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DYK queue status

There is currently 1 filled queue. Assistance in moving preps is requested.
DYK is running 24-hour sets.

Earliest time for next DYK update: 00:00, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Current time: 06:26, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Update frequency: once every 24 hours

Last updated: 6 hours ago(

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Hooks

Ahmad Shah Durrani

... that Ahmad Shah Durrani (pictured) conducted fifteen major military campaigns during his reign, comprising nine invasions of India, three in Khorasan, and three in Afghan Turkestan?
... that, when workers of the Zenkoku Jiren went on strike at a Hitachi factory, anarchist militants firebombed the mansion of Hitachi's president, Namihei Odaira?
... that Matilda Freeman did not originally intend to be an actress, but auditioned for a role after being teased by some classmates?
... that New Tide was abandoned after many of its contributors left the country or joined the Chinese Literary Association?
... that the 2014 Louisville, Mississippi tornado was powerful enough to throw a whole door 30 miles (48 km) away?
... that Smuggler's Cove claimed in 2025 to offer more than 1,300 varieties of rum?
... that reggae musician James Mange formed a soccer-themed political party to compete in South Africa's first democratic election?
... that the Queen's Theatre in East London was named to reflect its opening in the same year as the coronation of Elizabeth II?
... that "the Boshfather" was deported from Australia in October 2025?

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Credits

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Ahmad Shah Durrani – Noorullah21 (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
Zenkoku Jiren – Grnrchst (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
Matilda Freeman – DaniloDaysOfOurLives (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
New Tide – Generalissima (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
Chinese Literary Association – Generalissima (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
2014 Louisville, Mississippi tornado – GrenadinesDes (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
Smuggler's Cove (bar) – BanjoZebra (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
James Mange – Iostn (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch – MRSC (give) (tag) – View nom subpage
Nom credit: JuniperChill (give)
John Fisher (social media personality) – Ser! (give) (tag) – View nom subpage

Credit templates

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Article talk page: ({{DYK talk}}) {{DYK talk|6 December|2025|entry= ... that ...?|nompage=Template:Did you know nominations/Article name}} (check if small style templates in use, if so add |small=yes parm)
Article creator/expander's talk page: ({{UpdatedDYK}}) {{subst:UpdatedDYK|6 December|2025|Article name}}--~~~~
Nominator's talk page: ({{UpdatedDYKNom}}) {{subst:UpdatedDYKNom|6 December|2025|Article name}}--~~~~

Images

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Manually posting the new update (if the bot is down)

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Make sure the image/media for the hooks to be loaded is on English Wikipedia or protected on Commons. If the image/file is on Commons and not protected, upload it to En and tag it with {{c-uploaded}}. You do not need to protect the picture; this is done automatically because of the 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 the current queue.
Purge the cache of the Main Page to make sure the new entries appear.
Reset the DYK time.
Increment the next queue pointer.
Copy the previous set of hooks (not the new set just promoted to the front page) to 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 {{DYKfile|6 December|2025|type=image}} (occasionally replacing image with video 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 (see "Credits" section above).
Clear the queue you just promoted hooks from with {{User:DYKUpdateBot/REMOVE THIS LINE}}.
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 this. Tag the numbered queue with {{DYKbotdo|~~~}} once the queue is loaded and ready.