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This page is to nominate fresh articles to appear in the "[[WP:DYK|Did you know]]" section on the [[Main Page]] with a "hook" (an interesting note). Nominations that have been approved are moved to a [[Template talk:Did you know/Approved|staging area]] and then promoted into [[Template:Did you know/Queue|the Queue]]. To update this page, {{Purge|purge}} it.

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==<span class="anchor" id="How to list a new nomination"></span><span class="anchor" id="How to post a new nomination"></span><span class="anchor" id="To nominate an article"></span>Instructions for nominators==
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'''''If this is your first nomination, please read the [[Wikipedia:Did you know#DYK rules|DYK rules]] before continuing.'''''

''Further information: Official [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Supplementary guidelines|supplementary guidelines]] and [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Learning DYK|unofficial guide]]''

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===Frequently asked questions===
'''How do I write an interesting hook?'''

[[Wikipedia:Did_you_know/Statistics#All-time_DYK_page_view_leaders|Successful hooks]] tend to have several traits. Most importantly, they share a surprising or intriguing fact. They give readers enough context to understand the hook, but leave enough out to make them want to learn more. They are written for a [[WP:AUDIENCE|general audience]] who has no prior knowledge of or interest in the topic area. Lastly, they are concise, and do not attempt to cover multiple facts or present information about the subject beyond what's needed to understand the hook.<!-- Please keep this answer concise! It should communicate only the essentials; it's not the place for your personal niche pet peeve. -->

'''When will my nomination be reviewed?'''

This page is often backlogged. As long as your submission is still on the page, it will stay there until an editor reviews it. Since editors are encouraged to review the oldest submissions first, it may take several weeks until your submission is reviewed. In the meantime, please consider reviewing another submission (not your own) to help reduce the backlog (see [[#Instructions for reviewers|instructions below]]).

'''Where is my hook?'''

If you can't find the nomination you submitted to this nominations page, it may have been approved and is on the [[Template talk:Did you know/Approved|approved nominations]] page waiting to be promoted. It could also have been added to one of the [[Template:Did you know/Queue#Prep areas|prep areas]],  promoted from prep to a [[Template:Did you know/Queue#Queues|queue]], or is on the main page.

If the nominated hook is in none of those places, then the nomination has probably been rejected. Such a rejection usually only occurs if it was at least a couple of weeks old and had unresolved issues for which any discussion had gone stale. If you think your nomination was unfairly rejected, you can query this on the [[WT:DYK|DYK discussion page]], but as a general rule such nominations will only be restored in exceptional circumstances.
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=={{anchor|How to review a nomination}}Instructions for reviewers==
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Any editor who was not involved in writing/expanding or nominating an article may review it by checking to see that the article meets all the DYK criteria ([[WP:Did you know/Article length|long enough]], [[WP:Did you know/New article|new enough]], no serious [[Wikipedia:Did you know#contentrules|editorial or content issues]]) and the hook is cited. Editors may also alter the suggested hook to improve it, suggest new hooks, or even lend a hand and make edits to the article to which the hook applies so that the hook is supported and accurate. For a more detailed discussion of the DYK rules and review process see the [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Supplementary guidelines|supplementary guidelines]] and the [[WP:Did you know/Reviewing guide]].

To post a comment or review on a DYK nomination, follow the steps outlined below:
*Look through this page, [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}]], to find a nomination you would like to comment on.
*Click the "Review or comment" link at the top of the nomination. You will be taken to the nomination subpage.
*The top of the page includes a list of the DYK criteria. Check the article to ensure it meets all the relevant criteria.
*To indicate the result of the review (i.e., whether the nomination passes, fails, or needs some minor changes), leave a signed comment on the page. Please begin with one of the 5 review symbols that appear at the top of the edit screen, and then indicate all aspects of the article that you have reviewed; your comment should look something like the following:<blockquote><code>Article length and age are fine, no copyvio or plagiarism concerns, reliable sources are used. But the hook needs to be shortened.</code></blockquote>  If you are the first person to comment on the nomination, there will be a line <code><nowiki>:* <!-- REPLACE THIS LINE TO WRITE FIRST COMMENT, KEEPING   :*   --></nowiki></code> showing you where you should put the comment.
*Save the page.

If there is any problem or concern about a nomination, please consider notifying the nominator by placing '''<nowiki>{{subst:DYKproblem|Article|header=yes|sig=yes}}</nowiki>''' on the nominator's talk page.

=={{anchor|Instructions for other editors}}Instructions for project members==

===How to promote an accepted hook===
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===How to remove a rejected hook===
*Open the DYK nomination subpage of the hook you would like to remove. (It's best to wait several days after a reviewer has rejected the hook, just in case someone contests or the article undergoes a large change.)
*In the window where the DYK nomination subpage is open, replace the line {{xt|<code><nowiki>{{DYKsubpage</nowiki></code>}} with {{xt|<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>'''subst:'''<nowiki>DYKsubpage</nowiki></code>}}, and replace {{xt|{{para|passed}}}} with {{xt|{{para|passed|no}}}}<!--, and for the {{xt|{{para|monthyear}}}} fill in the month and year under which the nomination was posted (not the current date)&mdash;the format for the month and year should be, e.g., <code>{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}</code>-->. Then save the page. This has the effect of wrapping up the discussion on the DYK nomination subpage in a blue archive box and stating that the nomination was unsuccessful, as well as adding the nomination to a category for archival purposes.

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

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