Wikipedia:Did you know (DYK) is the project page for coordinating the content of the "Did you know..." section on the Main Page. The DYK section gives publicity...

Oversightship, DYK and more Hi people. This is my fourth SN article. Well, as you all know, we've decided to have local oversighters here at seWP. Three...

DYK and Stubs Hi all! This is my third SN article. Firstly, I would like to talk about DYK (as usual). As you might know, few new set of rules had been...

to check over an article for the DYK criteria, and it takes even less time to nominate an article! So, why not? DYK is the perfect opportunity to get...

all users are invited to work there. I think it should be modeled around DYK so that the process works better. I myself haven't done anything but I intend...

points DYK hook (has to be accepted): 3 points GA: 50 points VGA: 100 points MSP=Basic edit SSTB=Short Stub STB=Stub Article NA=New article DYK=DYK hook...

DYK over at en.wikipedia, and it does take some work to properly handle DYK, along with people accurately reviewing articles and article hooks. DYK would...

1000 changes and am in love with this project First, I want to talk about DYK. DYK is a part of Simple Wikipedia which I have seen to improve greatly in the...

worked on at PGA and PVGA, and please, please pretty please contribute to DYK. We're in need of help, and with yours, we can really thrive. That's all...

More can happen with more commenting. WP:DYK — More suggestions and nominations would be more helpful to DYK. We can get more updated to the Main Page...

make it work. A monthly newspaper would not be too hard to do. Things like DYK show it can work. I will make a proposal (in userspace) an example of what...

tag adding. I participate in WP:DYK and have had one successful nomination. In the future, I will be more active in WP:DYK, do more reverting, and help out...

Pmlinediter - Article 4 In his fourth article, Pmlinediter talks about Oversight, DYK and more...

enjoy helping out in DYK and trying to promote articles to GA status. Vandal fighting, too, is always worthwhile. I agree, DYK and GA are certainly important...

people to review, vote for articles, and just help by commenting. Also, DYK needs help. We need to discuss some new rules, as the one's we have aren't...

Stubs over 300 bytes of text created:........ New articles created:....... DYK's successfully nominated:....... GAs successfully nominated:....... VGAs successfully...

reinstated, as these were only up for one day DYK is removed from the main page until we have a backlog of hooks The DYK project is sent to RfD as inactive The...

for reading this article. For the first time, I'm not going to talk about DYK, but would like to focus on (V)GA. It is unfortunate that the interest there...

Article 7 For his seventh article, Yotcmdr speaks about Kennedy, (V)GAs and DYK.. Microchip08 - Article 1 For his first aticle, MC8 speaks about various...

of Christmas pies, turkey and have been visited by Kris Kringle (thanks DYK!), we can all get back into the swing of regular editing on Wikipedia. There...

Nomination: I am nominating Bluegoblin7 for adminship. BG7 has helped out T:DYK and WP:SN a great deal. If it weren't for him, I feel both would have died...

101 (talk) 05:33, 25 April 2025 (UTC) The DYK/2 DYK/3 would also be used in conjunction with the main DYK template (the feed template) (talk) 9189 86...

say it, threshold that I have set for myself on this wiki. 100 edits and 1 DYK nom.I've done more maintinance on this wiki than on en, but I think I have...

Yotcmdr - Article 6 For his sixth article, Yotcmdr speaks about P(V)GA, DYK, SN and Spoken articles. EhJJ - Article 1 In his debut article, EhJJ writes...

and then looks to the future as to what still could come. Pmlinediter - Article 1 DYK, P(V)GA and more are the subject of Pmlinediter's debut article....

Decemeber it was re-launched with his own ideas, and also included the new DYK? section that was omitted from the initial version as it had not yet been...

- Article 4 This month Bluegoblin7 revisits the current situation at the DYK process. Yotcmdr - Article 4 A piece this month from Yotcmdr about a simplification...

I think you should start participating in WP:DYK, as it will prepare you for the wikicup (as each DYK hook is worth 3 points (the same as 30 normal edits)...

Wikipedia, with the exception of this newsletter of course, is Did You Know?, or DYK? for short. The suggestion was brought up many moons ago at Simple Talk by...

there are, the better it is for our wiki. Secondly I'd like to announce DYK was revived and could use a little help. We need people to find hooks, verify...

thanks! Malinaccier (talk) 14:53, 2 November 2008 (UTC) We need help on DYK, PGA (GA) and VGA (FA). Any help is help. As for my review... A- ;pSynergy...

Neither did I. Interesting snippets of information to get you editing. DYK certainly has taken off. It has been evolving steadily into the process as...

usually create the odd article when I'm at it. I am (not really active) on DYK and PVGA/PGA while I feel like it. What is the best and worst thing about...

Christmas, and all through the wiki, No-one was editing, not even ric-ky. The DYK hooks were updated with care, In hope that some newbies would see them there...

Hi all, I've taken the step of reverting the most recent update of the DYK on our homepage. I have major concerns about this aspect of our project moving...

Simple Wikipedia, and they often relate to things I am involved with, such as DYK?. /QandA The QandA section, pilfered from Kennedy as he left! /Reserve Just...

News as well as bring in news of successful DYK nominations and news about which articles are up for DYK currently. What do you guys think? Cheers, Razorflame...

Bts of text): 2 points DYK hook: 3 points GA: 35 points VGA: 50 points MSP=Mainspace edit STB=Stub Article NA=New article DYK=DYK hook GA=Good article VGA=Very...

Wikipedia, there are no strict rules about date or expansion for Did you know (DYK) here. However, articles must be neutral and accurate while maintaining simple...

this. The DYKs start here. Could be useful... Kennedy (talk) 22:57, 25 September 2008 (UTC) No self referential (talks about Wikipedia) DYKs please. Giggy...

have DYK credits? DYK credits are templates like the one on my en.wikipedia DYK page. There are used to "award" users for their work in finding DYKs. Should...

Wikipedia. I suggest doing some RC patrolling and nominating some articles for DYK and/or good/featured. Please apply later. MathCool10 03:28, 25 December 2008...

when to escalate incidents. Recent concentrations include mainspace work, DYK, community discussions and RFD. Admittedly there was a time of long inactivity...

get some Tram/Derbyshire DYK?s on here ;) BG7even 22:55, 2 December 2008 (UTC) I don't know how giving you sysop early for DYK would work, or even if it...

(UTC) DYK hasn't been updated all month. The queue is one hook shy. Make it happen. Purplebackpack89≈≈≈≈ 23:59, 23 May 2011 (UTC) If there are no DYKs available...

about the introduction of Very Good Lists - your comments are welcomed. DYK is getting back up to speed with several contributions waiting for the Main...

are you most involved in, with Wikipedia? At SEWP, I'm most active with DYK. I also do vandalism reversions & QD tagging. I occassionally work on WP:PGA...

to successfully get a DYK section to work on the Simple English Wikipedia. However, it might be a good thing if we did start a DYK, because it might convince...

and now that we have lost DYK we have lost all forms of showing off our "Good Articles", or "GAs". I'd like to propose that DYK is revived, but in a different...

BG: At the SEWP I'm most active with this newsletter, Simple News, our DYK section, and I also run 3 (Soon to be 5!) bots BG: I also create articles...

active at DYK creating DYKs and who knows, his backlog could somehow run out one day... What's better is probably three people active at DYK minimum. We...

It's great, you get to know about lots of interessting things, through the DYK process. But most of all, I like the fun part of wikipedia, the talking,...

with the first batch of DYKs. Thank you to all who helped accomplish this! I'll be around to check if everything is alright with DYK and if the formatting...

and helped to promote one very good article. Pmlinediter is very active on DYK and nominated several articles successful. During the last five months he...

different project space pages. She is also active in anti-vandalism work and DYK as well as RfD. If she becomes an admin, I believe she can help the admins...

can be removed, though it died away, slightly. I've done a small amount of DYK and some anti-vandalism. This is a really tough question, because some people...

simplify most of the pages listed here, which represents the my FAs, GAs, DYKs, and some other pages that I saved or worked on. I will be importing them...

two more, 2 GAs (again, helped in 2) and successfully nominated around 44 DYKs. I also have created 124 articles and 64 redirects. I passed an RfA in September...

the mainspace, has begun wikiprojects, taken over a lot of work to do with DYK. She fights strongly against those who wish harm to our project. Has made...

revive the DYK process. Ideally, we should have 1-2 updates a month (ideally, one every other week). I therefore propose we do an update of the DYK hooks in...

page DYK, stating it's the only "... liquid mineral ..." while our own mineral article states that a mineral "must be solid". Suggest this DYK is pulled...

can be added to the existing article with a citation. (Would make a good DYK hook).--Peterdownunder (talk) 08:46, 1 September 2010 (UTC) Comment well...

however, I wish for people to look at this argument I had with Matilda about DYK and sourcing which spread onto the G-spot talk page. It was resolved after...

over 60 QD tags, over 10 reports to WP:AIV and contributes regularly to T:DYK. In conclusion, I think Yotcmdr would make an excellent administrator on...

(UTC) Hello everyone! My last post here about DYK (link) seemed to give DYK a lot of attention and now DYK is at the stage where all the queues are filling...

idea. I like DYK and want to help with it, when I have more time (end may). Regards, Barras (talk) 15:06, 22 April 2009 (UTC) I quite liked DYK, but in the...

repetitive changes. I've also written several articles, one of which is now a DYK status. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you...

Another short and sweet one from me, I first encountered Matilda through the DYK? process, where her input has been monumental in taking the project forwards...

saying that the "Eastern Orthodox"-related articles are in such a state). DYK that DYK topics can only be picked form content that is actually there? --Eptalon...

Our community processes (DYK, GA, VGA) are centered too much around one editor. We cannot do much about this in the case of DYK. Getting an article to GA...

areas where the general community participation is low like GA, VGA, and DYKs. They have been responsible about the comments and suggestions made on their...

definitely need to keep the DYK section, so it may be useful to automatically rotate between four or five different sets of DYK's, which could be updated...

some contribs I'm going to make on Tuesday, Woolworths (may be my first DYK) and Connex Melbourne. Just because I feel these are my best pieces of work...

(talk) 10:34, 17 May 2009 (UTC) Hi. I propose the 800 character rule for DYK be dropped as otherwise the project will die (unless the people oppsing the...

Wiki should introduce DYK credit system and template DYK nominators, as is done in English Wiki. Editors with at least 25 DYKs will receive a medal. This...

the main page? There are objections to what I did at User talk:Either way#DYK. Apparently I'm not following the non-stated rules well. Either way (talk)...

haven't got the userbase to sustain it. We struggle enough with PAD/PGA/PVGA/DYK etc on that front. There's no structure because, simply, there's no need...

me a note on my talk page. Eurodyne (talk) 05:21, 2 March 2015 (UTC) The DYK template on the front page hasn't been updated in 2 months now. There are...

DYK page and furthermore stops people from making (Sometimes urgent) fixes to VGA stubs. Its also harder to keep track of what is protected. The DYK page...

procedures regarding WP:DYK taking place here? The whole community is welcome to take part; most especially those who are on the DYK team. Cheers! fr33kman...

straightforward proposal to reduce the amount of time between DYK updates. For some months now DYK has had a sustained amount of quality nominations being put...

People will stumble on DYK and write whatever they want to: an empty category isn't going to promote that, and all it does is make DYK seem stagnant when...

Eptalon Updating Wikipedia:RecentChanges/TOTW FehuBot (t · c) Fehufanga DYK update process FerienBot2 (t · c) Ferien Adding/removing protection templates...

the article about Proteas for the DYK, and when it really became one, how come nobody gave me the sweet orange DYK box? :( Isn't somebody supposed to...

this please?--  † ChristianMan16  17:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC) ...that having a DYK section like at enwiki may encourage users when creating articles, to make...

question is do you think the same? As for the stuff on the censorship for DYK nominations...you wouldn't deny me Adminship cause I stand up for what I...

of the very good article Crich Tramway Village. He was also involved in DYK. Bluegoblin7 is one of the most active and kindest users of this wiki. I...

good things sometimes about me. I would probabbly have to say my work at DYK and definitely my work rewriting Rickrolling. ѕwirlвoy ₪ 21:18, 17 February...

thanks!--Gordonrox24 (talk) 22:39, 8 June 2009 (UTC) ... Is happening with DYK? There are multiple hooks that have received {{DYKyes}} but have been moved...

it, I won't care. There are enough people with +sysop to help to update DYK and so on. Thanks --Barras talk 18:10, 3 January 2010 (UTC) No. This is completely...

08:58, 23 February 2009 (UTC) There is some discussion about our current DYK hooks on the Main Page as well ;) Chenzw  Talk  13:22, 23 February 2009 (UTC)...

interested it might be relevant to note that I've participated in a bit of DYK template talk: conversations, as well, since checking the WP: namespace misses...

there! It would be nice, if some of you would take a look at the current DYK nominations. There are currently quite a few and we need help there. It would...

Wikipedia. Transclusions {{User:RockManQ/DYKbox|20}} This user has had 20 DYK nominations appear on the front page. Transclusions {{User:Reception123/Template/UBX|1}}...

Wikipedia talk namespaces. You are also skilled at article work as well as DYK noms. Your vandal skills could use more practice (I'm not saying I'm perfect...

articles for DYK noms so as to reduce the backlog and get the DYK noms back to track. According to the new proposal, the required noms for DYK noms would...

but I fancy it would be hard to find one so quickly for every single day. DYK work goes rather slowly. I'd like to hear other opinions first. Should there...

expanded article with an interesting fact may be listed in the Did you know? (DYK) section of the main page. Winning awards. Feel free to help us choose Wikipedia's...

reviewer and is active in many community processes including P(V)GA and DYK. Good luck! Goblin 19:56, 14 July 2009 (UTC) I ♥ Fr33kman! Candidate's acceptance:...

active contributors. We have only had 2 DYK nominations in the past three months. If you can, please help at DYK. You can help by nominating articles or...

the DYK hooks were supposed to update once a week. However, they have literally stayed the same since my coming here. Is there something wrong at DYK? If...

proposal. Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 22:58, 17 August 2009 (UTC) ...that DYK is dying again? There are hooks that need dealing with and new hooks need...

doesn't seem to be a general, all purpose talk page for DYKs themselves. If you're involved in the DYK process (which has really slowed down in the last month...

(talk) 18:37, 19 February 2013 (UTC) Oregonian has moved a series of DYK proposals onto DYK queues. I object to people promoting their own proposals, whoever...

enwiki's. Are VGA and DYK the elements we want to display? I thought about the introduction or event the welcome panel instead of DYK since it's not updated...

particularly pleased, and why? I am probably most pleased of my work at DYK and Simple News. Both have now developed into good areas of the wiki, with...

(talk) 11:05, 11 October 2009 (UTC) But cascade? When was the last time that DYK was vandalised? And was the handling of the PBP and BG situation appropriate...

week? It could help hook readers into reading articles in a similar way to DYK? I think that there is room on the front page if we moved things around a...

suppose there are articles out there that could be featured (at least at DYK), but that need a little extra work - I am no talking about the more or less...

hundreds of QDs, several VIP reports and 2 VGAs and 1 GA apart from few DYKs. He also runs 4 bots, which help the project a lot. There's a lot of admin...

here too in case anyone else can help: The link used as a source for the DYK fact for Brian Sims which is currently on our front page is not loading (http://www...

highly unorthodox (that is to say, not allowed), could this be put into DYK without the required three days? The article needs some quick work but that's...

and has over 950 edits, over 1,000 counting deleted contribs. He has three DYKs and one good article, hot chocolate. Malinaccier has also been an administrator...

(UTC) I think a priority would be to get five articles to DYK standard and get them all on DYK from the 5th to the 10th. If we can get a VGA too then brilliant...

he’s ready now to be a sysop again. He’s one of the most active users on DYK, PVGA and PGA. He’s doing a very good work in this areas and has nominated...

contribution to creating new pages. TDKR is also the main active editor in DYK. After 4 previous failed RfAs (although he was very close to getting the...

I'm not sure if we can handle another something such as this. GA, VGA, and DYK are fine for now. Maybe in the future we could consider adding featured pictures...

stubs, either), he's very often joined in at discussions at Simple Talk, DYK, GA proposals, Very good article proposals, and much more. He's welcomed...

Other than VIP, AN, and Simple Talk I've participated in Template talk:DYK and have both nominated and reviewed various articles to be featured on the...

involved with community discussions. For example, WP:ST, WP:PGA, WP:PVGA and WP:DYK. This things help maintain the project. Otherwise, excellent editing, and...

Python (Pywikibot) Function: Updating the DYK Description: The bot automates the task of updating the DYK templates. This includes moving new hooks from...

and we have significantly more articles now than we did then. Unlike the DYK section, where things have to be interesting, this can be used for straight...

impossible if word lists are going to dominate judgements in fields like DYK and PGA. Can we find someone to rework the automated measures? The routines...

and DYKs on the recent changes page (like we do now for the number of proposed deletions). While the community has decided not to do it for DYKs, I really...

and knows the score there. He has been incredibly active in areas such as DYK, his bots, GA and VGA, vandalism-fighting and other admin related areas....

30 people editing here; who do you think is going to run this? - The old DYK is history, and did not neede any new privileges...--Eptalon (talk) 23:05...

then perhaps come up with an intelligent response. WP:PVGA, WP:PGA, WP:DYK and much more have all been implemented because they were good ideas, not...

happen. There is always drama at the begining of projects like this (remember DYK policies... which I still don't totally agree with, but I make do). Once...

Oh, whoops. I have to agree with Microchip on this. Besides, VGA, GA, and DYK already take a lot of Simple Wikipedia's time. We don't need one right now...

process more troublesome because it is now essentially doubling the number of DYK queues. What does the community think about this? Chenzw  Talk  17:10, 12...

Some idling on IRC, a couple of RfX votes etc, or actually getting some DYKs, GAs etc etc? This needs to be defined and not just left to any old 'crat...

nothing to do with bringing to light lesser-known articles (that's what DYK is for, more or less) and everything to do with showing the best that EWP...

is project disruption. He successfully nominated a DYK (this). He tries to get other articles for DYK. They need work, yes, but most of the articles need...

February 2020 (UTC) Good idea to make DYK more lively, I encourage other editors to try translate from en the latest DYKs as newer topics attract more eyes...

and that edit summary indicate that the user wants to exert ownership over DYK, edit war, ignore the principles of BRD, and break any and all rules just...

22:39, 11 August 2010 (UTC) Mosque has never been a GA candidate, but twice DYK. It looks, at first glance, in good shape. Since 'Pilgrim' is on the road...

close, three months is pretty much the standard time for being here. Besides DYK, which you do a good job at, I don't see a lot of embellishment on content...

knowledge (iteration is not reference). And when you do, you should enter on WP:DYK ...that radio waves travel backwards? Because for me that would be an interesting...

wifi. Computer Fizz (talk) 14:13, 27 August 2016 (UTC) We haven't updated DYK since February; is anyone against an update or does anyone mind me putting...

I'll get back to reviewing VGAs, doing some GAs up a bit and writing some DYKs. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:06, 13 October 2009 (UTC) I mean to say, that...

due to exam revision, so I can't do it all myself. There was uproar when DYK died - do we want more uproar when SN dies? (As it may well do so soon.....

(UTC) Since it's April 1st, If you all have sometime, check out the funny DYK hooks at the English Wikipedia's Main Page. Click here if you are too lazy...

to do so. Desertborn (talk) 14:03, 24 April 2019 (UTC) Well we need new DYK hooks before we can actually update the page. So that falls on editors to...

;)  Done. Osiris (talk) 18:37, 18 September 2012 (UTC) Hehe thanks. Hey, DYK I was once in a heavy metal band called Osiris? We sucked! Drmies (talk)...

if it was useless, whereas the current cup only does articles. Adding in DYK expansions would probably be a good thing, but it doesn't need to be any...

position maps) Macdonald-ross: 50 Racepacket: 36 Normandy: 16 (including one DYK nomination) Auntof6: 13 (master of the airport subcategories) Orashmatash:...

direct people to new articles (provided it's regularly updated unlike the DYK section). ~Junedude433talk 18:53, 28 October 2019 (UTC) That's within the...

all the work you have done here, particularly all the help you offered at DYK earlier this year. --Ferien (talk) 22:04, 27 October 2022 (UTC) I have been...

from Article review to PGA. We vote (whether we call it that or not) at T:DYK, WP:RFA, so why not here? It makes it clear, and any objections can be brought...

Pure Evil (talk) 22:00, 16 December 2022 (UTC) Yes, the grammar found on DYK has often been substandard. It is a continuing problem. Macdonald-ross (talk)...

seem to be other broader issues going on), and it seems to be teeming with DYK material. Very interesting stuff. Kansan (talk) 05:21, 3 March 2010 (UTC)...

Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of changes is no longer being updated. This is because the bot that used to do it, BOTijo, was run by emijrp, who...

Hello, I am just curious about why GoblinBot4 is not editing again. --Reception123/Receptie123 (talk) 16:24, 31 March 2014 (UTC) As the level of vandalism...

right changes) Bluegoblin is attempting to host discussion regarding our DYK process on his talk page here. I have asked him to not do that here and he...

Pmlinediter - Article 4 In his fourth article, Pmlinediter talks about Oversight, DYK and more Administrator News Commiserations to... Purplebackpack89 whose request...

and why? Probably my current work with Bill Ayers as well as the several DYKs that I've contributed. I also think I'm relatively quick to respond to vandalism...

in some of the discussions, eg simple talk, Rfds, GA and VGA promotions, DYK nominations. When a person is showing that level of involvement and understanding...

over to WP:DYK, WP:PVGA or WP:PGA and look over the articles that are suggested there, giving comments if needed? Perhaps help to clerk DYK, by reviewing...

what they like. I for example, like to start articles and contribute to DYK. I don't have time for anything else. You make an excellent editor, however...

is also a fine vandalism reverter. Shapiros10 contributes regularly to T:DYK and keeps it alive. He has also higly contributed to one Good article (Avril...

their work on Wikipedia namespaces since their last nomination, specifically DYK areas. My biggest concern, however, is their leadership and maturity of the...

user should (or should not) be blocked today, you contributed/changed a DYK item on the 23rd of May 2012. On the 21st of May you participated in an RFD...

can see that there are many areas where we need more active users like WP:DYK. Also, Keep on doing what you are doing now and keep on enjoying editing...

I'm now challenging myself to make GA articles. I have submitted a lot of DYKs and reduced vandals. So granted or not, I'm just grateful for where I am...

my regular wiki talk page. Keep the faith, and Osiris, don't let me great DYK suggestion go to waste! Drmies (talk) 16:33, 31 January 2012 (UTC) Update:...

29 June 2010 (UTC) Leaving articles in his user space to be submitted as DYK candidates on en is not abusing is ability to edit here? Seems like pretty...

NonvocalScream (talk) 18:16, 10 January 2009 (UTC) There is a discussion on crediting DYK editors Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Suggested_section here. NonvocalScream...

Just saw that Hiàn went through and approved or at least commented on many DYK proposals, some of which were nearly one year old. Anyone that committed...

while hiding behind an IP address. This action of his caused the delay of a DYK nomination for several days. Another attempt was here here in his dual incarnations...

User:Battleaxe9872/Barnstars and awards, and User:Battleaxe9872/Hooks I have nominated for DYK (Did you know) all be semi-protected, as no I.P address or non-auto confirmed...

only view source. I think admins are able to, though.... Please update the DYK, too, if you can. Belle tête-à-tête 06:29, 6 May 2010 (UTC) Looks like the...

this project. Oregonian usually keeps to himself except in correlation to DYK, so perhaps we might also consider an indefinite ban from those kinds of...

permission. He can't do anything wrong with this and could (probably) help with DYK and so on. Barras (talk) 20:44, 8 September 2009 (UTC) IPBE is not actually...

Sorry about this. I dopily put up Menhir yesterday, forgetting we already had Standing stone [=synonym]. So I've shifted the Menhir content to Standing...

activity on DYK. Until activity picks that up, a bot is effectively useless. Chenzw  Talk  07:17, 27 February 2020 (UTC) Not only that but the DYK system is...

simplifying en articles, and reverting vandalism. I also contribute at RfD and DYK. Having administrative tools will allow me to better develop this encyclopedia...

have this article as much simple I can. I have nominated a fact from it for DYK section of the main page. I want to make it a GA and then VGA, however I...

have this article at DYK. Since an article can't be at both GA and DYK, you need to pick one or the other. Since it was at DYK first, consider this GA...

this viewpoint is when TDKR was found to be approving and promoting his own DYK hooks. That shows that he either doesn't understand or doesn't respect the...

problem GA/VGaA,lets get the DYK up again, 1-2 dyk updates a month should be doable? Eptalon (talk) 23:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC) DYK is still being updated...

months of productive editing. I've created 50+ pages and have participated in DYK. I usually idle in #wikipedia-simple connect and #cvn-simplewikis connect...

vandalism, warned many users, improved a good number of articles, helped out DYK etc. I hope I have shown my abilities so far and know I would be able to...

rotations, the hook will no longer be useful. It is much like the DYK system, except that DYK hooks do not 'time out'. Do you see thar setting up such a system...

comb extensively, and in the end it meets GNG and well I also get it to DYK standard there. So I know the difficulties of writing such articles, and...

wrong. DYK is going very well at the minute but there was a time only a few years ago when it went about one year without an update. With DYK, it is fine...

like to see articles in better shape before being proposed here (or for DYK or PVGA), but the rules say an article only has to meet five if the nine...

ENG MSP STB NA DYK GA VGA Score User:Yotcmdr 7 1 7 1 7 30 66 User:Shapiros10 7 1 7 1 7 30 66...

article doesn't exist and my articles on people are awful. I've had so many DYKs on scientific aspects of insects and I can't even put together a decent biography...

User MSP STB SSTB NA DYK GA VGA Score S3CR3T 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MathCool10 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Jet123 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garden 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Æåm Fætsøn...

this article from a long time, and think it can be a GA now. It has come on DYK already, and satisfies most of the requirements for good articles. ♛♚★Vaibhav...

to join my Wikiproject about Japan Participate in RFD Requests Main Page DYK Hooks Kimono's status Technically, Yes, I could have got Kimono to a GA by...

or very good article promoted? DYK is more or less run by 5 editors. Eptalon (talk) 12:05, 9 April 2024 (UTC) Yeah. DYK is run by five editors but mostly...

day. It had 96 revisions, much hard work was done on the article. It was DYK and a GA nominee and then it was deleted suddenly because it was to similar...

2026)[ch] Most successful DYK nominations by a Wikipedian: PFHLai (1,002 nominations as of 12 April 2025) Most successful DYK creations and expansions...

someone else. I thinks its readability is good. The article has been used as a DYK. I would love to get some thought about it. Peterdownunder (talk) 12:32,...

about the introduction of Very Good Lists - your comments are welcomed. DYK is getting back up to speed with several contributions waiting for the Main...

originally created for a daily DYK system but we would likely never have enough editors for that idea. Instead, the frequency of DYK can be increased, as Kk...

referred to VIP, contributed to discussions on ST and ANI, assisted at DYK and helped write a (formerly) GA. We will all likely know the history of...

English. Readability is Grade 11, and 57% - it would not be accepted as a DYK article with those figures. I have put a more detailed comment on the talk...

links · watch · logs · delete) I first saw the article while searching for DYK hooks and noticed that it was good. After reading it through, I've decided...

Image What to type Description {{subst:The DYK Medal|message ~~~~}} The DYK medal may be given to an editor who makes several great contributions to the...

Bluegoblin7 - Article 1 Bluegoblin7 writes in his debut article about the DYK procedures. Watch out next month too! [Subscribe] [Dates] [Discussion] [The...

engaging in GAN discussions. The only area I don’t feel confident about is DYK (because there are definitely better people who know more about it, and I...

(UTC) Under what section should we add the link to DYK? - DYK nominations don't make articles better, DYKs also do not. Eptalon (talk) 14:20, 2 September...

- Article 4 This month Bluegoblin7 revisits the current situation at the DYK process. Yotcmdr - Article 4 A piece this month from Yotcmdr about a simplification...

Yotcmdr - Article 6 For his sixth article, Yotcmdr speaks about P(V)GA, DYK, SN and Spoken articles. EhJJ - Article 1 In his debut article, EhJJ writes...

looks to the future as to what still could come. Pmlinediter - Article 1 DYK, P(V)GA and more are the subject of Pmlinediter's debut article. [Subscribe]...

this means, and 2. it has no reference. We have been over this ground in DYK. You see, if it just means the parents need to keep the egg warm, that's...

2024 (UTC) The last discussion was at Wikipedia:Simple talk/Archive 157#DYK update frequency. I'd argue we also need to focus more on having a variety...

images of NYPD undercover cops wearing the color of the day. It has had one DYK nom that got two yes !votes, which is pretty good I guess. fr33kman talk...

this month, with not one, not two, but three pages including Simple News, DYK and RfA Bluegoblin7 - Article 3 This month Bluegoblin7 writes about the GA...

November 2025 (UTC) Hello everyone! Just a little ping that there’s some DYK noms that need review and there’s an ongoing nomination at Wikipedia:Proposed...

March 2023 (UTC) Hello all, I just wanted to point out that there are many DYK nominations, if anyone feels like reviewing please do. Eptalon (talk) 09:33...

(UTC) I just wondered if we could find new editors, if you try the next DYK update with seasonally-themed hooks?- Another question, if we decide to do...

21:47, 30 November 2023 (UTC) Hello, at the moment, there are 115 approved dyk hooks. Sholud/can we get to a weekly cycle, ideally automated? Eptalon (talk)...

the facts out of 5 exist here. It appears it would be a little better than DYK in terms of maintenance as once we've done all the dates for a year, we would...

featured in the media recently), and try to get them noticed here, by getting a DYK hook. Their concerns are mainly that as native English speakers, they would...

was also an effort to legitimize the spurious article creations through DYK, purveying the same anachronistic POV. Here is a sampling [all of these are...

that I don't think he wanted to take part in anymore - and so did another DYK admin (Did you know). I am doing so because he is an admin and I am a normal...

take an average of all 4 tests) is 8.8. For an article to be eligible for DYK, the article needs to indicate a U.S. grade level of no more than 8. On this...

–Davey2010Talk 14:24, 29 March 2024 (UTC) I have proposed a change to the rules of DYK here. Please give your thoughts on the proposal in the appropriate sections...

occasionally left there. Currently there's a message about an error in T:DYK. canadachick (talk) 02:20, 19 September 2025 (UTC) I don't think many people...

Now, it is possible that I find an interesting fact, and add that to the DYK discussion page, That's not mainspace. Or I contribute to one of the various...

article Samlesbury witches and though that it would probably be good for DYK hooks. I do however think that 'reading flow' is not really there, and in...