View source for Wikipedia:Did you know/Admin instructions

:''See also: [[Template:Did you know/Clear#Posting the new update]]''
:''See also: [[Template:DYK Prep Set Instructions]]''

After{{efn|Apparently, most sysops move the set first and then go through the checklist on this page. Doing it that way avoids that several editors check the same set.}} confirming that the next preparation area is full and meets DYK rules, an [[WP:ADMIN|administrator]] may move that preparation area to the next available [[Template:Did_you_know/Queue#Queues|DYK template queue]] and then delete the hooks and credits from the just moved [[Template:Did_you_know/Queue#Prep_areas|DYK template preparation area]]. [[User:DYKUpdateBot|DYKUpdateBot]] will automatically move the [[Template:Did you know/Queue/{{Template:Did you know/Queue/Next}}|next queue]] to the [[T:DYK|DYK template]] during the [[Template:Did you know/Next update/Time|next update]].

This section describes the steps to perform a full update to the "Did you know" section on the [[Main Page]].

==Process==
The process of moving a prep to queue involves a set of admin checks and the move itself. The admin checks can be accomplished either before or after moving the prep to queue. Many of the admin checks listed below are repeats of checks required at earlier points in the process of review and promotion; these are specified because some workers at DYK may be new or inexperienced here. 

If you can't fix a concern yourself, bring it to [[T:DYKT]], providing a link to the nom template, the formatted hook, and pings to creator/nom/reviewer/promoter in your question. 

===Hooks===
====Required preparation==== 
#Satisfy yourself that the hooks are sufficiently interesting. 
#::: While hook interest inevitably has a subjective element, an interesting hook usually highlights a fact that is unusual or unexpected, or something notable about the topic. ''Hooks which highlight commonplace occurrences or the obvious are by definition uninteresting''. However, keep in mind that at minimum three other editors -- the nominator, reviewer, and promoter -- have designated this hook as interesting. 
#Check the [[WT:DYK|talk page]] for any outstanding hook issues in the preparation area. If in doubt, switch the problematic hook with one from another preparation area.
#Ensure each hook is compliant with our [[WP:BLP|policy on the biographies of living people]] and [[WP:NPOV|policy on neutrality]].
#Verify that the image for the set is properly referenced in the lead hook with ''(pictured)'' immediately after the subject in italics.
#Check formatting: each hook should start with ... that, end with ?, contain at least one bold link (or bold italic link), and make grammatical sense.
#Ensure each hook has at least one DYKmake template in the Credits section for each bolded article.
#When previewing, every credit line except nom credits should have a "View nom subpage" link at the end of it; if not, the DYKmake needs fixing (probably by adding a "subpage" parameter).
#Remove any extraneous (empty) DYKnom or DYKmake templates left in the Credits section (will contain "|Example|").

====Helpful if you have time====
#Assess links in hooks. Are there words that should be linked but aren't? Are there links to words that don't need them? 
#Check prep set for balance. This is primarily the [[Wikipedia:Did you know/Preparation areas|responsibility of promoters]] as they set a prep, but occasionally after a prep is set, a hook will be swapped and cause imbalance.

===Article===
====Required preparation====
#Check article history for recent instability.
#Check article for tags that would prevent eligibility.
The remaining required checks are the responsibility of each editor at every point along the process, but if the creator/nominator/reviewer/promoter are not experienced DYK regulars, these may be needed; even in the case all editors are experienced DYK regulars, check any recent changes that may have affected these. 
#Lead Image - Must be freely licensed; Fair Use images not allowed: [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page#Why is a Main Page section missing an illustrative image?|Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page Images]]. 
#Ensure the image has an alt text useful to those with visual impairments, if necessary, per [[WP:ALTTEXT]].
#Check all article hook assertions have support within the article, ensure all supporting sentences include a citation at that sentence, check the link to the source, and if possible find the support within the source. '''This is a check that is especially helpful on a Good Article, as GA does not require this direct a citation and many inexperienced DYK reviewers may assume a GA is automatically ready for DYK.'''
#Check article for obvious [[WP:BLP|Living Person Biographies]] concerns.
#Check article for obvious copyvio by running [https://tools.wmflabs.org/copyvios/ Earwig].
#Check references for bare URLs.
#Check article for length and newness.

====Helpful if you have time====
#Read article and copyedit; this is especially helpful for new (rather than GA) articles.

==Actions to take==
===Image===
Make sure the image/media for the [[Template:Did you know/Queue/{{Template:Did you know/Queue/Next}}|hooks to be loaded]] is either on English Wikipedia, or protected on Commons.  

====Images on English Wikipedia====
No action is required, as the image should automatically be protected through Main Page [[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Cascading_protection|cascading protection]].

====Images on Commons====
:*[[c:Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter|Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter]]
:*[[c:Commons:Photographs of identifiable people|Commons:Photographs of identifiable people]]
:*[[c:Commons:Copyright rules by territory|Commons:Copyright rules by territory]]
:*Must be protected by either a Commons Admin, or by KrinkleBot. 
:*[[C:Commons:List of administrators|Current list of Commons Admins]] 
:*Click on [[commons:Commons:Auto-protected files/wikipedia/en|KrinkleBot]], to see if the image is listed there. <u>If you do not see the image there, it has not yet been protected on Commons</u>.  <u>Two other bot operators besides KrinkleBot have access to the bot: [[C:User:Legoktm]] and [[C:User:Steinsplitter]]. </u>
::*Usually, KrinkleBot protects the image in the lead Queue, and protects subsequent images as their Queues move up to the lead.
::*If the KrinkleBot is running, the protection happens within 30 minutes or so of the lead Queue being filled from Prep.
::*If the lead Queue image on Commons is not protected, anyone who has [[User:DYKUpdateBot/Errors|DYKUpdateBot Errors]] on their watchlist will receive an error message.
::*At the top of KrinkleBot's page, it tells you the exact time and date of its last update. 
::*If the bot has not run for several hours and is not protecting the image, report the bot at [[Commons: User talk:Krinkle|User talk:Krinkle]].
::*Add the unprotected image to [[Wikipedia:Main Page/Commons media protection|Main Page/Commons media protection]].

====If KrinkleBot is down====
(Shubinator's instructions)
::# Double-check the image hasn't already been vandalized.
::# On Commons, download the file to your computer.
::# Back at English Wikipedia, go to [[Special:Upload]] and upload the image ''with the same filename''. In the description field add {{tl|c-uploaded}} and the source and license information. After clicking "Upload file", you'll get a warning the image already exists, and will need to confirm by clicking "Ignore warning and save file anyway".
::# Check if cascading protection kicked in: On the English Wikipedia filepage, click on "Edit". If an editnotice appears saying something like "This page is protected so that only users with administrative rights can make edits" or "This page has been protected so that only administrators can edit it" or "This page is currently protected, and can be edited only by administrators", it's protected! If not, please protect the image manually - set protection expiry to after the image is slated to leave the Main Page.
::# Profit!  <!-- WHAT???  -EEng 17July 2021-->
::# After the image comes off the Main Page, it's best to go back and delete the temporary file.

====Replacing main page image====
:*In the case an image needs to be replaced after DYK is on the main page, add the unprotected image to [[Wikipedia:Main Page/Commons media protection|Main Page/Commons media protection]]. Wait until it shows up at [[commons:Commons:Auto-protected files/wikipedia/en]] before posting to the Main Page.

===Move to Queue===
''Please watchlist [[User:DYKUpdateBot/Errors]], where the bot reports errors that prevent it from posting the next Queue to the main page.'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ADYKUpdateBot%2FErrors&type=revision&diff=1026916134&oldid=1023901495 Sample warning of missing hooks], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ADYKUpdateBot%2FErrors&type=revision&diff=1023346863&oldid=1021847178 Sample coding error message]

#Open the prep for editing, and open the same-numbered queue for editing. (Next prep: [[Template:Did you know/Preparation area {{Template:Did you know/Queue/NextPrep}}]]; next queue: [[Template:Did you know/Queue/{{Template:Did you know/Queue/NextPrep}}]].)
#You need to remove <nowiki>{{User:DYKUpdateBot/REMOVE THIS LINE}}</nowiki>  from the top of the target Queue, and replace it with {{tlx|DYKbotdo|<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>}}
#Copy and paste the entire contents of the prep into the queue. (Hint: Right-click in the Prep edit window, Select All, right-click again, Copy. Then go to the Queue edit window and paste.)
#Make sure <nowiki><!--Hooks--></nowiki> is at the top beneath {{t|DYKbox}} but above the image. <nowiki><!--HooksEnd--></nowiki> is on the line just after the last hook. <!--<<<< I'm not sure "beneath the DYKbox template" entirely right. Looking at a queue today, I see </noinclude> after {{DYKbox}} and <! --Hooks-- >. Does this somehow get added automagically? (signed) EEng 17July2021-->
#Preview (!) then save.
#Go back to the prep template; clear all the text; copy the complete contents of '''[[Template:Did you know/Clear]]''' into it; save.
#Edit the [[Template:Did you know/Queue/NextPrep|prep counter]] to bump it to the next prep set to be moved to queue.

==Manually posting the new update (if the bot is down) ==
*''Note: This is the manual method. When using [[User:DYKUpdateBot|DYKUpdateBot]], the bot should automate all of the following except steps 1 and 11.''

# Make sure the image/media for the [[Template:Did you know/Queue/{{Template:Did you know/Queue/Next}}|hooks to be loaded]] is on English Wikipedia or protected on [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Auto-protected_files/wikipedia/en Commons:Auto-protected_files/wikipedia/en] with the tag "This page is currently protected, and can be edited only by administrators." If the image/file is on Commons and not protected, the bot is probably down, and the operator [[User:Krinkle]] should be notified. You may manually protect the image by uploading it to En and tag it with {{tl|c-uploaded}}. You do not need to protect the picture; this is done automatically because of the [[WP:Cascading protection|cascading protection]] of the Main Page. Alternatively, if you are an admin at Commons you can protect the picture/file at Commons instead of uploading to En.
# Update [[T:DYK]] from [[Template:Did you know/Queue/{{Template:Did you know/Queue/Next}}|the current queue]] by copying/pasting the hooks code from the top through <nowiki><noinclude></nowiki>.
# [{{fullurl:Main Page|action=purge}} Purge the cache of the Main Page] to make sure the new entries appear. (Instructions there.)
# [{{fullurl:Template:Did you know/Next update/Time|action=edit}} Reset] the [[Template:Did you know/Next update/Time|DYK time]]. (Instructions there.) Note that the timestamp you will paste is the current time, indicating that you just posted the update&nbsp;– ''not'' the time for the next update.
# Increment the [[Template:Did you know/Queue/Next|next queue pointer]].
# Copy the [{{fullurl:Template:Did you know|action=history}} ''previous'' set of hooks] (''not'' the new set just promoted to the front page) to [[Wikipedia:Recent additions|the archive]]. Be sure to copy the final revision of the set (it should be the last diff on the [[T:DYK]] page before your update), and place the timestamp of the DYK update you just made above it. Please include the picture/file.
# Check if the previous picture/file was temporarily uploaded from Commons for display on the Main Page, and delete it from En if so.
# On the local description page of the picture/file for the ''previous'' set of hooks, add <code><nowiki>{{DYKfile|</nowiki>{{#time:j F{{!}}Y}}<nowiki>|type=image}}</nowiki></code> (occasionally replacing <code>image</code> with <code>video</code> where appropriate). Note that, like the archives, this will create a one-day misalignment between the date on the file page and the date it actually appeared in DYK.
# If you have time, please do the credits for the hooks just promoted by opening the version of the queue that the main page was updated from, and using the "give" and "tag" links in the credits section, then following instructions. (These are most easily done with three windows open.)
#:NOTE: {{u|Mandarax}} has their own off Wiki tool to handle this task.  Ping Mandarax if circumstances necessitate the manual method. 
# Clear the queue you just promoted hooks from with <code><nowiki>{{User:DYKUpdateBot/REMOVE THIS LINE}}</nowiki></code>.
# If you have time, check if there are any full preparation areas. Check the hooks for errors, and promote them to the next empty numbered queue if they're good. Clear the prep you took hooks from to look like [[Template:Did you know/Clear|this]]. Tag the numbered queue with {{tlx|DYKbotdo|<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>}} once the queue is loaded and ready.

==Changing from 1-a-day to 2-a-day and vice versa==
[[Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know/Archive_169#2-a-day_after_120_approved|After 120 or more approved nominations, we rotate to two sets a day]] and [[Special:Permalink/968228818#subsectioning to make it easier to see|when we drop below 60, we rotate to one set a day]].

''After 00:00 UTC'', set [[User:DYKUpdateBot/Time Between Updates]] to 43200 (to go to 2-a-days) or to 86400 (to go to 1-a-days). Check hook sets for special occasion requests and move affected hooks.

==Troubleshooting==
Admins are urged to put [[:User:DYKUpdateBot/Errors]] on their watchlist . If there is an error delaying the update, this bot will have in its edit summary exactly what the problem is.  For instance, if <nowiki>{{DYKbotdo|~~~}}</nowiki> has been missed in the promoting from prep to queue, the update bot's edit summary will state the error and say which queue is involved.  Or, if it's a missing botdo template, the edit summary will say [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:DYKUpdateBot/Errors&oldid=989072356 "Queue (number) is not tagged with DYKbotdo"]

==Bots active at DYK==

{{User:Shubinator/Bots at DYK}}

==Footnotes==
{{Notelist}}