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How do I write an interesting hook?

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

When will my nomination be reviewed?

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

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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.

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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.

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  • Look through this page, Template talk:Did you know, to find a nomination you would like to comment on.
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How to promote an accepted hook

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How to remove a rejected nomination

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

How to remove a hook from the prep areas or queue

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

How to move a nomination subpage to a new name

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

Nominations

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Articles created/expanded on November 14

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Żagiew

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5x expanded by Dreamcatcher25 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 575 past nominations.

Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 14:32, 14 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: @Piotrus: Article looks good. Nice work. Two things: (i) could you show me a quote from the offline source to verify the hook? & (ii) would it be better to describe it as a magazine in the hook, to reflect the article? BeanieFan11 (talk) 04:07, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • @BeanieFan11 and Piotrus: Sorry but I don't get what you guys mean by "verify the hook". Could you please specify as I am not familiar with the en.wiki jargon? :) Dreamcatcher25 (talk) 12:49, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Dreamcatcher25: What BF11 is asking is whether you can provide a direct quotation fom the book that would serve to verify the claim made in the hook. Also, your thoughts on which term is better - newspaper or magazine - would be welcome. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:50, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok, got it. Definition according to Komorowski (2014), p. 819:

    Żagiew, an underground magazine published in the Warsaw Ghetto since February 1942 (...) The magazine promoted the ideas of Polish patriotism and Jewish assimilation. Its publishers were isolated within the Jewish community. [...] From December 1942 to February 1943, the Żagiew Information Bulletin was published in the Warsaw Ghetto. [...] The ŻOB sentenced the bulletin’s publisher, Adam Szajn, who was shot on February 28, 1943. In postwar literature, Żagiew’s activities were gradually mythologized. The name of the organization was later considered to be a codename for the 'Jewish Freedom Guard.' Even the publishers of Żagiew from the spring of 1942 were accused of acting on orders from the German authorities. Eventually, all Jewish Gestapo agents operating in Warsaw from 1940 to 1944 — including Abraham Gancwajch and Group 13 — were subsumed under the label of the Żagiew organization.

This is my translation from Polish. As for the second issue, the above mentioned source use the term czasopismo ("magazine") or biuletyn ("bulletin").Dreamcatcher25 (talk) 17:57, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, this should be good now, though I'd prefer to call it a "magazine" in the hook. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:45, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have pulled this from prep as the hook does not accurately reflect the article. The hook says the organization has been "misrepresented" as a Gestapo org, but the article is much more equivocal, with one scholar supporting the claim that it was a Gestapo organ, while another two "leave the question open". In these circumstances, you can't make the categorical statement that the claims are untrue. In short, the hook needs work. Pinging nominators Dreamcatcher25 and Piotrus. Gatoclass (talk) 11:05, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I can only partially agree with your assessment. While it is true that some scholars do not rule out the possibility that the magazine Żagiew had ties to the Gestapo, there is no doubt that Żagiew was not an extensive network of armed collaborators and informers. I would suggest rephrasing the hook to: "that the Jewish underground magazine from the Warsaw Ghetto, Żagiew, has been misrepresented as a Gestapo intelligence network."Dreamcatcher25 (talk) 11:26, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, that is not a sufficient change IMO. Gatoclass (talk) 01:39, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Dreamcatcher25, are you planning to make a further, sufficient change? BlueMoonset (talk) 22:22, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No, I don't, since I have no idea what "sufficient change" would be.Dreamcatcher25 (talk) 07:17, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

North Korean Postal Service

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North Korea Post's LOGO
North Korea Post's LOGO
5x expanded by HCCB3947 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

HCCB3947 (talk) 13:43, 20 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is fine (date, size, etc.). I am midly concerned about the hooks, wbich are not very inspiring (I doubt the admins would want to use a red link, even ILL-style, on the main page, so the hook using it is dead - but if we replace the weird red China link with link to PRC like in other hooks, it would be fine). I'd instead suggest the following hooks as more interesting (IMHO):
  • ALT3: ... that during North Korea’s 1990s famine, some North Korean postal workers reportedly burned letters in their mail cars to keep warm? ref --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:26, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Would have been a brilliant item if it were not for "reportedly" - I would rather not have rumours posted in what should be a section for facts - but other proposals are not too exciting. I'm torn.
Do you have any other sources that could elaborate on mail burning? Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 01:53, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reply: If you checked the history, you may find this sentence already exists before my expansion. I did not pay attention to find any related citations, at least in the cited passage, this statement relies on single anonymous source. As you mentioned, it may be only defined as "reportedly" according to existing information.
Again, as I replied to another person above, the reason for hook ALT2 being the last one is that it's the least recommended hook in my opinion. Regardless of the linking issue of hook ALT2, what is your opinion on the main hook? North Korea regards South Korea as the nearest enemy, that's why I regard their postal circulation fascinating. Do you have any suggestions on the hook, since no more sources can be found on your revision? HCCB3947 (talk) 14:54, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Szmenderowiecki are you willing to give the tick to ALT3? As Piotrus notes, the first three are a little dull. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:49, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AirshipJungleman29, HCCB3947, 4425valentina, Guerreroast, and Piotrus: I opened a thread at DYK talk page to solicit outside input because I'm not sure if this hook is eligible or even desired. Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 23:01, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT4 ... that information about North Korea's postal service is limited? (A bit of a "well, duh" hook, but maybe people would be surprised they have a postal service at all.)
ALT5 ... that it sometimes took North Korea's postal service to send a letter from the north to Pyongyang during the 1990s famine?
As an aside, I noticed that the article uses the term "Free World". Is it not considered a non-neutral or loaded term right now? I'm not sure if it would be allowed per NPOV (even if it is objectively true with respect to North Korea). Finally, while not a major DYK issue, I think the article might still need some copyediting. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:21, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Applying WP:POSA:
  • Alt4 is not going to be interesting. Snail mail has been around for quite some time, definitely existed at the time Korea split. If they abolished the postal service at some point (presumably the only one possible), that would be interesting.
  • Alt5 as written is screaming "holy shit, the post is doing its job!" I suspect you missed a few words, because otherwise it doesn't make any sense. I don't think I heard of the post service collapsing countrywide in the last century. If that were the case, that would be interesting.
So no.
Re: "Free World", NK is anything but free but that term is straight from Western propaganda manuals (and the source is literally the CIA, so yeah). So that should be changed, yes. Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 03:53, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Szmenderowiecki: For ALT5 I was originally going to add the "few hundred kilometers away" aspect, but I wasn't sure how to do it without making the hook clunky. Regrettably I could not find anything else in the article that was either hooky or airtight. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:33, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
If we want to stick with ALT3, then we need more discussion because there's no apparent consensus on how to deal with this kind of hooks - two people backed Piotrus but one person backed my position. Piotrus is the reviewer, so whether he approves any of ALT0-ALT2 is up to him. As formulated, these hooks are not great but I've seen worse. ALT4 and ALT5 are DOA. Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 10:48, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • In any case, this seems moot anyway as the nominator hasn't edited since December 12, and no one else has adopted the article or nomination. Unless someone is willing to adopt this and address the remaining concerns, there does not appear to be a path forward at this time. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:17, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Szmenderowiecki:I was travelling and did not check wikipedia. If you and Piotrus think hook ALT 3 is bad, just delete it. Use other hooks that are suitable. All information that I can obtain at the time being has been edited, even I do some later editions, it would only be focused on de-centralization, like focusing on "free word" and "the bloc". HCCB3947 (talk) 15:41, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

How about this ALT6. or a variation? (typing fast due to limited time, sorry): ...that even through the Cold War ended, the international postal system of North Korea has become more restricted than in the past? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 00:17, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

That might be synthesis unless it is explicitly mentioned in a source. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:24, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
How about simply describing the power relationship, this ALT 7 is not eye-catching but the most concise one with no issues to be discussed: ... that North Korean Postal Service is managed by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of DPRK? HCCB3947 (talk) 03:54, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
My proposal: ALT8 "that despite sharing a land border, North Korea's post will not service mail bound for South Korea?" Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 11:41, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Szmenderowiecki:I agree with your ALT 8. HCCB3947 (talk) 13:00, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT7 is bad, ALT8 is fine (edit: by fine, I meant in terms of interest). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:33, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Reviewer needed for ALT8, which is reiterated below with proper formatting. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:15, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • ALT8: ... that despite sharing a land border, North Korea's post will not service mail bound for South Korea?
@HCCB3947, BlueMoonset, and Piotrus: The nomination is already two months old, so rather than timing this out I'll take a look at ALT8. The issue is that the hook as currently written is not reflected in the article. The hook says that North Korea will not service mail to South Korea, but the article suggests that it is actually South Korea that does not want to re-establish postal links. The article also merely states that there are currently no postal services between the two, but it does not outright say that North Korea does not process mail to South Korea, merely suggesting it. As in, the hook implies that North Korea actively does it, when the article does not make that implication. This needs to be addressed, and fast. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:58, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I also find that hook dull and not surprising to anyone who knows even basic facts about SK/NK. Shrug. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 01:36, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies: I had misread the date (I was looking at the DYKN section rather than the comment date), and this doesn't turn two months old for another week. Still, the core issues remain: ALT8 is not supported in the article, and with there being an objection to that wording, either the article or the hook (ideally both) have to be rephased. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 16:24, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5, Piotrus, and BlueMoonset: Thank you all for your efforts. I expand the article once again, but it still seems quite weak to fully support ALT8. Any suggestions? HCCB3947 (talk) 05:25, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The changes still don't support ALT8 as currently written, so that angle may need to be abandoned. I think that rather than a hook about North Korea not servicing mail (which is still not supported in the article), a hook about how South Korea is against mail relations due to wanting to avoid "an influx of subversive materials" (the wording is vague if it means materials into South Korea or into North Korea) might work. Maybe Piotrus can come up with a good wording? Finally, "As indicated above" is not considered encyclopedic wording and may need to be removed or reworded. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:22, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Szmenderowiecki, Piotrus, and HCCB3947: How does ALT9 sound? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:28, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Good for me, thank you for trying! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 01:46, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't checking for accurateness but more for being interesting. This hook is interesting. Szmenderowiecki (talk · contribs) 11:19, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on November 26

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Kingdom of Kubala

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  • ... that the Kingdom of Kubala claims land in Scotland that they allege was stolen from them when Elizabeth I deported black Jacobites?
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Moved to mainspace by GoldenBootWizard276 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

GoldenBootWizard276 (talk) 21:32, 27 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • The article is new enough and long enough, and the hook is definitely interesting. However the page needs a look at for reliable sources. The DYK hook is directly referenced to the Daily Express. Per WP:DAILYEXPRESS this source is not recommended. The Newsflare source is "Uploaded by a Newsflare content partner", which doesn't seem very definitive. The hook is also cited to NDTV, but their description of the claimed history is a lot less. Unknown Temptation (talk) 15:27, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have just sent the notification to User:GoldenBootWizard276. I very rarely come to DYK and it was my false recollection that these reviews sent an automatic message to talk page. More time should be give to redress. Unknown Temptation (talk) 11:55, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

With the article nominated for deletion, and the nominator never returning to the nomination (and in fact not even editing the article in months), this does not appear to have a path forward anymore. Normally this would have merely been put on hold, but the nominator not responding to the pings is the main concern here rather than the AFD. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:21, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on November 29

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2014 Isla Vista killings

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Improved to Good Article status by Shoot for the Stars (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Shoot for the Stars (talk) 00:53, 1 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

While I'm not opposed to this running in principle - one of the WP:DYKAIMs is to showcase the range of our content and that includes topics like this one - presenting what are the deranged rantings of an incel on the main page is a bit much. I have struck the two hooks, and suggest that @Shoot for the Stars: propose something else; I suggest ALT2: ... that six 2014 killings committed by Elliot Rodger sparked discussion of broader issues of violence against women and misogyny? or perhaps something about California's first red flag law. You may also wish to see if either WP:GARC or WP:GARP would take Rodger's article so this can run as a double nom.--Launchballer 20:53, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • ALT3 ... that the 2014 Isla Vista killings led to California enacting a red-flag law, which allows family members to petition courts to remove weapons from persons deemed a threat?
TarnishedPathtalk 00:36, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I doubt anyone will listen to me, but do not run this DYK. Reject it. There's some weird, incel, cult-like devotion to this topic, and in the past, I've read that perpetuating coverage of this topic can lead to an increase in stochastic violence. Like I said, I doubt many will agree with me, but that's my controversial take. Viriditas (talk) 00:09, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I question any coverage leading to increases in "stochastic violence" given that there has literally been a metric fucktonne of coverage on this already. Additionally WP:NOTCENSORED. TarnishedPathtalk 02:34, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Stochastic Gender-Based Violence: How Incels Justify and Encourage Sexualized Violence Against Women. (2025)Open access icon Viriditas (talk) 02:41, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Unless I'm missing something, that piece talks about an increase in stochastic violence resulting from incels communicating in their forums. Which is not hard to understand. I lurked for a bit in incel forums just after Minassian ran over a bunch of people in Canada and they are truly sick demented fucks, who egg each other on. I can easily imagine those sorts of forums being a contributing factor. However, I couldn't see anything in that article which states that news reporting leads to increases in stochastic violence. TarnishedPathtalk 06:54, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just noting that Rodger's GA began being reviewed yesterday and I intend on reviewing the articles as a pair.--Launchballer 16:32, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Diego García Miravete

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  • ... that Diego García Miravete and his college football team's games were closely monitored by the Mexican government in the early 1970s? Source: Powell, Robert Andrew (October 27, 2016). "A New Day for (American) Football in Mexico". Bleacher Report.
Created by JTtheOG (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

JTtheOG (talk) 23:31, 3 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Looks good to go. The hook is interesting and the only real change I could suggest is linking to Cóndores UNAM football. SounderBruce 19:08, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Pulled. I'm seeing quite a few WP:WEASELWORDS and other items that make me doubt the neutrality of this article. To start, "He is considered to be one of the greatest Mexican college football coaches of all time," is not specifically in the body of the article. He won a lot of championships, but "winningest" (as in the article) does not always mean "greatest". Likewise, "García Miravete contends, like many others," does not allow us to judge the quality of theses sources. There needs to be a clear indication as to who is asserting this point, aside from García Miravete. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:10, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Crisco 1492: First quote has been removed. Regarding the second point, the exact quote from the source is "Castro, the doctor and Pumas fan, tells me the same thing, as do several histories I’ve read." Would something like "García Miravete contends, like many other Pumas supporters" work? JTtheOG (talk) 08:02, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm still concerned with "contend" itself; it's not specifically mentioned in MOS:SAID, but the general concerns there are similar here. Similarly, many others can still end up falling afoul of MOS:AWW. Why not something like, "García Miravete later told Bleacher Report that...". The unidentified "histories" aren't solid without titles. Also, be sure to review the remainder of the article for potential neutrality issues.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:28, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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Es hat sich halt eröffnet

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Nativity from Lucas Cranachs workshop
  • ... that "Es hat sich halt eröffnet", a traditional 18th-century Christmas carol from Tyrol and Swabia, imagines many angels tumbling from the gate of Heaven that opened (pictured) ? Source: several
    • Reviewed: Shuanglong Bridge
    • Comment: For Christmas Eve, 24 December. The angels, boys and girls, in somersaults (or better - see below - rolling over, or what?) are mentioned in the first stanza, and the image comes close.
Created by Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2163 past nominations.

Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:59, 6 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Not a review, but given that this is talking about the events of a song, wouldn't this violate WP:DYKFICTION? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:23, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It is fact about the song being that old and from where (and interesting that from two areas now in different countries, and even then disconnected). The rest is a translation of things from the first stanza, to say what someone not reading German could not know. It adds interest, - I don't know about any other song imagining the little angels doing somersaults (rolling over, see below), and it connects to the image (which isn't brilliant but has a similar idea). Sadly, it hasn't been translated into English, and is so much (cute) dialect that translation programs won't help. - Listen, it's fun ;) - Thanks to Michael Bednarek who brought that into our Lilypond. Other hook ideas welcome, of course. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Our guidelines already state that saying that an article subject is a work of fiction does not count as meeting the real-world requirement for the purposes of WP:DYKFICTION. A new angle may be needed here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:44, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What in "18th-century song from Tyrol and Swabia" is fiction? We better also say what it is about, especially if that is interesting: little angels tumbling through the gate of Heaven that opened. I found a site translating into German, and that fed to Deepls results in: "The heavenly gate has opened / The little angels tumble out in great numbers / The boys and girls do somersaults / First up and down, then back and forth / Then below again, then on top of each other, which makes them even happier." Listen and enjoy. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:57, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WP:DYKFICTION states simply acknowledging that a hook is about a creative work is not sufficient, nor is adding an unrelated real-world fact to a hook which is otherwise about a creative element. In this case, saying that the hook's subject is a real-world carol from a real-world place (such as saying that the carol came from Austria), but is still ultimately about "in-universe" or "in-plot" information (i.e. what is happening in the carol), would not count as a real-world connection. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:11, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I wish you a merry season. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:48, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ideas? Viriditas, perhaps? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:22, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Gerda, you've got some great potential hooks in that article. You don’t need my help. Viriditas (talk) 20:03, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • This appears to be at an impasse, so giving some hook suggestions here. One of the hooks is misleading, but it might work as an April Fools hook if you are willing to have this run on April Fools instead of Christmas. However, it might also work as a quirky.
Pinging Viriditas for thoughts on these proposals. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:15, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the offers. I am not interested in ALT2, because it is purely historical and offers no joy. I could live with ALT1 if nothing else gets accepted, but hope we will not have to do that. ALT3 is correct, but true for more than this song, and softly misleading regarding what "too secular" may mean. I thought of the following (before I saw the suggestions, - just had no time yet):
I would like the information about the two disconnect areas without saying "first" or "only", as unusual. I would like a hint at how old this is, - Mozart may have known it (published the year he was born, but probably older), imagine ;) - Have you listened? I would like to offer some of the fun in this song as a little Christmas present. Any suggestion to capture the little boys and girls angels enjoying their playing is welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:52, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I take.--Launchballer 18:08, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gerda Arendt: Long enough, new enough. QPQ done and Earwig has no valid complaints. ALT1 would need a link to Karl Marx and I prefer not to remove non-bolded links unless necessary and ALT2 is a superlative and needs excellent sourcing. I see no problem with ALT3, although perhaps you'd like to explain why it's "softly misleading". There's the germ of a good hook in ALT4; I have never heard of Tyrol or Swabia and would suggest that "such as purzigagalan (somersaults)" wants trimming, although a song containing dialect words from two countries strikes me as unusual. The only place I can find the word 'dialect' is in the lead, where it is unsourced. Per WP:DYKHOOK, I must ask for a quote from any offline sources used for any hooks. Also, I'm just about to nominate XMAS (song) for DYK; please consider reviewing.--Launchballer 20:32, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for reviewing. I forgot that someone not knowing German of course can't see that the text is mostly dialect, compare this translation. I'd like to use it but it says Austrian/Bavarian while the other sources are more precise about Tyrol and Swabia. Tyrol is a state of Austria, as Texas is one of the U.S., with its own dialect. What can we do? My problem with ALT3 - as said - is that more than one hymn have been regarded as too secular. Several hymns began as love songs. It has nothing about what is special to this song: children at play, - I don't know any other carol with the idea of the angels enjoying somersaults (rolling over). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:44, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: would ALT4a: ... that "Es hat sich halt eröffnet", a traditional 18th-century Christmas carol, uses German and Austrian dialect words? be more accurate? As for ALT1, the idea was to have the link if it doesn't run on April Fool's, to make it clear that it is not referring to that Karl Marx. Only if it was an AFD hook would the link be removed. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:46, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is that this needs a source that actually says they're dialect words, and I'd still need a quote from the source.--Launchballer 02:55, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Launchballer: If that's the case, then perhaps either ALT1 or ALT3 is usable then? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 03:10, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Marx hook checks out, though is best saved for April Fools' day. I'd still need a quote from the source for ALT3.--Launchballer 03:18, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Since I asked, I slept. Now, there's real life. I will try to look at the sourcing, and hope it will be today. What I don't understand is: Why couldn't I use the translation from dialect to German, with its obvious differences, as a source? The German Wikipedia doesn't offer one, because its a default that a 1756 song from Tyrol will be in that dialect. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:01, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Or how is this, not fiction but only saying what the topic is:
ALT4b: ... that in "Es hat sich halt eröffnet", an 18th-century Christmas carol from both Tyrol and Swabia, the angels are imagined as boys and girls enjoying somersaults?
Or shorter, but missing the interesting detail "from different areas":
ALT4c: ... that in "Es hat sich halt eröffnet", a traditional 18th-century Christmas carol, the angels are imagined as boys and girls enjoying somersaults?
Or any other ideas of saying what makes this song different from all others? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:18, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT4d: ... that "Es hat sich halt eröffnet", an 18th-century Christmas carol from both Tyrol and Swabia, uses the word "purzigagalan"? I think that it would come across that this is a funny word in whatever language, and we are requested to not "say it all". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:59, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that simply having an unusual-sounding foreign word in a hook counts as "funny" most of the time. We've tried similar angles in the past and they didn't work out. I actually like the idea behind ALT4b and ALT4c, but the issue is that I still feel that they are too close to WP:DYKFICTION for comfort. I'm not sure though if Launchballer thinks they count as fiction though, so maybe they will have a different opinion. If that ever happens, I'd be fine with either ALT4b or ALT4c, but not ALT4d (although I think the non-ALT4 angles are probably stronger). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:12, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's a fair point. I also can't see "purzigagalan" or "somersaults" in the article. As Christmas Eve is in the next-but-one set to be promoted, I strongly advise that you give me a quote from the source for ALT3 so I can approve it.--Launchballer 01:15, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I can give you a hook that has nothing to do with fiction and that is
ALT5: ... that "Es hat sich halt eröffnet" is an 18th-century Christmas carol from both Tyrol and Swabia?
Only: that leaves out all the fun in the song.
I am sorry that I didn't have time yet to write more about the text, but began it now, which should support ALT4 and variants, the title being chosen for a collection of Tyrol Christmas songs, and the beginning quoted in three lines as an expression of childlike joy. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:08, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am sorry also about the translation of the purzigagalan. In conversation with native speakers I found that, while Deepl gave me somersault as translation of Purzelbaum, the German word for purzigagalan, when I translate it back it's Salto in German, which is a specific and more acrobatic term. I was advised to try "roll over", help in the matter is appreciated, but we surely should not make it part of the hook if it will be misunderstood. Striking those ALTs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:00, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If the most interesting point here, as Launchballer suggests, is that the hymn uses dialect words from two different countries, why not just go with ALT4a? It makes the Austria/Germany connection explicit: a reader may not get that Tyrol and Swabia are in different countries without clicking the links. If the main reason is to introduce those places, we could go with something like:
However, it does lose the connection to the dialects. Another possible wording could be:
However, that could make the hook more complicated. Personally I would probably go with ALT3 as it is straight to the point and more likely to get readership, whereas these attempts to workshop ALT4/ALT5 are just resulting in unnecessarily complex hooks. I know that ALT3 isn't unique to the carol, as you said, but it's still an unusual piece of information that most people probably don't know. ALT1 is a possibility if you are fine with the hook running on a day other than Christmas. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:09, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for trying to help! Besides my objection to the ALTs missing all the joy and fun this song offers, they might end up at ERRORS because when created there was no Austria nor Germany in the modern sense, and as we are talking about the time of creation, it would be historically wrong. Also: it seems unusual enough that one song comes from two different regions, - without the complication of countries that don't really matter. Therefore I'd prefer ALT5 over its ALTs. But it's missing all the childlike joy and dialect fun of this song, - boys offering cheese to the baby ;) - I'd prefer it over no DYK at all, though. Viriditas, what do you think? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:35, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: The solution to that is ALT5c: ... that the 18th century Christmas carol "Es hat sich halt eröffnet" is from the now-Austrian region Tyrol and the now-German region Swabia?. I see this is sourced to one offline source and two online sources, both of which imply Tyrol and Swabia are part of Austria and Germany but don't outright say it.--Launchballer 02:45, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I know Gerda really wants to go with this angle, but isn't this wording just making the hook too clunky? The alternative would be to use just ALT5, but then it would lose the Germany/Austria context, so it's not ideal either. In any other circumstance I would be fine with this angle, but given how much has to be done to this angle to make it "work", I'm not sure why we don't just go with another angle altogether since they don't have the same accuracy or clunkiness issues. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:32, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have a wish for Christmas to Narutolovehinata5: please don't begin a sentence with "I know Gerda" ;) - or more seriously: only 2 comments for all participants in any discussion. What I wanted to tell (per: "Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it") is the story of ALT0, and ALT5c is lawyering in my book, - Of the questions what? where? when? - it has a focus on "where", and "what" is missing. - ALT4d would be my choice among the open ones, - let readers find out where Tyrol is and what purzigagalan are. Listen and enjoy, - thanks to Michael the lilypond in the article is fun! I have no more time for this. In dulci jubilo, now sing and be glad! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:41, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Launchballer: I've been thinking about this, and I wonder if ALT5a/ALT5b could be revisited. It seems like a good compromise between Gerda's desire to highlight the regions, and your desire to highlight the countries, while avoiding the clunkiness of ALT5c. The issue is that "Tyrol" also includes a part in Italy, so saying "Tyrol, Austria" would be at best misleading (there is no such issue for Swabia, which as far as I can tell is entirely in present-day Germany). If the song originated from present-day Austria, then perhaps we can come up with a solution, but that is not clear in the sources. The safest option could be to just go with ALT5, if you prefer that angle, but it does mean it makes less obvious the "different countries" aspect you wanted to highlight.
There is also still the option of going with ALT3, which avoids the issue entirely (I do not see the "it's not unique" concern as an issue since it is still not something the average reader would know); ALT1 is also now an option since the hook missed running on Christmas. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:49, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • How about using "Austrian Tyrol" and "German Swabia"? Dahn (talk) 17:50, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't remember if the conversation had already that when the song was texted there was neither today's Germany nor today's Austria. Also: all the territory things say nothing about the topic. We sang it today with several people who didn't know it and we had a lot of fun that is missing in talking about locations only. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:11, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Gerda, this is your comment from almost a month ago, on this very page: "and interesting that from two areas now in different countries, and even then disconnected". Dahn (talk) 07:40, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    At the time, I wanted Christmas Eve, and was willing to almost anything. We missed the chance. More interesting because more unique than any locations is the funny imagination (roll over backwards and forwards from heaven, offer cheese asking the baby). We seem to have guidelines that go for locations rather than fantasy, but is that a good thing? Can we have a bit of both, perhaps? Would we say about Beethoven's Fifth Symphony only where it was written? At this point, how about ALT3. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:16, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on December 3

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Billy Gallagher (businessman)

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  • ... that Billy Gallagher's Times Square cabaret was open from sundown to dawn, with a mix of "reputable people" and those "who had practical reasons for circulating after dark"?
  • Source: "BILLY GALLAGHER, CAFE OWNER, DIES", "For the last fifteen years he could be found in his underground cabaret at 711 Seventh Avenue, near Forty-seventh Street, which did not open until after sundown. As other entertainment places, restaurants and speakeasies closed after midnight, business picked up at Billy Gallagher's cabaret, until at dawn it was astir with reputable people still celebrating, and others who had practical reasons for circulating after dark."
Created by Mike Christie (talk) and Alansohn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 61 past nominations.

Alansohn (talk) 09:42, 7 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • New, long enough, sourced, no apparent copyvios. The hook largely checks out, and is interesting. Mike Christie and Alansohn, there are two slight issues. First, I'm a bit confused by his establishments. The hook says he had a Times Square cabaret, but the article speaks of (a) "a restaurant named Broadway Gardens at 711 Seventh Avenue", (b) "a restaurant in Times Square near 47th Street", and a "cabaret ... that opened after the sun set and ... remain[ed] open until dawn". Are these each different things? Second, the article could benefit from a bit of attention paid to its formatting. Although the length requirement for DYK is not onerous, having a single-sentence lead followed but a single section titled "Life" is less than ideal. Could a few subsections be added? Overall, though, an interesting article. It's fun to see an article like this, pulling up old sources about someone who seems to have been largely lost to the past. --Usernameunique (talk) 06:53, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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1910s in air cargo

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World's first air cargo freight flight arriving at Columbus Driving Park on November 7, 1910
World's first air cargo freight flight arriving at Columbus Driving Park on November 7, 1910
  • ... that on November 7, 1910, the world's first commercial air cargo flight took place (pictured), in the United States between Dayton, Ohio, and Columbus, Ohio, flown by Wright Brothers' pilot Philip Parmalee in a Wright Model B airplane, carrying a consignment of 200 pounds (about 88 kilograms) consisting of two parcels of silk for department store owner Max Moorehouse?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: Nomination suggested by reviewer "Commandant Quacks-a-lot" ; article published from draft last 4 december.
Created by Rolands00004413 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Roland's (talk) 14:03, 9 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Hello, and welcome to DYK. However, the current hook cannot be used as it is above DYK's 200-character limit. I would suggest a much shorter hook, something like:
The main issue is that, right now, the article only has 650 characters of prose, which is far below the 1,500 character requirement for DYK. In addition, as the article will need copyediting, that number might decrease further. One possible solution to this could be to convert the "Summary for the decade" section into prose, which should result in over 1,500 characters of prose. Regardless, the article currently needs work. Normally, I'd quickfail this, but as this is the nominator's first DYK nomination and the issues are not insurmountable, I could give the nominator up to a week to address the concerns.
Related to this, I have another question: did the article use AI-generated or LLM-generated content? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:35, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK good point, I suggest then:

@Rolands00004413: Please either fill in or remove the empty sections and address Narutolovehinata5's question regarding LLM usage.--Launchballer 03:57, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Narutolovehinata5 @Launchballer No my articles do not use AI or LLM generated content. I do use AI to search internet incl Wikipedia, but all my texts and internal/external references are manually written and checked. Also I followed the advise and redid the "Summary" section as prose / flowing text, that was good advise. Plse let me know what else is needed. By the way, I have to recheck for missing attributions were pieces of text were copied from other wikipedia source articles in the "Events" etc. sections. If that's a problem for your approval just forget this nomination for now OK or keep it open, bcse it will take a few days time for me to get that done. brgds Roland's (talk) 10:50, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on December 6

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Alexa Collins

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Alexa Collins
Alexa Collins
  • ... that Alexa Collins (pictured) dropped out of university after three years in order to pursue her social media career?
Created by JuniperChill (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 18 past nominations.

JuniperChill (talk) 20:28, 13 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • I may not be able to fully address the concerns today. I have decided to add a citation to the end of the sentence for the hook per WP:DYKHFC (which may have been the reason why you tagged it). I have removed info about "not showering every day" (because some sources advise against doing that), but I do think the info regarding the fact she eats healthy should remain because I think that's what kept her body fit and healthy. This was my 2nd bio article btw. JuniperChill (talk) 17:28, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Actually, that cancelled honeymoon you mentioned was actually where her wedding was originally going to be. And not every sentence needs a citation. Also keep in mind that my editing activity has significantly dropped since Saturday due to the xmas holiday season. I should be back to normal editing from 5 Jan. JuniperChill (talk) 22:21, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the response - we can pause this and come back to it in January. Even as a wedding venue, I still don't think its encyclopaedic content. Nor is the fact she bought a house. You mentioned earlier you're relatively knew to writing biographies, when I started writing them I also included material like this, but it was an important lesson for me that not everything needs to be included. Lajmmoore (talk) 09:51, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Coming back after a couple of weeks, I'm very busy IRL as I not only had to deal with the holiday season, but I also now have (real life) work to do. In the meantime, I removed content you suggested wasn't encyclopedic and its currently just under 1500 words. JuniperChill (talk) 19:03, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hi JuniperChill thanks for making those changes - i use the DYK check the article according to that is a few characters short. I found this article which I think is about Collins? (could you check?) and i think the NYP can be used as a source here under WP:NYPOST since its about entertainment and is non-controversial (if its the same person). Adding a line on that should take you over? Lajmmoore (talk) 10:32, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'll go ahead and implement those changes within a couple days. I thought that removing content you suggested would take me to like 1100 characters but its much more than I thought. JuniperChill (talk) 23:08, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have expanded the article slightly, and is now at 1635 characters. I have also added an image to the nom (the image was not uploaded by me but by GRuban) which didnt exist at the time i nominated this. JuniperChill (talk) 23:57, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Chama (album)

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  • ... that for Chama, Soulfly returned to its roots in tribal-influenced metal?
  • ALT1: ... that physical copies of Chama come with a short story about the premise of the album? Source: Igor Cavalera, Chama CD booklet, Nuclear Blast Records, 2025
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: I believe the first one is the stronger hook, as I can't any link online to directly cite the booklet in the album.
Converted from a redirect by Jax 0677 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Hurstbergn (talk) 20:21, 9 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Not a review, but it's actually probably the other way around here: ALT1 is the stronger hook since ALT0 is reliant on knowing Soulfly to be interesting. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:41, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • I can see that perspective too, I was just kinda worried about backing up the DYK with a proper source. On second thought it probably is a stronger hook on terms of people who may not be familiar with that genre of music. - Hurstbergn (talk) 14:12, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • I think we can get this approved, but we need to work on expanding the article a tad more. While more than the requisite length of 1500 characters overall (see WP:DYKLEN), I noticed that about half of the article's length comes from a primary source. I would encourage even just a minor expansion of two more sentences of independently sourced content, relying on the already cited sources. This would more firmly establish notability (which I believe this subject narrowly possesses). Ping me if you make that expansion, have questions, or think we should proceed without it. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:01, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

History of Iloilo City

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  • ... that Iloilo City used to be the second most important city in the Philippines, next to Manila, and was widely known as the "Queen City of the South," a nickname now mostly associated with Cebu City?
  • Source: Funtecha, Henry Florida (1992), "Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society", The Making of a "Queen City": The Case of Iloilo 1890s-1930s, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan, pp. 107–132
  • Reviewed:
Created by Merd123 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Merd123 (talk) 11:15, 7 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Looking at the article, I think one possibility is that Iloilo did not have a permanent city hall for several years before the current one (IIRC, mainly because the previous one was demolished without an immediate replacement), but it would be tricky to write a hook about that which links to History of Iloilo City and would not feel EGGy. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:31, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Al-Asaba'a

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  • ... that just 2,000 defenders at Al‑Asaba'a faced 5,000-7,000 Italian troops, and their defeat marked the collapse of Libyan resistance against Italy’s colonial expansion?
  • Reviewed: Not required
Created by Hollowww (talk) and nominated by Agent VII (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Agent 007 (talk) 18:05, 6 December 2025 (UTC). [reply]

No review done, new needed. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:07, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on December 7

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Emily Sutton

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  • ... that Emily Sutton illustrated a book where a boy wishes on a shooting star to be "un-alone" causing four Christmas ornaments to come to life?
  • Source: "Left alone by his preoccupied parents on Christmas Eve, Theo discovers four worn ornaments at the bottom of the decoration box: a tin soldier, an angel, a rocking horse, and a robin. Then a shooting star blazes by. “I wish to be un-alone,” Theo says aloud. Instantly, the decorations come to life. The rocking horse eats everything in sight (“pine needles, electrical cables, and the bottoms of curtains”), the robin yearns to sing, the angel to fly, and the tin soldier to find his love. Rundell (The Explorer) spins her tale with British civility (“Sorry,” Theo apologizes as the Christmas ornaments lay waste to his piano teacher’s sitting room, “Sorry!”), and the group’s exchanges provide smiles (“I have a feeling you’re supposed to brush your hair if you’re hoping to fall in love,” the soldier worries). With delicately brushed lines, detailed ink-and-watercolor vignettes by Sutton (A First Book of the Sea) supply just the right snow-covered, holly-sprigged atmosphere for a series of magical transformations—and some very real love." Publisher's Weekly
Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 198 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 19:50, 9 December 2025 (UTC). [reply]

I'm sorry, but unless there is an image (which probably wouldn't work due to copyright concerns), I do not see how ALT1 as currently written is interesting. I imagine most of our international readers do not know what Castle Howard is or its significance, or why her designing a Christmas show there is a big deal. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:22, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it's not a good hook. Just trying to see what I can try to do for Christmas. Perhaps ALT2: that The Times named a book illustrated by Emily Sutton, in which a boy's wish causes four Christmas ornaments to come alive, as one of the best children's books of 2017? Thriley (talk) 19:46, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Thriley: We already have a surplus of Christmas-related DYK hooks, so there is a possibility this won't run on time. Is a non-Christmas related hook possible? If not, I could accept a variant of ALT2. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:51, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Narutolovehinata5: I see two open spots in the Christmas set, if there are other hooks to fill those, I’ll make a new hook that isn’t Christmas related. Thriley (talk) 05:08, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Thriley: I think those are already being reserved for other, more explicitly Christmas-related hooks, so again, no guarantee. I think it would be better to just propose a new hook to be on the safe side. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:22, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've given this some thought, and I don't think the hook works for Christmas. The Christmas aspect feels tacked on, as if it was written just to force the hook into being a Christmas hook, without it feeling organic. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:05, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • ALT2: ... that Emily Sutton "lavishly illustrated" an abridged children's edition of Shakespeare's First Folio with "red-cheeked gentlemen, sword-wielding warriors and ladies in striking attire"? Thriley (talk) 19:23, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • Full review needed now that new, non-Christmas hook has been proposed and previous hooks have both been struck. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:37, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
        I looked at the article and the hook. I don't believe we need the quote marks but could simply say "illustrate", because what is described is lavish enough. The article is long enough, on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. In the article I wonder why so many super-short paragraphs, and why her dog is mentioned but not her partner, Mark. The first source has much more detail about her growing up. This is not needed for DYK, but worth a thought. I'd also give her an infobox. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:34, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your review. From my research I discovered that Sutton is no longer in a relationship with Mark Hearld. Thriley (talk) 21:41, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Cyril Karabus

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  • ... that Cyril Karabus was convicted of manslaughter and forgery in 2004, a verdict he only learned about around a decade later?
  • Source: Bagraim, Michael (2013). "The Trial in Dubai: The Saga of Prof Cyril Karabus". Jewish Affairs. 68 (2): 5–11. ISSN 0021-6313. Ten years later, he found himself under arrest for murder and forgery ... Karabus also discovered that in his absence, the Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance had, on 23 March, 2004, found him guilty of manslaughter and forgery
Created by Jolielover (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 31 past nominations.

jolielover♥talk 07:15, 8 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Policy compliance:

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

Overall: All good. I prefer the original hook. Could elaborate on how the original conviction came to be, but this doesn't affect the nomination for DYK. _dk (talk) 11:41, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The page now has a Template:Disputed tag, so per WP:DYKTAG it cannot appear on the Main Page until this is resolved. Reopening this nomination; hopefully this gets resolved quickly. Epicgenius (talk) 20:36, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on December 8

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Lozi Kingdom

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  • Source: TWL link, source doesn't use the term "non-sovereign monarchy", lmk if that's a problem
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Created by Kowal2701 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

I'm pretty sure Lozi secessionism has technically been expanded by 5 times? Kowal2701 (talk) 23:00, 8 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Launchballer, you're right, sorry I'd forgotten how much I removed. I'll remove Lozi secessionism from this and de-bold it Kowal2701 (talk) 23:25, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Kowal2701 I've read both articles, and I've not found it very clear from them whether there is a non-sovereign monarchy here. The usual understanding of a non-sovereign monarchy is that there is still an institution (which may or not be linked to a territory) recognised by the sovereign government above them. There are hints that something might be recognised, but it is unclear what. The impression it gives is that something was abolished in 1969/1973ish, but it is unclear what. Given you have framed this as an article about the historical kingdom (the state), would a better hook note something about that rather than talking about a current political dispute?
Other notes, in 1969 the law changed "removing the Litunga's right to assign land", but in "1995 the government passed the Lands Act which diminished the Litunga's powers to allocate land"? There is also a bit of odd personification of a large group of people here, "ruled by the Lozi people", "Lozi founded the Caprivi Liberation Army", which I don't fully understand. New enough and long enough, will check others bits later. CMD (talk) 07:40, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi CMD, good points as always. I'm unsure of a good hook for the precolonial history (idk what others would find interesting). Regarding non-sovereign monarchy, in the 1960s the Barotseland National Council which governed Western Province was abolished, and the Litunga's special rights and powers were stripped away so he had the same nominal power as any other chief/king, however the Lozi monarchy was still recognised by the central government. Lozi secessionism is of poor quality atm, I basically used it as a dumping ground because Lozi Kingdom was too long, I'll come back to it at some point. Regarding 1995, turns out the Litunga informally retained the ability to allocate land throughout the Kaunda period. Regarding wording around Lozi, I wrongly assumed it was an irregular plural, but I'm not sure I see the issue with the first one? I've made some changes. Hoping to put this through GAN after copyediting/GOCE, let me know if there's anything else you spot (I'm hoping to replace Taylor 1957 in the Economy section). Thanks Kowal2701 (talk) 16:08, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on December 9

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Anawrahta of Tharrawaddy

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  • ... that Governor Anawrahta was pardoned by two different Ava kings for his allegiance to Hanthawaddy, only to die mysteriously shortly after the second pardon?
  • Source: The first pardon by King Thado: Chronicle sources of (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 280) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 73-74).
The second pardon by King Narapati and subsequent death: (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 289) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 88)
Created by Hybernator (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 118 past nominations.

Hybernator (talk) 02:55, 10 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • I have reviewed this nomination. The article is detailed, neutral, and easily meets the length requirements. I found the hook particularly effective: the irony of him surviving two royal pardons only to "die mysteriously" immediately afterwards makes for a very compelling story for the Main Page. I verified that the facts are properly supported by the citations in the text. Good to go.
New users should not be reviewing nominations.--Launchballer 17:25, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
First pardon: (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 74)
  • မိုးညှင်းမင်းတရားလည်း ပေါင်းတည်စားကို စီးနင်း ဆောင်ယောင်မြဲကို မရှုတ်မချ ပေးတော်မူ၍ ...
  • Translation: The Righteous Lord of Mohnyin affirmed the existing privileges of the lord of Paungde.
Second pardon: (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 88)
  • ပေါင်းတည်ကသည် သာယာဝတီကို စား၍ အနော်ရထာစော ခံသူသည်လက်ဆောင်လက်နက်အများနှင့် သားမယားကိုယူ၍ တရုပ်မော်ဆိပ်တွင် မိမိစွဲသော ပတ္တမြားဓားကို အအိမ်က ကိုင်ပြီးလျှင် လက်ဆောင်တော် ဆက်၏။ ဘုရင်နရပတိလည်း စားမြဲသော စည်းစိမ်ကို မရုပ်ပဲ ထပ်၍ပေးလေ၏။ အနော်ရထာစောလည်း ဘုရင်နရပတိ ပြည်တွင်ရှိခိုက်ပင် နာသည်နှင့် လွန်လေ၏။
  • Translation: Anawrahta Saw, the lord governing the region from Paungde to Tharrawaddy, arrived at the port of Tayokmaw, accompanied by his entire family and arms. The lord submitted to King Narapati, presenting his sword and its ruby-studded sheath. King Narapati affirmed Anawrahta Saw's fief and privileges, allowing him to retain them. Anawrahta Saw died shortly after, while King Narapati remained in Prome. Hybernator (talk) 23:24, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: No - @Hybernator: Can you please provide the quotes from the sources? This is a relatively new requirement, but for offline sources, we're now supposed to provide quotes from the text that supports the hook, per WP:DYKCITE.
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Nice work. I just had the comment above. Epicgenius (talk) 15:07, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for providing the quotes. It looks good to go now. Epicgenius (talk) 23:40, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Hybernator and Epicgenius: Is there a quote that validates the statement that the death was mysterious? Not seeing that aspect confirmed in the quotes provided. Thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:18, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Followup @Hybernator and Epicgenius: Is there a quote that validates the statement that the death was mysterious? Dclemens1971 (talk) 18:47, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on December 10

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Bhel puri

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Bhel puri
Bhel puri
  • ... that one story says that the street food bhel puri (pictured) was invented by emperor Shivaji to feed his soldiers?
  • Source: [2] Indians trace the origin of this spicy treat back to the Maratha leader Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, who demanded a snack that could be prepared and consumed on the way to battle.
5x expanded by Vigilantcosmicpenguin (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 58 past nominations.

— Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 06:12, 13 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Article is new and long enough (expanded), well sourced and neutral, also plagiarism free. Hook is cited and interesting. Image is free to use, in article and clear. QPQ is done. Thanks for the work on this. Lajmmoore (talk) 13:09, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Vigilantcosmicpenguin and Lajmmoore: Lovely article! Can you comment on the use of a Lonely Planet cookbook as a reliable source for the history of Indian cuisine? I see that the credited author of the recipe, Joe Bindloss, is a professional copywriter for travel guides; what makes him a reliable source for the claims in the article? There's also a discrepancy between the source and the article -- the article says the hook fact is a "legend", but Bindloss presents it as factual (Indians trace the origins of this spicy treat to...) I'm not comfortable promoting this hook based on this source unless it can be shown more firmly that Bindloss and Lonely Planet are reliable for this claim. Thanks! Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:07, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles created/expanded on December 12

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Meiō incident

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  • Source: [3] 赤松・大內所存ハ、葉室殿事近日一向每事申沙汰以外次第也、此躰事可訴訟申旨細川申間、同心旨申了、奉背公方剩新君於可定申事、姿々不及覺悟旨申云々、就其和與事及其沙汰歟 (The intentions of Akamatsu [Masanori] and Ōuchi [Yoshioki], which were in recent days dependent on the affairs of Hamuro residence, aimed to bring the matter to Hosokawa [Masamoto], having the same thoughts, of the possibility of resolving the betrayal [of the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshitane] by leaving the kubō [in power] with a new lord [Ashikaga Yoshizumi]; but as these goals were unrealized, it is doubtful that any reconciliation of this [affair] will happen.)
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  • Comment: I linked the source to commons because that's the only place I can actually find the text online. The translation is rough, but I'm pretty sure it's right. Still, probably should be double-checked.
Moved to mainspace by TheInevitables (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Ships & Space(Edits) 01:54, 17 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • This isn't a review, but while I think there's a core of a good hook here, as currently written it's hard to follow or understand for readers who are unfamiliar with Japanese history. Could you try rewriting the hook to make it more accessible? For example, maybe something like:
ALT0a ... that it was suggested that the shogun Ashikaga Yoshitane should adopt his usurper to resolve the Meiō incident?
Another possibility could be a different hook fact entirely. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:35, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Only just realized that I didn't specify that Yoshitane was shogun, nor explain anything about the Meiō incident itself. Thanks for pointing that out. So:
ALT1a ... that, after Ashikaga Yoshitane was deposed in the Meiō incident, it was suggested that he adopt his usurper Ashikaga Yoshizumi?
would probably work a lot better. Alternatively, the character limit is quite undershot, so:
ALT1b ... that, after Ashikaga Yoshitane was deposed in the Meiō incident, Ōuchi Yoshioki suggested that he adopt his usurper Ashikaga Yoshizumi?
should also work (according to my count, at least) if the mention of Ōuchi Yoshioki is to be kept. The only thing to note is that Yoshioki's English-language article is pretty bad, only citing Wikipedia in Japanese – translation of Ōuchi Yoshioki「大内義興」page with elements from related links at the end, and while I do hope to go through it and add references (or perhaps more accurately, translate it again but also include the references), I don't really know when I'll start nor how long I'll take, so it might get deleted before I'm finished. Ships & Space(Edits) 01:47, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on December 13

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Lionel Messi's 2025 India Tour

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

❯❯❯ Raydann(Talk) 12:13, 15 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Article is new enough, long enough, and QPQ is done. Earwig reports copyvio unlikely. Hook is interesting and sourced (prefer original hook here, ALT1's extra detail isn't that relevant). No images so no image problems.
  • However, the "orphan" cleanup tag needs to be resolved to be presentable. This could well be done with just a single article linking (Lionel Messi himself? Something else?). Also, more subjectively... both this article and the spin-off 2025 Kolkata Messi 'GOAT' event incident article (which I'm not sure should even be a separate article at all - maybe merge it?) are bizarrely vague about what exactly the incident was. The lead says "crowd unrest and organizational issues" which... could mean anything. Can we be more specific about the incident and why it was bad? Because crowds are unruly all the time, and "organization" can mean anything from funding sources being bad to the lavatories not having supplies. These two concerns should hopefully be pretty easy to fix, though. Nice work. SnowFire (talk) 04:58, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Raydann: Please return to this nomination and address the above concerns. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:17, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hello there Narutolovehinata5, thank you so much for the ping, and my sincere apologies for the delayed response. Addressing the concerns raised by SnowFire:
  1. The article is no longer an orphan.
  2. There is consensus to merge the spin-off article with this one. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2025 Kolkata Messi 'GOAT' event incident. I'm busy with other projects to carry out the merge myself at this moment, hope that isn't a problem.
  3. I have also clarified the nature of the incident in the article's lede.

Please let me know if anything else is required. Happy to carry out any other necessary changes. Thank you. ❯❯❯ Raydann(Talk) 14:52, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Cite Unseen source overview of the English Wikipedia article Lionel Messi's 2025 India Tour
    • @Raydann: Yes, something else is required - there's still a pending merge tag here. Let's have the article be in a stable state before it gets approved, i.e. finish the merge. Additionally, there was some concern brought up at the AFD that this article itself is somewhat run-of-the-mill reporting. DYK is not AFD, but it might be good to do another pass on the sourcing here to show clear notability. SnowFire (talk) 22:59, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@SnowFire:, surely, I'll implement the merge and then report back. Talking about notability, this might be the article in which I have by far cited the most number of reliable sources. Ergo, I'm not entirely sure what the exact concerns are regarding notability here. Please let me know if I'm missing anything, always happy to consider things from a different perspective. ❯❯❯ Raydann(Talk) 11:37, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

How To Survive from Nine To Five, Between the Covers (book)

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Created by Lajmmoore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. Nominator has 158 past nominations.

Lajmmoore (talk) 13:09, 14 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

@Lajmmoore:Long enough, new enough. QPQs are both done and Earwig has no valid complaints. No reason why either might deserve a maintenance template. "Pathological jealousy" is unattributed in the hook, but I would suggest swapping it out for something else; my suggestion is strip clubs.--Launchballer 13:39, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1... that author Jilly Cooper drew on her experience of 27 office jobs to write How To Survive from Nine To Five, and her visit to a strip club in Between the Covers?
Thanks Launchballer Lajmmoore (talk) 14:42, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Lajmmoore: Just wondering: I thought that, per previous discussions, these Jilly Cooper multinom hooks were going to avoid mentioning her by name unless absolutely necessary? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:59, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can do! How about:
ALT2... that a British writer drew on her experience of 27 office jobs to write How To Survive from Nine To Five, and her visit to a strip club in Between the Covers? Lajmmoore (talk) 23:21, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
How about ALT2a: ... that the writer of How To Survive from Nine To Five and Between the Covers was respectively inspired by her 27 office jobs and her visit to a strip club?--Launchballer 02:32, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Lajmmoore. The Jolly Super nomination also falls under this concern. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:45, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Narutolovehinata5 I've altered that one too. I did just submit a nomination now her biography is GA which does mention her by name Lajmmoore (talk) 19:49, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Manuel Antonio Ruíz de la Rosa

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  • Source: "In a second incident, San Juan Bautista School in Santiago banned Brewster from its property. Officials posted at least three signs outside the school which read, “The entrance of the US Ambassador of the United States is not permitted in this institute.” They have since been defaced by LGBT activists and were then removed for Holy Week. The school’s director, Fr. Manuel Ruiz, defended the signs,reported Dominican Today. Ruiz told a radio interviewer he had the right to put up signs on private property and that “[Brewster’s] presence and of his partner in a school isn’t innocent."

https://www.newwaysministry.org/2016/03/30/gay-ambassador-faces-harsh-letter-from-bishopcardinal-and-ban-from-catholic-school/

"Pope Leon XIV named Manuel Antonio Ruiz de la Rosa as the first bishop for the diocese."

https://dr1.com/news/2025/11/13/major-changes-happening-in-the-dominican-roman-catholic-church/
    • Reviewed:
Created by Nmarshall25 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Nmarshall25 (talk) 20:19, 13 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • New, long enough, no QPQ required; no copyvios either. Two concerns: 1) the source does not say that he protested, but rather that he endorsed the protest; 2) New Ways Ministry is an advocacy group, so I have to wonder if they can be used for reporting facts and statements by those their agenda conflicts with. Dahn (talk) 19:41, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on December 14

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Suit & Tie

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Improved to Good Article status by RedShellMomentum (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 355 past nominations.

Launchballer 23:20, 14 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

We can do. I didn't do that initially because I prefer not to give any more information than I have to; I'm even considering getting rid of the year. (We ran 627 hooks in January 2013 including "... that the release of "Suit & Tie", Justin Timberlake's first solo single in six years, was used to tie in with the re-launch of Myspace?", and that wasn't one of the 73 that broke 5,000 views.) My suggestion is ALT0c: ... that a comeback single by Justin Timberlake was promoted by relaunching what used to be the world's biggest social media network?--Launchballer 14:10, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Far too detailed, and I think even a trimmed version would get less views.--Launchballer 16:15, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Titan Fleischmann

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

JTtheOG (talk) 19:34, 20 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • @JTtheOG: New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook fact is in article and checks out. I think the wording of the hook is okay, personally. I'm not 100% comfortable with "offensive line that allowed just three sacks" from the article as being a direct rip, but I also don't know if there's another good way to say it and convey to the reader that three sacks in a season is not a lot. I want to hear from you first before I approve. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 03:58, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mykhailo Starytsky

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  • ... that Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Starytsky financed his own theatre with proceedings from the sale of a rusk factory?
  • Source: У 1883 році Михайло Старицький продав власний маєток на Поділлі та сухарний завод, будинок і всі кошти – 60 тисяч вклав у створення власного театру, основою якого стала трупа Ашкаренка. [In 1883 Mykhailo Starytsky sold his own manor in Podilla and the rusk factory, as well as his house, and invested all money - 60 thousand [rubles] into the creation of his own theatre on the base of Ashkarenko's troupe] https://tyzhden.ua/mykhajlo-starytskyj-za-lashtunkamy-teatralnoi-spravy/
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5x expanded by Skoropadsky (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Skoropadsky (talk) 12:11, 19 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Review as follows: Article is well written, with some awkward sentences that could be attributed to linguistic differences during the translation process (e.g. first sentence within the second paragraph of the "Biography" section, "cousine" in the Personal life section). Still presentable for me but needs some copywriting. Also I didn't found the substance of the hook being mentioned in the article, as the only mention that I found on the rusk factory: During the Russo-Turkish War Starytsky acquired a rusk factory and profited from supplying Russian troops, but failed to achieve much success in that business. didn't imply either explicitly or implicitly the notion that the rusk factory was being used to finance the theater. Kindly clarify these issues please, thank you! Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 02:39, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Skoropadsky: Please return to the nomination and address the above concerns. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:20, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Narutolovehinata5: Paragraph 7 in "Biography": ...Starytsky invested money from the sale of his country residence, house and factory into the creation of his own theatre. Skoropadsky (talk) 15:13, 13 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Dawn Hope

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Improved to Good Article status by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 40 past nominations.

DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 04:43, 16 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

@Narutolovehinata5: How about:

@DaniloDaysOfOurLives: I'm afraid that doesn't work either, not just because it is a Hollyoaks namedrop hook (I see you're a big fan of that series), but also because it seems to violate WP:DYKMAJOR in that it's more about that specific Hollyoaks episode, or even Hollyoaks itself, than herself. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:00, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Whilst I am a fan of the series, the reasons most of the hooks include the show is because that has the most interesting information regarding it. Can't ALT5 just remove "Hollyoaks"?DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 08:02, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@DaniloDaysOfOurLives: The more pressing issue with ALT5 ALT6 is that it seems to be more about the episode itself and not about Hope herself. While I did mention it being a Hollyoaks episode, it wasn't the main concern. Even if we were to go with ALT5 ALT6, I'm not sure how a work around that angle would work without namedropping the show. Having said that, I am open to a variant of ALT5 ALT6 if there is really nothing else that's suitable, as I do think the hook fact is interesting. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:05, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I think we have our wires crossed - I meant ALT5, not 6. But I am happy with either.DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 08:10, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@DaniloDaysOfOurLives: Sorry about that! Yes, I was indeed referring to ALT6 (I have adjusted my response accordingly). Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:14, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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Communist Party of Transcarpathian Ukraine

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Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 444 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 20:36, 20 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

@Soman: How does this sound to you?
ALT0a ... that members of the Communist Party of Transcarpathian Ukraine had to undergo review following its merger with the Soviet Communist Party in 1945?
Another option could be an entirely different angle. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:14, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Narutolovehinata5. I would ok with ALT0a, thanks. --Soman (talk) 10:59, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hotmangaradja Pandjaitan

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  • ... that Hotmangaradja Pandjaitan's military career was influenced by a lot draw? Source: this hook is a summary of the second paragraph of the Early Life, with citation from Hadimadja, Ramadhan Karta; Sriwibawa, Sugiarta (1997). D.I. Pandjaitan Pahlawan Revolusi Gugur Dalam Seragam Kebesaran [D.I. Pandjaitan, Revolutionary Hero, Died in Full Uniform]. Jakarta: Pustaka Sinar Harapan. pp. 188–189. Dua orang putera kami, Salomo dan Oce, setelah remaja sama-sama ingin melanjutkan perjuangan ayahandanya sebagai prajurit. Keduanya ingin memasuki AMN (Akademi Militer Nasional) di Magelang... Saya pikir kemudian, satu orang putera sajalah yang menjadi prajurit. Pendapat saya dipatuhi oleh Salomo yang baru lulus dari SMA dan Oce yang masih duduk di bangku SMA. Maka keduanya pun melakukan sut, dan ... Oce yang menang. Menjelang lulus dari SMA, kepada guru pembimbingnya Oce mengatakan hendak masuk AKABRI. Guru itu tercengang, bahkan marah, karena Oce sudah diarahkan ke ITB. Namun akhirnya cita-cita Oce itu dapat dimengerti. [Our two sons, Solomon and Oce, both wanted to continue their father's legacy as soldiers when they reached adolescence. They both wanted to enter the AMN (National Military Academy) in Magelang... I thought then, only one son should become a soldier. My opinion was followed by Solomon, who had just graduated from high school, and Oce, who was still in high school. So the two of them held a lawsuit, and... Oce won. Before graduating from high school, Oce told his guidance counselor that he wanted to enter the Indonesian Military Academy (AKABRI). The teacher was surprised, even angry, because Oce had been directed to ITB. But in the end, Oce's aspirations were understood.]
Moved to mainspace by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 115 past nominations.

Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 05:28, 20 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • @Jeromi Mikhael: Article was nominated on December 20 and seems to have been moved to mainspace on December 17, so new enough. It is also long enough. Copyvio seems fine. I do have a few small issues:
    • What is the argument that this is a reliable source? It seems to be an anecdotal story told by his mother, unless I'm mistaken. Are there any other independent sources that corroborate or contradict this story?
    • If we accept the source as fact, we can say that the lot draw influenced Hotmangaradja's decision to pursue a military career, but saying that it "influenced his career" implies that it affected him while he was in the military, which does not seem to be the case.
Hook is otherwise short and interesting enough, and QPQ is satisfied, so those are my main issues. Let me know what you think. Spookyaki (talk) 23:54, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Spookyaki: Apologies for my tardiness, you did not ping me so it was only after I revisited my DYKs did I realize that I still had unanswered inquiries. Regarding your doubts: the quotation is referenced from a secondary source written by a biographer, so I think it's too much of an assumption to say that it is an anecdote. I surely believe that Hotmangaradja's mother retold actual events rather than making it up. There's definitely no independent sources, since what happened was definitely witnessed by only the three of them, with only his mother (at that time) being mature enough to recall it. Regarding your second question, I understand that my wording misrepresented the situation described within the hook, so I hereby proposed the following hook:
I hope my response is satisfactory enough to your liking. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 02:58, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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Thomas Johannes Mayer

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  • ... that Thomas Johannes Mayer portrayed Wotan and Wozzeck, with a voice filling large opera houses but flexible enough for the finest nuances? Source: [15]
    • Reviewed: Michael Menzinger
    • Comment: Due to Christmas, I'm some hours late. Both roles are pinnacles, not "doing his job". Wozzeck just turned 100 (OTD). The voice is described per the source (which calls him "an ideal Wotan" for that quality, but other critics said similar things. Other ideas welcome.
Created by Thief-River-Faller (talk) and Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2166 past nominations.

Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:06, 25 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Melkart Abou Jaoude

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

TarheelBornBred (talk) 18:25, 18 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Would changing "Division I" to "college football" (with a pipe) solve the issue? I imagine most non-American readers would not get what Division I refers to. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:08, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That wouldn’t be factually accurate, as he had received offers from Division II and III schools, which do offer college football. TarheelBornBred (talk) 20:49, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Then "Division I college football" then? Or maybe mention Delaware by name instead. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:17, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"Division I college football" seems like the better option. --Soman (talk) 10:59, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"Division I college football" works for me. TarheelBornBred (talk) 15:59, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oli Herbert

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  • ... that Oli Herbert would spend up to three hours locked in a room working on a single guitar lick?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: Sorry if I messed up the template, I just created this article and the person that reviewed it suggested that I should nominate a fact so here it is.
Created by Lolcow33 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Lolcow33 (talk) 07:57, 18 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Hey, welcome to DYK, Lolcow33. Your nomination is timely, and the article is new enough. It does need a couple of changes and I had one additional suggestion: Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 07:19, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    • There are two passages with no citation: This album also featured one of the bands biggest hits "Two Weeks" which reached number 9 on the U.S. Mainstream rock chart. and As of 2025, the investigation is still ongoing. These need citations for the page to be eligible for DYK.
    • I happened to see the second Blabbermouth cite which seems to be regurgitating a report from WTNH ([16]) — why not cite it directly?
    • Hook fact checks out to the TeenView interview. It's interesting and got my attention.


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Le Roseau d'Or

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Under the Sun of Satan by Georges Bernanos was originally published in Le Roseau d'Or.
Under the Sun of Satan by Georges Bernanos was originally published in Le Roseau d'Or.
  • Source: Schloesser, Stephen (2016). Jazz Age Catholicism: Mystic Modernism in Postwar Paris, 1919-1933. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 181. ISBN 9780802087188.
"Already in March 1925, even he was just beginning his cure, Cocteau had collaborated in the foundation of Maritain's new publishing venture, the Roseau d'Or. Eventually, the directorship would number three - Maritain, Massis, and Lefevre - and a secretary, Stanislas Fumet. Like the Revue universelle, Maritain consciously intended his new venture to challenge Gide's N.R.F. as the centre of elite intellectual life. But the Roseau d'Or, a series that included monographs and novels as well as occasional collections or Chroniques, would be more overtly literary in its union of 'Thomistic thought' with the intellectual and cultural mainstreams."
Created by M.A.Spinn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

M.A.Spinn (talk) 16:14, 20 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Date, length ok. For the hook, I would suggest linking Thomism (and perhaps also Avant-garde). All facts of the hook need a sentence with reference in the article, but the fact about Maritain and Cocteau being the founders doesn't have a direct reference. I'm also wondering whether the image is really public domain? --Soman (talk) 20:04, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • I have added the relevant quote in the above to the article and reorganized it a little bit to get everything referenced in that note attached to it. I found the image on WikiMedia Commons and I don't see why it wouldn't be public domain; in addition to being published 99 years ago the author died in 1948 which meant by the French copyright law of the time it would have expired in 1998. Furthermore in the 93 years between the magazine folding and today I have seen nothing to suggest there has been any attempt to retain the copyright of the magazine. M.A.Spinn (talk) 21:37, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Allan Ludwig

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Gravestone of Michael Wigglesworth, Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts
Gravestone of Michael Wigglesworth, Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts
  • Source: "Allan Ludwig, ‘Founding Father’ of Gravestone Studies, Dies at 92

His Pulitzer-nominated book “Graven Images” inspired a reassessment of Puritan art, challenging the belief that imagery carved on headstones was meaningless.

Allan Ludwig in the mid-1950s, setting up a camera to take one of the gravestone photographs he collected and analyzed in “Graven Images.”via Ludwig Family

In 1955, Allan Ludwig, an art historian and photographer, made a wrong turn while driving to a pig roast in rural Connecticut.

As evening approached, he told The New York Times years later, he and his wife, Janine, “saw this beautiful graveyard on the top of a hill.” The couple explored the Colonial-era burial site as the light struck at an angle that amplified the carvings on the gravestones.

That wrong turn became a fortunate misstep, leading to the publication in 1966 of “Graven Images: New England Stonecarving and Its Symbols, 1650-1815.” Mr. Ludwig’s book, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, contained scholarly analysis and 256 black-and-white plates of gravestone images he photographed, inspiring a reassessment of Puritan funerary art and contesting the widely held notion that the imagery was meaningless.

“The more I discovered, the more I became convinced that here was the early religious art of New England,” he wrote."

NY Times
Created by Thriley (talk), Netherzone (talk), and Ceoil (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 201 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 19:28, 27 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Clarification needed...it is unclear if the image of the gravestone was shot by Ludwig or by the Commons uploader User:Tpyxldl (or was Tpyxldl Ludwig's user name when he was alive if he happened to be a WP editor? It seems to imply it's one of Ludwig's photos but it does not have the same image quality that he was known for. If it isn't his photo, it might be best not to have a photo. Netherzone (talk) 01:55, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I included the image to show an example of New England gravestone Art. It’s not a photograph by Ludwig. Thriley (talk) 16:51, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Then the caption should that it is not Ludwig's work. I don't think I'm the only reader who will make the assumption that it is. Are fair use images not permitted on DYK (of him or his actual work)? If not, I don't think it needs an image, most people know what a gravestone looks like.Netherzone (talk) 18:06, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Since the hook doesn’t mention that he’s an accomplished photographer, a reader may not think that the image is by him. 17th - early 19th century gravestones are quite striking. Not everyone, particularly non-American readers may be familiar with them. Any images in the hook must be in the article, which is not the case right now. The current image is a good example but really can be replaced by any high quality image of a grave from the time period Ludwig focused on. Thriley (talk) 05:24, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • There are two issues here. Apart from the above confusion regarding if the subject took the picture, one could argue that the picture actually violates DYKDIVERT and thus would not work. The second is that the hook could be simplified: perhaps it could be shortened to "... that photographer Allan Ludwig wrote a book on New England gravestones?" Maybe it's just me but I think writing a book about gravestones is already an unusual fact in itself. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:39, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    The original hook is much more interesting than the newly proposed hook. There are numerous books on gravestones, and that is not something Ludwig originated (I'm thinking here of Mark C. Taylor (philosopher) and Dietrich Christian Lammerts (photographer) book titled Grave Matters; and others.) However, few people know that the discipline Gravestone Studies even exists and he was key in its foundation and development. The wording of the original hook has some flair, and makes one want to click on the links for him and for Gravestone Studies. I also think that the second hook is (dare I say) bland; it's simply stating that a photographer wrote a book. It's not interesting. Netherzone (talk) 03:33, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Well, given that this will likely run without an image due to DYKDIVERT issues as well as the above concerns, maybe it could be simplified as " ... that Allan Ludwig is known as a "Founding Father" of Gravestone Studies?" instead? That was actually the idea I had in mind at first, but it did not seem like it was what he actually specialized in. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:31, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
That's better but it doesn't capture that he's an important photographer. Here's my suggestion for a hook:
DYK... that the photographer Allan Ludwig is known as a "Founding Father" of Gravestone Studies? Netherzone (talk) 01:50, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yes that works, although one could argue that not mentioning that he is actually a photographer actually adds to the mystery and thus the hookiness. I will leave it to the reviewer to judge. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 04:33, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Lynching of Dipu Chandra Das

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  • ... that the religiously motivated lynching of Dipu Chandra Das was celebrated by many in Bangladesh, including a prospective parliamentary candidate?
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Created by TryKid (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

TryKid [dubious – discuss] 13:03, 26 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Comment: I definitely second this hook, althought the article fo-shizzle needs a second pair of eyes. Edit: @TryKid: Re your edit summary the claim isn't that they were directly linked, but that provides the background for the febrile atmosphere in the country. See talk. this is a personal view and I don't inherently disagree with this but as we know on Wikipedia anyone is well within their rights to remove unsubstantiated/unverified assertions. And re the talk discussion, there's no consensus. Unless & until there's a consensus that the distinct incident of the Hadi assassination serves as a backdrop and 'febrile atmosphere' (no reliable media corroborated this, however), and therefore it is justified to be mentioned on the article, please do not revert it further. Good luck with the nom! X (talk) 19:33, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • As I have before, I object to hooks which describe contemporary killings such as this as 'lynching' in our own voice. It assumes, prior to a criminal investigation or trial, that the killing was either not lawful or was criminal; that may very well be true, but it suggests the pre-adjudication guilt of living mob participants in a way that violates - at least - the spirit of WP:BLPCRIME. Urve (talk) 20:24, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    If other agree with this sentiment, I wouldn't object to changing the hook to "killing of Dipu Chandra Das", but it would still have to be piped to the current title, since that is the common name. regards, TryKid [dubious – discuss] 12:17, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Youth League of Transcarpathian Ukraine

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  • Source: Валентина Владимировна Марьина. Закарпатская Украина (Подкарпатская Русь) в политике Бенеша и Сталина: 1939-1945 гг. : документальный очерк. Новый хронограф, 2003
Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 446 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 11:17, 24 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression I, Inc.

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  • ... that Antonin Scalia did not agree that "Everybody has got a right to the use of the English language and has got a right to assume that nobody is going to take that English language away from him"?
  • ALT1: ... that Antonin Scalia did not endorse "Everybody has got a right to the use of the English language and has got a right to assume that nobody is going to take that English language away from him"? Source: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/543/111/#T5
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  • Comment: Scalia did not join Footnote 5, which really just contains this phrase. I think it's funny. It pushes towards 200 characters no matter how you say it due to the quotation, but I thought these were the most neutral phrasings.
Created by Lethargilistic (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

lethargilistic (talk) 19:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Length, date ok. QPQ not needed. But I have some issues with the hook. Antonin Scalia was not a worldwide celebrity, and for a global audience he would need to be introduced in the hook as SCOTUS Justice. I get that the nominator finds the non-endorsement of the the sentence on English, but I don't really get how this links to the case or the controversy. And moreover, the article appears to have some potential close paraphrase issue, some quite long, non-quote passages are identical between the article and supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/543/111 --Soman (talk) 00:47, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The opinion is in the public domain, and the copying is disclosed. The article has over 1000 characters of non-public-domain text, so that is not an issue for DYK.
I don't have a problem with putting a title on Scalia, and of course I tried that at first. The trouble is that putting one on would put the hook over 200 characters no matter because of the quote. One fix that I did not consider before is quoting only the first half of the sentence. So, perhaps: "... that United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia did not agree that "Everybody has got a right to the use of the English language..."?" Or something like that? The justices' title is obnoxiously long. And, tbh, I think cutting out "take English away from them" basically cuts out the joke, tbh.
As for "I don't get how this links to the case or the controversy": the case is the event where he refused to agree with the sentence. The footnote dispute within the opinion is a small matter in the first place, so it is not desirable to rewrite either the hook to be about trademark law or the article to make the footnote more prominent. DYK is not an Article III court, y'know? lethargilistic (talk) 03:09, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, noted on the public domain issue. I'd propose, based on your comment above ALT1 "... that United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia did not agree that "[e]verybody has got a right to the use of the English language"?" --Soman (talk) 13:02, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Soman: Sorry for the delay. This fell off my list. I would be fine with that compromise. lethargilistic (talk) 00:47, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Vasyl Khaynas

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  • ... that Ukrainian historian Vasyl Khaynas had been active in an underground movement against Hungarian rule of Transcarpathia during his high school years?
  • Source: Навічно в пам'яті історії: біографічний довідник делегатів першого з'їзду народних комітетів Закарпатської України. Госпрозрахунковий редакційно-видавничий відділ управління справах преси та інформації, 2004. pp. 314-315
Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 445 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 20:41, 20 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Good work on this. Obviously no copyvio issues since all sources are in Ukrainian or Russian. Offline, non-English source accepted AGF. QPQ completed. ThaesOfereode (talk) 16:37, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also think this is good. I would just suggest saying "was active" instead of "had been active". He's dead, so this is no longer happening. lethargilistic (talk) 23:10, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Riders (novel)

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5x expanded by Lajmmoore (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 161 past nominations.

Lajmmoore (talk) 10:25, 20 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

I think this is unverifiable as it's unlikely Pelling's read every single book in history. Suggest you attribute this as something like: ALT1: ... that Riders has been described as the first work to describe semen running down thighs after sex as a "snail trail"?--Launchballer 18:41, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have a suggestion that I think is worded slightly better:

ALT1a: ... that the novel Riders coined the usage of the phrase "snail trail" to describe semen trickling down the inner thigh after sex? ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 23:16, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks all! maybe (taking Lb's concern) ALT1b... that the novel Riders likely coined the usage of the phrase "snail trail" to describe semen trickling down an inner thigh after sex? Lajmmoore (talk) 10:41, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

new reviewer please. Also, maybe this could be a Valentines Day hook, if there is a themed set planned? Lajmmoore (talk) 09:10, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • The hook is false. By 1971, the term snail trail is used in essentially the same sense in Moira Pearce's Upstairs at the Bull Run. I looked further in my collection; Jason Bond's Sins of the Fathers (1983; Adonis Classics) also uses this sense. Urve (talk) 20:31, 12 January 2026 (UTC) Edited Urve (talk) 20:36, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Three Schoolfellows

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The Three Schoolfellows in Omar the Tentmaker
The Three Schoolfellows in Omar the Tentmaker
  • Source: Wasserman, James (14 September 2020). Hasan-i-Sabah: Assassin Master. Nicolas-Hays, Inc. p. 168-169. ISBN 978-0-89254-687-9. One modern Ismaili scholar and author , Ali Mohammad Rajput , accepts the story as likely true ... Harold Bowen wrote that it was possible the story of the Three Schoolfellows may have actually been derived from the relationship between Nizam and two other contemporaries
  • Reviewed:
Created by ZxxZxxZ (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 16 past nominations.

Z 17:05, 21 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

QPQ: No - Not done
Overall: Hello ZxxZxxZ, happy to review this nomination. The article was created yesterday. It has a readable prose size of 2476 characters. Every paragraph in the body of the article has a reference. The text uses neutral language. WP:EARWIG shows no copyvios. The hook is cited and interesting. The picture is free, used in the article, and clear. QPQ has not yet been done.

The text has various language problems:

  • bbrought
  • FitzGerald"s
  • Wasaya of Nizam al-Mulk,: end sentence with period
  • at Nishapur.: "in Nishapur" sounds more natural.
  • consider the story as a fable, : remove "as"
  • and they residing in different location towns: I suggest replacing it with "and because they resided in different towns"
  • Jawad al-Muscati consider the story a fabrication: replace "consider" with "considers"
  • two times, the text refers to Hasan-i as Hassan

If we use a picture, the hook needs to include the expression (pictured). I think the hook is longer than it needs to be, what about condensing it to

As I understand it, the picture is from the movie Omar the Tentmaker. Is this movie specifically intended as an adaptation of the story Three Schoolfellows? Phlsph7 (talk) 13:53, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I do wonder if the hook could be further rewritten or shortened as the current version is quite long and hard to read. Regrettably this may involve deleting the mentions of the names. @ZxxZxxZ: Also, per WP:QPQ, you need to provide a QPQ as soon as possible; the nomination could be closed if one is not provided. I will give 24 hours for the QPQ to be provided, this will be closed if the deadline is not met. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:10, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For QPQ, I am working on it: Template:Did you know nominations/Sulphur molly
For shortening the hook, I suggest:
ALT2: ... that the medieval Persian tale of a pact between three schoolfellows to share future power led to a deadly betrayal between a ruler and a revolutionary?
ALT3 (my preference): ... that according to a medieval tale, the most famous assassination by the Assassins was the result of a success-sharing pact between "Three Schoolfellows" going wrong?
Z 18:40, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The movie is not specifically based on this story, but a distinct, fictional story. So I don't know if that scene actually depicts the pact. --Z 18:42, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
QPQ checks out. If the movie does not directly depict the tale, then it's probably better to not use the image. ALT2 seems to imply that the tale itself had real-life consequences. Is that certain? In ALT3, the term "the Assassins" has a specific meaning in this context but the reader does not know this, so it sounds like an awkward redundancy. Phlsph7 (talk) 10:51, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Statewide Treaty

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

Poketama (talk) 05:56, 21 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Hi Poketama, this article is new enough and long enough. You are QPQ-exempt. I have added the article link to this hook. However, it needs substantial remediation before I can properly consider it for a review. Many passages are unreferenced. Outside of the lead section, an article at DYK must have everything cited inline to a source. Using the user script User:Phlsph7/HighlightUnreferencedPassages will show you all of the areas requiring attention. Separately, given that this is likely not to run in December 2025, we need a less time-sensitive hook fact, of which I think there are a few in here, and preferably a hook that is not about a "first" claim. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 06:30, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

David Munyua

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Moved to mainspace by Viva Moldova (talk) and Ser! (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Viva Moldova (talk) 09:19, 21 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

I am afraid that I cannot accept the article as sufficiently long, Viva Moldova, because the character count without the lead is only 1108. The lead repeats information and thus inflates character count. Surtsicna (talk) 01:42, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Maung Me Khaung

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

Hteiktinhein (talk) 17:58, 26 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Thone Myo Shin

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  • ... that gamblers in Myanmar worship the spirit Thone Myo Shin to ensure victory in cockfights? Source: Kan Min, U (August 1949). ၃၇ မင်းနှင့် နတ်မျိုးစုံ [37 Nats and various nats] (PDF). Khit Lu Publishing. p. 56. ကြက်သမားများ အနေဖြင့် ကြက်တိုက်ရာတွင် ယင်း ကြက်သမားနတ်ကို တင်မြှောက် ပသက နိုင်သည်ဟု ယူဆ ယုံကြည်ကြသည်။ [Cockfighting enthusiasts believe that, during cockfighting, they can ensure victory by paying homage to the cockfighting spirit.]
    • ALT1: ... that Thone Myo Shin was killed by his own henchman after he kicked the man in the face for making them late to a cockfight? Source: Kan Min, U (August 1949). ၃၇ မင်းနှင့် နတ်မျိုးစုံ [37 Nats and various nats] (PDF). Khit Lu Publishing. p. 56. သုံးမြို့ ရှင် ဘုရင်က မောင်မဲခေါင်အား "နင် ဆင်ကောက် နောက်ကျနေ၍ ငါ အရှက်ရသည်" ဟု ဆိုကာ မောင်မဲခေါင်၏ မျက်နှာကို ခြေနှင့် ကန်ကျောက်လိုက်ရာ မောင်မဲခေါင်ကလည်း ရန်ငြိုးထားကာ ပြန်လည် ပုန်ကန်ခဲ့သည်။ [Thone Myo Shin said to Maung Mae Khaung, "You are late with the elephant hook, and I am ashamed," and kicked him in the face. Maung Mae Khaung then bore a grudge and rebelled.]
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Cipero Tramway
Created by Hteiktinhein (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

Hteiktinhein (talk) 18:17, 26 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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Roshni (album)

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Created by M.Billoo2000 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

M. Billoo 19:37, 28 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Ebenezer Harcourt

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

it's lio! | talk | work 12:13, 23 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

An error occurred when I made this nomination using DYK-wizard, causing it to not be transcluded at Talk:Ebenezer Harcourt. Can someone help fix this and check if anything else is amiss? Thanks, it's lio! | talk | work 12:19, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

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

Overall: I support moving forward once citation issues have been addressed, as well as some pruning of promotional tone. I prefer ALT1 for conciseness. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 17:40, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

None of the quotes are uncited, the refs are at the end of the paragraphs. I have addressed all your tags. Happy holidays, it's lio! | talk | work 18:06, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
HKLionel: All quotes need to be immediately cited within the sentence (see MOS:QUOTE). Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 21:19, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for bringing this to my attention, it's lio! | talk | work 05:49, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Done, it's lio! | talk | work 05:53, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for adding those citations! However, when I searched some of the cited articles for the stated quote, I did not find it. I have tagged those quotes as failing verification. Please address this. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 18:34, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oops, didn't see this. I paraphrased "fearless and commanding" in the ESPN source to "courageous and imposing", would you rather I use the original wording with quotation marks instead? "General" is in the Infonews source. The rest of the sentence is an amalgamation of all three sources, not just the Football In Nigeria source. Tell me if you still can't verify the sentence from the three sources. Sorry for the confusion, I'll keep in mind to make ref placements clearer in the future. Thanks, it's lio! | talk | work 13:32, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sulphur molly

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Sulfur molly caught by a kingfisher
Sulfur molly caught by a kingfisher
  • ... that sulfur mollies create rhythmic waves to avoid ending up in birds' beaks (pictured)?
  • Source: "Here we present a field study that investigated the anti-predator benefits of waves produced by fish at the water surface when diving down collectively in response to attacks of avian predators. Fish engaged in surface waves that were highly conspicuous, repetitive, and rhythmic involving many thousands of individuals for up to 2 min ..." [21]
5x expanded by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 272 past nominations.

Surtsicna (talk) 22:53, 22 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • New enough (expanded), long enough, sourced with no copyvio detected, QPQ ongoing, hook is cited. The photo is not exactly what one expect to see, ideally it should be an image of the waves (in fact, I thought the DYK is about a bird). In this case, maybe the hook could be adjusted accordingly: create rhythmic waves to repel predators?. --Z 18:03, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am not sure about "repel", Z, because the mechanism is not yet well understood, but in any case that does not affect the image. The hook already mentions the predators. Surtsicna (talk) 09:55, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that the image is odd, given the hook. That is, it's a bit off-putting to have a hook about how the species avoids being eaten, then have a photo of it being eaten, which seems to indicate the rhythmic waves aren't very successful. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 17:14, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It seems like a pretty fitting depiction of what happens when you don't make a big enough wave. If the promoter does not like it, they do not have to use it. The DYK requirement is just that it be "freely licensed, clear at a diminished size, and used in the article". Surtsicna (talk) 19:41, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Christian to Crescent Trail Connector bridge

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The Christian to Crescent Trail Connector bridge carrying the Schuylkill River Trail opened on May 17, 2025.
The Christian to Crescent Trail Connector bridge carrying the Schuylkill River Trail opened on May 17, 2025.
  • Source: "Barile said the unique design was necessary, as the trail is bound by a rail line on one side and the river on the other, so there wasn't enough space to build it entirely on land.... The segment connects the Grays Ferry Crescent, an existing 1/2 mile path, to the Schuylkill River Trail, which starts in Schuylkill County and ends in Philadelphia." [22]
Created by ManOfTheArk (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

ManOfTheArk (talk) 18:41, 22 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]


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Cyprus-Greece-Israel trilateral alliance

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

TonyFerro (talk) 14:17, 29 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Foreign Legion (album)

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

KmartEmployeeTor (talk) 07:35, 29 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

“... that the difficulty of finding Fluid Ounces' third studio album Foreign Legion has led some fans to consider it an urban legend?”
—What do you think? Ruby2010 (talk) 02:06, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Bixie jishi

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  • Source: One abridged version of the work, entitled Pi-hsieh shih-lu (A true record to ward off heterodoxy), was considered important enough by a group of Shantung missionaries to be translated under the title Death Blow to Corrupt Doctrines. [...] Moreover, the work was so explosive in content that it was banned by the Chinese authorities in at least three provinces.
Cohen, Paul A. (1963). China and Christianity : The Missionary Movement and the Growth of Chinese Antiforeignism, 1860-1870. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674283626. Page 45
Created by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 134 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 05:56, 24 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Unknown
  • Other problems: No - The reader is going to be disappointed if they click the article and find out it doesn't explain why missionaries did that. I wonder if this source has more info.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: (t · c) buIdhe 19:18, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Doña Clotilde

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  • Source: 1. This states: Usuarios de las redes sociales buscan cancelar la participación de doña Cleotilde, La Bruja del 71, en El Chavo del Ocho, por acosar a Don Ramón. (Milenio)
  • 2. This states: La polémica se encendió esta semana a partir de la circulación de un posteo en Instagram, Facebook y Twitter, en la que se cuestiona por qué no se hablaba de que la conducta de “La Bruja del 71” también “promovía el acoso sexual”. (Infobae)

1. Translated: Social media users are seeking to cancel the participation of Doña Cleotilde, La Bruja del 71, in El Chavo del Ocho, for harassing Don Ramón.

2. Translated: The controversy ignited this week following the circulation of a post on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, which questioned why it wasn't mentioned that the behavior of "The Witch of 71" also "promoted sexual harassment."
Created by CoryGlee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

CoryGlee 21:33, 23 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]


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An Ordinary Youth

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  • Source: The Guardian - Tellingly, the word “Auschwitz” appears only once. When Walter is visiting his grandfather, a Hitler supporter, he reads in the newspaper’s Miscellaneous section about a “bloody marital drama” that played out on the street “in Auschwitz, at Kattowitz”.
  • ALT1: ... that An Ordinary Youth's original German title is a pun based on a cigar brand? Source: ProQuest 3051059628 (available through The Wikipedia Library) - copied from a piece of Kempowski family argot derived from the German word (tadellos) for impeccable and the name (Loeser & Wolff) of Karl's favorite brand of cigar.
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: First nomination, please let me know if there's any issues.
Created by ScalarFactor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

ScalarFactor (talk) 17:01, 28 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Trade Union Council of Transcarpathian Ukraine

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  • Source: S. D. Ivanov (ed.). Zdobutky braterstva. Karpaty, 1967. pp. 79-80
Moved to mainspace by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 447 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 12:45, 25 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: No - Not surprising as the Soviet regime used the fight against fascism as a way to bolster legitimacy
QPQ: Done.

Overall: (t · c) buIdhe 21:30, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I find the hookinterest commentary misdirected. First of all, Transcarpathian Ukraine was not in the Soviet Union at the time. Secondly, how is it not notable that 47 delegates attending a labour conference had been, just a handful of months prior, involved in armed struggle? --Soman (talk) 23:16, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Considering the historical context, it does not seem that surprising that those involved participated in the war as fighters. The hook as written might also be just a bit specialist. Could you propose a different angle here? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:37, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Buidhe: I've been looking at the article again and again to see if there are any possible alternative hook options, but nothing stands out for me. Does anything stand out on your end? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:42, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
User:Narutolovehinata5 after taking another look at the article I share your assessment. (t · c) buIdhe 15:49, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Given that, there does not seem to be a path forward sadly. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:04, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I find this objectionable. The argument made by Narutohinata 30 Dec does not recognize that the partisans in Transcarpathia was not a regular military force (to which there would have been draft or normal recruitment), but an underground resistance movement. I think if we look at the vast number of other DYK noms out there, this factoid is by no means below a reasonable threshold of interest. --Soman (talk) 10:45, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
That would fall under WP:DYKINT. If the hook's interest requires specialist information (in this case, knowing that the partisans were a resistance movement and not a military force counts as "specialist"), then that can be objected to. Two different editors have already objected to the angle. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:48, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Federated States of Micronesia–Russia relations

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  • ... that the Federated States of Micronesia cut ties with Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine?

Source: (Island Times)

    • ALT3 ... that Russia's embassy in the Philippines was in charge of relations with the Federated States of Micronesia, before the latter cut ties with Russia over its war in Ukraine?
    • Reviewed: TKO (Justin Timberlake song)
Created by CoryGlee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

CoryGlee 05:20, 25 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Hook eligibility:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article looks good. Nice work. Regarding the hooks, the first probably is too bland per Buidhe. I think the second is kinda interesting (the "unfriendly countries list"? Hadn't heard of that before.) I don't see the quote from ALT2, "Micronesian values", in either the article or the source? I think the second, if worded right, could be made interesting enough. Perhaps something like "... that Russia considers the Federated States of Micronesia an "unfriendly country"? What do you think? @CoryGlee: BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:54, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi BeanieFan11, thanks for the review. Yes, I have no problem in rewording. In fact, I have an ASD problem when it comes to summing up, LOL. As for ALT2, the Island Times source says “It is often described that the preference of any Pacific Island Country, to include the FSM, is that we be friends to all, and enemies to none,” Panuelo said.
“This indeed and truly remains the cornerstone of our nation’s foreign policy. But values and convictions must matter more than not at all, and as this paradise in our backyards is founded on our Micronesian ideals of peace, unity, and liberty, so too do we advocate for these ideals to be shared and spread.
But feel free to choose whatever. CoryGlee 00:21, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Buidhe: Do you think my suggested hook is sufficiently interesting? BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:02, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My own opinion is no—Russia has unfriendly relations with a lot of countries. (t · c) buIdhe 20:14, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I know, but (to me) it feels unusual that they would specifically deem the Federated States of Micronesia, an obscure set of Pacific islands, as an "unfriendly country". Personally, if I saw that hook on the main page I would probably have clicked on it just to find out why the FSM are viewed by them as "unfriendly". Thoughts? BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:36, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Buidhe: and @BeanieFan11:, may I have your view on ALT3? I just added it. CoryGlee 20:37, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
BeanieFan11, I agree with you ... the FSM being "unfriendly" to Russia is not "common" as pointed by Buidhe... Yes, I understand that many are unfriendly to Russia, but the FSM is a particular case. CoryGlee 20:39, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This could probably use another user's opinion on whether the hooks are interesting. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:16, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Chiming here to agree that the "unfriendly nation" angle is interesting, as long as it can be properly sourced. All of the other proposals are probably too long or not as interesting. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:29, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Chicago State Cougars football

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Created by TonyTheTiger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 385 past nominations.

TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:49, 1 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • Comment. Most of this article is not actually about Chicago State Cougars football, but rather about other colleges that have played or currently play football in Chicago. That may be understandable because Chicago State has not yet begun its first football season, which is about eight months away, but the proportion of Chicago State Cougars football content to the length of the article seems rather low. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 08:35, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Genocide

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Improved to Good Article status by Buidhe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 271 past nominations.

(t · c) buIdhe 21:32, 25 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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Sandra Caron

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Created by In Vitrio (talk) and Launchballer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 360 past nominations.

Launchballer 11:29, 26 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

No idea why I didn't get a ping for this, but yes, TVTropes is a backwards copy. (I created an account to check the page's history and it turns out there's less than two hours in it.) UKGameshows.com is a group blog with an editor used for non-contentious information from the program itself, I think this is reliable enough for the information. I need longer to decide what to do about the hook.--Launchballer 12:27, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. If I had access to the Picturegoer source I'd suggest something along the lines of "that Sandra Caron changed her name to avoid associations with a woman once described as "the most highly paid woman in British show business in the 1950s and 1960s"", perhaps @In Vitrio: would like to provide a quote from the source (or better yet, say where they got it in case there's a trove about). I'm personally of the view that legal action is not necessarily unduly negative, and (in my non-legal expert opinion) Caron filing over a show that doesn't mention her is a case where it isn't.--Launchballer 04:01, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Picturegoer is on British Newspaper Archive. Exact quote is that "I don't want people to think I'm exploiting Alma's fame and popularity. That's why I changed my name to Sandra Caron. There are far too many examples in show business - films especially - of younger sisters using their elder sister's star value as a means for jumping on the gravy train themselves. I don't want to do that. You see, I want to become a star. I want to see my name in lights. I want to act, make people laugh, make people cry. I want to get to the top. BUT ON MY OWN ABILITY AND TALENT." (caps in original) The punchline in the article is a journalist thought she was Leslie Caron's sister... In Vitrio (talk) 08:06, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Theleekycauldron: What else do I need to do here?--Launchballer 06:48, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Kupor

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5x expanded by ElijahPepe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 21:32, 26 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

Overall: Earwig's tool returns results that appear to fall under WP:LIMITED, and a (very) quick spot-check reveals no other policy issues. Hook verified, and coverage reads neutral to me. Interesting hook. I believe this is good to go. Staraction (talk · contribs) 08:04, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • I can't get past the strict Bloomberg paywall but this hook is inaccurate as written. Kupor's selection as OPM director was announced in December 2024, but he was not confirmed (and thus did not assume the role) until July 2025. As written, the hook indicates Kupor had not heard of OPM even after he had been offered the role, accepted it, and underwent confirmation hearings for it. The hook needs to be recast (and the line in the article adjusted as well) before it can be promoted. Not going to offer a suggestion since the Bloomberg source is inaccessible to me. Dclemens1971 (talk) 02:45, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Dclemens1971: Thank you, I changed it to reflect that. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 03:10, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@ElijahPepe: Can you share a quote from the Bloomberg story that confirms the hook fact? I just need to validate that before I re-apply the tick. Dclemens1971 (talk) 03:41, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Dclemens1971: "Before setting his sights on Washington, Kupor had never heard of OPM, the agency responsible for overseeing policies and benefits impacting more than two million civilian employees within the US government." elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 04:03, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Going to suggest an ALT, since that quote does not say when exactly Kupor heard about OPM: ALT0: ... that Scott Kupor had not heard of the United States Office of Personnel Management until he began exploring potential appointments in the second Trump administration? It's not as snappy but I don't think the previous version is supported by the quote from the source. Dclemens1971 (talk) 04:24, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ALT0 looks fine to me. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 05:55, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I think I amended the hook enough that this needs a fresh review (for hook only; other elements of original review seem good). Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:42, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]


Articles created/expanded on December 27

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There's a Hole in the City

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

SouthernNights (talk) 14:27, 3 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Articles created/expanded on December 28

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Harley Davidson (song)

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Created by Moscow Connection (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 44 past nominations.

Moscow Connection (talk) 23:59, 4 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

  • @Moscow Connection: New enough and long enough. QPQ present. The article itself is fine, but the hook leaves me wanting. The article doesn't justify "newfound" enough to warrant its inclusion in the hook, and I do worry that making this statement without attribution isn't possible unless multiple sources, not just Delta FM, do it. Ping me when you respond. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 07:01, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    It just sounded better like this. And the word emancipation ("Emancipation") is "the act of freeing from restraints" and is synonymous to "liberation" ([24]), so it implies that the freedom was "newfound".
    @Sammi Brie: Not sure if the matter is solved, but pinging you anyway. I can reword the hook or find a new one, I'll think about that. --Moscow Connection (talk) 08:59, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry, please wait a couple more days. I have some real life things to do. I will have time to attend to this problem on Sunday. --Moscow Connection (talk) 18:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Pyapon Taung Shinma

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

Hteiktinhein (talk) 17:27, 3 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Bird of Pray

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  • ... that Alexandra Koster of Australia's SBS likened the camera work in Ukraine's Eurovision 2025 performance "Bird of Pray" to having a "schmear of Vaseline"?
Improved to Good Article status by TheNuggeteer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 35 past nominations.

🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 02:30, 2 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Inugami Korone

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  • ALT1: ... that Inugami Korone saying "Eekom Bokum" became an internet meme?
    • Converted from a redirect by 1brianm7 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    1brianm7 (talk) 23:21, 29 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    I really struggled on how to phrase it (my goal with DYK is to get the most clicks on the encyclopedic article). I don’t think it should include VTuber since consensus seems to be it needs to be linked, and anyone who knows what a VTuber is would almost certainly immediately recognize Korone, and anyone who doesn’t know wouldn’t have it be more interesting with its inclusion. I think "Doog Eternal" is something that draws the eye and linking Easter egg isn’t ideal, but eh, this is the first time I’ve done a DYK and gone “oh boy… that is a good hook”. (Sorry if this response is a bit extraneous, I’ve given a surprising amount of thought on this) 1brianm7 (talk) 16:52, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Six days later, I noticed a mistake that changed the entire meaning of that sentence: I meant "this is the first time I've done a DYK and not 'gone oh boy... that is a good hook'". I've added an altblurb, but I'm not particularly taken with it either. 1brianm7 (talk) 14:46, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Wing Sun Fong

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    Created by A.Classical-Futurist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    A.Classical-Futurist (talk) 07:00, 28 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: No - I am not sure if a Chinese dude was called "Jap", or was named under a pseudonym is interesting. You can consider Jon698's hook, which I found interesting as well.
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: Generally, the article is well written and well-sourced or can be understood by reasonable assumption (e.g. his born in the Chuanshan Archipelago). My minor concern is the Fong arrived in Chicago in 1920s assertion - which is not found in 泰坦尼克上的中国幸存者方荣山, but rather, only stated that he arrived in the US (在一艘运输水果的货船上，方荣山当了8年水手，之后终于入境美国。在美国，他两次创业，开洗衣房、开餐厅，但最终都以失败告终，生活也格外清贫。, note that no "芝加哥", Chinese of "Chicago" here). I think it can be found elsewhere, but I don't know. But the DYK hook, while it is not my major concern, I still needed to review it since it is listed in the guideline. Saimmx (talk) 04:26, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]


    Articles created/expanded on December 29

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    Emigration of Christians from Israel and Palestine

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    • Source: Kårtveit 2014, p. 209: “The dispute over who is to blame for Christian emigration is part of an Israeli–Palestinian battle for international sympathy, one that also challenges Israel's traditional support among Christian communities in the West.”
    Created by Onceinawhile (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 87 past nominations.

    Onceinawhile (talk) 04:01, 5 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Siege of Milan (538–539)

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    • ... that the devastation inflicted by the Ostrogoths after the Siege of Milan (538–539) is considered to have surpassed even the worst atrocities committed by Attila in his campaigns?
    • Source: JB Bury History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian. Vol. 2 Dover Publications 1958 p 204 All the adult males, who according to Procopius numbered 300,000, were massacred; all the women were as slaves to the presented Burgundians. The city itself was razed to the ground. [...] In the long series of deliberate inhumanities recorded in the annals of mankind, the colossal massacre of Milan is one of the most flagrant. Historians have passed it over somewhat lightly. But the career of Attila offers no act of war so savage as this vengeance, carried out by the orders of the nephew of the Gothic king.
    • ALT1: ... that the relief efforts in the Siege of Milan (538–539) failed to reach in time because the Byzantine leadership was divided on whether it was "in the interest of state"? Source: JB Bury History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian. Vol. 2 Dover Publications 1958 pp 200-201 [Belisarius] proposed that a portion of the army should be sent to Liguria, to the rescue of Milan, which was in great peril [...] Narses replied. He contended that it was that all the forces inexpedient Imperial should be concentrated on the two objects of Auximum and Milan. [...] Belisarius was opposed to any which involved a dissipation of forces, and plan he decided to assert his authority. He produced a letter which the Emperor recently had addressed to the commanders of the troops in Italy. [...] In the last phrase there was a possible ambiguity of which Narses at once took advantage, interpreting it as a reservation, limiting the duty of obedience. The plan of Belisarius, he said, is not in the interest of the State, and therefore we are not bound to obey him. [...] Yet we cannot consider it impossible that the insertion of the words "in the interest of the state" was as a check on the designed authority of the commander-in-chief.
    • ALT2: ... that Milan before the Siege of Milan (538–539) may have rivaled 1958 Milan in size, if Procopius is to be believed that 300,000 men were executed by the Ostrogoths after its fall? Source: JB Bury History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian. Vol. 2 Dover Publications 1958 p 204 All the adult males, who according to Procopius numbered 300,000, were massacred; all the women were as slaves to the presented Burgundians. [...] The population of modem Milan is between 600,000 and 700,000 (that of Rome is over 500,000). Procopius describes it (B.G. ii.7.38) as the most populous Italian city next to Rome. It seems probable that he has immensely exaggerated the number of the slain.
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: This is my third DYK nomination.
    Created by A.Cython (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    A.Cython(talk) 04:06, 4 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Populus Denver

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    The "cheese grater" facade
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    • ... that Denver's Populus hotel became a subject of online and media discussion after some observers compared its facade (pictured) to a "cheese grater"?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: First submission - appreciate the feedback!
    Created by Pdubs.94 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Pdubs.94 (talk) 18:24, 31 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • Comment: @Pdubs.94: Hi, and welcome to DYK. Not a full review, but your article is good. Just a few suggestions; you can consider copying some info from the WP:LEAD into the article body, and move the references. It would be better if the lead reflects the cited material in the body, instead of using citations in the lead. You can also complete some of the citation furnishing, like putting dates and author's first and last name in the references. Do not worry, the article has got no major problems. Thank you and all the best! M. Billoo 03:10, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Frozen salad

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    Salad, freezing
    Salad, freezing
    • ... that in 1930s America, you could buy a quart of frozen salad (pictured) for a dollar?
    • Source: Quinizo, Jeri (2009). Of Sugar and Snow: A History of Ice Cream Making, p. 185, 235

    "If a housewife did not want to make her own salad, she could buy it at a soda fountain, either as an individual serving to enjoy there or by the quart to take home to serve. According to the Ice Cream Trade Journal, "The frozen salad is sliced and served on a lettuce leaf with sandwiches or crackers. A topping of mayonnaise is desirable. This frozen dessert is very popular as a serving at bridge parties because of its extreme palatability and food value. The product usually sells for about $1.00 a quart."

    "15. P. H. Tracy, "Questions and Answers,” Ice Cream Trade Journal (November 1937): 33."
    Created by Rollinginhisgrave (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

    Rollinginhisgrave (talk | edits) 08:10, 30 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: No - Hmm... I'm not sure about the blurb. Are there any other ones that could be added?
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 14:14, 6 January 2026 (UTC) Thanks V for the review, very grateful. How do either of these sound?:[reply]

    ALT 1: That in the 1940s, the poet Julia Cooley Altrocchi included a frozen salad in her menu for a "Savory and Exotic Italian Formal Dinner"?

    Source: Lovegren 1995, p. 162-163. UChicago for poet, although in the article this is just following the disambiguation model for citing defining information

    ALT 2: That in the early 20th century, popular frozen salads included cheese, chicken and ginger ale and pear varieties?

    Source: Quinzio 2009 p. 185 "Frozen salads -- tomato salads, chicken salads, pear and ginger ale salads -- were as popular at soda fountains and luncheonettes as at home" (as an example, a 1937 publication is given described in ALT0) and Lovegren 1995, p. viii & 12 "In the 1920s and 1930s... [certain recipes were pushed aside in favor of] more widely popular middle-class dishes like frozen cheese salad"

    Rollinginhisgrave (talk | edits) 15:18, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Looks better. I personally prefer ALT 2. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 15:39, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Prison Mathematics Project

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    • Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210617031039/https://doc.wa.gov/news/2017/03172017.htm "Havens recently shared his story during MCC's first-ever inmate-led "Pi Day" Celebration. [...] The event included a pi-digit memorization contest, a pi trivia contest, speeches by inmates, and presentations by mathematics professors from the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, Lafayette College, and University of Washington."
    Moved to mainspace by Apocheir (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 11 past nominations.

    Apocheir (talk) 03:18, 30 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Overall: @Apocheir: The article has well-cited statements with no copyvios and plagiarism detected by Earwig. While the ALT1 hook is good, I am unsure about the main hook because it includes extra details (professor being from Italy, prison location near Seattle) that are not explicitly mentioned in the article—is that allowed? I am also unsure if this can be held all the way for March 14, so I'll defer that to someone else who can provide a second opinion on SOHA. Nrco0e (talk • contribs) 01:25, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Unsanctioned (Magic: The Gathering)

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

    LivelyRatification (talk) 00:07, 30 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Al-Rashid Street (Gaza)

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    Created by Thepharoah17 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

    Thepharoah17 (talk) 00:04, 30 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    • @Thepharoah17: thanks for writing this much-needed article on a street that has been in the news, and the bearer of such tragedy, for so long.
    Some suggestions:
      • This map from Salah al-Din Road shows that Al-Rashid road has different names further south (Coastal Road, Yasser Arafat). This should be explained – the article would benefit from a map anyway.
      • The details of the Course section are not fully supported by the BBC citation – can you add other sources?
      • The hook (and the respective section in the article) says the it was "was known as" the street that never sleeps. As far as I can see the MEE source doesn’t say that – it calls it that, but doesn’t say that other people call it that.
    Onceinawhile (talk) 04:21, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I amended the article in response to the points above and changed the hook from "known as" to "called" Thepharoah17 (talk) 14:49, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi @Thepharoah17: the Course section is still unsourced - the BBC citation does not refer explicitly to this road, or verify the statement that the road runs across the entire Strip. Onceinawhile (talk) 10:47, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Alright, I replaced the section, since it was failed verification. Thepharoah17 (talk) 12:28, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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    Viktor Pylypenko (military)

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    • ... that openly gay Ukrainian soldier Viktor Pylypenko has been the subject of several attacks for being gay, including an assault by neo-Nazi militant Denis Kapustin?
    Created by CoryGlee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 16 past nominations.

    CoryGlee 15:49, 30 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

    Waiting for the Messiah (album)

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    • Source: Translating the source text here, but it is from this retrospective about the album: "25th anniversary of 'Waiting for the Messiah': Something definitely happened." on Haaretz. The source says: "In this atmosphere of budget cuts, Ante turned to Yehoshua Ben Yehoshua, the owner of 'Syntron,' a studio that was then located in the stock exchange area of ​​Ramat Gan. 'Syntron' was not yet fully built, and the recording sessions for 'Waiting for the Messiah' were done in a room nearby while renovations were still underway on the studio."
    • ALT1: ... that Waiting for the Messiah was one of the first Israeli albums to use samples? Source: Similar to Hook One, it is from another retrospective on the album: "40th Anniversary of 'Waiting for the Messiah': The hit that was never meant to be." Translating the source text: "One of the innovative techniques that Hanoch and Levi used when working on the songs was to introduce samples into the album's production, something that was relatively new in Israel at the time."
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: This is my very first DYK nomination, I'm sorry if I got the process wrong but I'm very curious about how this works. These two facts were the first ones that came to my mind. Feel free to comment and help. Also if I messed up everything, then you can close this and tell me how I messed up. If this isn't good enough, then let me know. Thanks in advance! I'm very nervous yet excited about this.
    Moved to mainspace by SignedInteger (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    S.G. (They/Them) (Talk) (Contributions) 15:01, 30 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]


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    Marie Engle

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    Marie Engle, 1895
    Marie Engle, 1895
    Created by Viriditas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 50 past nominations.

    Viriditas (talk) 00:33, 8 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Alphasida zapaterii

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    A drawing of Alphasida zapaterii
    A drawing of Alphasida zapaterii
    • ... that an Iberian beetle (drawing shown) is undergoing substantial evolution that makes it hard to distinguish from its nearby relatives?
    Created by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 87 past nominations.

    Pbritti (talk) 21:07, 1 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • article is new enough and in good shape. QPQ checks out. Earwig is triggered but because only because it's scanning the references section as prose. Hook is sourced inline. However - could we get page numbers in the citations using {{rp}} or similar for some of these larger articles Pbritti? ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 04:30, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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    1699 May Day orations

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    Created by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 88 past nominations.

    Pbritti (talk) 04:59, 7 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Allen French

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    5x expanded by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 122 past nominations.

    ミラP@Miraclepine 01:40, 4 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]


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    Laufental change of canton

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

    DraconicDark (talk) 21:35, 4 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    The Historical Geography of the Holy Land

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    Map. No. 34
    Map. No. 34
    • Source: Kirchhoff 2005, pp. 149–160
    Created by Onceinawhile (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 86 past nominations.

    Onceinawhile (talk) 05:04, 3 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Servaea incana

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    • ... that Servaea incana is a species of jumping spider with numerous visual displays, including a "zigzag dance", in which a male moves in ever-narrowing arcs towards a female?
    • Source: "While facing a female, a male stepped to one side in an arc ... Each arc usually brought the male closer to the female ... Arcs became narrower as males approached females." McGinley, Rowan; Mendez, Vivian; Taylor, Phillip (December 2015). "Natural history and display behaviour of Servaea incana, a common and widespread Australian jumping spider (Araneae : Salticidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 63 (5): 307. doi:10.1071/ZO15032.
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Sevenstxrsquid (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Sevenstxrsquid 🌊 00:30, 3 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Controller Operated Battle Ready Armament

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    M113 APC General Luis Malinis with the mounted COBRA fired during live drills in Camp O' Donnell.
    M113 APC General Luis Malinis with the mounted COBRA fired during live drills in Camp O' Donnell.
    Created by Ominae (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.

    Ominae (talk) 05:14, 2 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • Not (yet) a review, but as much as I'd really like to see more Philippine representation on DYK, neither hook as currently written seems to meet DYKINT. The first doesn't seem all that surprising, that a country's army would fund the development of a military project? Multiple company biddings are the norm for military projects as well, so ALT1 as currently written is not interesting. I think there might be some potential for a different hook angle if the appropriate context is provided: after all, the Philippine military is notoriously underfunded and underdeveloped, so perhaps a hook that involves that theme in some way might work. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:25, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Only (for now) reason why I advocate for ALT 0 is because it's generally unheard of with the DOST and the PA splitting the funding. Most of the defense hardware acquisitions are done through foreign contracts and the local ones from the Marcos-era SRDP relied on licensed production. Plus, there aren't a lot of local defense companies out there as far as I know that are still alive. Honestly don't have other ideas for ALTs if you're willing to shoot them down. There's BUHAWI too, but that's also another recent example. The other attempts to make local hardware after the downfall of Marcos Sr. didn't do much as private companies didn't get that support from the government, which is why I find it interesting/surprising the government "solely" stepped in. Ominae (talk) 04:12, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    The issue is that ALT0's interest would really depend on knowing Philippine military or defense-related context, and regrettably that would fall under DYKINT. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:10, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    IMO, not necessary, though I get the point why you'd say that. I did a DYK nomination for the Counterintelligence Group and it went through. At this point, I'd rather wait for a second opinion. Still have no idea on what kind of DYK question if you've shot them down at least. Ominae (talk) 02:55, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Doing an alternate in case another reviewer doesn't like the first one.


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    Boleslovas Baranauskas

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    • ... that Boleslovas Baranauskas became his country's chairman of the parliament two months after he was imprisoned at a forced labour camp?
    • Source: Kommunist (verifies being held at forced labour camp until June 1940) & Soviet Handbook (verifies he became chairman of the Supreme Soviet - equivalent to parliament - in August 1940)
    Created by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 444 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:40, 11 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]


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    Stephanie Gilmore

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    • ... that Stephanie Gilmore won her first four surfing world titles in her first four seasons on the professional circuit?
    5x expanded by Platinum Roses (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Platinum Roses (talk) 00:40, 8 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    O'Donnell-Luria–Rodan syndrome

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    • ... that most individuals with O'Donnell-Luria–Rodan syndrome have a larger than average head size, unless they have a more severe form of the condition in which case it might be smaller than average?
    • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by Strange Orange (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    — Strange Orange 20:24, 4 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Am-progressive

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    • Source: Every source on the page, but 1 and 2 are the most useful sources for easy verification.
    • Reviewed: [[]]
    Created by JacobTheRox (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) 20:23, 4 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
    • Interesting: No - see above
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: (t · c) buIdhe 18:28, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    • @Buidhe and JacobTheRox: I agree that the hook as currently written is too specialist or technical. However, there does seem to be something that could be used instead. What about:
    ALT1 ... that there is dispute on how to capitalize verb components in a recent form of German progressive aspect?
    While it is still technical (especially with the term "progressive aspect", which to be honest I'd never even heard of before, even as a fluent speaker of English!), it should at least be slightly easier to understand, and there is an aspect about controversy, which might at least be eye-catching. If there is a better way to word the subject in the hook, that would be good too. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:31, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT2 ...that how to capitalise a colloquial German progressive form is the subject of much dispute?
    Is that any better? JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) 18:24, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Given that it's a much shorter and simpler hook, yes it is better. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:17, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    House of the Pelplin Abbots

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    The "House of the Pelplin Abbots"
    The "House of the Pelplin Abbots"
    • ... that the voivode of a Polish region bought a townhouse (pictured) to give to his abbot brother, who made it an inn? Source: Mallek, Anna. "Dom Opatów Pelplińskich". gdansk.gedanopedia.pl. Retrieved 4 January 2026. 5 IX 1686 kupiona [...] przez wojewodę pomorskiego Władysława Łosia od Petera Soreta i Martina Martensa za 15 000 florenów polskich dla opata zakonu cystersów w Pelplinie, Ludwiga Aleksandra Łosia (brata wojewody), przekształcona w zajazd [...].
    Created by Luxtaythe2nd (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    Luxtaythe2nd (Talk to me...) 12:37, 4 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    The Witcher: The Adventure Card Game

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    Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 578 past nominations.

    Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:54, 4 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
    • Interesting: No - Routine release information
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: (t · c) buIdhe 14:49, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    • There are also other issues with the article. For one, it is in dire need of a copyedit, both in terms of grammar, and in terms of moving the footnotes to come after punctuation. There are multiple parts that use parentheticals; those need to be revised to meet encyclopedic standards. Finally, the article is actually lacking in hooky material. Apart from Buidhe's concerns that the hook is not interesting to a broad audience (which I agree with), the only possible hook I could think of, or at least angle, was something like: "... that a 2007 card game set in The Witcher universe uses screenshots from the video games?", but I'm not sure if that would be considered broadly interesting either. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:49, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
      • I figured the article issues may not be an issue with the DYK criteria, but I could be wrong. I agree the second hook doesn't seem to meet the requirements either. (t · c) buIdhe 15:13, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    "Requiring a copyedit" is technically not a DYK requirement, but if an article is in a bad enough state then there is definitely room for improvement. Given the lack of hooky material, regrettably I would not oppose failing this on that ground. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:04, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    per above (t · c) buIdhe 03:08, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    I strongly disagree that this is not interesting - it's plenty interesting to folks interested in board games, video games, and the very famous Witcher franchise. I can c/e the stops; for grammar I can ping User:Nihil novi, and I'll also ask folks at WT:DYK, BG and VG to comment on whether there i nothing interesting. I think the main hook is interesting, and the propsed ALT1 above is good too. PS. C/e (punctuation, parenthesis, etc.) done, and more hooks proposed below - although I still think that that the fact that very famous computer video game had a board game promotional companion is interesting in itself. Shrug.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 00:45, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    • ALT1: ... that a 2007 card game set in The Witcher universe uses screenshots from the video game released at the same time?
    • ALT2: ... that The Witcher: The Adventure Card Game, a marketing tie-in for the first Witcher video game, was the first board game set in the Witcher universe available on the open market?
    • ALT3: ... that the first board game set in the Witcher universe received mixed reviews, unlike its well-received video game counterpart?
    Regrettably, I do not see how any of these hooks are interesting to a broad audience. The first two have already been objected to above, the third requires familiarity with The Witcher or being a fan of it. Hooks about works of fiction ideally need to appeal to broad audiences, even non-fans, and I can't see how ALT3 is all that different. Ironically, if it was the other way around (for example, a poorly-received source material resulting in a positively-received adaptation), that would actually be interesting. Bad media based on good media is pretty common, the other-way-around less so and more surprising. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:21, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    • Coming from WT:DYK, and this stood out to me in the article as hooky:
    ALT4: that one reviewer said The Witcher: The Adventure Card Game was "a very pretty piece of junk”?
    I can't speak Polish but google translate gave broadly the same translation (I got junk, not crap, though) 1brianm7 (talk) 01:26, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, that could work, if Piotrus is open to that idea. The "first" aspect is still not interesting. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:32, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I am fine with ALT4, although for me it is less good than the others (I did consider it, actually, but did not write it down due to giving what IMHO is undue weight to a single reviewer's wording. But if you like it more, it's fine - it does represent what most reviewers thought, so it is reasonably neutral on second glance. As for translation, Polish word "gniot" can be translated as junk, crap, etc. It's slangish, see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gniot -> (colloquial) worthless work or object; dross, dreck . PS. And we promoted a similar hook few months ago: Template:Did you know nominations/Fromage (board game). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 01:46, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT4 is an interesting hook: colloquial, engagingly ironic, not requiring familiarity with the topic's esoterica. Nihil novi (talk) 10:03, 9 January 2026 (UTC)Comment movied by Piotrus from article's talk page, courtesy ping User:Nihil novi[reply]
    • All presented hooks are interesting enough to be run on the mainpage as they all touch on multiple general topic areas that the subject is part of. 2 peoples personal preferences are again being forced over 5 million main page viewers.--Kevmin § 20:33, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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    Air Serbia Flight 324

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    Frame from surveillance footage showing the aircraft overrunning the runway
    Frame from surveillance footage showing the aircraft overrunning the runway
    • ... that a report on the crash of Air Serbia flight 324 (pictured) noted that, despite the aircraft involved leaking fuel, it was sent to park at the terminal anyway?
    • ALT1: ... that, according to Serbian authorities, the investigation into the crash of Air Serbia flight 324 (pictured) was complicated by the involvement of five other countries? Source: [26]
    • ALT2: ... that the aircraft involved in the crash of Air Serbia flight 324 (pictured) was neither owned by Air Serbia, nor flown by its pilots? Source: [27]
    • Comment: can this skip the queue and run on February 18, the date the accident happened? The guidelines are a bit hazy on the exact process.
    Improved to Good Article status by JustARandomSquid (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    JustARandomSquid (talk) 00:41, 7 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Nazi concentration camps

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    Prisoners at Mauthausen
    Prisoners at Mauthausen
    Improved to Good Article status by Buidhe (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 273 past nominations.

    (t · c) buIdhe 14:51, 5 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • I believe the community will agree when I say that this is one of our most important articles. Thank you for investing your time and energy into bringing it to GA, Buidhe. It cannot have been a small undertaking. I am also happy to see that it has gone through a thorough review by an experienced editor. Obviously, the article is sufficiently long. I see no copyright or neutrality issues. The sources are of the highest quality. I would like us to dedicate a bit more time to working out what the best hook would be. In my opinion, ALT0 is rather duh; people are very likely to already know this. ALT1 is likely to get us bad press–we are already being hounded in certain outlets as antisemites for our Gaza genocide and Zionism coverage. ALT2 strikes me as bland. ALT3 seems promising, but a bit unclear (and not in a way that invites the reader to find out more). Would you mind proposing some more, Buidhe? Surtsicna (talk) 23:16, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    In terms of hooks I cannot agree with your assessment, for ALT0 it is a common misperception that most Germans were terrified of being put in a concentration camp (terror isn't considered the main reason that people didn't voice opposition to the regime, and the Nazi regime was more merciful with German dissidents than often believed). For ALT1 I don't see how anyone but the most ignorant and thin-skinned commentator could take offense (after all, the bulk of Nazi violence was not directed against Jews), and I do not support censoring the main page to cater to that demographic. (t · c) buIdhe 17:19, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    "Many" is not the antonym of "most". Many can approve even if most do not. I cannot imagine that it would surprise people that many Germans approved. I am not proposing censure. ALT1 fact is treated in the article as an estimate; it might work better if reworded to reflect that. Surtsicna (talk) 18:30, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Nobody has a complete list of prisoners (or even concentration camps) so all figures are necessarily estimates. However, they are known with a solid amount of precision, so the DYK statement remains true even if the actual number are more or less than the estimate cited in the article. (t · c) buIdhe 18:58, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I understand that. The problem is that the hook implies that a precise number is known. It says that 1.1 million registered prisoners died, while the article says "at least 1.1 million of the registered prisoners must have died". Surtsicna (talk) 20:25, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    OK (t · c) buIdhe 16:01, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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    Craig (elephant)

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    • ... that an African elephant named Craig was one of the last "super tusker" elephants with tusks that weighed over 100 pounds (45 kg) each and were so long that they reached the ground?
    • Source: ""Craig was one of the last remaining super tuskers in Africa - a rare class of bull elephants whose two tusks weigh over 45kg (100lb) each. Fewer than a handful remain today, making him a living monument to Africa's natural heritage."" BBC

    ""Early this morning, Amboseli National Park, Kenya — and indeed the world lost a true icon. Craig, the legendary super tusker famed for its immense, ground-sweeping tusks and calm, dignified presence, passed on at the age of 54," the Kenya Wildlife Service reported on Saturday."

    DW
    Created by Thriley (talk) and Andrew Davidson (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 203 past nominations.

    Thriley (talk) 21:28, 13 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: Yes
    • Interesting: Yes
    • Other problems: No - ?
    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Article is new enough, long enough, neutral, QPQ is done. Hook is cited and interesting; I think it could be pithier, so please could some ALTS be suggested? I have flagged where there's [citation needed], please address. On plagiarism, I think there is a bit of close paraphrasing (though I know Earwig says "unlikley") - however "Craig became a symbol of successful conservation efforts in East Africa, with Kenya reporting a rise in elephant numbers from about 36,000 in 2021 to over 42,000 today." glues two bits from the same source together, so I think that bit should be re-phrased. (Non-DYK, I think the image could do with a caption - I assumed it was a random elephant, not Craig.) Thanks very much for the article - I love these animal nominations! Lajmmoore (talk) 10:03, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Proto-Australian language

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    The Top End is the likely home of Proto-Australian.
    The Top End is the likely home of Proto-Australian.
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: The reconstruction of Proto-Australian is a major advancement in the linguistic history of Australia, one that some thought would be impossible. The first book-length reconstruction was published in 2024. The article describes the reconstruction in some detail, and is very current.
    Created by Ikuzaf (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Ikuzaf (talk) 08:22, 9 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: I really appreciate the submission of this well-written article. However, several sections of the prose are unaccompanied by an inline citation, and would need to be sourced in order for the page to be DYK eligible. Additionally (and subjectively) I don't think the image works for a hook since its unclear what region it describes. If it were some sort of graph documenting the possible range with clearly defined borders, it may work, but as it stands its too non-descript. If the unsourced sections of prose are fixed, particularly the bullet points in "The status of the..." section, then this will be DYK ready. (New enough, long enough, and Earwig suggests copyvio free as it stands, though a source spotcheck may be in order). --The Robot Parade 06:33, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    OK I've added some more citations. I will do a bit more. Still trying to work on a better image. It's somewhat of a challenge, since any geographical discussion of homelands is necessarily vague. Thanks for your feedback. Ikuzaf (talk) 00:29, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm still working on a free use version of map image to show language families. I can probably also do another one to show approximate PA homeland location. But as an alternative I could also submit

    Ikuzaf (talk) 10:22, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Gizmodgery

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

    KmartEmployeeTor (talk) 17:46, 8 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • The article was promoted to GA status on January 6 and nominated on the 8th, so it was eligible at the time of the nomination. I did not find any close paraphrasing, and other general DYK article criteria are met. The nominator only has one prior nomination so no QPQ is needed. The hook is interesting, cited inline, and verified across multiple sources. The reason I am not yet approving this is the picture: it does not look good at the given resolution, and it may not meet WP:DYKDIVERT since it is more about the band itself and not the album. I will approve this once I receive a response from the nominator if they are okay with this running without an image. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:25, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Factor Bikes

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    • ... that Factor Bikes' Hanzo track bike was priced at $97,979 so it would be too expensive to buy?
    • Reviewed:
    Created by Ericoides (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Ericoides (talk) 08:10, 8 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Seven Nation Army

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

    RTSthestardust (talk) 02:04, 7 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

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

    Overall: Needs just a bit more work but otherwise looks good. I would also like to see some other hooks based on the song's sporting impact. SounderBruce 04:44, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Moffat distillery

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    • ... that Moffat distillery have the only wood-fired stills in Scotland, used to make both moonshine and single malt whisky?
    • Source: "The Moffat distillery produces hand-crafted small-batch whisky...on the only wood-fired stills in Scotland." Youngman, Angela (2026). The Whisky and Gin Lover's Guide to Scotland. Philadelphia: White Owl. p. 157. [28]
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    • Comment: This is a very unusual and unique setup - most whisky distilleries in Scotland have not been direct fired for the best part of a century and those that are, use natural gas as fuel. Moffat are using a very painstaking technique. Plus, making and selling moonshine in Scotland is also very novel.
    Created by Grommmet (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Grommmet (talk) 00:02, 7 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    General: Article is new enough and long enough

    Policy compliance:

    Hook eligibility:

    • Cited: No - There is a citation that supports the hook, but I'm not yet convinced it has enough weight to verify this kind of extraordinary claim. I can't find a lot about White Owl Books, seems like a somewhat niche publisher for what is appears to be a travel book. Similar to "first" claims, a healthy amount of caution around "only" claims is warranted, even if appears in a reliable source. I.e., how could/did Youngman verify the claim? Did she survey every distillery in Scotland before stating that Moffat was the only one?
    • Interesting: Yes
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: @Grommmet: Thanks for your work on the article! It is new enough (accepted via AFC on 6 Jan, 1 day before nom) and long enough (1700 B). EW 2.9% and no copyvio evident in online sources I spotchecked. I think the hook is interesting, but sourcing for the central claim (in hook and article) may need to be revisited. Otherwise, alternative hooks can be put forward for consideration. Best, Zzz plant (talk) 18:22, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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    Nam Singh Thapa

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    • ... that future Olympian Nam Singh Thapa's boxing career began when he was arrested and forced to compete in a match?
    • Source: BBC ("It was a compulsory sport in the platoon, which I ran away from so that I wouldn't have to play. I was arrested that day. The platoon commander sergeant held my ear and put boxing gloves in my hand and led me straight to the ring... I heard a sound like a bell ringing somewhere. My opponent had started to punch me continuously. After receiving a few punches, I couldn't stand it. And I started to swing both my arms blindly. In the end, I won. The strength of my fists worked. Thus, I suddenly became the hero of the day. And I became interested in boxing.")
    5x expanded by BeanieFan11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 445 past nominations.

    BeanieFan11 (talk) 23:18, 14 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Group Architects, New Zealand

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    • ... that the Group Architects led strikes against traditional teaching styles at the Auckland School of Architecture in 1948, which 142 of 160 students attended?
    • Source: Gatley, Julia, ed. (2010). Group Architects: Towards a New Zealand Architecture. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1-86940-466-6.
    • Reviewed:
    Created by CuriosityKat33 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    CuriosityKat33 (talk) 02:09, 13 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    The Auckland Society of Arts

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    Portrait of a Lady, by C. F. Goldie at the Auckland Society of Arts Exhibition
    Portrait of a Lady, by C. F. Goldie at the Auckland Society of Arts Exhibition
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    Created by Avawatson03 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Avawatson03 (talk) 00:56, 13 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Thank you for the new hook, but generally, we let the original hooks remain in the nomination, we just propose a new hook later in the nomination. I have restored the original hook and struck it, and am putting the new proposal below:
    @Avawatson03: The issue here is that the hook is a "first" hook, and per WP:DYKFIRST, hooks that are about a "first X" need to have exceptionally strong sourcing and ideally a search for counterexamples to prove the firstness. As such, while not outright banned, they are discouraged whenever possible. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:49, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Ritva Auvinen

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    Auvinen in 1965
    Auvinen in 1965
    Created by Thief-River-Faller (talk) and Gerda Arendt (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 2169 past nominations.

    Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:15, 12 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • As requested, here are some ideas:
    ALT1 ... that opera singer Ritva Auvinen (pictured) also worked as a gymnastics and swimming teacher?
    ALT2 ... that opera singer Ritva Auvinen (pictured) was awarded a Pro Finlandia medal by the President of Finland in 1979?
    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:42, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    ALT3 ... that as guest performer, operatic soprano Ritva Auvinen (pictured) fulfilled 70 roles at Finnish National Opera and never joined the ensemble there? {Source: This is Finland)

    Beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration

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    Converted from a redirect by NotCarlJohnson1992 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    NotCarlJohnson1992 (talk) 14:17, 7 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    First flight across Cook Strait

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

    rfqii talk 08:11, 7 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • @Rfqii: Currently falls below the minimum 1500 characters of readable prose requirement. However, it looks it did satisfy this requirement previously, and another editor recently trimmed the article down. Given the current lack of number of sources relative to what could be there, I'll give you some time to work this out. Based5290 :3 (talk) 03:59, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Denver Mills

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    5x expanded by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 91 past nominations.

    Pbritti (talk) 04:59, 7 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]


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    Joe Sterrett

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

    Chorchapu (talk | edits) 14:48, 13 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Walsh brothers (aviation)

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    Created by Roobee11 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Roobee11 (talk) 02:29, 13 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]


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    Katy Marchant

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    Katy Marchant
    Katy Marchant
    Improved to Good Article status by Canary757 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 362 past nominations.

    Launchballer 20:03, 16 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Andrea Margutti Trophy

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    Moved to mainspace by Mb2437 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    MB2437 02:49, 11 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Dalmatius

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    • Source: Pages 14; 18 of The Summer of Blood: The "Great Massacre" of 337 and the Promotion of the Sons of Constantine by R. Burgess
    5x expanded by Jon698 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 111 past nominations.

    Jon698 (talk) 23:33, 9 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    I will be able to add one after 1 PM CST. Jon698 (talk) 13:33, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5: QPQ done. Jon698 (talk) 19:47, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Timeline of the 1996 Pacific hurricane season

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    • Source: See here for information on climatology, here for the Northeast and North Central Pacific hurricane database, and here for a guide on how to read said database.
    • Reviewed:
    Created by FrizzB (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    FrizzBTalk 18:21, 9 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    American Furniture Warehouse

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    5x expanded by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 92 past nominations.

    Pbritti (talk) 01:31, 9 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • Comment: if AfD ends in a keep and this nomination remains alive, I suggest saying that the advertisements featured live lions, etc. I thought the ads were gonna be akin to LiMu Emu and Doug or something. Roast (talk) 01:03, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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    Eliza Showell

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    • ... that orphaned Eliza Showell was sent to Nova Scotia from a British children's home and placed in indentured service? Source: BBC: "In 1907, twelve years old and newly orphaned, Eliza Showell (Liz's great aunt) was placed at the Middlemore Children's Emigration Home in Birmingham. Her brothers - little older than her and unable to provide for her - were forced to sign the papers for her admission. Within months, Eliza was sent via ship to Canada, where she was placed in indentured domestic service in rural Nova Scotia. She would never return to Britain or see her brothers again."
    Created by Jonathan Deamer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 23 past nominations.

    Jonathan Deamer (talk) 11:16, 16 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    First session of the United Nations General Assembly

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    5x expanded by Raydann (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

    ❯❯❯ Raydann(Talk) 20:06, 15 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Poecilia velifera

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    A male flaring his dorsal fin
    A male flaring his dorsal fin
    • ... that Yucatán molly males flare their "sails" (pictured) to both woo and shoo?
    • Source: "Courtship display: Male orients itself in front, or alongside a P. velifera female and erects the dorsal fin..."
      "Harass male P. velífera: The fish approaches another male swimming frontally with the dorsal fin unfolded..."
      "Agonistic combat: The fish unfold their dorsal fin..."[30]
    • ALT1: ... that while big Yucatán molly males flex their fins (pictured) at females and fight rivals, small males hide among females and copulate? Source:
      "Intermediate cryptic males of P. velifera recorded the highest number of copulation attempts, body cleaning, and the lowest levels of aggression..."
      "...the absence of aggression as the main strategy allowing them for a greater number of reproductive attempts..."
      "the larger number of copulatory attempts of intermediate cryptic males of P. velifera may be due to the greater availability of females, since these males were always associated with schools of females"[31]
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/La Dame Bleue
    5x expanded by Surtsicna (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 277 past nominations.

    Surtsicna (talk) 22:37, 12 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Good Girl (Carrie Underwood song)

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    • ... that Carrie Underwood's "Good Girl" is built around a pattern of open fifths composed of C5-F5-E♭5-B♭5 rather than using full chords?
    • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by Camilasdandelions (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    RedShellMomentum 22:29, 11 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • The current hook is too technical and may not be easily understood by readers unfamiliar with music theory. How does the following suggestion sound instead?
    Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:46, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Camilasdandelions and RedShellMomentum: Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:46, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Narutolovehinata5: That works. RedShellMomentum 18:00, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Alexander F. Warley

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    • ... that Confederate Navy officer Alexander F. Warley attacked two ships with the ironclad ram CSS Manassas he served on previously when a sailor with the U.S. Navy?

    and

    "The CSS Manassas... under the...command of Lieutenant Alexander F. Warley, she charged the entire fleet of Union warships, striking a glancing blow to the Mississippi" – https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2013/march/new-orleans-ours
      • Reviewed:
    Created by Engineerchange (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Engineerchange (talk) 19:24, 11 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    1946 Ubangi-Shari Representative Council election

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    The new Bangui City Hall, used for polling stations for African voters in 1946 election
    The new Bangui City Hall, used for polling stations for African voters in 1946 election
    5x expanded by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 449 past nominations.

    Soman (talk) 12:30, 11 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Aeao

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    Created by TheNuggeteer (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 36 past nominations.

    🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 09:50, 11 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

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

    Hook eligibility:

    QPQ: Done.

    Overall: Hi there. I'm not familiar with this group but I'm happy to take a look. For starters, you need to update the blurb per MOS standards (i.e. "Aeao" is a song and needs quotes around it, and NBA 2K is a video game franchise that needs italics around it. I initially had no idea what the article was about because of this. Also, I think "composed" would be a better word to use than "created". After reading through the provided source, it seems like an album was created as a result of the collaboration, which included this song. The main blurb suggests (to me) that the collaboration resulted in this song only. The infobox is also missing a lot of info (release date, song length, producer, etc.). With the genre, the only place I'm seeing "hip-hop" is Newsis opined the song as "another modern classic of hip-hop" with Dynamic Duo's Korean style. So shouldn't this be Korean hip-hop? – zmbro (talk) (cont) 17:29, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    • Comment I'm not the main reviewer, but wanted to note my opinion that both hooks don't seem particularly interesting. DYKs are supposed to be like "if you told this to an average person, would they find this interesting over other typical facts in the world"? The facts presented just seem like bits of data that are typical of any other bit of data. grapesurgeon (talk) 22:01, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
      • Now that you mention it, I somewhat agree. Thousands of songs have originated from unlikely collaborations and are featured in video games and soundtracks all the time. Grapesurgeon I don't review DYKs often, how should we got about this? – zmbro (talk) (cont) 16:21, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
        • Zmbro, as a heads up, some of the things you mention in your review are a bit too detailed for DYK review standards; we don't generally perform a GA-like review of the article's content, we just need to make sure the article is presentable and well-sourced. As for how to deal with the hook issue, @TheNuggeteer: could you come up with one or more alternate hooks? grapesurgeon (talk) 16:46, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Grapesurgeon and Zmbro: I will try this one:
    I think this is good enough as it is unusual that many celebrities would join a trend with a song that released nine years prior. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 11:51, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    What type of trend? TikTok? That should probably be specified as "trend" feels generic. – zmbro (talk) (cont) 15:44, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Zmbro: Multiple platforms. I have added it in the hook. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 00:07, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I think that's a lot better! What do you think? Grapesurgeon – zmbro (talk) (cont) 15:31, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Siege of Ariminum (538)

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    • Source: Ilkka Syvänne, Military History of Late Rome 518–565 (2021) p. 379 (note 53) A category of its own are the victories without a battle, which were achieved through manoeuvering and stratagems. The following two examples show how Belisarius in particular was able to achieve successes through the use of his intellect. There were also other means like the use of diplomacy that were used to achieve positive results. However, the following examples show how the military could be used without a fight. Sun Tzu 3.2 (c.500 B.C): “Subjugating the enemy without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence”
      Also p.166 This stands as an excellent example of the tactics adopted when one did not want to engage the enemy in combat, which used all of the branches of service (navy, infantry, cavalry) and employed a skilled use of successive psychological shocks to produce the flight of the enemy.53 Furthermore, to succeed, this manoeuvre demanded excellent cooperation between the different sections of the army and therefore shows the remarkable ability of the troops and commanders at this time.
    • ALT1: ... that the Byzantine commander Belisarius broke the Ostrogoths' Siege of Ariminum (538) by projecting larger force? Source: Ilkka Syvänne, Military History of Late Rome 518–565 (2021) p.166 This stands as an excellent example of the tactics adopted when one did not want to engage the enemy in combat, which used all of the branches of service (navy, infantry,cavalry) and employed a skilled use of successive psychological shocks to produce the flight of the enemy.
    • ALT2: ... that the Ostrogoths' Siege of Ariminum (538) was broken by the Byzantine commander Belisarius through successive psychological tactics that caused the Ostrogoths to flee? Source: Same as the above
    • ALT3: ... that Belisarius marched against numerically superior Ostrogoth forces at the Siege of Ariminum (538) to save one his commanders, who had disobeyed his orders and refused thank him in the end? Source: Ian Hughes, Belisarius, The Last Roman General (2009) p. 165 Upon the relief of the town, the first person to the city was Ildiger, and when Belisarius implied that John owed a debt to Belisarius’ son-in-law, John replied that his gratitude was to Narses the eunuch, suggesting that Belisarius had only come to his aid after being persuaded to act.
      John’s response deserves examination. Although the statement has been interpreted by Procopius as an insult to Belisarius, there may have been more to the reply. In the early Roman Empire, citizens of Rome were bound to one another by the client/patron system. No doubt by the time of Justinian the system had changed, and probably drastically, but the idea of owing a personal debt still remained. It is possible that John was not being insulting as such, but was attempting to avoid an obligation to someone with whom he was at odds politically.
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: This is my forth DYK nomination.
    Improved to Good Article status by A.Cython (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    A.Cython(talk) 06:28, 10 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    @A.Cython:First thing's first, article is in good shape, without evidence of copyvio. Eligible via recent GA promotion. Long enough and neutral. I like the initial quote, but I don't think it's right to reference Sun Tzu when its just one person who made the comparison. ALT3 is interesting but a bit overly-technical to non-specialists and long (it's also not standard to say the parenthetical in the hook. Maybe something like "... that Belisarius broke the Siege of Ariminum to save a general who had refused his orders?" Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 07:22, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Generalissima:Thank you for your comments. Here are some alternatives based on your input:
    • In addition to Ilkka Syvänne source, here is a second source Ian Hughes 2009 Belisarius The last Roman General p. 165 The whole strategy displays Belisarius’ abilities as a commander. He was able to foresee the enemy’s response and so make maximum use of the forces available. It was an excellent piece of generalship and won the day without a single casualty.
    • Another source J. B. Bury 1958 History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian vol. 2 p. 198 It required military skill but when Belisarius set his mind to the problem he solved it triumphantly. In order to the mitigate the danger from Auximum, ...
    • [edit] One more source Antony Brogna (2015) The Generalship of Belisarius epub pp. 57, 64 Belisarius’ plan to save Rimini was a masterstroke of deception and psychological warfare. Having inferior numbers compared to the Goths at Rimini, ... Through maneuver, deception, and psychological operations alone, and without a single causality, Belisarius had scored a victory against a superior force. ... Knowing their fears, his complex maneuvering, a product of his imagination, led to moving the superior Goth force away from Rimini. What follows below will highlight numerous other examples of his keen intellect.
    • Sources see above.
    • Sources see above.
    Let me know if the above are an improvement. A.Cython(talk) 14:07, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Added one more in attempt to combine ALT5 & ALT6

    Wolsung

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    Created by Piotrus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 579 past nominations.

    Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:14, 10 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • Cool article. Date, length, qpq ok, no close paraphrase found. I prefer ALT1, but is it possible to get a hook fact ref in article backing up the 2 anthologies? --Soman (talk) 15:07, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Soman: I am not sure I understand what do you want? The fact that there have bene two anthologies is verified in the article through several sources, including dedicted reviews of each. Would you like me to link them here directly? PS. I am wondering if we can mention, in hook, that one story was nominated for Poland's premier fantastika award (Zajdel), as mentioned n text, but I can't come up with neutral wording... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:32, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
        • In the beginning of the article there is a referenced sentence that says "including board games and a anthologies of fiction". Should that read "two anthologies" instead? I note the two reviews further below, but below there isn't a reference for the sentence ending " two short story anthologies published as the Wolsung: Antologia series, both published in 2015." --Soman (talk) 12:44, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Not a Bad Thing

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

    RedShellMomentum 05:37, 10 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Among the two, the second hook is probably the better option. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 06:25, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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    Alone on the Wall

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    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: Will do QPQ shortly (it says <5 nominations, but one of them was a 2 article hook, so seems fair to start QPQ now)
    Converted from a redirect by Verylongandmemorable (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    [[User:Verylongandmemorable]] (talk) 08:15, 17 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    2016 Colorado Amendment 69

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    • ... that in 2016, statewide universal healthcare was rejected in a landslide by Colorado residents?
    • Source: "On the day the state of Colorado voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by about 5 points, voters there also rejected a ballot measure to enact a state-based single-payer system by an astounding margin of 79 percent to 21 percent.

    Amendment 69, the Colorado Creation of ColoradoCare System Initiative, would have created a system in which all Coloradans would gain insurance through a tax-funded government insurance program. Private health insurers would have been rendered obsolete."

    [32]
      • ALT1: ... that abortion rights groups in Colorado opposed a 2016 ballot measure to create a statewide universal healthcare scheme? Source: Because Colorado’s constitution bans public funding for abortions, ColoradoCare would’ve taken away access to abortion from the hundreds of thousands of women currently in private health plans that cover the procedure. That earned the amendment the opposition of NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado and Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, two leading progressive groups in the state.
        [33]
      • Reviewed:
      • Comment: I have not reviewed any DYK nominations because I don't work in this area and didn't even know that I could do such a thing! I might have to start doing that; seems interesting.
    Improved to Good Article status by Aesurias (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    aesurias (ping me in your reply, or I won't see it) (talk) 00:47, 17 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Rock wren

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    A rock wren with a spider in its beak
    A rock wren with a spider in its beak
    • ... that rock wrens (pictured) build pavements made of flat stones around their nest to keep nestlings dry?
    • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by Monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 20:42, 12 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • General eligibility:
    • New enough: Yes
    • Long enough: Yes
    • Other problems: No - Possibly flawed GA review might impact eligibility.
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
    QPQ: None required.

    Overall: So let's review over the good parts here first: the article seems suitable for appearance on DYK quality-wise, and the hook is cited and interesting. Image clearly demonstrates the subject as well. An Earwig check only turned up 5.7% likeliness to some sources, based entirely on short bits and pieces, so there doesn't appear to be copyright issues. Doesn't look like a DYK is required either. So it seems good to go in that aspect, but there is one issue: the GA review for the article does not seem like it thoroughly inspected the article, and there is no spotcheck, which is required for reviews nowadays. Because of that, the GAN process was incomplete. Consequentially, I don't know if this article is eligible for DYK. I am requesting additional input on this if possible. λ NegativeMP1 23:57, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    • (lurking WP:TOL editor) Technically, this can be DYK'd, but I agree that the GA review is rather underwhelming. As far as I am aware, there is no formal process besides GAR to repeal an invalid GA review. I will look into what can be done, but the DYKN should be on hold until the validity of the GA status is cleared up. Cremastra (talk · contribs) 15:32, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Is it fine for me to just contact the reviewer to ask for a re-review? Cheers! monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 18:58, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Nevermind, I'll start a GA reassessment soon™. monkeysmashingkeyboards (talk) 22:22, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Savannah Bond

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    Savannah Bond in 2022
    Savannah Bond in 2022
    Moved to mainspace by A person of sorts (talk) and Fyyyyn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.

    TarnishedPathtalk 06:37, 12 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • @A person of sorts and Fyyyyn: Well-written, long and new enough article. Few issues should be addressed; i.e. the need of in-line citations. All the references are present within the article, but need some sorting. The facts like the birth date and height appear potentially unsourced, so those need the AVN biography reference ahead. I somehow doubt the reliability of the SCMP reference, which is used thrice here, it potentially violates WP:V. Can it be replaced with a better source? @TarnishedPath: As for the hooks, I suppose all are very straight-forward, the only interesting part for the reader would be the P word in ALT0 and 2, while the B word in ALT1. To me, ALT1 is preferable. Thank you! M. Billoo 10:38, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Billoo, cheers for the review. Was it just for the height and DOB that you had concerns about as far as sourcing goes? TarnishedPathtalk 10:46, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Ps, regarding WP:SCMP there is consensus that it is generally reliable aside from it's reporting of the CCP. Is there any other issue you see with the particular story?TarnishedPathtalk 10:51, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    The problem is, the SCMP one here refers to the "British media", and when you search deep, the references that appear are Daily Star or The Sun, which further quote the actress from OnlyStans. These both are regarded as fake references. So still I doubt WP:V and reliability. M. Billoo 13:49, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Pps, I've added citations to the DOB and height in the infobox. The DOB was already referenced at the end of the first sentence. TarnishedPathtalk 14:01, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Usually, MOS:LEAD does not require inline references, the links go under the body. Some inline citations still need rework, like the one which proves 350 roles should go ahead of this particular clause, instead of using it ahead of the other clause. M. Billoo 13:49, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @User:M.Billoo2000, I'll try and see if I'm able to expand in any way later on. TarnishedPathtalk 22:48, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @User:M.Billoo2000, it's 1552 characters now, just by adding detail of what she did prior to porn. I'll go through the sources later and look what else is of any significance that can be added. Regarding SCMP, I'll also look at that later. TarnishedPathtalk 03:04, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @User:M.Billoo2000, the article is now at 1,744 characters and questionable sourcing has been removed. I've struck ALT1 as @Launchballer removed the material supporting the hook from the article. TarnishedPathtalk 04:15, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Appears fine, I will re-review and comment back shortly. M. Billoo 04:24, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]


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    Gu Yanwu

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    Gu Yanwu, 19th century portrait
    Gu Yanwu, 19th century portrait
    • ... that following the Manchu conquest, Gu Yanwu (pictured) destroyed all his poetry and took to wandering across China?
    • Source: Johnston, Ian, ed. (2016). Record of Daily Knowledge and Collected Poems and Essays: Selections. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231542678. p. 241
    The year also saw Gu’s presentation of four substantial essays on political matters and his change of name from Gu Jiang to Gu Yanwu (literally, “warlike and blazing”). This was accompanied by the destruction of all his previously written poems. [...]
    Wandering described in Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period.
    5x expanded by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 135 past nominations.

    Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 07:24, 16 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Saigon Hotpot

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    • ... that Saigon Hotpot was started by Vietnamese college students who paid US$0.31 each week to fund free tours for foreign tourists?
    • Source: "Magnetic people show off". Saigon Times Weekly. 2007-05-05. Factiva VENEWS0020141124eabo0004h.

      The article notes: "Saigon Hotpot sounds like a restaurant, but it is not. That is a tour guide group who offers free guidance to tourists in HCM City. They all are students from various universities and have an interest in developing their foreign languages. With the slogan “Your Smile is Our Success,?the group has guided 14 groups of tourists since October. The group does not take a fee from tourists, rather, each member must contribute VND5,000 a week so that it can promote its service."

      US${{To USD|5000|VNM|year=2007}} returns US$0.31 .

    • ALT0b: ... that Saigon Hotpot was started by Vietnamese college students who paid money each week to fund free tours for foreign tourists? Source: Same as ALT0.
    • ALT1a: ... that Saigon Hotpot tour guides once paid US$0.31 each week to fund free tours for foreign tourists? Source: Same as ALT0.
    • ALT1b: ... that Saigon Hotpot tour guides once paid money each week to fund free tours for foreign tourists? Source: Same as ALT0.
    • ALT2a: ... that Saigon Hotpot's college student members once paid US$0.31 each week to fund free tours for foreign tourists? Source: Same as ALT0.
    • ALT2b: ... that Saigon Hotpot's college student members once paid money each week to fund free tours for foreign tourists? Source: Same as ALT0.
    • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Rafael Campo
    Created by Cunard (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 105 past nominations.

    Cunard (talk) 10:55, 12 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

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    David E. Mitchell

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    • Source: "Unlike many others, Mitchell had the resources to afford the health insurance and related expenses for medicines that, at the time he launched his campaign in 2016, cost about $440,000 a year. Yet he shared the outrage many Americans felt about price tags and was itching to push back on industry explanations that high prices pay for needed cures.

    “I want to tell the drug companies that it’s time for patients to say we’re not going to be frightened any longer by your threats not to give us drugs we need if we don’t pay prices you demand,” he told me back then."

    “It’s like extortion. It’s no different than Tony Soprano walking into a store and saying, ‘Someone may get hurt if you don’t give us the money.’ We believe there is plenty of money in the system to get money to your shareholders and still get the research and development done.”" Stat News
    Created by Thriley (talk) and ForsythiaJo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 204 past nominations.

    Thriley (talk) 22:09, 16 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • comment: you should put quotation marks around the Tony Soprano part. You should also further fill out the infobox. Will review if one doesn't happen for a few days. Roast (talk) 15:10, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Sakura Trick

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    • Source: [AniFav] - 石倉：そうですね。またキスシーンを1エピソードにつき最低1回は入れるというのは、原作のタチ先生からのオーダーでもありました。Translation: "Ishikura: Yes, that’s right. Including at least one kissing scene per episode was also a request from Tachi-sensei, the original author."
    • ALT1: ... that Kenichi Ishikura, the director of Sakura Trick's anime adaptation, asked voice actors to perform kissing scenes during the audition? Source: [AniFav] - 石倉：そうですね。この部分をナシにしてはこの作品をアニメにする意味がないというくらい重要な要素だと思っています。なのでオーディションでもしっかりと、キスシーンの演技テストを行っていました。Translation: "Ishikura: Yes, that’s right. I consider this such an important element that, without it, there would be no point in adapting this work into an anime. So even at the auditions, we properly conducted acting tests for the kissing scenes."
    • ALT2: ... that Kenichi Ishikura, the director of Sakura Trick's anime adaptation, insisted that none of its kissing scenes reuse animation frames, despite their frequent appearance? Source: [AniFav] - 石倉：[...] 大切にしているシーンですから、似たアングルのものであっても毎回きちんと描きおろしているんですよ。使いまわしどころか、むしろ通常のシーンよりもかなり多い作画枚数を使って動かしているくらい。Translation: "Ishikura: [...] Because these are scenes we really value, even when the angle is similar, we make sure to redraw them properly every time. Far from reusing footage, we actually animate them using far more drawings than we do for normal scenes."
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: This is my first DYK nom, any feedback is sincerely appreciated.
    Improved to Good Article status by Crestfalling (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Crestfalling (talk/contribs) 02:10, 15 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Death of Yohana Rodríguez

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    • ALT1: ... that the daughter of a Colombian woman killed in the 2026 US intervention in Venezuela sent a message to a cousin in Colombia while waiting for first responders to arrive? Source: Infobae too and El Tiempo and El País (both in Spanish too)
    • Reviewed: Menéndez's revolution
    Created by CoryGlee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 19 past nominations.

    CoryGlee 19:39, 13 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Taiwan Love Story⁵

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    • ... that a visual novel set in Taiwan in 2024 is produced by a Hong Konger?
    • Source: https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=271382 , quotation: "特別我是香港人，從外地人的眼光來看待台灣，可以找到很多本地人已經習慣，但外地人覺得有趣的地方。", translation: "Especially since I'm from Hong Kong, looking at Taiwan from an outsider's perspective, I can find many things that locals are used to but outsiders find interesting."
    • ALT1: ... that a visual novel released in 2024 has its own theme song? Source: https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=271382 , quotation: "聽說這次還特地製作主題曲，也是受到台灣文化影響嗎？蕭：是的。", translation: "Q: I heard that a theme song was specially created for this project. Was it influenced by Taiwanese culture? A: Yes."
    • ALT2: ... that an adult visual novel released in 2024 is set in Taiwan? Source: https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=271382 , quotation: "本作正如其名，是以台灣為背景，借鏡 90 年代偶像劇風格的環島尋愛故事。", translation: "As its name suggests, this work is set in Taiwan and is a love story that takes inspiration from 1990s idol dramas."
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: I have thought of some other hooks, but I'm not very sure.
    Created by Saimmx (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Saimmx (talk) 18:19, 13 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on January 14

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    USS Marcus Island

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    • ... that a rear admiral was wounded while flying on a combat mission off the escort carrier USS Marcus Island?
    • Source: "Sample was commander of CarDiv 27 in Taffy 2, and he decided he had to see how his planes were doing over Leyte. This was a foolish decision for a senior officer to make. Positions in the Catmon Hill area, overlooking the landing beaches and obviously an important target, were the targets for the Marcus Island planes. ... A huge hole was ripped in the Avenger's side, and Admiral Sample, who had been looking out the left tunnel window, was peppered with flying shards of metal. Though not life-threatening, the deep lacerations Sample received to his head, right hand, and right shoulder were very painful and debilitating." Y'Blood, William (2012), The Little Giants: U.S. Escort Carriers Against Japan, Naval Institute Press, p. 130.
    Improved to Good Article status by Stikkyy (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Stikkyy (talk) 17:56, 16 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Megabear

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    • ... that in 2021 the English band Me Rex released an album designed to be played on shuffle that consists of 52 pieces of music, with 8.06e+67 possible track orders?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: First time doing this so apologies if the nomination is under par in places
    Created by MikeLeighAtTheBBC (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    MikeLeighAtTheBBC (talk) 13:34, 16 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Blanca Quiñónez

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

    JTtheOG (talk) 01:53, 16 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Churchill Solitaire

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    • ... that Winston Churchill created a card game?
    Created by Guerreroast (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 34 past nominations.

    Roast (talk) 04:50, 15 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Aqueduct Walk

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    Aqueduct Walk
    Aqueduct Walk
    5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 772 past nominations.

    Epicgenius (talk) 21:50, 14 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Tom Maulson

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    • ... that Tom Maulson was once "the most hated man in Wisconsin" because of his fishing activism?
    Created by ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 37 past nominations.

    ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 17:06, 14 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • Article is new enough, moved from draftspace today, and generally in good shape. Fully cited, though there are some minor issues here: titles should be in title case, the Grossman source should have its title italicised, and that title is the [New York Guardian]] rather than The Guardian. One image, appropriately licensed (I'm not an admin over on Commons so can't approve that officially, but have verified). I'm not sure I'm sold on Media Milwaukee as a reliable source -- it seems to be student journalism. It would be ideal to replace or reinforce citations to it with more obviously authoritative publications, and I don't think it should be the only source to support a BLP hook. QPQ is done. UndercoverClassicist T·C 20:13, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
      @UndercoverClassicist: Hi, thanks for the review. I believe Media Milwaukee should be considered reliable. While it is written by students, it's edited by professors and instructors (as stated in its about page). I think the editorial oversight of professional instructors in journalism should be enough to make it reliable, and I don't believe most student publications have this same level of editorial oversight. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 09:16, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
      It's still local news, which is generally considered a "use with caution" thing: if the same facts can be found in professional publications, it would be good to add/swap those in, and to make sure that nothing controversial is resting entirely on them (WP:BLP). But I don't think the use of the source is a problem, certainly not at DYK. UndercoverClassicist T·C 10:57, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
      So is it good to go for DYK? ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 02:53, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

    Cimpoi

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    • ... that Béla Bartók imitated the sound of the bagpipe on the piano, inspired by the way the Romanian cimpoi was imitated by the folk violin and the shepherd's fluier?
    • Source: Yeomans, David (1988), Chapter Sonatina Sz. 55
    "According to Bartók in a 1945 radio interview, there are two themes representing “dances played by two bagpipe players, the first by one and the second by another.”1 The pedal markings in the A section (Bartók’s own) should be followed closely to convey the continuous sound of the drone."
      • Reviewed:
    5x expanded by Iurii.s (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Iurii.s (talk) 15:49, 14 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on January 15

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    Cow mortality

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    • ... that In some herd studies, nearly half of the cows that died did so within the first month after giving birth, often with a large share in just the first few days?
    • Reviewed:
    • Comment: (first ever nomination attempt)
    Created by SeldomSeldom (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    SeldomSeldom (talk) 19:47, 17 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Bernard Goldfine

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    Moved to mainspace by Miraclepine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 125 past nominations.

    ミラP@Miraclepine 17:51, 17 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    John Robert Cozens

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    A different Cozens painting
    A different Cozens painting
  • ALT1: ... that the watercolorist John Robert Cozens was the son of the Blotmaster, and the grandson of the Fat Friar?
  • Sources (not the book ones used in the article): a) Whitworth Art Gallery, Uni of Manchester: "Father and son, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, were influential watercolour painters of the 18th century. ....Alexander argued that landscape images could evoke particular states of mind or moral feelings in the viewer. He became known as the ‘blot master’ for creating improvised compositions from random markings, an idea first suggested by Leonardo da Vinci. - Blotmaster is more typically one word in sources, and capitalised.
    • b) Royal Museums Greenwich "John Pine (1690–1756) was an engraver and a friend of William Hogarth, a fellow governor of the Foundling Hospital, and was depicted by him as the fat friar in his engraving The Gate of Calais in 1749".
    c) for the relationships:UNC Chapel Hill: "When Cozens returned to England in 1746 he was an accomplished landscape draughtsman. Shortly thereafter he married the daughter of the printer John Pine; they had a son, John Robert, born in 1752."
    5x expanded by Johnbod (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 249 past nominations.

    Johnbod (talk) 03:22, 17 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Guillermo Pfening

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    • Reviewed: Quizone
    • Comment: I will tidy up the article these days and finish the QPQ.
    Created by CoryGlee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 20 past nominations.

    CoryGlee 03:51, 16 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Chandler Court and Pollard Park Historic District

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    • ... that Chandler Court and Pollard Park, which were designed and occupied by William & Mary faculty, have been called "two of Williamsburg's most appealing twentieth-century neighborhoods"?
    5x expanded by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 94 past nominations.

    Pbritti (talk) 17:16, 15 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]


    Articles created/expanded on January 16

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    SeaBed (video game)

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    • ... that the visual novel SeaBed is told out of chronological order and through three perspectives?
    • Source: Digitally Downloaded - "This sets up the main structure of SeaBed: a sort of slice-of-life look at Sachiko’s time at the hotel, enjoying the mountainous countryside and helping out Nanae with chores, interspersed with flashbacks to her earlier days spent with Takako. The perspective shifts regularly between Sachi and Narasaki, allowing us to witness Sachi’s recovery both first-hand and from the point of view of her doctor [...] While all that’s going on, alternate chapters also show Takako’s perspective"
    Created by Kamakou (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Kamakou (talk) 20:54, 16 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Articles created/expanded on January 17

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    Sleepovers (novel)

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    Improved to Good Article status by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 45 past nominations.

    DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 19:05, 17 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Beartown (TV series)

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    • ... that the TV series Beartown cast real junior hockey players rather than relying on stunt doubles?
    • Reviewed:
    Improved to Good Article status by Zzz plant (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

    Zzz plant (talk) 16:31, 17 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    Master of the Cité des dames

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    Christine de Pizan presenting her book to Queen Isabeau of Bavaria, by the Master of the Cité des dames
    Christine de Pizan presenting her book to Queen Isabeau of Bavaria, by the Master of the Cité des dames
    Created by Yakikaki (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 158 past nominations.

    Yakikaki (talk) 14:33, 17 January 2026 (UTC).[reply]

    • Nice to see this! New & long enough. Reads well. AGF on hook fact. The lovely pic is ok to use. QPQ done, earwig finds nothing. My only questions are: 1) Should the hook make clear they were actually a workshop? and 2) is the pic caption too long? Otherwise GTG. Johnbod (talk) 02:44, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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    2026 is the new 2016

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

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

    Special occasion holding area

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    See also: WP:SOHA

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

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