Rules | WP:DYK |
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Supplementary rules | WP:DYKSG |
Noms (awaiting approval) | WP:DYKN |
Reviewing guide | WP:DYKR |
Main Page errors | WP:ERRORS |
Archive of DYKs | WP:DYKA |
Stats | WP:DYKSTATS |
This page is for nominations to appear in the "Did you know" section on the Main Page. For the discussion page see . Nominations that have been approved are moved to a , from which the articles are promoted into .
Create a subpage for your new DYK suggestion and then list the page below under the date the article was created or the expansion began (not the date you submit it here), with the newest dates at the bottom. Any registered user may nominate a DYK suggestion (if you are not a registered user, please leave a message at the bottom of with the details of the article you would like to nominate and the hook you would like to propose); self-nominations are permitted and encouraged. Thanks for participating and please remember to check back for comments on your nomination (consider watchlisting your nomination page).
For simplified instructions, see User:Rjanag/Quick DYK 2.
Enter the article title in the box below and click the button. (To nominate multiple articles together, enter any or all of the article titles.) You will then be taken to a preloaded nomination page.
On the nomination page, fill in the relevant information. See and {{}}
for further information.
In the find the subsection for the date on which the article was created or on which expansion began, not the date on which you make the nomination.
Any editor who was not involved in writing/expanding or nominating an article may review it by checking to see that the article meets all the DYK criteria (long enough, new enough, no serious editorial or content issues) and the hook is cited. Editors may also alter the suggested hook to improve it, suggest new hooks, or even lend a hand and make edits to the article to which the hook applies so that the hook is supported and accurate. For a more detailed discussion of the DYK rules and review process see the supplementary guidelines and the WP:Did you know/Reviewing guide.