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{{collapse top|At-a-glance instructions on how to promote an approved hook to a Prep area}}

*See  [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Preparation areas]] for details on verifying a hook's acceptability.
*Promoters should not promote their own nomination or their own review
*When promoting hooks intended for a particular date, keep in mind that [[Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know/Archive_169#2-a-day_after_120_approved|when the number of available approved nominations exceeds 120 we switch to two sets per day]], and [[Special:Permalink/968228818#subsectioning to make it easier to see|when that number drops below 60 we return to one set per day]]. 

;Check list for nomination review completeness
::1) Select a hook from the [[Template talk:Did you know/Approved|approved nominations page]] that has one of these ticks at the bottom post: [[Image:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]]  [[Image:Symbol voting keep.svg|16px]].
::2) Check to make sure basic review requirements were completed.
:::a. Any outstanding issue following [[Image:Symbol confirmed.svg|16px]]  [[Image:Symbol voting keep.svg|16px]] needs to be addressed before promoting.
::3) Check the article history for any substantive changes since it was nominated or reviewed.
::4) Images for the lead slot must be freely licensed. Fair-use images are not permitted. Images loaded on Commons that appear on the Main Page are automatically protected by [[commons:Commons:Auto-protected files/wikipedia/en|KrinkleBot]].
::5) Hook must be stated in both the article and source (which must be cited at the end of the article sentence where stated).
::6) Hook should make sense grammatically.
::7) Try to vary subject matters within each prep area.
::8) Try to select a funny, quirky or otherwise upbeat hook for the last or bottom hook in the set. 

;Steps to add a hook to prep

* In one tab, open the nomination page of the hook you want to promote.
* In a second tab, open the '''[[Template:Did you know/Queue#Prep areas|prep set]]''' you intend to add the hook to.

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

;Closing the DYK nomination page
:#At the upper left
:#*Change {{xt|<code><nowiki>{{DYKsubpage</nowiki></code>}} to {{xt|<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>subst:<nowiki>DYKsubpage</nowiki></code>}}
:#*Change {{xt|{{para|passed}}}} to {{xt|{{para|passed|yes}}}}
:#At the bottom
:#*Just above the line containing {{quote|{{tq|<nowiki>}}<!--Please do not write below this line or remove this line. Place comments above this line.--></nowiki>}} }} insert a new, separate line containing one of the following:
:#*:<code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P1|Prep 1]]</nowiki></code><!--No * for clean copy/paste-->
:#*:<code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P2|Prep 2]]</nowiki></code>
:#*:<code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P3|Prep 3]]</nowiki></code>
:#*:<code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P4|Prep 4]]</nowiki></code>
:#*:<code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P5|Prep 5]]</nowiki></code>
:#*:<code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P6|Prep 6]]</nowiki></code>
:#*:<code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P7|Prep 7]]</nowiki></code>
:#* Also paste the same thing into the edit summary.
:# Check in Preview mode. Make sure ''everything'' is against a pale blue background (nothing outside) and there are no stray characters, like <code><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>, at the top or bottom.
:# Save.

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

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''Handy copy sources:'' <code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P1|Prep 1]]</nowiki></code> <code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P2|Prep 2]]</nowiki></code> <code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P3|Prep 3]]</nowiki></code> <code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P4|Prep 4]]</nowiki></code> <code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P5|Prep 5]]</nowiki></code> <code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P6|Prep 6]]</nowiki></code> <code>To <nowiki>[[T:DYK/P7|Prep 7]]</nowiki></code>