pers. comm.) indicated that volcanism in this area is pre-Holocene and may be Pleistocene or older.
  • ALT2: ... that a magnetism survey found a three-dimensional electrical structure in the crust beneath Quetena volcano in Bolivia? Source: Some areas with 3-D effects can be identified (e.g., near Volcan Quetena at distance of 40 km on the Bolivia section, and at isolated stations and at long periods on the Argentina profile). (GSA Data Repository 2015087, p. 2) Skew values are higher in a couple of areas, notably close to Volcan Quetena (west of Volcan Uturuncu) and also in NW Argentina. (GSA Data Repository 2015087, p. 6)
  • ALT3: ... that scientists considered the region around the Quetena volcano as a potential area for a geothermal power plant in Bolivia? Source: There are no geothermal power plants in Bolivia, but seven areas bordering on Chile are considered prospects. They are: Sajama...Quetena. No deep wells have been drilled yet.
  • ALT4: ... that the Quetena volcano shares names with a Triassic rock sequence in Chile? Source: Triassic volcanic and sedimentary units include the Quetena, Observatorio and Cerros de Chuquicamata Sequences [in Chile] (Tomlinson and Blanco, 2008). (p. 209) ...in the sectors of Cerro Quetena and Pampa Limón Verde, they are composed of clasts of muscovite schist, metamorphic quartz, and detrital muscovite and rutile derived from erosion of the LVMC. (p. 210)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/History of Llanthony Priory

Created by RabidTuberculosis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

RabidTuberculosis (talk) 23:46, 10 July 2026 (UTC).

Sadamasa Arikawa

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Sadamasa Arikawa in 1954

• ... that Sadamasa Arikawa (pictured) helped on cinematography in the Godzilla franchise?

• Source: https://books.google.ca/books?id=VsE8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT247&dq=sadamasa+arikawa&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj5loOevMSVAxWxHzQIHWi3L38Q6AF6BAgLEAM

• • ALT1: ... that Sadamasa Arikawa (pictured) left Toho after Eliji Tsuburaya's death in 1970? Source: https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Godzilla_FAQ/7Oh3EQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sadamasa+arikawa&pg=PA87&printsec=frontcover
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Created by Wikiman2230 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Wikiman (Talk) 18:25, 10 July 2026 (UTC).

• Hello @Wikiman2230: I'm just passing by, and this is not a review. Both hooks don't seem to pass WP:DYKINT, which stated that they should be "likely to be perceived as unusual or intriguing by readers with no special knowledge or interest". But the first hook could be made more interesting by mentioning his service as a bomber pilot for the Imperial Japan in WW2 (this is just a suggestion). Also, don’t forget to solve the citation needed tag in the Toho subsection. Kind regards Khoa Nguyễn1|Talk 14:30, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

• • ALT2: .. that Sadamasa Arikawa (pictured) was a pilot for the Japanese Air Service before joing Toho? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20060101060933/http://www.henshinonline.com/archive.html

Saleem Mairaj

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• ... that Saleem Mairaj began his stage career after director Shahid Shafaat saw him perform at an Independence Day event and later invited him to act?

• Source: Dawn Images

• • ALT1: ... that Saleem Mairaj had a lead role in Saawan, Pakistan's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards? Source: Dawn Images
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Casabe
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Moved to mainspace by Umais Bin Sajjad (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

Umais🗣 08:01, 9 July 2026 (UTC).

• Withdrawn: I would like to withdraw this nomination. Umais🗣 16:01, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Colorado (video game)

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• ... that reviewers praised the 1990 video game Colorado as a refinement of Silmarils' action-adventure formula, highlighting its 100-plus locations and canoe sequences?

• Source: The reviews (all linked in article, with key points summarized):
• Micro News – "after Targhan, Le Fétiche Maya, and Starblade..."
• Joystick – same comparison, says the formula has proved itself.
• Aktueller Software Markt – compares it to Maya, Targhan and Barbarian.
• Génération 4 – praises the world, >100 locations, canoe sections, side missions.
• The Games Machine – highlights exploration and canoe sections as the game's best addition.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Underground forum

Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 605 past nominations.

_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:11, 8 July 2026 (UTC).

• PS. I found a new source that led to what may be an even better hook. See ALT1 below. The source makes the claim it is "THE ONLY" such game, but per our usual worry about such claims, the hook is worded more cautiously. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:56, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

ALT1: ...the 1990 video game Colorado is one of the few Western games set in French Louisiana rather than the traditional American Wild West? Source: https://doi.org/10.19195/0301-7966.61.2.2 (quote: "Colorado [is] as an artefact of French game development in the 16-bit era, [...] a unique depiction of the forgotten French West... it is nonetheless the only game that attempted to depict the territories west of the Mississippi River before these lands became the American Wild West. Colorado thus evokes the Western genre in some ways, but, at the same time, it pre-dates the Wild West")

• The article meets length requirements and was also new enough at creation. A QPQ has been provided; the review was short but complete. I did not find any close paraphrasing.

Both proposed hooks have issues. The first hook may not meet the interest requirements as it assumes reader familiarity with the game company, and it seems more targeted towards fans of the genre than general readers. The second hook is not directly supported by the article or the source: both the "only" and "one of the few" claims are only stated in the lede without a source. The article says that it being set in the French West is "rare", but does not support the actual hook fact. Your quote says "territories west of the Mississippi River" rather than "French Louisiana". And finally, "Western games" as written is vague: does it mean "Western" as in "Western world", or "Western" as in the cowboy kind of Western? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:57, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

@Piotrus: Please respond to the review so this can move forward, thank you. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:06, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5: Thanks for the review; please ping me or leave me a talk page notification if replying here, otherwise I won't be aware of your reply as the legacy DYK discussion system does not support the notification system (we really need to reform the old discussion system we have here...). I see your point about the ALT0 being less interesting than ALT1. Western refers to the genre (cowboys, etc.), so adding the word genre should help (or linking to Western (genre). The hook paraphrases some claims the article makes, and I did not quote extensively, but I do think it is a correct summary (the article is in English, so there should be no translation issues). The word "unique" implies "only"; it is used in the lead (quoted above) and in the body ("Apart from its unique setting"). That said, the article also states that "it is worth noting Colorado is no longer the only game exploring this fragment of American history. There are two other games that in some ways relate to the timeframe and rough geographic area of the American colonial frontier". I've corrected that in the lead and expanded on this in the body. Here's is an ALT1a, and I'd welcome your suggestions how to improve it further to avoid any errors (mind you, I think French Louisiana is a better term, French West is a disambig I recently created). There is also Louisiana (New France) but I think that's less useful han the French Louisiana in this context. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:41, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

• ALT1a: ...the 1990 video game Colorado is one of the few Western genre games set in French American West rather than the traditional American Wild West?

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Lea VanderVelde

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• ... that Lea VanderVelde nominated Kailash Satyarthi for the Nobel Peace Prize nine times before he finally won in 2014? Source: Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi has Iowa connections. Sen. Tom Harkin and University of Iowa law professor Lea Vander Velde co-nominated the Indian child rights activist to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the body that distributes the prestigious prize. They've been nominating him yearly since 2005 for his work campaigning against child slavery. He is credited with helping free nearly 80,000 child laborers.
  • ALT1: ... that Lea VanderVelde and a U.S. senator nominated Kailash Satyarthi for the Nobel Peace Prize nine times before he finally won in 2014? Source: Same as ALT0
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Comment: Don't think I should name the senator in order to not distract from the Nobel nomination angle.

Created by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 163 past nominations.

ミラP@Miraclepine 02:28, 14 July 2026 (UTC).

Battle of the Volturnus

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• ... that Narses nearly lost the support of Heruli mercenaries for executing one of their captains because he killed one of his servants before the Battle of the Volturnus?

• Source: Bury, John Bagnell, History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian, p. 279 see source

• • ALT1: ... that the Battle of the Volturnus is described as "annihilation" of the Frankish army? Source: Bury, John Bagnell, History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian, p. 280 see source
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/CSS Appomattox

Improved to Good Article status by A.Cython (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

A.Cython(talk) 19:18, 12 July 2026 (UTC).

Jackson-Benton brawl of 1813

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• ... that doctors advised Andrew Jackson to have his injured arm amputated following a tavern brawl with future US Senator Thomas Hart Benton?

• Source: Cheathem, Mark R. (2014). Andrew Jackson, Southerner. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-8071-5099-3. LCCN 2012049695. OCLC 858995561. Project MUSE book 26506.

Created by Shearonink (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Shearonink (talk) 22:44, 10 July 2026 (UTC).

• ALT1: ... that a future US President and a future US Senator tried to kill and injure each other in a tavern brawl that involved guns, knives, and a horsewhip? Source:Smith, Elbert B. (February 1958). "'Now Defend Yourself, You Damned Rascal!'". American Heritage. Vol. IX, no. 2. pp. 44–48. ISSN 0002-8738. OCLC 1479963.
• ALT2: ... that the bullet that injured Andrew Jackson's arm in a tavern brawl in 1813 wasn't removed until 1832? Source: Cheathem, Mark R. (2014). Andrew Jackson, Southerner. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-8071-5099-3. LCCN 2012049695. OCLC 858995561. Project MUSE book 26506.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ancient Greek Horsemanship

Created by Shearonink (talk · contribs)

"Nearly amputated" is a hearsay quote in the article. It's not even a quote, its a suggestion that others might have made that quote.... and it appears here without quote marks as a fact. ?? Victuallers (talk) 22:15, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

The article states "almost", per the source. The exact quote from Cheatham is

[Jackson] either had his arm almost amputated or nearly bled to death.

and Cheatham sourced that description to 3 sources - Steven M. Stowe, Intimacy and Power in the Old South: Ritual in the Lives of the Planters (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987), 15–30 and Stowe, “‘Touchiness of the Gentleman Planter,” 10–11 and Bruce, Violence and Culture, 79–80.

"A hearsay quote". So you don't believe that doctors recommended that Jackson's arm be amputated? Or that the source/s for that statement aren't good enough? Then how about also these:

Life of Andrew Jackson by Parton, Page 394

Studies in Battle Command by Page 21

William Lauderdale, General Andrew Jackson's Warrior - Page 73

The wording of the blurb & the article have both been adjusted - doctors advised amputation etc. - & references have been added. Does that take care of your concerns. - Shearonink (talk) 03:06, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

Not a problem. It was the hearsay quote that concerned me. "almost amputated" is ambiguous. It might mean it was hanging by a bit of skin before they sewed it back on. Victuallers (talk) 15:57, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Ah, ok. I had been thinking of the phrasing more that the decision to amputate was very close to actually happening (according to all the sources). If Jackson hadn't been awake/coherent after the shooting, the doctors would have removed that arm. - Shearonink (talk) 16:08, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Thomas J. W. Burgess, Joseph Workman

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• ... that Thomas J. W. Burgess worked as a clinical assistant under his godfather Joseph Workman, who is considered to be the "father" of Canadian psychiatry?

• Source: For Burgess: "He immediately joined the medical staff of the Asylum for the Insane in Toronto, which was under the direction of his godfather and mentor, the renowned Joseph Workman." "Becoming interested in the study of mental diseases, he acted for over a year as clinical assistant to Dr. Joseph Workman in the Toronto Asylum for the Insane."

For Workman: "In 1885, Joseph [Workman] was described as “the Nestor of Canadian Alienists” by the famous English alienist, Dr. D. Hake Tuke, brother of the Dr. Tuke who visited the [Toronto] Asylum in 1845. This title has been interpreted as meaning the Grand Old Man or the Father of Canadian Psychiatry."

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Statue of Dante Alighieri (Meridian Hill Park), Template:Did you know nominations/The Giant Spider Invasion
  • Comment: First double nom. 6-7th time I'm here, please copyedit my articles please, Cheers.

Moved to mainspace by DoNothingEveryday (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

DoNothingEveryday (talk) 03:50, 10 July 2026 (UTC).

• I take, will review in the next 24 hours.--Launchballer 07:38, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

QPQs fine, no problems with Thomas, but I'm tired from copyediting it, and will review Joseph later.--Launchballer 16:38, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

@DoNothingEveryday: Whew, that was a doozy. Both are long and new enough and Earwig's clean. The source on this page says "was described as "the Nestor of Canadian Alienists", [which] has been interpreted as meaning [...] the Father of Canadian Psychiatry", and the hook puts this in wikivoice. The hook, article, and source should all agree.--Launchballer 12:04, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Launchballer, I rectified the issue to make the hook be less assertive and more "considered to be". Also added the interpretation of the Nestor quote in the legacy part of the article. Cheers. DoNothingEveryday (talk) 12:18, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

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Casabe

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Making casabe

• ... that the main ingredient of casabe (pictured) is toxic?

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• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Speculum Duorum

Converted from a redirect by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 66 past nominations.

— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 02:46, 10 July 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - ? The hook fact appears in the article and is cited in the Preparation section, but I think the wording of the current hook is broader than the article text. The article says that casabe may be made from either bitter or sweet cassava, although bitter varieties are more common, and that bitter cassava is toxic unless processed into casabe or farinha. The hook says that the "main ingredient" of casabe is toxic, which compresses those points and may be read too broadly. Could the hook be revised to match the article more closely, or could a source be cited that directly verifies both parts of the current wording: that the main ingredient is the toxic form and that it is toxic before processing?
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - The hook is under 200 characters. Suggested wording: ALT1: ... that casabe (pictured) is usually made from bitter cassava, which is toxic before processing?

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough and long enough, appears adequately sourced and neutral, and QPQ has been supplied. The image is free, used in the article, and clear enough. Holding only for hook wording/verification. The current hook is interesting, but I suggest revising it to avoid overstatement. The image is acceptable, though if the nominator wants a clearer product-focused image, the article's infobox image of stacked casabe could also work. Umais🗣 07:44, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

Finnish troop production doctrine

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• ... that Finnish Defence Forces implemented the Finnish troop production doctrine in the 1990s to relieve a chronic personnel shortage in infantry units?

• Source: Tynkkynen, Pekka (2021), Liimatta, Hannu (ed.), "Joukkotuotanto ja palvelusaikauudistus valmiuden avaimina", Pääesikunta 100 vuotta, Sotamuseon julkaisuja 2/2021, Pääesikunta, pp. 296–300, ISBN 978-951-25-3176-9, retrieved 2026-07-09{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)

The cited text is from page 297, Samoihin aikoihin Kaakkois-Suomen sotilasläänissä havahduttiin siihen, että varusmiesten kotiutuessa vain pieni määrä heistä oli koulutettu jääkäreiksi. Tämä johtui siitä, että jalkaväkisotilaita oli sijoitettu paljon välttämättömiin varuskunnallisiin tehtäviin, kuten kuljettajiksi, sotilaspoliiseiksi sekä useisiin huollon tehtäviin. Aselajijoukoista näihin tehtäviin oli paljon vaikeampi irrottaa koulutettavia, mikä johtui muun muassa valmiudellisista syistä sekä valtakunnallisten ampumaleirien joukkotarpeista. In English: "At the same time, the South-Eastern Military province became aware of the fact that when conscripts were demobilised, only a small portion of them were trained as infantrymen. This was due to the fact that infantry soldiers were often placed to unavoidable garrison support tasks like drivers, military policemen and various logistics duties. It was much more difficult to remove trainees from other branches, as there were needs to fulfil readiness requirements and troop quotas for national artillery shooting camps."

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

MPorciusCato (talk) 18:46, 9 July 2026 (UTC).

Charolais (cheese)

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Charolais cheese

• ... that Charolais (pictured), a French goat cheese, is said to smell of cellar, almonds, hazelnuts, mushrooms, and underbrush?

• Source: "It can be eaten very fresh, semi-dry or very dry, and it is considered part of the strong cheese family. Dry, it smells like nuts, almonds and hazelnuts, with a slight cellar perfume." Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity

"le charolais a un parfum de cave, avec une odeur de sous-bois et de champignons/Charolais has a cellar-like aroma, with notes of underbrush and mushrooms" la boite du fromager

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Normativity
  • Comment: For 14 July/Bastille Day

Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 220 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 15:24, 9 July 2026 (UTC).

• I take, will review in the next 24 hours. I'll say now that the image isn't that clear, but as I've already been accused of sharp practice once today I'm probably going to approve it anyway and let a promoter adjudicate.--Launchballer 16:26, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
  • The image is not ideal, there is no dispute here. Viriditas (talk) 23:24, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

It isn't very good. Why three? I'll save another stinky cheese for next year. Thriley (talk) 02:18, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

@Thriley: Long enough, new enough, QPQ done, Earwig is clean. Rejecting the image per above. I see @A412: has added {{unreliable sources}} to this, and I agree; at minimum, this shouldn't be using TasteAtlas, which is mostly user-generated, and I suspect A412 may have spotted others. Also, not a DYK criterion, but let's have some accessdates and publishers.--Launchballer 08:19, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping. Tasteatlas is unreliable, as you noted, and laboitedufromager.com appears to be a seller of cheese boxes and platters, and we're citing a product description. ~ A412 ^talk! 13:18, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Yes, and thanks to ref #8 being bare, I can see its URL contains the phrase "/products/". Suggest that Thriley steps on this.--Launchballer 16:10, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you both. I will fix things up today. I used laboitedufromager.com, which appears to be a well-regarded cheese seller as a reference for just the taste/smell which I figured a seller of cheese would be reliable for. I'll remove that source and only use the Slow Food Foundation source. Reference 8 is from an official Appellation d'origine protégée dans l'Union européenne website, which I assume can be considered reliable. Thriley (talk) 16:20, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

• ALT1 ... that Charolais, a French goat cheese, is said to have a "slight cellar perfume"? Thriley (talk) 16:28, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Hydrography of Argentina

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• ... that many Argentine glaciers are rapdily receding due to climate change, including the terminus of the Upsala Glacier, which has receded around 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) since 1986?

• Source: "The Upsala Glacier is ranked as the third largest glacier in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Unfortunately, many glaciers in the area, including Upsala, have significantly retreated over the last 50 years due to rising temperatures. The Upsala Glacier has been observed closely by Earth Observation satellites, which have shown that the glacier has retreated by around 9 km since 1986."

https://eu-space.europa.eu/components/earth-observation-copernicus/image-of-day/retreat-upsala-glacier

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Created by 2argon (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

2argon (talk) 13:05, 9 July 2026 (UTC).

• Comment (not a review): Hi 2argon, the DYK article must be linked and bolded in the hook per WP:DYKMOS. —Bruce1ee^talk 14:07, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
• Comment (not a review): Hi Bruce1ee, thank you for pointing this out, I've made the change. —2argon^talk 14:48, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles created/expanded on July 10

Raymonde Abecassis

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• ... that Raymonde Abecassis said: "I’m surprised that people still want to hear and see me, an 80-year-old singer. I'm not Leonard Cohen."?

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• • ALT1: ... that Moroccan-Israeli singer Raymonde Abecassis received her stage name "El Bidaouia" ("the Casablancan") after the city where she was born? Source: https://www.mjtnews.com/2019/10/13/raymonde-el-bidaouia-icon-of-popular-song/
  • ALT2: ... that Raymonde Abecassis contributed to the revival of the Moroccan diaspora in Israel as one of the "extremely popular singers [...] performing in Moroccan Arabic"? Source:
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mama's Boyfriend

Created by Munfarid1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 43 past nominations.

Munfarid1 (talk) 10:02, 16 July 2026 (UTC).

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JumpStart 1st Grade

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• ... that JumpStart 1st Grade won "Best Home Learning Program for Children" at the 1996 CODiE Awards?

• Source: https://web.archive.org/web/19970109100941/http://www.spa.org/codies/1996/winners.htm

• • ALT1: ... that Fanfare Software consulted first grade teachers when developing JumpStart 1st Grade? Source: "Developed under the direction of first grade teachers" https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA16953910
  • ALT2: ... that Fanfare Software based JumpStart 1st Grade's activities on the curricula of several states in the United States? Source: "The program designers based the content on curricula in several states, including New York, Texas, and California." https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/26fcf193-eea7-4809-8b4b-196f650ad018
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5x expanded by Guyinblack25 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:44, 14 July 2026 (UTC).

• The article received a 5x expansion within seven days of the nomination, and is properly sourced and free from close paraphrasing. No QPQ required for the nominator for having less than five nominations. None of the hooks as currently written seem to be intriguing or interesting to a broad audience: ALT1 and ALT2 seem like givens in that an educational game would consult educators. ALT0 doesn't seem all that interesting either if the reader isn't familiar with the CODiE Awards. Do you have any other possible hook suggestions or angles? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:44, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

  Thanks for the feedback. Regarding your points:

  • ALT0- would it help to link to CODiE award (not sure whether only one link is preferred)? It is awarded by the Software Publishers Association, which is more self-explanatory. I went with CODiE to be more brief, but if it's not as clear perhaps this is better?
    • ALT0a- ... that the Software Publishers Association awarded JumpStart 1st Grade "Best Home Learning Program for Children" at the 1996 CODiE Awards?
    • ALT0b- ... that the Software Publishers Association awarded JumpStart 1st Grade "Best Home Learning Program for Children" in 1996?
  • ALT3- ... that after completing JumpStart 1st Grade, Fanfare Software was acquired by the game's publisher, Knowledge Adventure, as an internal developer?" Source: https://web.archive.org/web/19961024224617/http://www.adventure.com/company/press_release/pr_950808.html

  Let me know what you think. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:37, 17 July 2026 (UTC))

The issue here is more the angle itself, not the wording. Winning an award isn't necessarily intriguing by itself unless the award is well-known, prestigious, or the award was won under intriguing circumstances. ALT3 isn't that intriguing either: companies get acquired all the time. I may take a look at the article again soon and make some suggestions. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:37, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Just a counter-point, not every game wins an industry award and not every company gets acquired. Regardless, I await your suggestions after your review. Thanks. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 03:12, 18 July 2026 (UTC))

Death of Kerstin Gurtner

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• ... that before Kerstin Gurtner's boyfriend left her on a mountain leading to her death, he had also previously left an ex-girlfriend on the same mountain?

• Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/07/06/did-a-climber-leave-his-girlfriend-to-die-at-the-top-of-a-mountain

• • ALT1: ... that Thomas Plamberger's trial for negligence in the death of Kerstin Gurtner in the alpine was overseen by a judge who was himself an alpine rescuer? Source: https://www.climbing.com/news/austria-guilty-verdict-grossglockner-analysis/?scope=initial
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mamie Martin

Moved to mainspace by Wasianpower (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 17:26, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

• Comment: From the article, it doesn't seem like Plamberger leaving per se was what killed Gurtner, it was terrible decision-making leading up to and during him leaving. Maybe ALT0 could use a copyedit to avoid that implication? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 22:36, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Appin (company)

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• ... that a cyberattack on a FIFA insider, traced to the Indian cyber-espionage company Appin, was part of Qatar's campaign to protect its 2022 World Cup hosting rights?

• Source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/project-merciless-how-qatar-spied-on-the-world-of-football-in-switzerland/48022952

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

Brandon (talk) 07:14, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

Hotel Mark Twain

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• ... that author Erskine Caldwell was once denied lodging at Hotel Mark Twain because he was a writer?

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• • ALT1: ... that animator Joe Barbera was once a guest at Hotel Mark Twain and compared the hotel to a prison? Source:
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Legend of Maula Jatt

Created by Gb321 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

Gb321 (talk) 16:26, 11 July 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: ̺@Gb321: A nice little article, a bit stubby perhaps, but maybe my standards are too high; in any case it clears the bytes requirement by a hair. Alt0 is excellent stuff, exactly the kind of hook I like seeing on DYK, but I just see two minor issues with it. Firstly, I don't think it's necessary to specify "author Ersk̠ine Caldwell", since the fact he was a writer is also mentioned. Secondly, since this is based on Caldwell's own writing, you probably can't present it as a definitive fact. In the article you made sure to write that he recalled being denied a room. This kind of slightly more prudent wording should be used in the hook in my opinion; so I suggest Alt0bː "... that Erskine Caldwell once wrote he had been denied lodging at Hotel Mark Twain because he was a writer?" Procrastineur (talk) 19:14, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

Alt0b works for me! Gb321 (talk) 01:24, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

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Ha Ming

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• ... that Ha Ming was one of only two men who remained with the captive Emperor Yingzong of Ming throughout his captivity by the Oirats?

• Source: Guida, Donatella (2018). "Aliens and Emperors: Faithful Mongolian Officials in the Ming History" (PDF). Ming Qing Yanjiu. 22: p. 129

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Blues (Randy Newman song)

Improved to Good Article status by Min968 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

Min968 (talk) 13:39, 11 July 2026 (UTC).

Liew Mun Leong

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• ... that Liew Mun Leong started his career by developing military camps, before becoming the chief project manager for Changi Airport Terminal 2?

• Source: "He added: "In fact, my first job 30 years ago, when I graduated, was to do property management for the Ministry of Defence. I spent four years doing it." His stint at the ministry also saw him developing military camps and infrastructure." Tan, Andrea (13 July 2000). "I'm an old hand at property: Pidemco's Liew". The Business Times. p. 1.
  "I asked Mr Liew – the government civil engineer who was chief project manager for Changi Airport’s Terminal 2..." Velloor, Ravi (8 August 2025). "At 79, Liew Mun Leong has no time to be sentimental". The Straits Times. Retrieved 10 July 2026.

• • ALT1: ... that in 2007, Liew Mun Leong was thought to be Singapore's highest-paid chief executive officers ever, when he was awarded over S$20 million in bonuses? Source: "CAPITALAND heads into its annual general meeting (AGM) today in the awkward position of having to justify the $20.52 million bonus paid to chief executive Liew Mun Leong in 2007. The huge payout, which is thought to be the largest bonus ever awarded to a chief executive here in a single year, has quickly become the talk of the town." Shankari, Uma (2009-04-23). "CapitaLand CEO bonus likely a hot topic". The Business Times. p. 6.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas N. Armstrong III

Moved to mainspace by BenTanXiaoMing (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

BenTanXiaoMing (talk) 18:16, 10 July 2026 (UTC).

Articles created/expanded on July 11

Tendai Rinomhota

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• ... that Tendai Rinomhota was part of the second family of regular black characters to appear on Emmerdale?

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• • ALT1: ... that Tendai Rinomhota moved to Australia after being cast in the musical Tina? Source:
  • ALT2: ... that Tendai Rinomhota was part of a pantomime that was livestreamed and available online to local hospices, hospitals and care homes? Source:
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lori Van Sickle
  • Comment: Let me know if I need to propose another hook

Improved to Good Article status by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 61 past nominations.

DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 21:04, 18 July 2026 (UTC).

Siege of Carthage (536)

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• ... that many of the mutinous Byzantine soldiers who besieged Carthage in 536 had been encouraged by their Vandal wives as part of reclaiming the lands lost in the Vandalic War?

• Source: Syvänne, Ilkka (2021). Military History of Late Rome 518–565 p. 179 ... things were taking an ugly turn in North Africa. The reasons were manifold. Many Roman soldiers had married Vandal wives or their daughters when their husbands had either been killed or sent away. These women urged their husbands to demand the return of the lands that they had previously held. Solomon and the emperor did not accept this, because these lands were now added to the imperial domains... The plotters planned to kill Solomon in the church on the first day of the feast. One of the reasons for this was that the plotters included even doryforoi and hypaspistai of Solomon and most of his domestics/household had also joined the plot because they desired to obtain the lands that their women had previously possessed.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Šulak

Improved to Good Article status by A.Cython (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 32 past nominations.

A.Cython(talk) 04:33, 17 July 2026 (UTC).

Lola Flanery

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Lola Flanery

• ... that Lola Flanery (pictured) first got into acting after her modelling agent suggested acting classes?

• Source: "I started modeling when I was young and I remember wanting to perform more than I wanted to look pretty, so my modeling agent suggested acting classes. [emphasis added] I tried it and loved it and the rest is history, or at least my 12-year-old history." - https://hiddenremote.com/2018/04/20/new-100-lola-flanery-talks-upcoming-role-clarkes-daughter/

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Adventure Girls
  • Comment: This is also nominated for GAN btw

Moved to mainspace by JuniperChill (talk) and Thegoodguy05 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 25 past nominations.

JuniperChill (talk) 10:33, 15 July 2026 (UTC).

Second Intermediate Period of Egypt

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• ... that the Hyksos adopted the Egyptian deity Set when they arrived in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, and it later merged with the Asiatic deity Ba'al, becoming the hybrid deity Seth-Baal over time?
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Improved to Good Article status by JJNito197 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

JJNito197 (talk) 13:00, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

• Comment (not a review): Hi JJNito197, the DYK article must be linked and bolded in the hook per WP:DYKMOS. —Bruce1ee^talk 13:32, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup final

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• ... that Ghanaian players received a cheque of GHS 10,000 each for winning the final match of the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup?

• Source: Source: 2009 Black Satellites World Cup winning squad invited to collect matured investment cheques

• • ALT1: ... that Ghana was the first African country to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup after defeating Brazil in the final match of the 2009 edition of the tournament? Source: Andre Ayew: Ghana have 'lost organisation' since winning 2009 U-20 World Cup – BBC Sport
  • ALT2: ... that a Ghanaian player was told not to take off his jersey during the final match of the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup because his physique made him look older than 20 years old? Source: 2009 U-20 WC: Agyemang-Badu recounts shocking moments after scoring winner against Brazil
  • Reviewed: Ahmed Al-Kaf
  • Comment: I will add the QPQ in the coming hours.

Created by CoryGlee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 45 past nominations.

CoryGlee 02:00, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

Bolu Ogunyemi

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• ... that besides being the first black president of the Canadian Medical Association and its youngest, Bolu Ogunyemi said he's also the first Memorial University alumnus to be elected as such?

• Source: "A dermatologist in St. John's is the first Black president of the Canadian Medical Association. Dr. Bolu Ogunyemi officially assumed the role Friday at the organization's annual general meeting in Ottawa. At age 39, he is among the youngest to ever lead the organization, which was founded in 1867." "Ogunyemi said he is also the association's first president to graduate from the medical school at Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador."

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Avicii
  • Comment: Driveby nom. 8th time I'm here, much more wary since I don't know if he's that notable of a person. Sure, he has an FRCPC nominal and is the first black and youngest president of the CMA, but that's about it.

Created by DoNothingEveryday (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

DoNothingEveryday (talk) 09:10, 12 July 2026 (UTC).

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Gold Crown from Cheonmachong Tomb

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Gold Crown from Cheonmachong Tomb

• ... that a replica of a Silla dynasty gold crown (pictured) was gifted to President Donald Trump in APEC South Korea 2025?

• Source: As President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump held talks on the sidelines of the APEC summit, Lee presented Trump with South Korea’s highest state honor and presented a replica of an ancient Korean crown, the South Korean presidential office said Wednesday. The Korea Herald

• ALT1: ... that the Gold Crown from Cheonmachong (pictured) is the tallest surviving ancient Korean crown?

• Source: President Lee also presented Trump with a specially gilded replica of the Gold Crown from Cheonmachong, a Silla Kingdom (57 BC- AD 935) artifact considered to be the tallest, widest and most ornate of Korea’s surviving ancient crowns. (same source as above)

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Chweya
  • Comment: Drive-by nom.

Created by Mar del Este (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

KimYubin (talk) 00:54, 12 July 2026 (UTC).

• @KimYubin: the article itself needs cleanup; grammar issues and some POV. Could you handle it? Article needs to be presentable before acceptable for DYK. grapesurgeon (talk) 07:29, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
  • @Grapesurgeon: I have finished clean-up. Also, I changed the page name to Gold Crown from Cheonmachong. KimYubin (talk) 11:07, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

Carrier telephony

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1926 phone lines serving 21 circuits

• ... that the cost of carrier telephony decreased by a factor of 1000 from 1925 to 1975?
  • Reviewed:

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

WhaleFarm (talk) 16:02, 11 July 2026 (UTC).

• @WhaleFarm: DYK-wizard did not form this properly, so I've fixed it and put in what I think you meant as the hook.--Launchballer 16:14, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

@Launchballer, what I was trying to get was a label of "telephone transmission" with a link to Carrier telephony, as many people wouldn't understand what carrier means in this context. Also, is my source link gone? Anyway, thanks for the help.

Articles created/expanded on July 12

Dejan Vuk Stanković

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Dejan Vuk Stanković

• ... that Dejan Vuk Stanković's (pictured) appointment as minister in the government of Serbia was opposed by those who are supportive of the student-led anti-corruption protests? Source: https://www.nin.rs/english/news/74438/dejan-vuk-stankovic-appointed-as-new-minister-of-education, https://nova.rs/vesti/drustvo/vise-od-2-200-zaposlenih-na-fakultetima-smatra-da-je-neprihvatljivo-da-dejan-vuk-stankovic-bude-ministar-prosvete-ne-moze-neko-cija-je-glavna-kvalifikacija-lojalnost-rezimu-da-bude-na-tom-mestu/
  • ALT1: ... that Dejan Vuk Stanković (pictured) was the only staff member at the Faculty of Teacher Education of the University of Belgrade who rejected to support students organising the anti-corruption protests? Source: https://www.nin.rs/english/news/74438/dejan-vuk-stankovic-appointed-as-new-minister-of-education
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Peter Arshinov

Improved to Good Article status by Vacant0 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 31 past nominations.

Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 12:48, 18 July 2026 (UTC).

Academy of Vocal Arts

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• ... that the Academy of Vocal Arts, a tuition-free school for opera singers, is located inside a historic 19th-century home that is allegedly haunted by a ghost?

• Source: *Friedman, Stacia (March 31, 2023). "An Architectural Aria in Rittenhouse Square Dazzles from Within". Hidden City.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Saved Treasures of Gaza: 5000 Years of History

5x expanded by 4meter4 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 171 past nominations.

4meter4 (talk) 19:15, 16 July 2026 (UTC).

Streamer University

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• ... that Kai Cenat's Streamer University received over 1 million applications within minutes of opening enrollment?

• Source: https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/kai-cenat-streamer-university-applications-b2746651.html

• • ALT1: ... that Streamer University generated 27 million hours of watch time on Twitch? Source: https://www.tubefilter.com/2025/05/28/kai-cenat-streamer-university-viewership-amazon-netflix-talks/
  • ALT2: ... that rapper Soulja Boy launched a competing project called Rapper University after publicly feuding with Kai Cenat for not letting him into Streamer University? Source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/soulja-boy-announces-rapper-university-051532689.html
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Created by Eve the eternal (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

eve the eternal (hi) 20:36, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

2026 Royal Challengers Bengaluru season, 2026 Indian Premier League

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• ... that Royal Challengers Bengaluru became the first franchise to win the Indian Premier League and the Women's Premier League in the same year in 2026? Source: https://www.sportsdunia.com/ipl-news/history-rcb-becomes-first-team-to-win-ipl-and-wpl-same-year
  • ALT1: ... that Royal Challengers Bengaluru became the first franchise to win the Indian Premier League and the Women's Premier League in the same year?
  • ALT2: ... that Royal Challengers Bengaluru became the first franchise to win the Indian Premier League and the Women's Premier League in the same year in 19 years?
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hyderabad (PSL team) & Template:Did you know nominations/Khelenge Beat Pe

Improved to Good Article status by Vestrian24Bio (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Vestrian24Bio 11:03, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

• I take, will review in the next 24 hours.--Launchballer 21:08, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

@Vestrian24Bio: Quickfailing 2026 Indian Premier League as it was promoted to GA on 29 June, more than two weeks ago. (Note to self; check newness before checking everything else!) 2026 Royal Challengers Bengaluru season is long and new enough, both QPQs are done, Earwig has no valid complaints. I could assess the two hooks now, but given that I need a single hook from you anyway and the proposed hooks are marginally interesting at best, the time to suggest ALTs is now.--Launchballer 21:48, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

@Launchballer: I believe this is interesting as Indian Premier League is the oldest franchise cricket league in the world and this is the first occurrence. Vestrian24Bio 10:23, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Cents-Neudorf-Weimershof bridge and elevator

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• ... that a pedestrian bridge linking two Luxembourg City neighbourhoods began receiving opposition in the neighbourhood it crosses 18 years before its construction started?

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• • ALT1: ... that Luxembourg City's second panoramic elevator was designed by the same architect as the first one? Source:
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: I wrote this article in French over a year ago and have now translated it, using DeepL and carefully revising it. Feel free to point out any remaining bits of weird phrasing.

Created by Procrastineur49 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Procrastineur (talk) 09:57, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

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KCRA-TV

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• ... that opponents of a decision to award a California TV station called the examiner's finding too emotional and based on "unimportant or invalid" criteria? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-kxoa-prepares-to-appe/176321123/ and https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-union-fcc-bureau-raps-kcr/176321157/
  • ALT1: ... that a California TV station's news helicopter rescued a dog from a rooftop in a flooded town? Source: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-kcra-programming-was/108420875/
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/In-orbit fragmentation
  • Comment: I'm a touch on the late side, forgive me.

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 828 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 22:56, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

• I'll review this. JTtheOG (talk) 00:23, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

March 2009 Yemen bombings

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• ... that "happiness left Shibam forever" after a suicide bombing killed a group of tourists?

• Source: Somra, Gena (2010-09-18). "The Day the Happiness Left Shibam". Inside the Middle East. CNN. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2026-04-17.

• • ALT1: ... that a suicide bomber posed for a photograph with a group of tourists in Shibam before blowing himself up? Source: Mounasser, Hamoud (2009-03-17). "Al-Qaeda blamed for bombing in Yemen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Agence France-Presse. Archived from the original on 2026-03-05. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Laura F. Edwards

Created by Hsnkn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Hsnkn (talk) 23:25, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

John Huston filmography

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Huston on set filming a scene in Winter Kills (1979)

• ... that John Huston's (pictured) early screenwriting career was interrupted for four years after he was involved in the automobile accident that killed actress Tosca Roulien?

• Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1933/09/29/archives/car-of-hustons-son-kills-mrs-roulien-body-of-brazilian-actors-wife.html?eafs_enabled=false "CAR OF HUSTON'S SON KILLS MRS. ROULIEN; Body of Brazilian Actor's Wife Is Hurled 36 Feet in Accident on a Hollywood Boulevard". The New York Times. September 29, 1933. p. 22.

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

RobertFord II (talk) 18:22, 17 July 2026 (UTC).

Atanasie Popovici

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• ... that in 1912, Atanasie Popovici addressed the Chamber of Deputies of Romania on the situation of the Timok Romanians in Serbia, generating great attention in Romania?

• Source: Rancu Bodrog 2017, pp. 578–579: Atanasie Popovici adresează Camerei Deputaţilor din România, în 18 Decembrie 1912, un memoriu privind starea românilor timoceni. (p. 578), Pentru început forurile româneşti de la Bucureşti asigură şi promite petiţionarului ajutor românilor timoceni, dar până la urmă totul a fost vorbărie goală. (p. 578), Presa românească a timpului a susţinut demersurile petiţionarului şi recomandau puterii de la Bucureşti susţinerea financiară a activităţii acestuia. (p. 579). Translation: "Atanasie Popovici addressed a memorandum regarding the state of the Romanians from Timoc on 18 December 1912, to the Chamber of Deputies of Romania.", "At first, the Romanian forums in Bucharest assured and promised the petitioner help for the Romanians from Timoc, but in the end, it was all empty talk.", "The Romanian press of the time supported the petitioner's efforts and recommended that the authorities in Bucharest financially support his activity."

• ALT1: ... that Romanian prime minister Ion I. C. Brătianu invited Atanasie Popovici to the Paris Peace Conference as he wanted the Timok Valley region in Serbia to be discussed at the conference?

• Source: Milin & Cătană 2018, pp. 127, 129: ...delegația tehnică a României va pleca prin Serbia spre Paris. Aceasta era condusă de generalul Prezan și compusă din 20 de persoane, printre care și Atanasie Popovici, deoarece Brătianu ar dori să pună la Paris și problema Timocului (p. 127): "Romania's technical delegation will leave via Serbia for Paris. It was led by General Prezan and consisted of 20 people, including Atanasie Popovici, because Brătianu would like to raise the Timoc issue in Paris." domnul Atanasie Popovici, român din Mihailovac, pe care Brătianu l-a invitat la Paris (p. 129, this is for stronger verification that Brătianu himself invited Popovici): "Mr. Atanasie Popovici, Romanian from Mihailovac, whom Brătianu invited to Paris".

• ALT2: ... that Onisifor Ghibu highlighted about Atanasie Popovici that he managed to interest not only the public opinion in Romania, but also that in Europe on the matters of the Timok Romanians in Serbia?

• Source: Rancu Bodrog 2017, p. 577: Acest om a devenit agitatorul dârz al problemei dezrobirii fraţilor din Timoc, reuşind să intereseze de această chestiune nu numai opinia publică românească , ci şi pe cea europeană”- scria despre Atanasie Popovici prietenul său Onisifor Ghibu.: "This man became the staunch agitator of the issue of the emancipation of the brothers from Timoc, managing to interest not only Romanian public opinion, but also European public opinion in this issue,"- his friend Onisifor Ghibu wrote about Atanasie Popovici."

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• Comment: As a disclaimer, this is my first DYK nomination. I'd frankly like to avoid altering the prose in the article for the sake of having a hook promoted here. So if one hook is problematic in this sense we can have another one reviewed. Hopefully the reviewer is okay with this.

Another note: the Timok Romanians are today known as Vlachs (see linked article) and are not officially known as Romanians in Serbia nor do they majoritarily identify as such. The situation was opposite a century ago (until 1948), and such thing is clarified both in the group's article and on the nominated one. I think it does not violate NPOV to refer to them this way considering the time period, but I thought it was worth noting. Let me know if you think any clarifications are needed or the topic is too controversial for DYK. I can also provide some more context information on this topic to the reviewer at their request in case they wish for more. Super Ψ Dro 14:25, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

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

Super Ψ Dro 12:01, 15 July 2026 (UTC).

Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani

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Two poems that Dolabani wrote for Taw Mim Semkath, published in the Assyrian-American periodical Babylon in 1920

• ... that Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan of Mardin Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani published 69 books, including 10 translations, and authored many 'culturally Assyrian' poems throughout his life?

• Source: https://archive.org/details/dolabanimetropol0000hori/page/n59/mode/2up

https://docs.rwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=fcas_fp

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Albert E. Boynton
  • Comment: Aydın is verified to pg. 20 and 22–23, Donabed & Mako are verified to pg. 107

Improved to Good Article status by PresentlySuraye3 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

PresentlySuraye3 (talk) 22:58, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

• @PresentlySuraye3: Not a full review, but neither of the about pages for The Assyria Post or huyada.com indicate that the publications have an editorial staff or review stage. Could you clarify why these should be considered reliable sources? —TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 02:46, 17 July 2026 (UTC)
  • TechnoSquirrel69, I left a talk page message regarding these issues. Feel free to reply there regarding the sourcing. PresentlySuraye3 (talk) 19:41, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

    Thanks; here's the discussion, for the curious. My concerns about Huyada are resolved, and I'll leave the Post to the discretion of the reviewer, since I'm not planning to take a complete look at this. Full review needed. —TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 00:53, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

2012 emo killings in Iraq

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• ... that at least 15 teenagers were killed in 2012 for being part of the emo community? Source: "Rights groups urge Iraq to investigate 'emo' killings". Al Arabiya. Agence France-Presse. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Old Corner Bookstore

Improved to Good Article status by OpalYosutebito (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

- OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 13:44, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

• Article long enough and promoted to "GA" status on July 13. The hook is interesting and drew my attention. However, the sourcing is problematic. There is confusion of sources about gay killngs and emo killings. The BBC source cited in the article for the minimum number of 12 emo youths killed (here) says no such thing and doesn't even appear to be on the topic of emo killings (but rather about persecution of gays). The al-arabiya source cited in the article (here) says there were "at least 90" (not 15) youths with emo appearances killed. Also, the article say they were killed for having "emo" appearances not for being part of an emo "community". (A teenager with an "emo" appearance may or may not be part of an emo community.) Also, the hook fact about at least "15 teenagers" being killed for being part of the emo community is also not contained in the article. This needs some significant cleanup before it could be featured on the main page. Also, the QPQ is not complete. Cbl62 (talk) 22:45, 13 July 2026 (UTC)
• should I reword the hook to match the sources, then? - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 04:15, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Yes, the hook needs to accurately reflect what the sources say, and the hook fact needs to be in the article. The article also needs to be gone over to make sure you using good sources that discuss "emo" killings/harassment rather than anti-homosexual conduct, as was the case with the BBC source. Cbl62 (talk) 11:06, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

I have tried to correct the lede as it was incorrect and misleading. I think this should return for a GA review. @Jishara: Victuallers (talk) 14:51, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

I've nominated it for merging, since I don't think that its not notable. Noting this since it's probably important for a page to exist before running on the home page. HerrHeulsuse (talk) 06:51, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

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Manchester Odyssey

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The Manchester Odyssey

• ... that the oldest surviving codex of the Odyssey (pictured) dating to the 4th century went on tour with the cast and crew of Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey as part of the film's marketing?

• Source: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/from-homer-to-hollywood-the-manchester-odyssey/

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bain (singer)

Created by NeverBeGameOver (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 12 past nominations.

NeverBeGameOver (talk) 03:34, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

León Federico Aneiros

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• ... that León Federico Aneiros served as a deputy, a vice-rector, and the Archbishop of Buenos Aires? Source: Carbia, Rómulo D. (1905). Mons. León Federico Aneiros, segundo arzobispo de Buenos Aires: ensayo biográfico. Escuela tip. Salesiana. pg. 29: Fué así, pues, como recién en 1864, vino á ser, el Padre Aneiros, vice-rector del Colegio Nacional" ("Thus, it was only in 1864 that Father Aneiros became vice-rector of the National College") pg. 30: "Ese mismo año, fué elegido diputado á la primera Legislatura provincial de Buenos Aires" ("The same year, he was elected deputy of the first provincial legislature of Buenos Aires") pg. 56: "Conocedor S. S. Pío IX de los datos que los adornaban á Monseñor Aneiros, no vaciló en promoverlo el Arzobispado de Buenos Aires, acto que llevó á cabo por Bula de 25 de Julio de 1873." ("Knowing the qualities that adorned Monsignor Aneiros, Pius IX did not hesitate to promote him to the Archbishopric of Buenos Aires, which he carried out with the Bull of July 25, 1873."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Memphis Riverline Hotel

Moved to mainspace by Lynch44 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Lynch44 13:25, 16 July 2026 (UTC).

Joseph H. Rothenberg

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Astronauts Story Musgrave and Jeffrey A. Hoffman install corrective optics during the STS-61 mission

• ... that Joseph H. Rothenberg missed seeing John Glenn's first spaceflight in 1962, but later gave Glenn a medal following his return to orbit at age 77?

• Source: He had hoped to see astronaut John Glenn lift off in 1962 and become the first American to orbit Earth, but the launch was delayed twice, and he missed the third and successful attempt. After almost 40 years, Glenn put on a spacesuit again. In 1998, at age 77, he was cleared to fly on the space shuttle Discovery mission. Rothenberg was tapped to participate in NASA’s announcement of Glenn’s return to space. When Glenn landed after the nine-day mission, Rothenberg had the distinct honor of pinning the NASA Space Flight Medal on the space pioneer. “Not in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would have a chance to work in the space program, let alone meet John Glenn,” recalled Rothenberg. “I had lunch with Senator Glenn right before the awards ceremony and told him of my attempts to see his first launch, and at the same time realized what I was about to do in placing the medal on him. It was kind of the pinnacle of my career.”

• • ALT1: ... that Joseph H. Rothenberg helped lead the recovery of the Hubble Space Telescope (pictured) after its primary mirror was polished too flat by 1/40th the thickness of a human hair? Source: At Goddard... Rothenberg...met...to lay out a strategic recovery plan... They would try to fix the Telescope's problems at the 1993 maintenance opportunity... Rothenberg was careful to establish close working relationships with the relevant Headquarters managers and with the Science Institute... The figure of the mirror was so precisely and uniformly in error...The 2.4 meter wide main mirror was too flat by about 2 micrometers, or 1/40 the thickness of a human hair. (pg. 375)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1935 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Created by RabidTuberculosis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

RabidTuberculosis (talk) 04:26, 15 July 2026 (UTC).

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Rajaram II of Kolhapur

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• ... that Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj had an airport named after him?
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Freddy (soccer fan)

Created by Cielquiparle (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 88 past nominations.

Cielquiparle (talk) 04:59, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

Waimāpihi Stream

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The stream's underground path, marked across forecourt.

• ... that a once-sacred stream buried in the 1880s was rediscovered during the construction of a petrol station forecourt (pictured)?

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  • – "[...] was culverted during the 1880s"
  • – "The inhabitants of the pā regarded the Waimapihi Stream as a sacred waterway"

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  • Comment: Please feel free to propose any alt hooks :)

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

In solidarity, nil ^nz 23:57, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

Cortical Labs

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• ... that a founder of Cortical Labs donated his own cells to use in the company’s computers?

• Source: https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.smh.com.au/national/artificial-brain-real-human-brain-cells-the-weird-possible-future-of-computing-20250930-p5mz1d.html

• • ALT1: ... that wetware computers made with 800 thousand human neurons each were made available for sale? Source: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/cortical-labs-neurons-computing
  • ALT2: ... that researchers at Cortical Labs grew 800 thousand neurons and taught them to play pong? Source: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0896627322008066
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: Article was created previously by a different user and later deleted due to LLM usage. This version of the article is my own work and has no LLM generated content.

Moved to mainspace by Pothos144 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Pothos144 (talk) 01:48, 19 July 2026 (UTC).

Cambridge South railway station

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Cambridge South station eastern entrance

• ... that the newly-opened Cambridge South railway station (pictured) is located next to a nature reserve?

• Source: https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/06/new-cambridge-railway-station-officially-opens.html The design of the station took into account its surroundings, so that it blends in with a nature reserve at Hobson’s Park with its recreational areas, wildlife habitats, and valuable green space.

• • ALT1: ... that that the newly-opened Cambridge South railway station (pictured) features an artwork from a Turner Prize nominee? Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyk9nlepleo
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/National Asian American Theater Company
  • Comment: This is my 2nd UK station I improved to GA after Beaulieu Park railway station

Improved to Good Article status by JuniperChill (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 26 past nominations.

JuniperChill (talk) 10:08, 16 July 2026 (UTC).

A Tale of Two Nations

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Uncle Sam duels John Bull

• ... that scholars debate whether A Tale of Two Nations (cover pictured) was not at all, mildly, or incredibly antisemitic?
  • Source:Hofstadter, Richard (1979). "Free Silver and the Mind of "Coin" Harvey". The Paranoid Style in American Politics, and Other Essays. Internet Archive. University of Chicago Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-226-34817-9. "The mild note of anti-Semitism in Harvey's book" Pollack, Norman (1964). "Handlin on Anti-Semitism: A Critique of "American Views of the Jew"". The Journal of American History. 51 (3): 397. doi:10.2307/1894892. ISSN 0021-8723. "The book is anti-English and not anti-Semitic." Harap, Louis (1974). The Image of the Jew in American Literature: From Early Republic to Mass Immigration. Internet Archive. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 423. ISBN 978-0-8276-0054-6. "an aura of anti-Semitism about the novel. Whether consciously or unconsciously, Harvey exploits anti-Semitism in this novel."
  • ALT1: ... that A Tale of Two Nations (cover pictured) has been called not antisemitic and credited with popularizing virulent antisemitism in the United States?
  • Source: Dobkowski, Michael N. (1979). The Tarnished Dream: The Basis of American Anti-Semitism. Internet Archive. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-313-20641-2. "Harvey clearly presented an anti-Semitic portrait in this novel, Norman Pollack notwithstanding, and contributed to the burgeoning image of a Jewish financial conspiracy." Harap, Louis (1974). The Image of the Jew in American Literature: From Early Republic to Mass Immigration. Internet Archive. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America. pp. 418–423. ISBN 978-0-8276-0054-6. "Handlin and Hofstadter argue that responsibility for the new level of overt and articulate anti-Semitism that developed in American life toward the end of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth rested primarily with the anti-Semitic agitation of the Populist movement. Let us first look at the supportive evidence for this assertion [23 paragraphs about the novel]"
  • ALT2: ... that the roman à clef A Tale of Two Nations (cover pictured) hero received the Democratic Party's presidential nomination two years after it was published?
  • Source: Gollan, Robin (1968). The Commonwealth Bank of Australia: Origins and Early History. Internet Archive. Canberra: Australian National University Press. p. 46. "handsome but rough-hewn congressman from Nebraska (a 100 per cent silver man) who stands between him and the object of his desire. The Nebraskan is a thinly disguised but idealised version of William Jennings Bryan."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Helen_Essary
  • Comment: I'm not sure the hooks are as interesting as can be. Will add sources to nom in a bit, can't on mobile.

Moved to mainspace by 1brianm7 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

1brianm7 (talk) 04:30, 16 July 2026 (UTC).

Descendants of Charles III

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Charles III (center) surrounded by his relatives in 2023.

• ... that Charles III introduced his sons, Prince William of Wales and Prince Harry of Wales, to fox hunting, fly fishing and polo matches?

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• • ALT1: ... that Charles III has five grandchildren? Source:
  • ALT2: ... that Charles III shows his grandchildren by William, Prince of Wales, plants and farm animals at Highgrove House? Source:
  • ALT3: ... that Charles III met his youngest grandchild, Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor, for the first time during the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II? Source:
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: This is an article about one of the world's most famous families: that of the King of the United Kingdom himself. Not only will readers learn about Charles III's two sons, two daughters-in-law, and five grandchildren, but they will also appreciate, among other facts, how Charles's parenting style compares with those of his sons. Please note that all of the named British royals are referred to by their titles at the time each fact occurred.

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

AndrewPeterT (talk) (contribs) 19:18, 15 July 2026 (UTC).

• Since the article is currently nominated for deletion, this nomination will need to be on hold until the discussion is closed.

I have not done a full review for all of the criteria, but even if the AfD is closed as keep, the article is also tagged as requiring copyediting, so that should be resolved.

I also do not find the hooks to be interesting; there is nothing that stands out about these facts that seem fairly run-of-the-mill for a grandfather. Mariamnei ✦ ^{reach out 🕊️} 12:21, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

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2007 Messi–Yamal photo shoot

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• ... that Lionel Messi bathed a six-month-old Lamine Yamal for a charity photo session in 2007, years before facing him in a World Cup final?
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Unlimited Intimacy
  • Comment: QPQ was done for another article that did not make it through DYK due to a deletion, see here, so it should count for this

Created by ConeKota (talk) and Morogris (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 122 past nominations.

Morogris (✉ • ✎) 21:19, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

Cold spot (astronomy)

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Cold spot (blue) surrounded by older, larger impact craters

• ... that cold spots (pictured) have only been found on the Moon, but scientists expect to discover them on Mercury too?

• Source: "Measuring the temperature of the Moon revealed the widespread presence of “cold spots,” which are features that have distinctly low temperatures during the night, but camouflage with the background during the day. When the BepiColombo spacecraft arrives at Mercury, we will have the first opportunity to observe cold spots on Mercury, thanks to the first continuous measurements of surface temperature throughout the planet's day/night. Using what we know about lunar cold spots, here we model cold spots on Mercury at different locations. For a given location and cold spot size/age, cold spots on Mercury should be colder than cold spots on the Moon during nighttime due to greater daily temperature changes. Cold spots on Mercury should be coldest just after sunset, but visible throughout the entire night. NASA's crashed MESSENGER spacecraft should have a created a cold spot, but it is probably too small for BepiColombo to detect."

• • ALT1: ... that although cold spots (pictured) have only been found on the Moon, there could be even colder spots on Mercury? Source: Same as above.
  • ALT2: ... that footprints left by Apollo 16 astronauts were pressed into looser soil because they had landed on the Moon's oldest known cold spot (pictured)? Source: We identify a faint cold spot surrounding South Ray crater at the Apollo 16 landing site in nighttime temperature data from the Diviner instrument onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Astronaut footprint depths indicate statistically lower density regolith at Apollo 16 compared to other Apollo site... These findings provide both orbital and ground-based evidence that cold spots are caused by a decompaction of the upper centimeters of regolith.
  • ALT3: ... that the young impact craters that create lunar cold spots (pictured) may be the origin of lunar meteorites that later fall to Earth? Source: Cold spots fade over a few hundred thousand years with maximum retention times of one million years... An interesting aspect that Williams and colleagues point out is that cold-spot craters may be excellent candidates for source craters of lunar meteorites. They found the modeled formation ages of the larger cold-spot craters coincide with the 0–1.4 million-year ejection ages (see cosmic ray exposure ages) of lunar meteorites.
  • ALT4: ... that lunar cold spots (pictured) vanish during the day and reveal themselves only in maps of the Moon's nighttime temperatures? Source: The coldest nighttime surfaces are associated with lunar cold spots (Bandfield et al., 2014), highly insulating regions around very young craters extending ∼10–100 crater radii. The three largest cold spots have surfaces that remain > 5 K colder than mean zonal temperatures and maintain this temperature difference throughout the night [but disappear by morning]. Isolated surfaces with warm nighttime temperatures were identified as rocky ejecta from relatively young craters that had not yet degraded in the lunar space weathering environment.
  • ALT5: ... that lunar cold spots (pictured) were first detected by a radiometer on Apollo 17 in 1972 but were only mapped 40 years later? Source: These thermophysically distinct surfaces, or “cold spots,” which were initially observed by the Infrared Scanning Radiometer aboard the Apollo 17 Command-Service Module. [But systematically characterized in 2011]
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1862 Liechtenstein general election

Improved to Good Article status by RabidTuberculosis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

RabidTuberculosis (talk) 18:28, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

Barsinia

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• ... that all 12 human tooth samples from late antique Barsinia, Jordan, matched local rodent teeth, suggesting the population did not marry outsiders and rarely took in migrants?

• Source: Al-Shorman, Abdulla; El-Khouri, Lamia (2011). "Strontium isotope analysis of human tooth enamel from Barsinia: a late antiquity site in Northern Jordan". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 3: 263–269. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-011-0065-0 Abstract: The study comprised 12 right upper third molars and 12 rodent teeth samples. The results confirm that all of the sampled individuals were local to the area (raised in the area) and whose diets were probably obtained from spatially restricted localities in the region. pp. 267–268: The strontium isotope ratios of rodent teeth from the site of Barsinia are used to determine the local strontium isotope values. Any of the 12 individuals is identified as local to the area if the strontium isotope value is within the range of the mean of Barsinia’s rodent signature ±2 standard deviations (Price et al. 2002). The mean of strontium ratio of Barsinia’s rodents is 0.708208 and the standard deviation is 0.000254, yielding a range from 0.707700 to 708716 (2 SD dotted lines in Fig. 4). According to Fig. 4, all of the sampled teeth are local to the area of Barsinia or the nearby northern region. The very low standard deviation among the teeth results indicates that the dietary sources of Barsinia's people might have come from a very limited geographical area, not abroad. ... Consequently, none of the females and/or males was raised outside Barsinia, thus excluding the possibility of exogamy. ... The migration process and/or population dynamics in the late antiquity of northern Jordan might have favored areas other than Barsinia, a site which was socially homogenous as exogamy was excluded.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Descendants of Charles III

Created by Mariamnei (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 29 past nominations.

Mariamnei ✦ ^{reach out 🕊️} 07:02, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

• Article was created 3 days ago, is well-researched, neutrally written, no copyvio, uses ample literary resources. Could benefit from inclusion of images from the commons where appropriate, given total text length.

Hook is interesting, but examining the paper, the sample of 12 individuals supports excluding exogamy, but not the frequency claim "rarely took in migrants," which the paper does not quantify, stating only that migration favored areas other than Barsinia. Also, "matched local rodent teeth" can read as the human teeth resembling rodent teeth, rather than sharing a local strontium signature.

Could be rewritten as ALT0b: "... that human tooth samples found in Barsinia resembled local rodent teeth, suggesting the population did not marry outsiders?"

Or possibly ALT0c: "... that strontium in the human teeth found in Barsinia matched that of local rodents, indicating that its inhabitants did not marry outsiders?"

Close to ready, will approve pending a final hook choice. Otherwise, awesome work on the article! RabidTuberculosis (talk) 01:40, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Who's Who in Colored America

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• ... that despite documenting thousands of Black leaders during the Jim Crow era, the publisher of Who's Who in Colored America ran the entire printing and financing operation out of his home in Brooklyn?

• Source: The New York Times Obituary (September 15, 1949) verifies his residence, and the July 12, 1937 Atlanta Daily World clipping establishes 2317 Newkirk Avenue as his publishing business address.
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: Article was recently approved out of the Draft namespace.

Created by Genes100 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Genes100 (talk) 14:10, 18 July 2026 (UTC).

• Not a review, just a drive-by observation: there are many sentences lacking inline citations so that will greatly hinder your chance at passing a DYK review. You also need to add the citation in the "Source" section here instead of writing "Inline citations in the History section of the article." APK hi :-) (talk) 10:27, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

@APK: Done! I have updated the source parameter above with clickable links to both historical records and added the inline citations to the article's History section. Together, they cross-verify the home-based operation (the Atlanta Daily World piece confirms the business address, which matches the residential address confirmed in his NYT obituary). Let me know if everything looks good now! Genes100 (talk) 16:57, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that despite documenting thousands of Black leaders during the Jim Crow era, the publisher of Who's Who in Colored America ran the entire publishing operation out of his home in Brooklyn?

  Comment: Proposing ALT1 to adjust "printing" to "publishing" so the hook exactly matches the article.Genes100 (talk) 17:52, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov

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• ... that the dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov, the Ukrainian Minister of Defence, sparked a series of protests demanding the removal of the Commander-in-Chief instead? (Source: Ukrainians protest for second day, call to replace army chief)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rose Njeri

Created by Johnson524 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 35 past nominations.

Johnson524 11:14, 18 July 2026 (UTC).

Auf dem Strom

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• ... that Franz Schubert's Lied "Auf dem Strom" was composed specifically for the only public concert he gave presenting his own works?

• Source: multiple, including Newbould, Brian (1999), Schubert: The Music and the Man, University of California Press, ISBN 978-0-520-21957-1, pp. 267–268 (archive.org link).

• • ALT1: ... that Franz Schubert's Lied "Auf dem Strom" features a horn in addition to a singer and pianist? Source: multiple, including https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W1661_GBAJY0003701
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Picture Maker

Created by Zingarese (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

Zingarese talk · contribs (please mention me on reply; thanks!) 20:31, 17 July 2026 (UTC).

Panda pornography

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• ... that panda pornography, among other techniques, has been used to increase sexual arousal among giant pandas? Source: Holland, Jennifer. "Pandas Get to Know Their Wild Side". National Geographic. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021.
  • ALT1: ... that giant pandas watch porn? Source: Holland, Jennifer. "Pandas Get to Know Their Wild Side". National Geographic. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Columbine sawfly
  • Comment: The second one is for WP:DYKAPRIL, but I understand if it might not apply

Improved to Good Article status by OpalYosutebito (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

- OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 00:23, 17 July 2026 (UTC).

• Suggest the WP:DYKAPRIL hook ALT2: ... that Lin Bing was conceived after her parents watched panda porn?, which will give us bags of time for someone to review Lin Bing at GA, for which this is currently nominated. (I would much rather review both as a double.)--Launchballer 19:42, 17 July 2026 (UTC)
  • The Lin Bing article says that her father watched panda porn - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 03:15, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

My mistake. ALT2a: ... that Lin Bing was conceived after her father watched panda porn?--Launchballer 09:08, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Dominic Thopia

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• ... that the 14th-century Albanian prelate Dominic Thopia rose from royal court chaplain to archbishop, using his influence to support his nephew, Karl Thopia, Prince of Albania, in taking Durrës in 1368?

• Source: "I mentioned that Dominic surely intervened with his nephew Charles Thopia when the latter (1368) took over Durrës" -

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  • Comment: Im not sure if Google Preview is working but I have the physical book with me that is where I get my quote from.

Improved to Good Article status by Arberian2444 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Arberian2444 talk 17:53, 16 July 2026 (UTC).

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Kuzushiro

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• ... that Kuzushiro sometimes worked through the night as a manga assistant while she was a university student? Source: Animate Times ただ、大学生のときに週刊連載の現場にアシスタントに行かせてもらったんです...私は通いでしたが、基本泊まりでした。徹夜することもあって、ヘロヘロになりながら。[However, when I was a university student, I was given the opportunity to work as an assistant on a weekly serialized manga... I commuted, but I basically stayed overnight. There were times where I’d pull all-nighters, and I’d end up completely exhausted.]
  • ALT1: ... that Kuzushiro, a manga artist, often begins drawing storyboards before completing her character designs? Source: Animate times キャラクターデザインを固めきらないままネームを描き始めて「このキャラクターはきっとこんな人だろう」と考えながら作画をすることが多いですね。[I often start drawing storyboards before I’ve fully finalized the character designs, and then draw the artwork while thinking, "This character is probably someone like this."]
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Tale of Iya

Moved to mainspace by Crestfalling (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Crestfalling (talk/contribs) 23:51, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

Inori (writer)

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• ... that Inori's debut novel received a publication offer when she had almost forgotten about it? Source: Light Novel News Online ダメで元々、という気持ちで原稿を送ったのですが半年くらい音沙汰がなく、忘れた頃に「うちから出しませんか？」というお返事をいただきました。それが私の商業作家デビューになります [I submitted the manuscript with the attitude that "I have nothing to lose", but then I didn't hear anything for about half a year. Just when I'd almost forgotten about it [the submission], I received a reply saying, "Would you like to publish this with us?" That ended up being my debut as a commercial author.]
  • ALT1: ... that Inori first published I'm in Love with the Villainess as a web novel over three years? Source: Anime Trending
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Matthew Wilson (patriot)
  • Comment: Open to any other hooks, first time nominating a biography article.

Moved to mainspace by Crestfalling (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Crestfalling (talk/contribs) 23:18, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

Bernhard Luginbühl

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• ... that Bernhard Luginbühl's six-metre Australian Angel was installed beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge?

• Source: "Chaos controlled in Luginbühl's sculpture garden". SWI swissinfo.ch. 11 August 2000. Retrieved 20 July 2026.

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  • Comment: Fivefold expansion began on 17 July 2026.

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

HerBauhaus · talk 11:48, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

Mahmoud Ashour

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• ... that Egyptian referee Mahmoud Ashour made a record eight appearances as a video assistant referee at the 2026 FIFA World Cup?

• Source: https://www.goal.com/es/noticias/octava-aparicion-mahmoud-ashour-el-rey-del-far-en-el-mundial-2026/blt88862b5dcfa2ca52

• • ALT1: ... that Mahmoud Ashour was part of the first complete national officiating crew sent by one country to a single FIFA World Cup match? Source: https://www.goal.com/en/news/from-al-ahly-s-cauldron-to-the-world-cup-committee-48-dramatic-hours-for-video-referees-in-egypt-and-saudi-arabia/bltd8a7f4ba0aacd663
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Created by ItsMeGabeProductions (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

ItsMeGabeProductions (talk) 03:15, 18 July 2026 (UTC).

Jomana Alrashid

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• ... that media executive Jomana Alrashid became the first Saudi named to the Time 100 Next list?

• Source: https://arab.news/mnhfk

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fly, Fly My Sadness

Improved to Good Article status by Jishara (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.

Jishara (talk) 15:55, 17 July 2026 (UTC).

• The claim of being the first Saudi in Time 100 list is wrong as the potential first may be Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in [2018]. Please provide an alternative DYK or change it to Time 100 Next, which is what your source is indicating. - ABehjat (talk) 21:07, 17 July 2026 (UTC)
  • @ABehjat: updated. Let me know if there's anything else that needs to be updated! Jishara (talk) 21:45, 17 July 2026 (UTC)
    • Thank you for making the change and doing the review. Article prose size is good. I see you've worked with your GAN reviewer to tighten and improve the article and validate the sources. The hook is reasonable and eyecatching and this is a valid submission given the recent GAN approval. Citations are good. Confirmed that you've reviewed another DYK, so you're all set! - ABehjat (talk) 22:22, 17 July 2026 (UTC)
      • Pulled per questionable standalone notability. The article has been nominated for redirection and the tick is pulled procedurally while that discussion takes place. Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:07, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

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Arafan Diané

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• ... that Arafan Diané had his early basketball career stunted by a coup d'état? Source: 1, 2
  • ALT1: ... that Arafan Diané had to escape a coup d'état to pursue his basketball career? Source: 1, 2
  • ALT2: ... that Arafan Diané speaks six languages and escaped a coup d'état to play basketball? Source: 1, 2
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/So You Want to See the President!

Created by JTtheOG (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 30 past nominations.

JTtheOG (talk) 00:30, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

Cape Verdean Museum

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• ... that the first Cape Verdean Museum in the world is in Rhode Island?

• Source: The museum is extremely important for everyone in the region, as well as the rest of the world, since it is the very first Cape Verdean Museum in the whole world, including the Islands. (https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2025/04/01/5-questions-with-director-of-pawtucket-ris-cape-verdean-museum/82538424007/)

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Migalhas
  • Comment: Article is behind a paywall, but can be accessed with archive websites.

Created by BaduFerreira (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

BaduFerreira (talk) 07:23, 19 July 2026 (UTC).

• Yep, it says that. Did they see this list of Cape Verde museums? I notice it's also described as the "first of its kind" .... (nearly?) like every other museum in the world. I'm guessing that it is the first then it would have made the media in Cape Verde? Feels a bit dubious to me. Can you explain? If its true then the hook should be "only museum dedicated to Cape Verde is in America". Victuallers (talk) 08:14, 19 July 2026 (UTC)
  • The claim also seemed extraordinary to me, but modifying the phrase in any way seems a little synthesis-y to me. The claim is also restated on the museum's website (https://capeverdeanmuseum.org/). I've made some additions to the article. I'll formally suggest "ALT1: ... that the first Cape Verdean Museum in the United States is located in Rhode Island?" as a modified version of your suggestion. Being the first in the United States is still true if it really is the first in the world! BaduFerreira (talk) 16:34, 19 July 2026 (UTC)
    • I just emailed the museum to ask for clarification. BaduFerreira (talk) 16:49, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Brandon Miller (runner)

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• ... that middle-distance runner Brandon Miller broke the world record in the 800 metres for the 13, 14, and freshman age groups?

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• https://www.flotrack.org/articles/6231348-brandon-miller-has-a-lot-in-common-with-worlds-best-800m-runners
• http://www.milesplit.com/articles/217824/brandon-miller-makes-aau-junior-olympic-games-history-in-800m-with-record-14987

• • ALT1: ... that middle-distance runner Brandon Miller broke the 800 metres world record for 13-year-olds, 14-year-olds, and the national freshman class?
• Source: Same as ALT0
  • ALT2: ... that middle-distance runner Brandon Miller advanced in the 800 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics by finishing first in the newly introduced repechage round?
• Source: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/paris-olympics-2024-live-updates-day-13-scores-results/CaVySIqu76qT/
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5x expanded by Sxchen1110 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Sxchen1110 (talk) 04:11, 19 July 2026 (UTC).

Argentina (locomotive)

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Argentina

• ... that when Argentina (pictured) was unveiled, its designer and his wife slept in the cab to prevent others from stealing its parts?

• Source: Glancey 2004: "Gawked at and clambered over by thousands of visitors, Porta and his wife, Ana, slept on the locomotive's footplate to keep Argentina safe from souvenir-seekers."

• • ALT1: ... that the locomotive Argentina (pictured) was compared to "a bantamweight boxer packing the punch of Mike Tyson"? Source: Glancey 2004.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2008 attack on the United States embassy in Sanaa

Created by JudeHalley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

Jude Halley ^talk/_contribs 20:32, 18 July 2026 (UTC).

• I also suggest this one for WP:DYKAPRIL:

• ALT2: ... that Argentina is inaccessible to the public? Source: Lazzari 2026: "Después se fue haciendo toda una zona de eh viviendas precarias y hoy están los pocos restos que quedan que son inaccesibles. [Then a whole area of precarious housing was made (in Tucumán) and today there are the few remains (of the locomotive) that are inaccessible.]"

Jude Halley ^talk/_contribs 20:46, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

ALT2, which I just renumbered, is an excellent hook.--Launchballer 09:05, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Poetri Hindia

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Poetri Hindia, 15 January 1909

• ... that Poetri Hindia (pictured), an early Malay-language women's magazine, accepted submissions in seven languages?

• Source: Mahayana, Maman S. (2003). "Majalah Wanita Awal Abad ke-20: Corong Ide Emansipasi" [Early 20th-Century Women's Magazines: Spreading Idea of Emancipation]. Wacana (in Indonesian). 5 (1): 48–69. doi:10.17510/wjhi.v5i1.319.

• • ALT1: ... that Poetri Hindia (pictured) received a gift from Emma, the Queen Mother, for advancing the education of indigenous Indonesian women? Source: Nuryanti, Reni (2008). "Poetri Hindia: Perintis Pers Perempuan" [Poetri Hindia: Pioneer of the Women's Press]. In Setyowati, Hajar Nur (ed.). Seabad Pers Perempuan: Bahasa Ibu, Bahasa Bangsa [A Century of Women's Press: Mother Tongue, National Language] (in Indonesian). Yogyakarta: I:boekoe. pp. 33–37. ISBN 978-979-1436-08-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  • ALT2: ... that Poetri Hindia (pictured) has been credited for providing the first impetus for women's emancipation in what is now Indonesia? Source: "Indische Causerie" [Indies in Conversation]. Zutphensche Courant (in Dutch). Nijmegen. 4 August 1909. p. 3.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Anglican Journal
  • Comment: For the Indonesian Independence Day set, if possible (as two of the biographies are from the same field).

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 815 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:04, 18 July 2026 (UTC).

• Comment: ALT1 could also be a fit for the 9 August set on indigenous peoples if the Indonesian set is oversubscribed. Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:04, 21 July 2026 (UTC)
  • Sounds good to me. I can pull together another article on a magazine for independence day (I do feel we shouldn't have two ambassadors). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:12, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Lego Life

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• ... that Lego Life, a social media app created by the Lego Group for younger children, was described as being similar to both Instagram and Pinterest?

• Source: https://www.wired.com/2017/01/lego-life-social-network-kids/ https://www.fastcompany.com/3067693/lego-launches-a-social-network-for-kids-too-young-for-facebook https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/31/14442342/lego-life-social-network-share-build-parental-controls-app

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Improved to Good Article status by NewAccount7295 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

NewAccount7295 (talk) 17:14, 18 July 2026 (UTC).

Ana Grozdanović

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Ana Grozdanović

• ... that Serbian politician Ana Grozdanović (pictured) garnered initial prominence from a speech where she stated that only Christians have made cathode ray tubes?

• Source: http://vaseljenska.net/2021/11/24/autorka-pravoslavnih-katodnih-cevi-prica-sto-voli-vucica-i-sta-da-uradi-kesic/

• • ALT1: ... that in response to Serbia's declining birth rate, politician Ana Grozdanović (pictured) called for the mainstreaming of polygyny? Source: https://bilecaonline.com/2024/04/27/srpska-politicarka-predlaze-da-se-muskarcima-dozvoli-da-imaju-vise-zena/
  • ALT2: ... that Ana Grozdanović (pictured) has been described as "Serbia's most beautiful politician"? Source: https://www.sd.rs/vip/vip/ana-grozdanovic-pruzila-podrsku-orlovima-na-evropskom-prvenstvu-u-fudbalu-2024-06-17
  • ALT3: ... that Serbian politician Ana Grozdanović (pictured) believes Vladimir Putin is a "knight of Christianity" against the "friends of Jeffrey Epstein" attempting to fulfill the apocalypse from the Book of Revelation? Source: http://vaseljenska.net/2024/02/22/ana-grozdanovic-mir-nema-alternativu/
  • ALT4: ... that Serbian politician Ana Grozdanović (pictured) has been described as a barbika? Source: https://www.sd.rs/vip/vip/ana-grozdanovic-pruzila-podrsku-orlovima-na-evropskom-prvenstvu-u-fudbalu-2024-06-17
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Đuro Macut
  • Comment: No preference on alts.

Moved to mainspace by Knightoftheswords281 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

— Knightoftheswords 14:42, 18 July 2026 (UTC).

• Comment note to the reviewer that most of the sources in the article are unreliable per WP:SRBRS, therefore the article could easily be put at AfD. Sorry to ruin your day. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 20:11, 20 July 2026 (UTC)
  • @Vacant0: Hi, and thank you for linking WP:SRBRS, which I was looking for when making this article, but couldn't find. Looking at it, it doesn't appear that most sources in the article are unreliable. The vast majority of citations in this article (over 80%) aren't listed as generally unreliable on that page (I'm lumping in a decent chunk of the Vaseljenska articles in there since those are actually op-eds by the subject, so are acceptable under WP:ABOUTSELF). Of the 20% that are, most are cited to other, more reliable sources, so can be simply removed. There are a lot of citations to Mondo and Telegraf, which are considered situational on SRBRS, but even they often are just regurgitations of specific claims she's made, tangentially related to politics, or even sometimes (as a politician not apart of, but aligned with Vucic and the SNS) mildly critical, so I think they largely pass; the frequency of such sources are to be expected from someone like her who is this psuedo-influencer celebrity politician. Article easily passes GNG, with multiple sources from outlets like N1, Nova, Vreme, etc. — Knightoftheswords 21:42, 20 July 2026 (UTC)
    • Most URSes removed. — Knightoftheswords 23:08, 20 July 2026 (UTC)
      • OK, thanks for explaining. I'll let the reviewer come to their conclusion. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 18:34, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Aris, Namibia

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• ... that the quarries in Aris, Namibia, contain at least four minerals found nowhere else on Earth?

• Source: Mindat.org, different citations for each of the four minerals, see article

• • Reviewed: Doing... Template:Did you know nominations/Reinforced concrete bridge

Moved to mainspace by Pgallert (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 55 past nominations.

Pgallert (talk) 11:13, 18 July 2026 (UTC).

• OP's comment: I haven't contributed here in a while. Please be patient if I made a mistake. BTW, by my own count this should be by 100th nomination, not my 56th (never mind). --Pgallert (talk)

Articles created/expanded on July 19

I Can't Say No to the Lonely Girl

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• ... that the creator of the manga series I Can't Say No to the Lonely Girl used fashion magazines for students as a reference for her character designs? Source: Yuri Navi 私服に関しては、ファッション誌を参考にすることが多いです。高校生の服装なので読者層が学生辺りの雑誌を購入してキャラクター達に似合うものを探しています。[Regarding casual clothing, I often refer to fashion magazines. Since the characters are high school students, I buy magazines aimed at students and look for outfits that would suit the characters.]
  • ALT1: ... that the creator of the manga series I Can't Say No to the Lonely Girl drew hand movements as a way of expressing her characters' emotions? Source: Yuri Navi あと手の表現にはとても拘りがあります。苦しい時にはグッと握りしめたり、動揺した時には指がばらついたりと、手には沢山表情があるので心の変化を表現する時にはよく手の描写を用いています。[Also, I am very particular about the way I depict hands. When someone is in pain, they might clench their fists tightly, and when they are shaken, their fingers might become splayed out. Since hands have so many different expressions, I often use depictions of hands when portraying changes in a character's state of mind.]
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Theudebert I

Improved to Good Article status by Crestfalling (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

Crestfalling (talk/contribs) 02:13, 22 July 2026 (UTC).

Susan Baur

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• ... that turtle fan Susan Baur founded Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage, requiring volunteers to swim a half-mile in 30 minutes, finish a mile comfortably, and dive down 8–10 feet to retrieve litter?

• Source: Penman, Maggie (2025-09-04). "At 85, she leads a squad of women who dive deep in ponds for litter". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2026-07-19.

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Created by Allthemilescombined1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 22:35, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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• ... that the undefeated 1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team returned to the field in tears after a priest administered last rites to their semiconscious coach at halftime?

• Source: Here: "The Irish coach became severely ill just as his team entered the dressing room .... Doctors feared a heart attack when Leahy became dizzy and lapsed into a state of semi-consciousness, complaining of severe chest pains. Rev. Edmund P. Joyce C.S.C ... administered last rites of the Catholic church before Leahy was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance just after the team left the dressing room to play the second half. ... The players returned to the field with tears streaming from their faces."

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5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 396 past nominations.

Cbl62 (talk) 17:05, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

Colostle

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• ... that the author of the solo TTRPG Colostle made it after not being able to play with his D&D group?

• Source: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/features/a-colossal-adventure-in-solo-rpgs-colostle-the-roomlands-explores-more-of-the-impossibly-huge-castle/ “It came about during lockdown,” Angell says of it, as is the story of many games now. “I couldn’t play as much with my D&D group, so I discovered solo RPGs. After playing a few I created my own using a setting I was planning to use as an illustrated story”.

• • ALT1: ... that Colostle is a tabletop role-playing game intended to be played alone? Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-66576798 "The book is written as a solo RPG similar to Dungeons and Dragons. But rather than sitting around a table with friends, readers keep a diary of their day-to-day adventures in the fantasy world, which also involves using a standard deck of cards to decide outcomes."
  • ALT2: ... that Colostle is a tabletop role-playing game that uses a standard deck of cards, rather than dice? Source: https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/reviews/colostle-review/ "Rather than dice, random chance in Colostle is left to a deck of cards and the player’s own imagination."
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Moved to mainspace by Antibabelic (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Antibabelic (talk) 18:24, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

Faded (Alan Walker song)

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• ... that the music video for Alan Walker's song "Faded" is the first EDM song to reach 3 billion views on YouTube?

• Source: https://mixmagmena.com/feature/top-15-most-watched-youtube-music-videos-of-all-time

• • ALT1: ... that Alan Walker's song "Faded" reached one billion streams on Spotify in April 2019, becoming the first song from a country other than the UK or the US to achieve over a billion streams? Source: https://www.ba.no/har-bikket-en-milliard/s/5-8-1040437
  • ALT2: ... that Tiësto liked Alan Walker's song "Faded" so much that he produced two remixes of it? Source: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/alan-walker-producer-sia-remix-7549900/
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Improved to Good Article status by Meganenohito (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Meganenohito (talk) 07:00, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

McKenzie Porter

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• ... that journalist McKenzie Porter brought a photographer to a secret Sordsmen Club luncheon, prompting attendees to flee through a back exit before he wrote about the gathering?

• Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=6QmQvocn4IYC&pg=PA442&q=%22McKenzie+Porter%22

• • ALT1: ... that Canadian columnist McKenzie Porter argued that using the office washroom was "an offence to the eyes, ears and nose" of one's colleagues? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20230209051806/http://torontoist.com/2011/10/torontoist-i-sing-the-body-hygienic/
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Created by Wellington Bay (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Wellington Bay (talk) 21:31, 19 July 2026 (UTC).

Harry Potter (pinball)

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• ... that three wands are used to create a ramp in the Harry Potter pinball machine?

• Source: https://pinballmag.fr/flipper-harry-potter-jersey-jack-pinball/ quote: "The wands of our 3 wizards who act as ramps at the top right"

• • ALT1: ... that Jersey Jack took 10 years to secure the license for the Harry Potter pinball machine? Source: https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2025/03/20/texas-pinball-festival-2025/ quote: "He said it had taken ten years of negotiation to secure the licence."
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Moved to mainspace by Wilbers (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Wilbers (talk) 21:23, 19 July 2026 (UTC).

Be Like Water (song)

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• ... that "Be Like Water" is a Mandopop song recorded by two Malaysian Malay singers?

• Source: "Siti Nurhaliza recently expressed her elation at finally releasing her own Mandarin song, which is a collaboration with Malaysian Mandopop artiste, Firdhaus Farmizi." [...] "When he became even more popular, people began to talk about how the Malay singer made a name for himself in the country.") (Yahoo Lifestyle Singapore)

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  • Comment: Will do my required QPQ soon!

Created by Syfuel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.

SyFuel^Ignite_Burned 14:16, 19 July 2026 (UTC).

Articles created/expanded on July 20

Bahrija Nuri Hadžić

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• ... that composer Richard Strauss said that Bahrija Nuri Hadžić was "the Salome whom I have waited for thirty-five years"?

• Source: "Two years later, in 1939, again in Zürich, she sang the role of Salome on the occasion of the seventy-fifth birthday of Richard Strauss, and the performance at the ceremony was conducted by the composer himself, who later stated that it was the “Salome whom I have waited for thirty-five years”."

• • ALT1: ... that after Bahrija Nuri Hadžić's performance of Salome for his 75th birthday, composer Richard Strauss remarked that she was the "Salome whom I have waited for thirty-five years"? Source: "Two years later, in 1939, again in Zürich, she sang the role of Salome on the occasion of the seventy-fifth birthday of Richard Strauss, and the performance at the ceremony was conducted by the composer himself, who later stated that it was the “Salome whom I have waited for thirty-five years”."
  • ALT2: ... that after conducting Bahrija Nuri Hadžić in Salome on his 75th birthday, composer Richard Strauss said she was "the Salome whom I have waited for thirty-five years"? Source: "Two years later, in 1939, again in Zürich, she sang the role of Salome on the occasion of the seventy-fifth birthday of Richard Strauss, and the performance at the ceremony was conducted by the composer himself, who later stated that it was the “Salome whom I have waited for thirty-five years”."
  • ALT3: ... that Bahrija Nuri Hadžić was criticised by supporters of the Serbian Orthodox Church for her portrayal of Salome? Source: Making Muslim Women European - Voluntary Associations, Gender, and Islam in Post-Ottoman Bosnia and Yugoslavia (1878–1941) p. 288 "She reached the height of success, and controversy, playing the role of Salome in Strauss's opera of the same name in Belgrade. Due to the lethal sensuality of its protagonist, the opera was openly condemned by some supporters of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1931."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Caroline Bruce, Countess of Ailesbury
  • Comment: I know some of these hooks are wordy, so feel free to change the wording or trim them.

5x expanded by Spiderpig662 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 20 past nominations.

Spiderpig662 (talk) 21:07, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

Bocchi the Rock! (TV series)

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• ... that the anime series Bocchi the Rock! is considered the spiritual successor to K-On!?

• Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/bocchi-the-rock-season-1-review

• • ALT1: ... that the anime series Bocchi the Rock! had caused many of the musical instruments seen in the series to be sold out in Japan? Source: https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2023/10/7/bocchi-the-rock-anime-causes-massive-increase-in-sales-for-guitars-in-japan
  • ALT2: ... that the live concert scenes in the anime series Bocchi the Rock! use motion capture and virtual cameras from a physical performance? Source: https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2022/11/26/bocchi-the-rock-main-staff-interviews-series-director-keiichiro-saito-character-designer-kerorira-animation-producer-shouta-umehara/
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  • Comment: Not sure if the "!?" in ALT0 will look confusing, if so maybe we can have something like "K-On!, also a music comedy series"

Converted from a redirect by Syn73 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Syn73 (talk) 16:29, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

The Runaway (painting)

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• ... that the police officer and young boy who modeled for Norman Rockwell's painting The Runaway became lifelong friends?

• Source: The Boston Globe (ProQuest link) - "Over the years, Clemens attended many events celebrating his role in the painting, often with Ed Locke, who posed for the 8-year-old runaway. As if continuing the moment captured on canvas, the two became good friends and built a skilled rapport in recounting their experience with Rockwell."

• • ALT1: ... that the young boy who modeled for Norman Rockwell's painting The Runaway can also be seen in Rockwell's Before the Shot? Source: Telegram & Gazette - "Yet he didn’t hear a lot about that Rockwell cover at the time, Mr. Locke said. It was the other one he did that got him teased. In 'Before the Shot,' which ran on the Saturday Evening Post cover on March 15, 1958, he was the boy in the doctor’s office pulling down his britches, mooning a nationwide reading audience."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Death's Head (Marvel Comics)

Created by APK (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 19 past nominations.

APK hi :-) (talk) 05:27, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

Nathaniel Chauncey

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First diploma from Yale College in 1702

• ... that Nathaniel Chauncey was the first person to receive a degree (pictured) from Yale?

• Source: The first bachelor of arts degree at Yale (then the Collegiate School) was awarded solely on examination to Nathaniel Chauncey (fellow 1746– 1752) in 1702. Old records show that...the recipient of the first degree was Nathaniel Chauncey. He had been educated privately and had come to the Collegiate School merely to be examined. He was found to be so well educated that, in 1702, he received both the Bachelor of Arts and the Master of Arts degrees.

• • ALT1: ... that Nathaniel Chauncey, the first Yale graduate, was a Puritan who opposed revivalist preachers like George Whitefield? Source: Same as above, and: He was a leader of the old light, or conservative school, of the [Puritan/Congregationalist] theology of his time; and was a thorough opponent of Whitfield, and of all those clergymen of Connecticut, who accorded with [Whitfield's] views, or admitted him into their churches.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Barsinia

Created by RabidTuberculosis (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.

RabidTuberculosis (talk) 01:40, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

Mrdić's Laws

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• ... that after Mrdić's Laws were adopted in the National Assembly of Serbia, they were voted in again after the recommendations by the Venice Commission were adopted? Source: https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/skupstina-srbije-izglasala-izmene-mrdicevih-zakona-i-ostale-tacke-dnevnog-reda/
  • ALT1: ... that supporters of Mrdić's Laws say that the efficiency of the judiciary would be increased and improved? Source: https://www.bbc.com/serbian/articles/cy8yvwx24xeo/lat
  • ALT2: ... that the UN rapporteur Margaret Satterthwaite said that Mrdić's Laws did not meet the international standards regarding the independence of judiciary? Source: https://n1info.rs/vesti/specijalna-izvestiteljka-un-margaret-satervajt-mrdicevi-zakoni-vlada-srbije/
  • ALT3: ... that the Mrdić's Laws were voted in favour twice, once in January 2026 and again in June the same year? Source: https://www.danas.rs/vesti/drustvo/skupstina-usvojila-mrdiceve-zakone/, https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/skupstina-srbije-izglasala-izmene-mrdicevih-zakona-i-ostale-tacke-dnevnog-reda/
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kim Seon-tae

Improved to Good Article status by Vacant0 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 33 past nominations.

Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 20:28, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

2026 Brazilian civil defense system false alarm

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Notification of the misantropi4 alert

• ... that the words misantropi4 or misantropia were used for a false alarm in 2026 (pictured), reaching at least eight federative units of Brazil?

• Source: https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-brasil/alerta-falso-da-defesa-civil-atingiu-30-milhoes-em-7-estados-e-no-df/

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carmarthen Infirmary
  • Comment: Source says 7 states plus DF (Federal District of Brazil); see federative units of Brazil.

Moved to mainspace by Vycl1994 (talk); created by Klebs1 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Dudzcar (talk) 19:06, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

New York Industrial Home Association No. 1

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Map of original building plots

• ... that subscribers chipped in $1 per week to buy a New York City suburb (map pictured)?

• Source: (Members were required to pay $1 (equivalent to $39 in 2025) per week into a land fund) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx2par&seq=7, page 15: "Each member shall pay into the treasury or land fund one dollar per week ..."

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Duck Island Cottage

Moved to mainspace by RoySmith (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 53 past nominations.

RoySmith (talk) 13:17, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

Articles created/expanded on July 21

Michelle Bruce

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• ... that a lawsuit against transgender politician Michelle Bruce claimed presenting as a woman gave her an "unfair advantage" in her election?

• Source: Fuller's attorney claimed Riverdale voters were more likely to vote for female candidates and thus presenting as a woman gave Bruce an "unfair advantage".

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

Sashimi-b (talk) 02:50, 22 July 2026 (UTC).

Jurnal Perempuan

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• ... that the Indonesian Feminist Journal saw circulation improve after protests against milk prices?

• Source: Yuliantri, Rhoma Dwi Aria (2008). "Jurnal Perempuan: Dari Jurnal ke LSM Profesional" [Jurnal Perempuan: From Journal to Professional NGO]. In Setyowati, Hajar Nur (ed.). Seabad Pers Perempuan: Bahasa Ibu, Bahasa Bangsa [A Century of Women's Press: Mother Tongue, National Language] (in Indonesian). Yogyakarta: I:boekoe. pp. 288–292. ISBN 978-979-1436-08-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

• • ALT1: ... that the Indonesian Feminist Journal was initially on the same racks as cookbooks? Source: Yuliantri, Rhoma Dwi Aria (2008). "Jurnal Perempuan: Dari Jurnal ke LSM Profesional" [Jurnal Perempuan: From Journal to Professional NGO]. In Setyowati, Hajar Nur (ed.). Seabad Pers Perempuan: Bahasa Ibu, Bahasa Bangsa [A Century of Women's Press: Mother Tongue, National Language] (in Indonesian). Yogyakarta: I:boekoe. pp. 288–292. ISBN 978-979-1436-08-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Truth Commission for the Sámi People
  • Comment: For the Indonesian Independence Day celebration set, if Poetri Hindia runs on August 9th. Otherwise, any set will do.

Created by Crisco 1492 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 816 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:09, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

Native American Student and Community Center

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• ... that the Native American Student and Community Center is designed to resemble a tipi? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20220825133341/https://djcoregon.com/news/2003/10/29/center-tells-the-stories-of-many/
  • ALT1: ... that a street adjacent to the Native American Student and Community Center was named after one of its community leaders? Source: https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2026/06/psu-collects-over-2500-signatures-to-rename-portland-street-in-honor-of-native-american-leader.html
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/A Short Hike
  • Comment: Requested appearance on August 9, as part of the themed set

5x expanded by TechnoSquirrel69 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

—TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 16:39, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

Quezon (film)

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• ... that the Film Development Council of the Philippines head was concerned that more people were seeing erotic film festival entries than Quezon? Source: https://www.pep.ph/pepalerts/cabinet-files/189346/cinesilip-movies-vs-quezon-box-office-a734-20251027 and https://entertainment.inquirer.net/635277/fdcp-chair-joey-reyes-greatly-disturbed-after-watching-quezon
  • ALT1: ... that sixty-four desks were made for a sequence in Quezon where characters' movements imitate the Immortal Game? Source: Print magazine or digital subscription version of https://rollingstonephilippines.com/editors-picks/the-rolling-stone-interview/quezon-heneral-luna-bayaniverse/ ; page 76 in the print copy
  • ALT2: ... that a grandson of Manuel L. Quezon criticized Quezon for its use of satire? Source: https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/movies/ricky-avancena-confronts-quezon-cast-crew/
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  • Comment: May be placed at August 19 (Quezon Day)

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

RFNirmala (talk) 05:43, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

Qi Zai

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Qi Zai in November 2015

• ... that Qi Zai (pictured) is the only brown-and-white giant panda living in captivity anywhere in the world?

• Source: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2013-10/16/content_17035052.htm

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  • Comment: I have improved the article greatly before accepting it through AfC process, but might need a fresh eyes. I am eager to participate in further improvement of the article, please ping on my talk page if that is needed.

Moved to mainspace by ~2026-24138-39 (talk) and Aeon Sentinel (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Aeon Sentinel (talk) 10:10, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

• I'll start the review per WP:QPQ! :D - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 00:37, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
• source verifies the claim, but it's a bare URL. Please add more to it (such as title, date, and website) per WP:DYKCITE - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 00:51, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

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Beautiful Fighting Girl

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• ... that a 2001 academic text psychoanalyzed the sexuality of otaku?

• Source: Have you ever wanted to psychoanalyze an otaku? If so, you are not alone, for psychiatrist Saito Tamaki has done just that in Beautiful Fighting Girl, drawing upon the psychoanalytic tradition of Jacques Lacan to explore the otaku fascination with the beautiful fighting girl. Brienza, Casey (2013). "Review of Beautiful Fighting Girl". Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics: 185–186. doi:10.1080/21504857.2011.629667.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Debut Wingdings album

Created by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 155 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:17, 22 July 2026 (UTC).

Lin Bing

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Lin Bing in August 2009

• ... that Lin Bing (pictured) was the first giant panda born in Thailand? Source: "Death of giant panda mourned in Thai zoo". Xinhua News Agency. 29 April 2023.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Qi Zai

Improved to Good Article status by OpalYosutebito (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

- OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 00:27, 22 July 2026 (UTC).

• I did suggest making this a double with Panda pornography.--Launchballer 00:52, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

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