Baruch Katinka

Air-propelled railcar, 1918

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

• • Reviewed:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• ALT 2: ... that in 1928, Jewish contractor Baruch Katinka completed the construction of Jerusalem's luxury Palace Hotel, commissioned by Haj Amin al-Husseini, in just 13 months? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aniyahol (talk • contribs) 09:07, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
• I feel like this article still has sourcing issues; a lot of bare references missing publication/website name, publishing date, date retrieved etc. Perhaps not enough to stop it from reaching DYK, but still. TheBritinator (talk) 13:52, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

Also, @Rlendog: and @Aniyahol: this nomination is almost 2 months old. Will there be a follow up? TheBritinator (talk) 13:59, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

I did some cleaning up, added an infobox and repaired some of the citations. How does it look now?Aniyahol (talk) 15:53, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

@Aniyahol: I took another look. It seems to be almost there. The only issues I see now is that there are two statements where I cannot see support in the listed sources. These are the statements that "As a youth, he spent a year and a half at Volozhin Yeshiva." and "The auditorium was also the site of the first transmission of a concert on the Palestine Broadcasting Service radio station." I think these statements could easily be removed from the article without missing much, or maybe someone can point me to where the sources support these statements in case I missed something. Rlendog (talk) 02:08, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

Rlendog, did Aniyahol's edits on 23 August address your concerns? Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:42, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Makan Nasiri

• ... that Makan Nasiri is the only child from the Minab school attack whose remains were never recovered?

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Geoffrey de Henlaw

Mhhossein ^talk 21:28, 1 July 2026 (UTC).

Overall: Article new and long enough. Neutral, especially given the CTOPIC subject matter, well sourced, and plagiarism free. Hook cited and interesting. QPQ done. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:48, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

• • Pulled. The lead claims two more children were never found, though without references. Given the general... controversiality of the situation, do we have any other potential hooks? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:45, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

@Crisco 1492: I found this naming the children recently added to the lead. In light of that recent addition, I suggest going by the following:

ALT1: ... that Makan Nasiri is a victim child from the Minab school attack whose remains were never recovered?

--Mhhossein ^talk 14:39, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

• Mhhossein: Doesn't work, unfortunately. According to the source you provided, "Esmail Baghaei began his weekly press briefing by honoring three martyred students from the Minab school attack, whose remains were recently identified and reburied." So the official Iranian position is that the remains have been recovered. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:45, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

• @Crisco 1492:: I put the blame on incorrect translation from Persian to English. I say this because after new body fragments were found, DNA test showed no trace of Makan. see this. Also, you can read from Baghaei in my pervious source that "..Amir Ali Jedavi, Masiha Salari, who have been added to Makan Nasiri, who until today we thought was the only missing martyr of America's war crime in Minab." --Mhhossein ^talk
• The phrase "...who until today we thought was the only missing martyr of America's war crime in Minab" means that now we know there are two more children like Makan whose bodies were never found. --Mhhossein ^talk

I'm still iffy. Tagging for re-review. Perhaps someone else can weigh in? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:08, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

I suggest that we stop arguing over the remains or not. We have a sound ref that supports "

• ALT2: ... that Makan Nasiri's mother treasures her son's shoe (pictured) after the Minab school attack? ref here Victuallers (talk) 16:16, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

• Thanks. I'm still going to leave this up for another set of eyes. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:26, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

• As the page creator and DYK nominator, I am open to both ALT1 and ALT2. Maybe ALT2 is even more interesting. Waiting for "another set of eyes" ... ! --Mhhossein ^talk 05:51, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
  • Another set? What?? I thought that was the previous objective. Ping me when you have someone acceptable. Victuallers (talk) 08:36, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
    • My apologies; I thought that the alt was proposed by Mhhossein. I do like ALT2. Reinstating tick. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:46, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

At AFD.--Launchballer 11:01, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

Cameron Houindo

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

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

• New enough, long enough. Well sourced to English, French, and Slovenian sources. Tone is neutral. Copyvio not a problem per spot check. QPQs are done. Article is tidy with nice infobox too. Hook is a winner but the one question is about whether "booed at" is the right choice for «En raison de sa taille, il se faisait siffler par les parents adverses…». How about "jeered at"? "Booed at" seems to suggest the parents actually said "boo" like Anglophone parents would... This is such an interesting question I found myself in rabbit holes reading non-RS articles that nevertheless tell you something useful like this one. @JTtheOG: Basically the issue is that the parents were probably actually whistling, which is the equivalent of American booing, but maybe "booing" makes it sound like they were actually saying "boo". Cielquiparle (talk) 05:30, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  • That's a very interesting observation. I think you're 100% correct in taking issue with my wording. Perhaps we could ask a French-speaking editor what their interpretation of the text would be? JTtheOG (talk) 06:19, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  • @Cielquiparle: Sorry, forgot to tag you here. Do you know where I can find the list of Wikipedians by language spoken? JTtheOG (talk) 23:13, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

"Heckled" might be a good alternative. -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 03:44, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Yilma Ketema

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

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

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

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - n
• Interesting: - n

Overall: I just searched on Google who was the first black player in Turkey and found Ketema was not the first black player in Turkey, but Fercani Şener, who was from Afro-Turks background.^[1] As a result, you need to find another interesting fact about him for the hook.

In addition, I believe his article could be improved by adding information from the digitized Greek newspaper archive. I put the website in citation format.^[2] Faldi00 (talk) 19:36, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

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

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

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

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

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

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

@Faldi00: Pinging you again here since it's been over two weeks (honestly I completely forgot about it until I looked back at stuff on my talk page, so I'm guessing you probably forgot as well.) ShadowBallX (talk) 07:31, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

@ShadowBallX: Your ALT1 is acceptable. From the two hooks that you proposed, I prefer the ALT1 since it may intrigue more reader to read Ketema's article. Faldi00 (talk) 15:28, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Piero Volpi

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

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

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

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

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

Overall: Article new and long enough, sourced and neutral. Second hook is much more interesting. No issues. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:01, 24 July 2026 (UTC) ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:01, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

• There is an orange "unreferenced" tag for his career section, rendering this unpromotable at present. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:00, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
  • @Mtvdanilo and Beta Beta Beta: This times out in a few days; can sources be added to the career section? Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:44, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Stephan Ludwig Roth

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

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

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

• New enough (nominated on 7th day of eligibility), certainly long enough. No issues with article presentability and article sources look all good. QPQ is all good. I can't access the source used for the hook. While I trust that it does say martyr, the phrases used in the title/abstract ("Greatest Man of the Saxon People" or "the greatest man that our 700-year [Saxon] history has to offer.") strike me as a little more DYKINT. That same source is used for ALT1, so can't approve that without access (it's also could use some cleanup). I was able to find this source in Romanian that seems bona fide and uses the word "martyr" if you prefer that for ALT0. Let me know what you think about a different version of ALT0 or if you can access the source for ALT1. Dizzycheekchewer (talk) 05:03, 4 August 2026 (UTC)
  • Hi Dizzycheekchewer, your proposed alternative is good with me. Unfortunately, I’m on holiday without my laptop so can’t make any major adjustments. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 10:37, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Bishop O'Dowd High School

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

• • Reviewed:

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

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

• @Usernameunique: @Mandarax: I have deleted the second hook, re-written the first one, changed the source, removed the image, and I believe that this requires another reviewer to check as it has been abandoned for almost 2 weeks now. CostalCal (talk) 23:17, 14 July 2026 (UTC)
  • CostalCal, I was considering reviewing this, but Usernameunique's (courtesy ping) original issue still stands. The whole campus was apparently built on a former rock quarry, but the hook reads as if the student-built eco site was the only thing built on the quarry. To my reading (and maybe UU's as well) it seems to overstate the students' contribution, as though they restored an entire former quarry. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 15:09, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
    • Thanks, Premeditated Chaos. Another issue I see now is that the source refers to it as an ecological restoration project powered by students; powered by students does not necessarily mean built by students. --Usernameunique (talk) 15:27, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Mujahid Bani Mufleh

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

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

General eligibility:

• New enough:
• Long enough:
• Other problems:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems:

Image eligibility:

• Freely licensed: - na
• Used in article: - NA
• Clear at 100px: - NA

Overall: Earwig returns 42% similarity, but that's from the direct quotes, which are cited. Hook verified. ALT1 is better rephrase of ALT0, 15:11, 8 August 2026 (UTC) Approve ALT1

• Comment ALT1 is less wordy and more concise, and is better IMO. The word "while" could be inserted in between teargas and on. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 21:43, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
• Significant concerns have been raised at WT:DYK regarding this nomination, including close paraphrasing. I am pulling as I do not expect the concerns to be resolved in a reasonable timeframe while the item is in prep. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:13, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

Amadu Bansang Jobarteh

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

• • ALT1: ... that Amadu Bansang Jobarteh tuned all 21 strings of his kora by ear? Source: "Amadu Bansang Jobarteh's tuning method is based on the timbango string as system tonic. First he tunes the answerer (jinkandango) string (C) to a fifth above the timbango string (F)... He also checks the upper octave of the timbango (the string he calls kumbengo) against these two strings. He then fills in the lower tetrachord starting at the G immediately above the F (timbango) and then the A immediately above...There is no real sense of absolute pitch among kora players, so when two get together one must make an adjustment up or down to play with the other. Koras are usually tuned to match the range of the vocalist, who is often the player himself. Most are tuned with their system tonic" (p. 160-161)
  • ALT2: ... that Amadu Bansang Jobarteh was called a "library" of African history by the Gambian politician Sidia Jatta? Source: "Sidia Jatta, a renowned Gambian Parliamentarian who is a founding member of PDOIS Party has strong admiration for the great Jali referring to him as a “Library” out of respect for his firm knowledge of African history."
  • ALT3: ... that Amadu Bansang Jobarteh was born into a African caste of musical story-telling griots? Source: "The great jali [Malian: griot] Amadou “Bansang” Jobarteh...was a great oral historian and kora player of his time. "The griot, or African storyteller, was and is today, the main conveyer of the collective wisdom of the tribal peoples of Africa. Stories are presented in a stylistic way and are associated with great enjoyment. Even today among the rural Wolof of Senegal people gather in village squares to hang on each word the griot says."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Radu Cioculescu

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

• General eligibility:
• New enough:
• Long enough:
• Other problems:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems:

Overall: The article was promoted to GA on time (July 1) as of the DYK nomination and has no copyright issues picked up by Earwig. QPQ already done. One small issue is that ALT0 says 17 kids, but the source you used says "over seventeen children". Other than that, I like ALT1 the best. -- ZooBlazer 19:48, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

• Pulled over concerns about reliance on self-published sources; see discussion here.
  • @ZooBlazer:@Dclemens1971: I've revised ALT1 per the discussion. Are ALT0 and ALT2 still suitable for promotion? Looking back through the article, I've also proposed an additional hook (ALT3) about the jali caste. Happy to make changes as needed to get this over the finish line! RabidTuberculosis (talk) 03:14, 26 August 2026 (UTC)
    • RabidTuberculosis The issue is less with the hooks (I like ALT2) than with the continued presence of unreliable sources in the article, which violates WP:DYKCITE (and GACR2b). Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:18, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Vintilă Weiss

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

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

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

• Item has had a "primary sources" orange tag for the whistleblowing section for almost a month, disqualifying this. If the issue is addressed, I will re-review, but I suspect this will not pass. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:04, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

Perhaps another user can step into the conversation on the talk page to weigh in on the objections produced by a single user, who has similarly filibustered other noms in the past. Particularly since this is affecting the nom. Dahn (talk) 05:02, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Freddy (soccer fan)

Langley

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

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

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

• Reviewing. Cielquiparle (talk) 03:54, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
• Great idea for a Wikipedia article. New enough (nominated on same day moved into mainspace), more than long enough (31755 characters). Has a lot of sources – 81 are cited (20 of which Cite Unseen finds generally reliable, 11 no consensus, 5 marginally reliable, and 6 generally unreliable). Drilling down further on the 6 generally unreliable, weirdly at least 2 of them are articles that don't even mention Freddy. Get rid. In fact, strongly recommend getting rid of that entire Background section that has nothing to do with Freddy. This is not a magazine article or essay; it's an encyclopedia entry about Freddy. That section is extraneous and if anything could belong in a completely different Wikipedia article (maybe). It also pushes down the main content of the article and in this day and age of scrolling rather than reading, no one has patience to wade through a bunch of extra information they weren't expecting like "what is the World Cup". In any case, point 3 in the checklist requires more work. QPQ is done. Hooks have a bunch of problems: All hooks suffer from MOS:SEAOFBLUE, an excessive number of blue links to common words and phrases that confuse the reader as to where they should click (the objective is to get them to read the article about Freddy, remember?). ALT0 definitely does not qualify as a picture hook, as Langley is not the main subject of the article. Also it seems funny only to a limited audience (Americans who know what Langley is referring to the CIA headquarters). The whole thing seems like an oversimplification as well. Perhaps the hook can still be saved but it needs a bit more thought put into it. ALT1 fails the interesting test (what is a GTA lobby? even if I work out that it's a Grand Theft Auto reference, why is it interesting to a broad audience?). Also the sourcing for that hook fails point 5 in the checklist (though perhaps an alternate source could be found). ALT2 has potential but "garnered prominence" sounds awkward. @Knightoftheswords281: All this to say, there is a lot of interesting content in this article, so don't hide it, and don't undersell it – with the right hook, this should be a winner in the monthly DYK stats – take a look through the successful past hooks to see what works. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:33, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
  • @Cielquiparle and AirshipJungleman29:, while in retrospect, the background section was prolly too long, I don't agree with its wholesale removal, since the broader "European/international tourists come to America during the WC and love it" has been pretty extensively covered in the sources used in this article, as well as (to a lesser extent) the political atmosphere around the WC. Such a background section with one or two (shorter) paragraphs with the base biographical information included at the top of the following section moved in should be fine and fall under WP:DUE. As for ALT0, I think the interest is more from the wordplay in the hook, which would probably intrigue readers in of themselves (perhaps the link could be changed from GB Center of Int. to just the CIA?); the same is (slightly less) true with (a de-initialized) ALT1, since GTA and its contents are fairly broadly known globally. Also, NYP is considered reliable for uncontroversial, non-political statements per WP:RSP. I've also noticed that ASJM has orange-tagged the article ({{Fanpov}}); if he could point to specific examples throughout the text, I will analyze and rewrite. — Knightoftheswords 16:55, 8 July 2026 (UTC)
    • Thanks for the ping. It's some excessive detail and some wording. The lead is larger than most FAs, phrases like "eagle-eyed netizens" and "and received extensive attention" are reminiscent of much more promotional articles, the significant amounts of unencyclopedic minor details in his journey (I guess it's good to know which mountains are good sniper points?) contributes to the feeling of bloat, and the use of some fairly tabloidy sources—I've never heard of Dexerto before but I'm not surprised that WP:RSP advises against using it for BLPs—doesn't help. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:08, 10 July 2026 (UTC)
      • Alright. I've been waiting for Freddy to wrap up his trip to the US. I will start the process of updating and remedying the article when I get home. — Knightoftheswords 14:38, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Bengal Provincial Congress Party

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

• • Reviewed:

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

• This is sufficiently expanded, hook is interesting, sources seem good, and Earwig checks out on copyvio. Only note is that the page's structure is a bit wonky; it's a little odd to have most of the article in the lead and one two-sentence section below it. I'd reorganize it somehow. Also confused about why this heading is under a different name than the article.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Lbal (talk • contribs)

Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira

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

• • ALT1: ... that Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira won the "Nobel Prize for human rights activists" after campaigning against police brutality in Brazil following the death of her son? Source: https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/11/26/dedico-ao-meu-filho-e-a-marielle-franco-ana-paula-de-oliveira-do-maes-de-manguinhos-ganha-premio-de-direitos-humanos-na-suica/
  • Reviewed:

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

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

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

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

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

1922 Baoding plane crash

• ... that the 1922 Baoding plane crash was China's first civil aviation accident?

• • ALT1: ... that the 1922 Baoding plane crash, which killed 14 people, was China's first civil aviation accident? Source: Same.
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: These were the only interesting hooks that I could find for a relatively short article on a mostly forgotten plane crash. If anybody finds another interesting hook, feel free to propose it here.

Aviationwikiflight (talk) 13:11, 6 July 2026 (UTC).

• Article was promoted to GA two days ago and is long enough. No copyvios, sources seem reliable to me. Hook is interesting, cited, and short enough. No image provided, no QPQ is required. Sounds good to me! Beta Beta Beta - talk 04:42, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
  • What is the definition of "Chinese" here? The aircraft was British-made, while the first fatal airplane accident in China appears to have been René Vallon's in 1911 (and he wasn't military, though they were trying to sell the craft to the military).  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:27, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

@Aviationwikiflight: Please address the above concern. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:46, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

Sorry for the wait. I'm struggling to find an easy explanation here that would separate René Vallon's plane crash from the Baoding plane crash, but I would say that perhaps since René Vallon's flights were done with the intent of selling aircraft to the military whilst the Baoding plane crash happened in the context of "developing civil aviation", the former's crash wouldn't count towards the first Chinese civil aviation accident. The two sources above that I linked don't mention Vallon's plane crash and seem to go with the Baoding plane crash being the first. If this still isn't enough to justify the hooks, then perhaps I could try to find other possible ones? Aviationwikiflight (talk) 06:43, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

• Yeah, it's clear that Vallon has been excluded from some histories. Obviously, 14 deaths sticks to the memory a lot better than one, but still... Honestly, in my experience with Indonesian historiography, him being European would have probably excluded him from a lot of histories (traditionally, Indonesian film history has excluded over a hundred films, as creative control was not in the hands of indigenous filmmakers). A new ALT would probably be best. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:18, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Saleem Al-Ashqar

• ... that Saleem Al-Ashqar played his entire football career in the Gaza Strip? Source: 1
  • ALT1: ... that Saleem Al-Ashqar, a goalkeeper who lived "a life dedicated to football and family", played his entire career in the Gaza Strip? Source: 1
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Weekend Times

JTtheOG (talk) 06:55, 10 July 2026 (UTC).

Overall: The article is new enough and long enough. The hook is interesting and cited. No copyright problems. Nice work. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:29, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

• @JTtheOG and WikiOriginal-9: This article extensively cites Anadolu Agency, which is unreliable for material related to the Gaza war. All material cited to its needs a reliable source or to be removed. 1brianm7 (talk) 13:01, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

  • Every claim citing AA is backed up by another reliable source, save for a simple quote. JTtheOG (talk) 19:36, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

History of Mediacorp

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

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

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

• DYK submitted the day after conversion from redirect, article more than long enough, high-quality sources, hook interesting. Might be worth mentioning the distance from Singapore to Penang (>600 km) for context, and that this is part of the early history of Mediacorp. However, the phrase "albeit with atmospheric interferences at times" in the article is not supported by the sources; please add a citation for it or remove it from the article. PetéWarrior (talk) 09:42, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

  @Petewarrior: the distance is not mentioned in the article. The non-mention of Mediacorp's early history is deliberate because I want to intrigue viewers into clicking the bold link. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 10:04, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

  CMIIW, distances between locations fall under WP:CALC from known coordinates and doesn't need to be cited in the article. PetéWarrior (talk) 10:14, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

  Calculations are fine if they already exist and their origin has proper sourcing. This distance doesn't have the sourcing to begin with. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 13:11, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

  Then I think this is ready. Must have been a ton of work. PetéWarrior (talk) 15:42, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

• @RandomMe98: I'm not sure if the hook as currently written meets WP:EGG. The bolded link makes it seem like it's talking about Mediacorp's broadcasts, or perhaps transmissions to Malaysia, when in fact it's talking about the history of Mediacord. Could you propose a different wording that is more EGG-compliant? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 12:46, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

  @Narutolovehinata5: what is the problem? Why is a DYK hook supposed to comply with everything in the Manual of Style? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 13:05, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

While not explicitly stated in DYK's guidelines, it is generally expected that bolded links in hooks should at least give an idea about what the link should be about. Exceptions can be made, particularly for quirky or April Fool's Day hooks, but generally it's not good practice to "surprise" readers to make them expect one thing but lead them to another. That is essentially the point of EGG. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 14:04, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

Considering that, perhaps the bolded link could be the "a group of amateur Singaporean radio enthusiasts in April 1925" part, since it's already related to a point of time in history. PetéWarrior (talk) 04:04, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Since this is a broadcasting/radio-related nomination, I'll ask if Sammi Brie could help out with a more appropriate wording. The hook fact itself is fine, we just need to work out the wording and what parts should be bolded. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 05:48, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5, Whyiseverythingalreadyused, and RandomMe98: This is a bizarre hook that doesn't do much if you don't know your Southeast Asian geography, so I'd suggest something different, but what I'm not yet sure.

This article is stuffed and I think would benefit from being less of a proseline. With so many operating divisions and so many channels in multiple languages, Mediacorp is a bit hard to wrap one's head around. The strictly chronological presentation does not aid a reader. It would also benefit tremendously from editing and removal of out-of-context or comparatively non-noteworthy aspects. I was going to suggest a hook around "Same Boring Channel" only for the Hokkien "meaning" of SBC, [86], to fail verification. I was going to suggest something about the soaps airing after Sheares's funeral, too, but I found the wording in the article didn't quite match the source wording, so I had to fix it. I'm going to leave a hook here, and the source will justify it, but there's work to be done...

... ALT1: that the day after the country's leader died, the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation deemed a TV series showing a man being strangled by his own son-in-law "serious enough" to broadcast? Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 06:10, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

@Sammi Brie: I would link "the country's leader" to Benjamin Sheares. BTW, the reference for ALT1 is "Distasteful to have repeat telecast?" by The Straits Times. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 06:14, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

@Whyiseverythingalreadyused and Sammi Brie: Pinging for an update on this. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:30, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

J. Wray & Nephew Ltd.

• ... that Appleton Estate produced a rum that was illegally strong, earning it the nickname "Bend Down", as bartenders hid it from excise officers on low shelves?

• • ALT1: ... that Captain Morgan rum sold in Jamaica, produced by J. Wray & Nephew Ltd., is completely separate from the Captain Morgan rum sold by Diageo everywhere else? Source: https://cocktailwonk.com/2020/12/illustrated-informal-jwray-timeline.html
  • Reviewed:

𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐫𝐭𝟏 ^talk 13:25, 7 July 2026 (UTC).

• Article was recently improved to GA and is long enough. Sources seem reliable, no copyvios apparent. Hooks are interesting, short enough, and cited. No QPQ required, no images. Preference for ALT0, but ALT1 is also approved. Well done! Beta Beta Beta - talk 01:18, 8 July 2026 (UTC)
• Pulled based on concerns over self-published and primary sources raised at Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#J._Wray_&_Nephew_Ltd._(nom). Dclemens1971 (talk) 21:16, 23 August 2026 (UTC)
• This article has now been listed for Good Article reassessment. Dclemens1971 (talk) 13:58, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Quetena

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

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

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

• @RabidTuberculosis I really want to approve this, it looks interesting. There are two unsourced statements in the article, which should be removed or else cited to a source. The first states "The Quetena River rises near the volcano and flows north, eventually joining the Río Grande de Lípez and draining into the Salar de Uyuni." The second unsourced statement says "The surrounding area, part of the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve, is visited by tourists travelling through the Sur Lípez region, and Quetena Chico and Quetena Grande serve as waypoints for guided climbs of the higher, more frequently visited Uturuncu." Also, the source does not state "Quetena is the tallest fissure-vent volcano in the world." NewAccount7295 (talk) 03:59, 25 July 2026 (UTC)
  • @NewAccount7295: Thanks for your thorough review! Added references to both statements, and modified the wording to more closely match the sources. The Quetena River line now cites an open-source science journal and I split the tourism line into two sentences after trimming content a bit. To the last point, the Smithsonian's GVP survey lists every documented volcano (Holocene or Pleistocene epoch) on the planet by type, and lists Quetena as the tallest fissure-vent. The database does not make statements but the data is otherwise unambiguous, so I've left it in the article with a link to the complete database. Please let me know if you have other comments! RabidTuberculosis (talk) 22:38, 25 July 2026 (UTC)
    • @RabidTuberculosis: Those sound like good additions, but for some reason it doesn't look like the edits went through? NewAccount7295 (talk) 23:56, 25 July 2026 (UTC)
      • @NewAccount7295: Ah that's weird, should be good now! RabidTuberculosis (talk) 01:35, 26 July 2026 (UTC)
        • Good to see them sourced now! I'm going to see what another reviewer thinks and ask for ALT3 to be chosen when that happens, although I think "potential area" should be changed to "viable area". The article has pretty good DYK potential. NewAccount7295 (talk) 02:22, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Sadamasa Arikawa

Sadamasa Arikawa in 1954

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

• • ALT1: ... that Sadamasa Arikawa (pictured) left Toho after Eliji Tsuburaya's death in 1970? Source: https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Godzilla_FAQ/7Oh3EQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sadamasa+arikawa&pg=PA87&printsec=frontcover
  • Reviewed:

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

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

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

• @Wikiman2230: new enough, long enough. Sources include Medium, which should generally not be used as a source.Alt0 and Alt1 are entirely out. Alt2 is possible but needs updating to show the interest - and needs to explain what Toho is. Jishara (talk) 01:18, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

• • @Jishara: So I fixed the Medium thing by getting rid of it and I have also tweaked the Alt by a tiny bit. Wikiman (Talk) 20:10, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

@Wikiman2230: I've just come across this article again. Iirc, the ping won't work if you don't sign your reply, so you will have to ping the reviewer again and sign four tildes (~) at the end of the reply. By the way, I forgot to say this, but welcome to DYK! KhoaNguyen1|Talk 14:56, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Jackson-Benton brawl of 1813

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Life of Andrew Jackson by Parton, Page 394

Studies in Battle Command by Page 21

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

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

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

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

• Full review needed for this nomination. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:59, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

Thomas J. W. Burgess, Joseph Workman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hello @Launchballer, any updates on the nomination? It's been at least two weeks and I've fixed the issue regarding the vagueness of Workman's title already. Sorry for pinging you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DoNothingEveryday (talk • contribs) 10:02, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

You haven't. The lead now says "he is considered to be the "father of Canadian psychiatry", likening him to the elderly Nestor of Greek mythology", but the body says "Daniel Hack Tuke considered him as the "Nestor of Canadian alienists" at the time, which has been interpreted as meaning "Father" or "Old Mentor" of Canadian psychiatry". The former is cited to two sources, the first of which is offline, and the second of which doesn't contain the word 'father'. Please provide a quote from the former and move it into the body. Also, pings don't work if you don't sign your post.--Launchballer 10:33, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Okay, @Launchballer, I will just change the father thing to Nestor. Possibly less interesting, but more accurate by what it said by the article and book. Also added Tuke's quoting. Found at page 175 of the first volume of the Dictionary of Psychological Medicine Pleases notify me if something's still wrong. Thanks. DoNothingEveryday (talk) 11:12, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Considerably less interesting I'm afraid; you have to know what the word means for it to be interesting and I hadn't heard of it before. I think you should propose a different angle.--Launchballer 11:28, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

I know, @Launchballer, although viewers might be interested on who Nestor is. He is a secondary character in the Iliad who offers advise to the characters. That being said, I might add a technicality here, since the term has been interpreted as "father". I'm adding a alternate phrasing here: ALT0a: that Thomas J. W. Burgess worked as a clinical assistant under his godfather Joseph Workman, who is considered to be the "father" of Canadian psychiatry? Also, I added a link to the offline book "The father of Canadian psychiatry: Joseph Workman". It can be found on Archive.org although I used Z-library to read the book whole. You could find the interpretation of the "Nestor" line in the book at page 69, chapter 8. Let me also know if it is a bit clickbaity of a hook, since it's just an interpretation of a term. DoNothingEveryday (talk) 11:45, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Readers don't tend to click on hooks if they don't understand them. I'm going to call for another reviewer just to check I'm not being unreasonable.--Launchballer 12:07, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

• ALT0b: ... that "the father of Canadian psychiatry" was the godfather of Thomas J. W. Burgess?

ALT0c: ... that "the father of Canadian psychiatry" was the godfather of his clinical assistant Thomas J. W. Burgess?

The hook can be simplified like (if it complies the reference and above suggestions). Though, full review is still required. M. Billoo 13:42, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

Casabe

Making casabe

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

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

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

Hook eligibility:

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

Suggested wording: ALT1: ... that casabe (pictured) is usually made from bitter cassava, which is toxic before processing?

• Interesting:
• Other problems:

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

• Comment @Umais Bin Sajjad: I thought the hook had to be under 200 characters not over the limit. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 19:26, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
  • Kepler-1229b, I've boldly thrown in some refs from the cassava article to confirm that both varieties are toxic, it's just that the bitter version is way more so. You are correct; the hook can't exceed 200, so the original is fine. @Umais Bin Sajjad:, you have been editing but have not responded to the above ping. Can you please have another look? It's not fair to make Kepler wait. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 15:27, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

@Premeditated Chaos: @Kepler-1229b: Apologies for the delayed response and for the confusion. My statement under "Other problems" was a mistake: the hook being under 200 characters is not a problem. My concern was only that the original wording is broader than what the cited source states. The source describes bitter cassava as more commonly used and toxic before processing, whereas "the main ingredient of casabe is toxic" removes those qualifications. I therefore still suggest revising the hook to follow the source more closely

ALT1: "… that casabe (pictured) is usually made from bitter cassava, which is toxic before processing?" Umais🗣 19:08, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Finnish troop production doctrine

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

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

• • Reviewed:

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

Charolais (cheese)

Charolais cheese

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• ALT1 ... that Charolais, a French goat cheese, is said to have a "slight cellar perfume"? Thriley (talk) 16:28, 10 July 2026 (UTC)
  • @Launchballer and Thriley: what's going on with this nomination? theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 11:43, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

@Thriley: I removed the tag for a start. Hook is a quote and needs attributing in both the article and the hook.--Launchballer 12:06, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

• ALT2 ... that according to the Ark of Taste, Charolais, a French goat cheese, has a "slight cellar perfume"? Thriley (talk) 01:35, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Hydrography of Argentina

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

• Reviewed:

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

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

• Review in progress. Viriditas (talk) 23:35, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

• @2argon: Did you forget to put the article on your watchlist? I think you did. If you had, you would see that half of all of your sources have been tagged as needing attention since late July. That's one reason why nobody has reviewed this. There are several ways to address this. You can remove the problematic material, you can add new sources to support the material, or you can do nothing and wait for this to time-out. Right now, if someone reviews this, they will fail it. I can see you are offline at the moment, but I am willing to give you some more time to address the problem. However, others will not, so you should hurry. Viriditas (talk) 23:42, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

• Reply to review. 2argon (talk) 15:10, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

• @Viriditas: Hello and thank you for the update! This is my first DYK submission, and I must have missed those, sorry about that. I have since edited the citations and added new sources to support the material. Please let me know if I need to make further changes or if I've missed anything else, and thank you again. 2argon^talk 15:13, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Liew Mun Leong

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

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

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

Lola Flanery

Lola Flanery

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

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

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

• Article was moved from draft space on July 11, and nominated four days later within the acceptable time frame. Article is long enough. QPQ has been done. No copyright violations detected, and no policy issues found. Everything looks good, accept for the hook which is not surprising and dull. It's standard industry practice to refer models to acting teachers because of commercial work and other opportunities that overlap between modeling and acting. There are many actresses who began their careers as models. There is nothing here that is unusual or surprising. Please propose a different hook below with an eye towards meeting WP:DYKHOOKSTYLE.4meter4 (talk) 22:46, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
• @JuniperChill: Please propose a new hook. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:48, 21 August 2026 (UTC)
  • Sorry, I was in holiday at the time this was reviewed. I will propose a new one within several hours time. JuniperChill (talk) 15:21, 21 August 2026 (UTC)
  • How about if I add the fact that Lola started acting at the age of nine seeing as most actors start their career after turning 18? ALT0a: "That Lola Flanery (pictured) first got into acting at the age of nine after her modelling agent suggested acting classes?" If not, how the fact that her mother owns a bakery ALT1: "that the mother of Canadian actress Lola Flanery (pictured) owns a bakery in Toronto?" (I'm not the best at trying to word this) JuniperChill (talk) 19:21, 21 August 2026 (UTC)
  • ALT2: "that Lola Flanery (pictured) moved from Los Angeles to Toronto at the age of three and became an actress six years later?

These are all really humdrum. There isn't anything surprising or unusual. If you go into Category:Child actors by nationality there are literally thousands of articles on child actors (and those cats often aren't put on articles where the actor grew up and continued to work as an adult). Tons of kids have worked and are working in television, theatre, and film. We need something that reads as out of the ordinary. In looking at the article, I'm not really seeing anything that would make a good hook. You might need to hunt and find some other references in hopes of finding a fact that might be usable at DYK.4meter4 (talk) 07:00, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

I would note that its currently the summer holidays for me in the UK so that is why my editing activity is currently lower than usual. But anyway, I found this source which was published just before she was 13 (teenager). I was very surprised at how much she did at the time (appearing at Mary Kills People, Shadowhunters and The 100 and before that, The Mist). In other words, during her time as a teen, she has appeared in several notable films/TV series which is definitely an achievement! And by looking at the article, I found that she appeared in six(!) films/TV series in 2017. Combined with the fact she wasn't even a teen, I see it as interesting and the article even states "In 2017, Flanery obtained several recurring roles". I'll find a way to get this in hook form within 24 hours JuniperChill (talk) 22:02, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Second Intermediate Period of Egypt

• ... that the Hyksos adopted the Egyptian deity Set when they arrived in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, and it later merged with the Asiatic deity Ba'al, becoming the hybrid deity Seth-Baal over time?
  • Reviewed:

JJNito197 (talk) 13:00, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

• Comment (not a review): Hi JJNito197, the DYK article must be linked and bolded in the hook per WP:DYKMOS. —Bruce1ee^talk 13:32, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

• General eligibility:
• New enough:
• Long enough:
• Other problems:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - maybe
• Interesting:
• Other problems: - maybe

Overall: Earwig 24.2% - violation unlikely. Article otherwise looks good. The hook is 209 characters, over the 200-character limit. No hook source was provided with the nomination. Keel and Hayes are the sources? — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 17:56, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

• Hi Very Polite Person, did you mean to mark this nomination to be closed? That's usually what the X mark means. If you are simply flagging areas for improvement, you can type "maybe" in the reviewer template status field or add this template ({{subst:DYK?no}}) to your review. Dclemens1971 (talk) 21:31, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

• Second verse, same as the first, did the wrong variable. Sorry! Yes, just need the right source lined up here for the record. — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 01:10, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup final

• ... that Ghanaian players received a cheque of GHS 10,000 each for winning the final match of the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup?

• • ALT1: ... that Ghana was the first African country to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup after defeating Brazil in the final match of the 2009 edition of the tournament? Source: Andre Ayew: Ghana have 'lost organisation' since winning 2009 U-20 World Cup – BBC Sport
  • ALT2: ... that a Ghanaian player was told not to take off his jersey during the final match of the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup because his physique made him look older than 20 years old? Source: 2009 U-20 WC: Agyemang-Badu recounts shocking moments after scoring winner against Brazil
  • Reviewed: Ahmed Al-Kaf
  • Comment: I will add the QPQ in the coming hours.

CoryGlee 02:00, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

• @CoryGlee: New enough (Jul 10), long enough (4400 B). Well-sourced with enough sourcing to meet notability. Rejecting ALT0 and ALT1 as uninteresting. ALT2 is interesting and funny, and verified in source, so ALT2 is good. However, the article has some copyvio issues that must be addressed: Earwig flags the phrase which would be invested for a specific period of time. Please address this and make sure there are no other copyright violations. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 19:22, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
  • Hi Vigilantcosmicpenguin. Odd because it stands at a green score of 8% ... Most DYK nominations stand at higher than 10 or 12%, usually. Anyway, I can easily address that. Will ping you when that is done. CoryGlee 20:49, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
  • I've lowered this to 3.8%, Vigilantcosmicpenguin, even greener than before. CoryGlee 20:53, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
    • @CoryGlee: There are no remaining copyright issues. However, I have noticed some concerns about reliable sourcing (sorry for not mentioning this earlier; that was an oversight). Please explain why the following sources are reliable: Biharsports News, LARED21, Adomonline, GhanaWeb, ModernGhana. Also, one issue with verification: the match against Uruguay is described as "controversial", which is not verified in the source. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 22:21, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
      • @Vigilantcosmicpenguin:. None of them are listed in perennial sources. Many sources which are "unknown" are inserted in DYK nominations. The other problem can be easily fixed. If you are going to push for that thing, I'll let it flow, insert a red icon and redirect the review. Thanks for taking you time. CoryGlee 23:14, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
      • Most sources used in Wikipedia are per default unreliable because most of the websites are not listed in perennial listing. These websites are not user-generated nor blogs. So, Vigilantcosmicpenguin, I will not get into that argument with you. So, please let's be clear, if you are going to push for that (the 8% of copyvio already caught my attention from your review) I would like to redirect this review. CoryGlee 23:16, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
        • Requesting second opinion per nominator request. — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) 23:49, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

Bolu Ogunyemi

• ... that besides being the first black president of the Canadian Medical Association and its youngest, Bolu Ogunyemi said he's also the first Memorial University alumnus to be elected as such?

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Avicii
  • Comment: Driveby nom. 8th time I'm here, much more wary since I don't know if he's that notable of a person. Sure, he has an FRCPC nominal and is the first black and youngest president of the CMA, but that's about it.

DoNothingEveryday (talk) 09:10, 12 July 2026 (UTC).

Gold Crown from Cheonmachong Tomb

Gold Crown from Cheonmachong

• ... that a replica of a Silla dynasty gold crown (pictured) was gifted to President Donald Trump in APEC South Korea 2025?

• ALT1: ... that the Gold Crown from Cheonmachong (pictured) is the tallest surviving ancient Korean crown?

• ALT2: ... that the tree and antler motifs of Gold Crown from Cheonmachong (pictured) represent the connection between heaven and earth?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Chweya
• Comment: Drive-by nom.

KimYubin (talk) 00:54, 12 July 2026 (UTC).

• @KimYubin: the article itself needs cleanup; grammar issues and some POV. Could you handle it? Article needs to be presentable before acceptable for DYK. grapesurgeon (talk) 07:29, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
  • @Grapesurgeon: I have finished clean-up. Also, I changed the page name to Gold Crown from Cheonmachong. KimYubin (talk) 11:07, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

Carrier telephony

1926 phone lines serving 21 circuits

• ... that the cost of telephone transmission decreased by a factor of 1000 from 1925 to 1975?
  • Reviewed:

WhaleFarm (talk) 16:02, 11 July 2026 (UTC).

• @WhaleFarm: DYK-wizard did not form this properly, so I've fixed it and put in what I think you meant as the hook.--Launchballer 16:14, 11 July 2026 (UTC)
  • @Launchballer, what I was trying to get was a label of "telephone transmission" with a link to Carrier telephony, as many people wouldn't understand what carrier means in this context. Also, is my source link gone? Anyway, thanks for the help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WhaleFarm (talk • contribs) 20:01, 11 July 2026 (UTC)
    • @WhaleFarm: I've updated the hook above to be what I think you said you wanted. —PeterCooperJr (talk) 02:00, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - Source mentions cost reduction, but seems specific to how Bell calculated their per-channel costs.
• Interesting:

Overall: Nominated soon after becoming GA, and certainly long enough. Well-sourced, neutral, Earwig says copyright violations unlikely and no other copyright issues noticed. Core of the hook seems interesting since a thousand times is a lot, though I don't think it's a huge surprise that the cost of communication went down over time. However, it wasn't clear to me from initially reading the hook if this was talking about the cost for telephone companies or the cost for end users of the system, or both. My understanding of the cited source (though it's a large book that only really looks accessible online through Internet Archive borrowing) is that it's specifically only talking about the cost to Bell per channel. I think the hook would need to clarify the scope a bit more, at the very least whether this is just talking about the US or something worldwide. But also something about how it was the cost to the phone company per channel might be useful. Can you suggest a hook that more specifically describes exactly what it was that decreased in cost by a thousand times? (And maybe update it in the article as well if needed.) Or an interesting hook about something else? And regardless, if the hook should be run with an image, there should be a ''(pictured)'' somewhere in it. (I'm also more than happy for someone else to give a second opinion, I'm still pretty new to DYK reviewing.) PeterCooperJr (talk) 02:44, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Streamer University

• ... that Kai Cenat's Streamer University received over 1 million applications within minutes of opening enrollment?

• • ALT1: ... that Streamer University generated 27 million hours of watch time on Twitch? Source: https://www.tubefilter.com/2025/05/28/kai-cenat-streamer-university-viewership-amazon-netflix-talks/
  • ALT2: ... that rapper Soulja Boy launched a competing project called Rapper University after publicly feuding with Kai Cenat for not letting him into Streamer University? Source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/soulja-boy-announces-rapper-university-051532689.html
  • Reviewed:

eve the eternal (hi) 20:36, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

• No QPQ needed, as this is the creator's first nomination. Article is new enough and long enough. Hooks are interesting and cited, but ALT1 is a bit less interesting than the others and ALT2 could be a bit more pithy. Some Earwig triggers with direct copy-pasting of a few sentences, e.g. The University of Akron was willing to loan their campus, platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime were interested in buying the streaming rights for Streamer University. Those need to be cleaned up, but that is the only problem I see. ~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 20:35, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

• I have fixed these problems. Will I have to rewrite any of the hooks? eve the eternal (hi) 23:01, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

2026 Royal Challengers Bengaluru season, 2026 Indian Premier League

• ... that Royal Challengers Bengaluru became the first franchise to win the Indian Premier League and the Women's Premier League in the same year in 2026? Source: https://www.sportsdunia.com/ipl-news/history-rcb-becomes-first-team-to-win-ipl-and-wpl-same-year
  • ALT1: ... that Royal Challengers Bengaluru became the first franchise to win the Indian Premier League and the Women's Premier League in the same year?
  • ALT2: ... that Royal Challengers Bengaluru became the first franchise to win the Indian Premier League and the Women's Premier League in the same year in 19 years?
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hyderabad (PSL team) & Template:Did you know nominations/Khelenge Beat Pe

Vestrian24Bio 11:03, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

• I take, will review in the next 24 hours.--Launchballer 21:08, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

@Vestrian24Bio: Quickfailing 2026 Indian Premier League as it was promoted to GA on 29 June, more than two weeks ago. (Note to self; check newness before checking everything else!) 2026 Royal Challengers Bengaluru season is long and new enough, both QPQs are done, Earwig has no valid complaints. I could assess the two hooks now, but given that I need a single hook from you anyway and the proposed hooks are marginally interesting at best, the time to suggest ALTs is now.--Launchballer 21:48, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

@Launchballer: I believe this is interesting as Indian Premier League is the oldest franchise cricket league in the world and this is the first occurrence. Vestrian24Bio 10:23, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

I agree that the hook is interesting as the IPL is the largest cricket league in the world and has a large worldwide following (it's not only popular in India but also among the Indian diaspora). However, just to be sure, I would suggest proposing additional angles as well. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:22, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

Cents-Neudorf-Weimershof bridge and elevator

• ... that a pedestrian bridge linking two Luxembourg City neighbourhoods began receiving opposition in the neighbourhood it crosses 18 years before its construction started?

• • ALT1: ... that Luxembourg City's second panoramic elevator was designed by the same architect as the first one? Source: ^[3]
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: I wrote this article in French over a year ago and have now translated it, using DeepL and carefully revising it. Feel free to point out any remaining bits of weird phrasing.

Procrastineur (talk) 09:57, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

John Huston filmography

Huston on set filming a scene in Winter Kills (1979)

• ... that John Huston's (pictured) early screenwriting career was interrupted for four years after he was involved in the automobile accident that killed actress Tosca Roulien?

• • Reviewed:

RobertFord II (talk) 18:22, 17 July 2026 (UTC).

• @RobertFord II: The article looks very well-researched and the hook fact checks out, but I would strongly suggest another angle here. I realize it happened a long time ago, but framing a young woman’s death as a career hiatus for a prominent male director does not come across well in my opinion. "Involved" is also a little soft imo, from what I see he was driving. This is just a comment, I am not planning on a full review so anyone is free to take it from here. Zzz plant (talk) 04:09, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
  • @Zzz plant: Fair point. I'm somewhat new to DYK so I'm not sure if I can replace/add a fact. Otherwise, I may re-nominate if this page is one day promoted to FL.
    • @RobertFord II: Welcome to DYK, and sorry for not being clearer in my comment! By other angle I meant you could propose new hooks (we often call them ALTs, so if you add two others it would be ALT1 and ALT2). In the list of approved DYK noms you can see there's often workshopping of a hook before final approval :-) Zzz plant (talk) 03:54, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Atanasie Popovici

• ... that in 1912, Atanasie Popovici addressed the Chamber of Deputies of Romania on the situation of the Timok Romanians in Serbia, generating great attention in Romania?

• ALT1: ... that Romanian prime minister Ion I. C. Brătianu invited Atanasie Popovici to the Paris Peace Conference as he wanted the Timok Valley region in Serbia to be discussed at the conference?

• ALT2: ... that Onisifor Ghibu highlighted about Atanasie Popovici that he managed to interest not only the public opinion in Romania, but also that in Europe on the matters of the Timok Romanians in Serbia?

• Reviewed:
• Comment: As a disclaimer, this is my first DYK nomination. I'd frankly like to avoid altering the prose in the article for the sake of having a hook promoted here. So if one hook is problematic in this sense we can have another one reviewed. Hopefully the reviewer is okay with this.

Another note: the Timok Romanians are today known as Vlachs (see linked article) and are not officially known as Romanians in Serbia nor do they majoritarily identify as such. The situation was opposite a century ago (until 1948), and such thing is clarified both in the group's article and on the nominated one. I think it does not violate NPOV to refer to them this way considering the time period, but I thought it was worth noting. Let me know if you think any clarifications are needed or the topic is too controversial for DYK. I can also provide some more context information on this topic to the reviewer at their request in case they wish for more. Super Ψ Dro 14:25, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

Super Ψ Dro 12:01, 15 July 2026 (UTC).

Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani

Two poems that Dolabani wrote for Taw Mim Semkath, published in the Assyrian-American periodical Babylon in 1920

• ... that Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan of Mardin Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani published 69 books, including 10 translations, and authored many 'culturally Assyrian' poems throughout his life?

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Albert E. Boynton
  • Comment: Aydın is verified to pg. 20 and 22–23, Donabed & Mako are verified to pg. 107

PresentlySuraye3 (talk) 22:58, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

• @PresentlySuraye3: Not a full review, but neither of the about pages for The Assyria Post or huyada.com indicate that the publications have an editorial staff or review stage. Could you clarify why these should be considered reliable sources? —TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 02:46, 17 July 2026 (UTC)
  • TechnoSquirrel69, I left a talk page message regarding these issues. Feel free to reply there regarding the sourcing. PresentlySuraye3 (talk) 19:41, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

    Thanks; here's the discussion, for the curious. My concerns about Huyada are resolved, and I'll leave the Post to the discretion of the reviewer, since I'm not planning to take a complete look at this. Full review needed. —TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 00:53, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

2012 emo killings in Iraq

• ... that at least 15 teenagers were killed in 2012 for being part of the emo community? Source: "Rights groups urge Iraq to investigate 'emo' killings". Al Arabiya. Agence France-Presse. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Old Corner Bookstore

- OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 13:44, 13 July 2026 (UTC).

• Article long enough and promoted to "GA" status on July 13. The hook is interesting and drew my attention. However, the sourcing is problematic. There is confusion of sources about gay killngs and emo killings. The BBC source cited in the article for the minimum number of 12 emo youths killed (here) says no such thing and doesn't even appear to be on the topic of emo killings (but rather about persecution of gays). The al-arabiya source cited in the article (here) says there were "at least 90" (not 15) youths with emo appearances killed. Also, the article say they were killed for having "emo" appearances not for being part of an emo "community". (A teenager with an "emo" appearance may or may not be part of an emo community.) Also, the hook fact about at least "15 teenagers" being killed for being part of the emo community is also not contained in the article. This needs some significant cleanup before it could be featured on the main page. Also, the QPQ is not complete. Cbl62 (talk) 22:45, 13 July 2026 (UTC)
• should I reword the hook to match the sources, then? - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 04:15, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Yes, the hook needs to accurately reflect what the sources say, and the hook fact needs to be in the article. The article also needs to be gone over to make sure you using good sources that discuss "emo" killings/harassment rather than anti-homosexual conduct, as was the case with the BBC source. Cbl62 (talk) 11:06, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

I have tried to correct the lede as it was incorrect and misleading. I think this should return for a GA review. @Jishara: Victuallers (talk) 14:51, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

I've nominated it for merging, since I don't think that its not notable. Noting this since it's probably important for a page to exist before running on the home page. HerrHeulsuse (talk) 06:51, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

asked for a GA reassesment Victuallers (talk) 11:46, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

• Technically this should not be marked for closure yet as the GA reassessment is still ongoing. However, given that the article is likely to be delisted and merged, it's probably moot anyway. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 13:50, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

West Park High School

• ... that enrollment at West Park High School exceeded capacity by over 100, prompting a highly contested school board vote?

• • Reviewed:

CostalCal (talk) 06:05, 14 July 2026 (UTC).

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting: - I'm very sorry, but this hook is not interesting. CPR and a defib machine are standard methods of saving the life of someone who's gone into cardiac arrest.

Overall: @CostalCal: Please see my comments above regarding the hook. Epicgenius (talk) 19:48, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

• @Epicgenius: I changed the hook a bit. If it's not interesting then that's fine. CostalCal (talk) 23:17, 14 July 2026 (UTC)
  • @CostalCal: Thanks for proposing this new hook. Unfortunately, this one may not hold interest for the casual reader either - it's not uncommon for multiple people to be honored when someone's life is saved. Is there anything else that you could add to the article that might be potentially interesting? This meets all the criteria otherwise, but it just needs a decent hook. Epicgenius (talk) 00:00, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
    • @Epicgenius : I changed the topic of the hook completely and the source too. Better, or is it somewhat uninteresting? CostalCal (talk) 00:41, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
      • @CostalCal: It's a bit more interesting, but now the hook is way too long (220 characters excluding the ellipsis or question mark). The absolute maximum length of a hook is 200, though in practice, hooks with over 180 characters are usually trimmed too. Can this be shortened? Maybe something like:
        • ALT1: "... that enrollment at West Park High School exceeded capacity by over 1,000, prompting a highly contested school board split vote to redirect local neighborhoods?"
      • That being said, the hook fact isn't in the article yet, which is a requirement before the hook can be approved. Epicgenius (talk) 01:02, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
      • @Epicgenius: I changed the hook; the Sacramento Bee remained unchanged. Would, "West Park High School is projected to be at capacity without changes in 2029-30 with about 3,267 students and exceed capacity by 2031-32 with more than 3,397 students." From the article prove my hook correct? CostalCal (talk) 04:30, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
        • @CostalCal: That would be exceeding capacity by over 100, not 1,000. I'd probably shorten to the following:
          • ALT1A: "... that enrollment at West Park High School exceeded capacity by over 100, prompting a highly contested school board vote?" Epicgenius (talk) 12:38, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
            • Done. CostalCal (talk) 18:04, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
            • @Epicgenius: CostalCal (talk), 20:19 17 July 2026 (UTC)
              • Forgot about this. Good to go now. Epicgenius (talk) 20:21, 17 July 2026 (UTC)
• Pulled from queue. I'm not seeing any element of the hook fact in the article. We can't run a hook fact that does not have a reliable reference in the target article (WP:DYKHOOK) — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:16, 22 August 2026 (UTC)

Korean shamanism

Mudang performing a ritual in South Korea

• ... that in Korean shamanism, deities are believed to torment a person with misfortune or illness to make them become a mudang?

• ALT1: ... that Korean shamans (pictured) walk barefoot on the upturned blade of knives, claiming that spirits prevent them from being cut?

• ALT2: ... that Douglas MacArthur is worshipped in Korean shamanism?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lin Bing
• Comment: Drive-by nom. Other hooks are welcome.

KimYubin (talk) 23:29, 22 July 2026 (UTC).

• Perhaps instead of saying mudang, can you say shaman? Or is this exclusive to female shamans which is why it's mudang. Perhaps an iteration along these lines: in Korean shamanism, deities are believed to torment a person with misfortune or illness to encourage them to become a shaman? - ABehjat (talk) 17:40, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
  • Your hook is okay, but I think mudang is a more appropriate term because, according to the article and my knowledge, mudang is a gender-neutral term and some scholars think shaman (a term from Tungusic languages) and mudang are not the same concept. KimYubin (talk) 23:18, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
    • I agree; avoid "shaman", which is a contentious term, and go with the more culturally-specific mudang. Midnightblueowl (talk) 18:17, 29 July 2026 (UTC)
• @KimYubin: @Midnightblueowl: Of all the hooks, I prefer the original one. I think ALT2 is the most attention grabbing, but 1. it's a bit unrelated to the photo; I also don't want a photo of Douglas MacArthur because it takes away attention from Korean shamanism and 2. I don't love how distracting ALT2 is; almost feels like it cheapens Korean shamanism by focusing in on a sensationalized fact.

However, I'd like to reword it. ALT3: ... that in Korean shamanism, deities are believed to torment a person with misfortune and illness in order to pressure them into becoming a mudang?

I think the nuance of pressuring needs to be communicated a bit more; not obvious from orig wording. Are you all ok with this? grapesurgeon (talk) 08:20, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

I am okay with ALT3. KimYubin (talk) 13:23, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

One issue; I'm uncertain about the licensing of a number of images in the article and in the image hook. Are you very familiar with copyright @KimYubin:? Can you look into and potentially remove images that are copyright violations? Some of these are photos of dioramas in South Korea, which I think are basically 3D works of art and copyrighted. Also, the image hook is attributed to the Korea tourism ministry, and I think that attribution is likely accurate, but i can't for the life of me find where that image comes from online. grapesurgeon (talk) 14:30, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

Grapesurgeon, I have reviewed the images.

• File:33907 뱃기내림에서 깃손받기 국가무형 서해안별신굿및대동굿 2002 인천 강화.jpg, File:33419 할매당집 전경 국가무형 동해안별신굿 2002 부산.jpg, File:27825 곽머리 씻김굿(지전춤으로 망자 위로) 국가무형 진도씻김굿 2001 전남 진도.jpg were not released under a free license.
• File:Jeonsusa Sansingak (Ganghwa) 13-01409.JPG, File:Korea-Saseongam 11-08083 Sanshingak.JPG, File:TalismanoCoreano.jpg - date of creation is unknown.
• I could not find the source of File:양주소놀이굿002.jpg, so I am thinking of switching the hook image to File:Male mudang.jpg.

Can you review the photos of dioramas as I am not familiar with copyright laws about them? KimYubin (talk) 10:35, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Letter of Peter to Philip

Letter of Peter to Philip manuscript

• ... that the focus on suffering in the Letter of Peter to Philip (pictured) suggests that the author, the intended readers, or both may have been familiar with persecution?

• • ALT1: ... that the Letter of Peter to Philip (pictured) only notably strays from later Christian theology by blaming evil powers for suffering, and not human sin? Source: King, Karen L. "Toward a Discussion of the Category "Gnosis / Gnosticism": The Case of the Epistle of Peter to Philip". In Frey, Jörg; Schröter, Jens (eds.). Jesus in apokryphen Evangelienüberlieferungen [Jesus in Apocryphal Gospel Traditions]. WUNT I 254. p. 445-465. doi:10.1628/978-3-16-151543-9. ISBN 978-3-16-151543-9.; relevant section is at pp. 457–465.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Arbel Yehoud
  • Comment: My apologies if, as is likely, I have misunderstood some aspect.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:42, 24 July 2026 (UTC).

• Comment as GA nominator (not a review of course). Since the comment thought it possible there was a misunderstanding from the DYK nominator, I'll just say that I think both hooks are accurate with no misunderstandings. The only thing to be aware of is that, strictly speaking on ALT1, it's not like the Letter directly says "evil comes from chief archon Yaladbaoth's meddling, not Adam's disobedience". It's more that this seems like the theology the letter author is assuming and writing in, instead, rather than a direct contradiction. (No change required, just as a bit of background.) I might suggest adding the word "Gnostic" somewhere as well, as "only notably strays" suggests it is surprising that the connection is so close, but someone reading the hook won't necessarily know it was a Gnostic Christian work. SnowFire (talk) 19:58, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Who's Who in Colored America

• ... that despite documenting thousands of Black leaders during the Jim Crow era, the publisher of Who's Who in Colored America ran the entire printing and financing operation out of his home in Brooklyn?

• Source: The New York Times Obituary (September 15, 1949) verifies his residence, and the July 12, 1937 Atlanta Daily World clipping establishes 2317 Newkirk Avenue as his publishing business address.
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: Article was recently approved out of the Draft namespace.

Genes100 (talk) 14:10, 18 July 2026 (UTC).

• Not a review, just a drive-by observation: there are many sentences lacking inline citations so that will greatly hinder your chance at passing a DYK review. You also need to add the citation in the "Source" section here instead of writing "Inline citations in the History section of the article." APK hi :-) (talk) 10:27, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

@APK: Done! I have updated the source parameter above with clickable links to both historical records and added the inline citations to the article's History section. Together, they cross-verify the home-based operation (the Atlanta Daily World piece confirms the business address, which matches the residential address confirmed in his NYT obituary). Let me know if everything looks good now! Genes100 (talk) 16:57, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

• ALT1: ... that despite documenting thousands of Black leaders during the Jim Crow era, the publisher of Who's Who in Colored America ran the entire publishing operation out of his home in Brooklyn?

  Comment: Proposing ALT1 to adjust "printing" to "publishing" so the hook exactly matches the article.Genes100 (talk) 17:52, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

@Genes100: More of a drive-by comment, but I'm not sure how ALT1 is currently written meets DYKINT as it seems to be reliant on being knowledge on American history. The connection between the publisher being ran out of a Brooklyn house and the documenting thousands of Black leaders seems unclear to me. The actual hook fact might still be salvageable, but at minimum this has to be reworded. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:25, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

@Narutolovehinata5: Thank you for the helpful feedback! That makes complete sense regarding universal interest and context. To make the contrast clearer and less reliant on external historical assumptions, I'd like to propose the following alternative hook:

• **ALT2**: ... that despite its nationwide scope documenting thousands of African-American leaders, the entire publishing operation for Who's Who in Colored America was run out of a single residential house in Brooklyn?

Let me know if ALT2 works better or if you have any additional formatting suggestions! —Genes100 (talk) 11:18, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

ALT2 is 205 characters long, which is above the 200 limit for DYK hooks. While 200 characters is the upper limit, hooks are encouraged to be shorter than that. A hook of around 120-140 characters is probably the sweet spot if possible. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:31, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Dominic Thopia

• ... that the 14th-century Albanian prelate Dominic Thopia rose from royal court chaplain to archbishop, using his influence to support his nephew, Karl Thopia, Prince of Albania, in taking Durrës in 1368?

• • Reviewed:
  • Comment: Im not sure if Google Preview is working but I have the physical book with me that is where I get my quote from.

Arberian2444 talk 17:53, 16 July 2026 (UTC).

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - Partially cited
• Interesting:

Overall: Article was nominated the same day it achieved Good Article status. It is sourced and long enough, and QPQ is not needed. It scores 10.7% on Copyvio, so violation unlikely. I could not access the Google Preview of the book source. The source quote provided only mentions his support of his uncle, not his rise from court chaplain to archbishop. I do think the hook as it's currently written is a bit wordy and could benefit from a trim. I think a rewritten hook focusing on just his archbishop status to support his nephew would work better and be a lot hookier. Spiderpig662 (talk) 18:46, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Cold spot (astronomy)

Cold spot (blue) surrounded by older, larger impact craters

• ... that cold spots (pictured) have only been found on the Moon, but scientists expect to discover them on Mercury too?

• • ALT1: ... that although cold spots (pictured) have only been found on the Moon, there could be even colder spots on Mercury? Source: Same as above.
  • ALT2: ... that footprints left by Apollo 16 astronauts were pressed into looser soil because they had landed on the Moon's oldest known cold spot (pictured)? Source: We identify a faint cold spot surrounding South Ray crater at the Apollo 16 landing site in nighttime temperature data from the Diviner instrument onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Astronaut footprint depths indicate statistically lower density regolith at Apollo 16 compared to other Apollo site... These findings provide both orbital and ground-based evidence that cold spots are caused by a decompaction of the upper centimeters of regolith.
  • ALT3: ... that the young impact craters that create lunar cold spots (pictured) may be the origin of lunar meteorites that later fall to Earth? Source: Cold spots fade over a few hundred thousand years with maximum retention times of one million years... An interesting aspect that Williams and colleagues point out is that cold-spot craters may be excellent candidates for source craters of lunar meteorites. They found the modeled formation ages of the larger cold-spot craters coincide with the 0–1.4 million-year ejection ages (see cosmic ray exposure ages) of lunar meteorites.
  • ALT4: ... that lunar cold spots (pictured) vanish during the day and reveal themselves only in maps of the Moon's nighttime temperatures? Source: The coldest nighttime surfaces are associated with lunar cold spots (Bandfield et al., 2014), highly insulating regions around very young craters extending ∼10–100 crater radii. The three largest cold spots have surfaces that remain > 5 K colder than mean zonal temperatures and maintain this temperature difference throughout the night [but disappear by morning]. Isolated surfaces with warm nighttime temperatures were identified as rocky ejecta from relatively young craters that had not yet degraded in the lunar space weathering environment.
  • ALT5: ... that lunar cold spots (pictured) were first detected by a radiometer on Apollo 17 in 1972 but were only mapped 40 years later? Source: These thermophysically distinct surfaces, or “cold spots,” which were initially observed by the Infrared Scanning Radiometer aboard the Apollo 17 Command-Service Module. [But systematically characterized in 2011]
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1862 Liechtenstein general election

RabidTuberculosis (talk) 18:28, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

• Approved for ALT1. Interesting fact. GA review checked out. Image looks good. No major issues with article. NewAccount7295 (talk) 16:05, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
• @RabidTuberculosis, NewAccount7295, Beta Beta Beta, and ToadalChaos: I pulled this because a lot of it sounds like it was written by an LLM. I think it's because of the style of writing using bullet points and some awkward wording, plus em dashes. @CostalCal: also added an AI-generated tag to this article which was removed. I apologize if I'm mistaken, but I think it's worth another look before running it on DYK. HurricaneZeta^C 15:26, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

• • @HurricaneZeta: I appreciate your vigilance against AI text intruding in articles. I researched and wrote this article by hand a few months ago. I used bullets under the 'Formation Mechanism' to simplify the three primary models in the literature, and I used a single dash in 'Lifespan' to accommodate an otherwise unwieldy dependent clause. As with any technical writing, it can sometimes sound clunky or wooden, please let me know if you find anything that can be phrased more fluidly in the article! All the best, RabidTuberculosis (talk) 16:02, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Goh Kim Leong

• ... that a task force, led by Goh Kim Leong, created a report on the Singaporean education system that caused senior officials at the Ministry of Education to become insecure and demoralised?

• • ALT1: ... that Goh Keng Swee, wishing to make Goh Kim Leong Director of Education, allegedly pushed to accelerate his promotion? Source: Chua Chee Huan, Jesley. "Goh, Anthony Bian Koon". nas.gov.sg. National Archives of Singapore. Retrieved 16 July 2026. I was told he called PSC to give him an accelerated kind of promotion. Why? Because he also wanted to make him the Director of Education. John Tip was the Director of Education, but then his salary was higher than Goh Kim Leong. So, in order to make Goh Kim Leong the Director of Education, you must have at least... earn a salary of a scale similar to a better than the director which he did.
  • ALT2: ... that Goh Kim Leong became the youngest civil servant in Singaporean history to be appointed a permanent secretary? Source: "Youngest perm sec tipped to take over". The Straits Times. 23 April 1980.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kanako Wada
  • Comment: See history for attribution on content of hooks.

Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 13:31, 23 July 2026 (UTC).

Bernhard Luginbühl

• ... that Bernhard Luginbühl's six-metre Australian Angel was installed beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge?

• Reviewed:
• Comment: Fivefold expansion began on 17 July 2026.

HerBauhaus · talk 11:48, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

Comment: I have added ALT1 as an alternative hook. HerBauhaus · talk 14:59, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Ana Grozdanović

• ... that Serbian politician Ana Grozdanović (pictured) garnered initial prominence from a speech where she stated that only Christians have made cathode ray tubes?

• • ALT1: ... that in response to Serbia's declining birth rate, politician Ana Grozdanović (pictured) called for the mainstreaming of polygyny? Source: https://bilecaonline.com/2024/04/27/srpska-politicarka-predlaze-da-se-muskarcima-dozvoli-da-imaju-vise-zena/
  • ALT2: ... that Ana Grozdanović (pictured) has been described as "Serbia's most beautiful politician"? Source: https://www.sd.rs/vip/vip/ana-grozdanovic-pruzila-podrsku-orlovima-na-evropskom-prvenstvu-u-fudbalu-2024-06-17
  • ALT3: ... that Serbian politician Ana Grozdanović (pictured) believes Vladimir Putin is a "knight of Christianity" against the "friends of Jeffrey Epstein" attempting to fulfill the apocalypse from the Book of Revelation? Source: http://vaseljenska.net/2024/02/22/ana-grozdanovic-mir-nema-alternativu/
  • ALT4: ... that Serbian politician Ana Grozdanović (pictured) has been described as a barbika? Source: https://www.sd.rs/vip/vip/ana-grozdanovic-pruzila-podrsku-orlovima-na-evropskom-prvenstvu-u-fudbalu-2024-06-17
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Đuro Macut
  • Comment: No preference on alts.

— Knightoftheswords 14:42, 18 July 2026 (UTC).

• Comment note to the reviewer that most of the sources in the article are unreliable per WP:SRBRS, therefore the article could easily be put at AfD. Sorry to ruin your day. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 20:11, 20 July 2026 (UTC)
  • @Vacant0: Hi, and thank you for linking WP:SRBRS, which I was looking for when making this article, but couldn't find. Looking at it, it doesn't appear that most sources in the article are unreliable. The vast majority of citations in this article (over 80%) aren't listed as generally unreliable on that page (I'm lumping in a decent chunk of the Vaseljenska articles in there since those are actually op-eds by the subject, so are acceptable under WP:ABOUTSELF). Of the 20% that are, most are cited to other, more reliable sources, so can be simply removed. There are a lot of citations to Mondo and Telegraf, which are considered situational on SRBRS, but even they often are just regurgitations of specific claims she's made, tangentially related to politics, or even sometimes (as a politician not apart of, but aligned with Vucic and the SNS) mildly critical, so I think they largely pass; the frequency of such sources are to be expected from someone like her who is this psuedo-influencer celebrity politician. Article easily passes GNG, with multiple sources from outlets like N1, Nova, Vreme, etc. — Knightoftheswords 21:42, 20 July 2026 (UTC)
    • Most URSes removed. — Knightoftheswords 23:08, 20 July 2026 (UTC)
      • OK, thanks for explaining. I'll let the reviewer come to their conclusion. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 18:34, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Paramita Bandara

• ... that, hearing of Paramita Bandara's upcoming principalship, the vice-principal of Ang Mo Kio Secondary School allegedly joked, "the 'Dragon Lady' from the east is coming to colonise the north"?

• • ALT1: ... that principal Paramita Bandara was told, "You are nobody, you are only Ang Mo Kio", while arguing against the move of Ang Mo Kio Secondary School to Hougang? Source: Ho, Ai Li (17 December 2007). "Dragon Lady and other passionate teachers". The Straits Times.
  • ALT2: ... that principal Paramita Bandara had the teachers and parents cook halal food for the opening ceremony of Pasir Ris Secondary School after learning that the caterer had not prepared any? Source: Pereira, Brendan (21 August 1987). "Cooking up a speedy solution". The Straits Times.
  • ALT3: ... that the staff of Tanjong Katong Girls' School petitioned the Ministry of Education against transferring their principal Paramita Bandara after her replacement rejected the offer? Source: Seah, Mei Kiang (20 December 1984). "Teachers appeal against transfer of principal". Singapore Monitor.
  • Comment: See history for attribution.

Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 06:04, 23 July 2026 (UTC).

Susan Baur

• ... that turtle fan Susan Baur founded Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage, requiring volunteers to swim a half-mile in 30 minutes, finish a mile comfortably, and dive down 8–10 feet to retrieve litter?

• • Reviewed:

Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 22:35, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

Harry Potter (pinball)

• ... that three wands are used to create a ramp in the Harry Potter pinball machine?

• • ALT1: ... that Jersey Jack took 10 years to secure the license for the Harry Potter pinball machine? Source: https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2025/03/20/texas-pinball-festival-2025/ quote: "He said it had taken ten years of negotiation to secure the licence."
  • Reviewed:

Wilbers (talk) 21:23, 19 July 2026 (UTC).

• I will review this CoryGlee 22:34, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
• Wilbers, hi. The article needs a lot of work. First, it was tagged by an editor requesting its key points summarized in the WP:LEDE. Already in the first paragraph because J. K. Rowling objected to the creation of a pinball machine and its association with gambling. –I did not find the word gambling in any of the two accessible sources, and the one leading to a book/publication does not have its page cited. The section Variations in editions needs work on inline citations. A big chunk of the text is linked only to a single reference, and if it were not for ref #15, I would tag it under "single source". Those are the first things to address; there are many more, for example, copyediting from Harry Potter to Harry Potter and using date templates, etc. Ping me when this first part, if it can, is fixed. CoryGlee 01:45, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
• CoryGlee Hello, and thanks for reviewing this. I have expanded the lead (sufficient to remove Template:Lead too short?). I've bought the book by Adam Ruben and found its a single sentence (that I've added to the ref) which doesn't mention gambling (that sentence of the article was written by another editor) so I've changed it accordingly. Citations in Variations in editions improved by using the RePlay article.Wilbers (talk) 14:52, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
  • Re-reviewing, sorry I've been very busy. CoryGlee 23:58, 12 August 2026 (UTC)
  • @Wilbers: It looks better, but the article needs a lot of copyediting and stylising for Wikipedia. Please, check WP:MOS if you wish to continue with this nomination. Example: Dates such as 11th March or 21st March are not acceptable under MOS policies. The same (already mentioned in my first comment) one thing is Harry Potter, and another one is Harry Potter. Please ping me when these critical issues for a (potential) portal article are solved. CoryGlee 20:48, 14 August 2026 (UTC)
    • @CoryGlee: Think I have the italics on all instances of Harry Potter consistent, i.e. italics for the name of the machine or the film series, and no italics for the name of the character (first two instances in overview not italicized because although the final machine is based on the films, in 2014 that wasn't known). Added date template, and corrected date formats and other MoS issues.Wilbers (talk) 13:56, 15 August 2026 (UTC)
    • @CoryGlee: Pinging again as I think you may have missed seeing the previous one.
  • Also, by the way, I need to check the website Pinball News and see whether it is reliable or not. Especially if it is user-generated or independently published. But you can first address those issues above. CoryGlee 20:49, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

Dániel Karsai

• ... that Dániel Karsai worked at the European Court of Human Rights, the same court that later ruled against him by not decriminalizing euthanasia?

• • ALT1: ... that Dániel Karsai's proposed referendum to decriminalize assisted suicide for terminally ill patients was rejected by the National Election Commission of Hungary? Source: (transl.) "Karsai initiated a referendum so that terminally ill patients who, due to their condition, are experiencing suffering that is unbearable and incompatible with human dignity, might at least be able to choose the time and manner of their death with dignity. The National Election Commission rejected his referendum question"
  • ALT2: ... that when Dániel Karsai visited the Hungarian Parliament to discuss legalizing euthanasia, all but one of the ruling Fidesz–KDNP's MPs walked past him? Source: (transl.) "Karsai visited the National Assembly [...] to discuss the legalization of euthanasia. [...] Fidesz–KDNP representatives showed no willingness to engage in dialogue. Only Representative Lajos Kósa stopped to speak with him"
  • ALT3: ... that Reformed Bishop Zoltán Balog accepted Dániel Karsai's invitation to a public discussion about euthanasia, but the synod asked Balog to cease public discussion regarding that topic? Source: (transl.) "Karsai also invited [Balog] to a public discussion [...], which Balog accepted; subsequently, an article appeared on reformatus.hu in which the Synod [...] asked [him] to cease public discourse on euthanasia."
  • ALT4: ... that Former Hungarian President Katalin Novák was open to Dániel Karsai's request to pardon those assisting in euthanasia, but her successor Tamás Sulyok was not? Source: (transl.) "Following Katalin Novák’s resignation, [Karsai] revealed [...] that the former president was not at all reluctant when he asked her to grant clemency to those who assist in the passing of individuals suffering from incurable, terminal illnesses and who, as a result, are subjected to unbearable physical or mental suffering. [...] Karsai asked Sulyok for the same thing he had asked his predecessor [...]. The president rejected this request."
  • ALT5: ... that Dániel Karsai wrote a play telling his story as an ALS patient? Source: (transl.) "[Karsai] wrote a play. It had always been a big dream of his, but 'until now, I didn’t have the dramatic flair for it. Now I do.'"
  • ALT6: ... that before his ALS diagnosis, Dániel Karsai was a brown-belt jujutsuka? Source: (transl.) "That was when [Karsai] started practicing jiu-jitsu, and he worked his way up to a brown belt, which he earned in November 2021 while he was already ill—though he didn’t know his diagnosis at the time."
  • Reviewed: [[]]
  • Comment: This is my first DYK nomination; I hope I did everything right. Let me know if there's something I can improve.

Kovcszaln6 (talk) 09:10, 26 July 2026 (UTC).

Bahrija Nuri Hadžić, Osman Nuri Hadžić

• ... that composer Richard Strauss said that Bahrija Nuri Hadžić was "the Salome whom I have waited for thirty-five years"?

• • ALT1: ... that after Bahrija Nuri Hadžić's performance of Salome for his 75th birthday, composer Richard Strauss remarked that she was the "Salome whom I have waited for thirty-five years"? Source: "Two years later, in 1939, again in Zürich, she sang the role of Salome on the occasion of the seventy-fifth birthday of Richard Strauss, and the performance at the ceremony was conducted by the composer himself, who later stated that it was the “Salome whom I have waited for thirty-five years”."
  • ALT2: ... that after conducting Bahrija Nuri Hadžić in Salome on his 75th birthday, composer Richard Strauss said she was "the Salome whom I have waited for thirty-five years"? Source: "Two years later, in 1939, again in Zürich, she sang the role of Salome on the occasion of the seventy-fifth birthday of Richard Strauss, and the performance at the ceremony was conducted by the composer himself, who later stated that it was the “Salome whom I have waited for thirty-five years”."
  • ALT3: ... that Bahrija Nuri Hadžić was criticised by supporters of the Serbian Orthodox Church for her portrayal of Salome? Source: Making Muslim Women European - Voluntary Associations, Gender, and Islam in Post-Ottoman Bosnia and Yugoslavia (1878–1941) p. 288 "She reached the height of success, and controversy, playing the role of Salome in Strauss's opera of the same name in Belgrade. Due to the lethal sensuality of its protagonist, the opera was openly condemned by some supporters of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1931."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Caroline Bruce, Countess of Ailesbury & Template:Did you know nominations/Conon (Byzantine general)
  • Comment: I know some of these hooks are wordy, so feel free to change the wording or trim them.

Spiderpig662 (talk) 21:07, 21 July 2026 (UTC).

• I am mad that I did not think to expand this article first, Spiderpig662. It now meets the length requirements and it counts as new. Sources check out. I see no copyright or neutrality issues. I do see potential for a more interesting hook in one of the cited sources, about a Muslim prima donna taught to sing by nuns. Surtsicna (talk) 21:16, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

ALT4a: ... that Muslim opera singer Bahrija Nuri Hadžić attended a music school run by nuns? Source: https://www.bosnianexperiences.com/23-text-no11

ALT4b: ... that Muslim opera singer Bahrija Nuri Hadžić began her musical education at a school run by nuns? Source: https://www.bosnianexperiences.com/23-text-no11

@Surtsicna: How about these hooks? Spiderpig662 (talk) 12:12, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

I love them, Spiderpig662, especially ALT4b. If you have any interest in expanding the article about her father (very short at the moment, so a fivefold expansion would be easy to achieve), we could even go with something about a Sharia judge having nuns teach his daughter to sing. I think it would make an excellent double hook. Of course, if you are not interested in extra work, just let me know and I can approve this nomination as it is. Surtsicna (talk) 14:40, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

@Surtsicna: I've now 5x expanded Osman Nuri Hadžić's article and added it to the nom.

ALT5 ... that opera singer Bahrija Nuri Hadžić began her musical education at a school run by nuns, even though her father was an Islamic scholar? Source: , p. 410

ALT6 ... that Muslim scholar Osman Nuri Hadžić's daughter was taught at a school run by nuns? Source: , p. 410

What do you think of these hooks? Spiderpig662 (talk) 13:06, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

2026 Brazilian civil defense system false alarm

Notification of the misantropi4 alert

• ... that the words misantropi4 or misantropia were used for a false alarm in 2026 (pictured), reaching at least eight federative units of Brazil?

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carmarthen Infirmary
  • Comment: Source says 7 states plus DF (Federal District of Brazil); see federative units of Brazil.

Dudzcar (talk) 19:06, 20 July 2026 (UTC).

• General eligibility:
• New enough:
• Long enough:
• Other problems:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
• Other problems:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems:

Overall: Satisfactory article overall. I'm not a native but grammar seems to have improved after someone put the CE tag. Gonna promote. Wikipediæ philosophia (talk)

@Dudzcar:, @Wikipediæ philosophia:, this article contins a grammar maintenance tag which, after having read the article, I believe is appropriate. The "Federal Police" subsection is also unsourced. These issues need to be rectified before we can promote this. Lynch44 16:55, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Recollections of Things to Come

• ... that the author of Recollections of Things to Come held a view of time influenced by Buddhist and Nahua beliefs?

• • ALT1: ... that the narrator of Recollections of Things to Come is an entire town? Source: Review cited in the Reception section, paragraph 1
  • ALT2: ... that in Recollections of Things to Come, the future is remembered instead of predicted? Source: Same review as above
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: Thanks to ScalarFactor for suggesting I submit this. ALT2 reads a bit like a repetition of the title, but I'd click it to learn more.

Cedarshadow (talk) 16:43, 26 July 2026 (UTC).

Bahanur Şahin Gökalp

• ... that Bahanur Şahin Gökalp won the gold medal for Turkey with three teammates at the 2022 CEV Snow Volleyball European Tour Kayseri?

• • ALT1: ... that Turkish volleyball player Bahanur Şahin Gökalp was part of the women's national beach and snow volleyball teams? Source: Kadınlar Şampiyonlar Ligi, Bahanur Gökalp, Turkey and France triumph with gold at Kayseri-Erciyes European Tour stop
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Abdul El-Sayed

CeeGee 06:55, 25 July 2026 (UTC).

Boum'ba Maza

• ... that the Haitian vodou lwa of Boum'ba Maza are said to facilitate the magic of the spirit-calling veve sigil?

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/1953 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
  • Comment: Milo Riguad's writing is pretty esoteric, but I believe I am not synthesizing his meaning, just following the least esoteric statements he makes regarding the veve libation and the Maza's part in it.

chickenpox4dinner (talk · contribs · email) 16:11, 23 July 2026 (UTC).

1879 Octagon fire

• ... that Robert Wilson, editor of the Otago Witness newspaper, and several of his family were killed in Dunedin's 1879 Octagon fire?

• • Reviewed:

Grutness...wha? 12:44, 22 July 2026 (UTC).

• @Grutness: this one is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, not copyvio, and with a properly sourced hook. No QPQs and no images needed. However, the hook is unlikely to catch the attention of the average reader. Would you be able to propose one that's a bit broader? I see mention that Wilson had previously stated the building was a death trap in case of fire - something off of that? Jishara (talk) 16:48, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
  • Thanks - I'll see what I can come up with. Grutness...wha? 03:23, 25 July 2026 (UTC)
  • @Jishara: How about: "...that the 1879 Octagon fire remains Dunedin, New Zealand's deadliest fire?" Grutness...wha? 16:52, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
    • @Jishara: again since pings don't work on unsigned comments. ミラP@Miraclepine 14:33, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
      • Whoops - thanks! Grutness...wha? 16:52, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
        • hey @Grutness: not sure that works - maybe that at the time it was the biggest in New Zealand? Something about how the guy who warned it was a death trap died in it? Or maybe mentioning it being the third big tragedy to hit the same place in a year ? Jishara (talk) 17:07, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Postum Cereal Co. v. California Fig Nut Co.

The Fig-Nuts trademark

• ... that Postum Cereal argued that "Fig-Nuts" should not be a trademark for cereal (pictured) because it could be confused with their own "Grape-Nuts" cereal, and the dispute went to the United States Supreme Court?

• • Reviewed:
  • Comment:
    • Because a lot of the article copies from O'Donoghue v. United States and CONAN, I created a diff to help with evaluating the original content. The number of original characters in the current version is higher, but the diff offers an easier baseline by cutting out the copied text.
    • "Fig-Nuts" is spelled both with or without the hyphen. I think having the hypen to match "Grape-Nuts" is better, aesthetically.
    • Initially, the suggested picture was of Grape-Nuts the cereal, but I found a picture of the Fig-Nuts trademark in the record for the case. I think it's neat, and it's certainly better for the article. lethargilistic (talk) 07:09, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

lethargilistic (talk) 05:09, 24 July 2026 (UTC).

• Approved. There are still over 4000 characters of original prose, so the article is eligible. However, I think the hook could be reworded, and I'm not sure if the image will be used by those preparing the queues (although I think it is interesting for context) due to it being low-quality, but that can be decided later. NewAccount7295 (talk) 16:52, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
  • Maybe this? ALT1: ... that Postum Cereal argued that the trademark for "Fig-Nuts" cereal (pictured) was confusingly similar to "Grape-Nuts", and the dispute went to the United States Supreme Court? lethargilistic (talk) 18:08, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
    • That looks good, although "Postum Cereal" should be written as "the Postum Cereal Company" (linked). NewAccount7295 (talk) 19:37, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
• Sorry, I'm not sure this qualifies at current length. NewAccount7295 seems to have applied the rules for material copied from external freely-licensed sources, which is that the material doesn't interfere with newness but also doesn't count towards the length minimum. But when text is copied within Wikipedia, the result is that the target article isn't fully new. For this to qualify, the article would have to keep the copied text to ≤20% of the prose (making it a fivefold expansion), and I don't see that that's the case here. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 07:29, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
  • I don't think that's conveyed by the rules. DYKNEW says that articles must be new, not that text must be new. It says that an article split is not a new article and triggers a fivefold requirement, but Postum is not an article split. It did not even begin its life as a split. The need to write an explanation of constitutional courts and legislative courts came before I reached for O'Donoghue, and the needs of this explanation were not exactly the same as in O'Donoghue, so I edited the copied text to suit Postum in the same way I would have any other copied text. DYKLEN says that text that is not original does not count towards the length of an article for DYK. It does not distinguish between public-domain and Wikipedia sources, let alone say that using one triggers a fivefold increase. DYKLEN also says New text may not count towards the length requirement of more than one article. I took that as prohibiting multiple simultaneous nominations based on the same text, not as a fivefold trigger. I didn't agree with NewAccount's 4000 character estimate, because I doubt they excluded the Wikipedia text from their count, but I don't think a fivefold increase is warranted here. Or, if it is, then I think the rules need to flag that much explicitly, because that means public domain copying and Wikipedia copying are fundamentally different in terms of the writing commitment they require. The rules should not discuss them in the same breath if that's the case.
    (I also want to emphasize that I'm not being a rules lawyer here. This fivefold suggestion was a genuine surprise to me.) lethargilistic (talk) 14:09, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
    • @Lethargilistic: The relevant guideline here is WP:DYKSPLIT. If an article uses content from a Wikipedia article or multiple Wikipedia articles, even if it is not a split, such context is not counted as "new" for DYK purpose. Thus, any material still needs to be expanded fivefold to be eligible. DYK-nominated articles also cannot simply rely on public domain works, as content copied from them are not counted. The safest solution would be to nominate the article for GA status and see if it passes, in which case it will be eligible as a newly-promoted GA and thus sidestepping any questions about copying. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:30, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
      • @Narutolovehinata5: We should not sidestep questions about copying, because my writing style involves copying, so any disputes like this would be a recurring issue. I'm also not interested in nominating articles for GA.
        I did not "simply rely on public domain works." I did not even count the original characters I added to the paragraphs based on the public domain towards the article length in that diff I provided above, so that's not an issue here.
        The problem is that DYKSPLIT does not say or even suggest that text that is not from a split triggers a fivefold increase. That rule is about the newness of articles, and it says that splits from articles are not new. If you copy from public domain sources to make a DYK, we agree that you just exclude those portions and focus on improving other parts of the article. If you copy from Wikipedia, your reading of the rule essentially says that someone is doing negative-fivefold work towards DYK—despite copying from both kinds of sources being discussed together regarding article length without signaling any difference. If you're right, and this is relying on the subjective, "unfamiliar criteria" rule, then I disagree that this is even within the spirit of DYK, but fine. However, the rules absolutely should be edited to make this explicit, because the rules are misleading in substance if that's the case. lethargilistic (talk) 16:41, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

DYKSPLIT says this: Text that is not original does not count, including text copied from the public domain and from other Wikipedia articles. It does not even technically need to be a "split", since "text copied... from other Wikipedia articles" already counts as copying. What needs to be checked is how many characters of the new article is not copied: my understanding is that it might pass as long as the new prose is at least 1,500 characters long, but that might be contested and I'm not sure if other editors would accept it if they see that the article is mostly copied. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:47, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

That is from DYKLEN, which is about the required length not whether an article is new. DYKLEN's "does not count" does not mean a fivefold increase is triggered; it means copied text is excluded from the count when you look for 1500 original characters. I'm not sure if you're saying that copying from the public domain should trigger a fivefold increase, too? That's definitely not what the rule says or how it has been applied.
The part of DYKSPLIT that triggers a fivefold increase is this: A split from an existing article is not considered new unless the originating article itself meets the newness threshold, although the split article may later qualify for DYK if it is expanded 5x, or designated a good article. It only applies to splits, not copying.
Also, I don't think that this decision should involve whether people like copying or not. A person who writes 1500 characters of original text and nominates for DYK does the same or less work on an article as someone who writes 1500 characters and also includes text copied from free sources. The rule should be interpreted to promote expanding Wikipedia with new articles because that is why it exists. The rule does not exist to discourage (or, really, punish) copying text. lethargilistic (talk) 04:40, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Given the disagreements here, pinging Nikkimaria for a response or check, as she is experienced when it comes to things like copyright and copying. If the article is okay, then this should be given a re-review, but if not, it should be closed as ineligible. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:45, 17 August 2026 (UTC)