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Please use this page for discussions surrounding the creation of "Did You Know" items for April Fools' Day 2026

Areas of work needed to complete the front page are:

Ground rules for this activity along with a list of participants may be found on the Main talk page.

Rules

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April Fools Did You Know items should present some trivia that can be presented in a manner that is possibly unbelievable to the reader. This can be done through words or names that mean two different things, shortened names, unbelievable facts, unrelated facts, etc. The normal written and unwritten rules for Did You Know (DYK) are followed, with these exceptions...

  • April Fools DYKs are subject to the usual exclusions regarding prior Main Page appearance, but the normal rules for special occasions do not apply: the article need only have been created/expanded/brought to GA in the year immediately preceding the April 1 on which it will appear.
  • Proper capitalization, title formatting, and linking standards may be disregarded only if adhering to them will tend to give away the joke. This should be done as little as possible. (example from 2009: "... that Caviar, Chardonnay, and Hot Cocoa compete for the love of Ray J? ")

All other Wikipedia rules and guidelines still apply. Pay special attention to Wikipedia's Biographies of living persons guidelines if your hook relates to a living person.

Remember, we are trying to confuse and mislead Wikipedians and visitors, not lie to them. Keep all hooks and articles completely truthful, but outrageous. (examples from 2010: A hook claiming Dmitry Medvedev died in 2005 is ok, saying Mikheil Saakashvili died is not.)

How to review a nomination

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Any editor who was not involved in writing/expanding or nominating an article may review it by checking to see that the article meets the DYK criteria except, per above, the normal new enough rule (long 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 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.

If you want to confirm that an article is ready to be placed on a later update, or note that there is an issue with the article or hook, please use the following symbols to point the issues out:

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{{subst:DYK?}} Query DYK eligibility requires that an issue be addressed. Notify nominator with {{subst:DYKproblem|Article|header=yes|sig=yes}}
{{subst:DYK?no}} Maybe DYK eligibility requires additional work. Notify nominator with {{subst:DYKproblem|Article|header=yes|sig=yes}}
{{subst:DYKno}} Rejected Article is either completely ineligible or otherwise requires an insurmountable amount of work before becoming eligible.
{{subst:DYK?again}} New review Requesting a second opinion or fresh review

An article cannot be officially promoted until a reviewer has given approval ( or ) to at least one of the article's hooks.

Nominations

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Awaiting verification

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Note: Nominations for April 1 should be added to Template talk:Did you know in the usual way, as well as below.

@Launchballer: I thought so, so I was right the first time. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 12:52, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Launchballer Thanks for clarifying. I think WP:DYKAPRIL needs to be made a lot more clear. I doubt I'm the only one to have made that mistake. - ZLEA T\C 15:25, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tarzan Basaruddin

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Created by Jeromi Mikhael (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 87 past nominations.

Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 23:35, 18 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]


Verified hooks

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Letov Š-10

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  • Source: Němeček, Václav (1983). Československá letadla (1918-1945) [Czechoslovak aircraft (1918-1945)] (in Czech) (3rd ed.). Naše vojsko. p. 36.
  • ALT1: ... that anchovies had engines? Source: Němeček, Václav (1983). Československá letadla (1918-1945) [Czechoslovak aircraft (1918-1945)] (in Czech) (3rd ed.). Naše vojsko. p. 36.
  • ALT2: ... that sardines had engines? Source: Němeček, Václav (1983). Československá letadla (1918-1945) [Czechoslovak aircraft (1918-1945)] (in Czech) (3rd ed.). Naše vojsko. p. 36.
  • Reviewed:
  • Comment: For WP:DYKAPRIL
Improved to Good Article status by CosXZ (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Cos (X + Z) 18:21, 7 July 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Hi CosXZ, review follows: short article but for an aircraft of limited production and use; it has passed GA review on 7 July; sources are all offline but I have confirmed existence of the subject in Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation of 1980; hooks are interesting and mentioned in the article; will need to AGF that there is no copying from offline sources, the Earwig online checker is clear; hooks are fun enough for April Fool's Day, if needed. I do wonder if it should be "had" rather than "have" as the article doesn't say if any samples survive, but will leave that to the promoter - Dumelow (talk) 08:02, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sima de los Huesos hominins

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Elvis the Pelvis
Elvis the Pelvis
Created by Dunkleosteus77 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 16:13, 1 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • Comment: Article is new enough (+85,978, no drafts???). Article is long enough. Earwig shows minimal similarity. Due to the amount of offline sources, I'm going to have to assume good faith that most claims are accurate to the source, though I see no claims needing a citation that doesn't have one. Article is presentable. Spotchecked four/five photographs, including hook one, licenses all check out. Hook's short enough. QPQ is done. No other issues.
  • For the hook, specifically Still need some clarification. The provided source does not quote "Elvis" nor "pelvis" nor "1994", so I'm not sure we can confidently say that Elvis suffered like from rickets like the rest of his people. Bremps... 17:07, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"The morphology of the cysts in the Pelvis 1 [Elvis] fits exactly the above description of brown tumours...the brown tumours here are pathognomonic of severe long-standing rickets" Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 17:34, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Pass. Congratulations! And yes, I'd agree that this is good for WP:DYKAPRIL. It got a good chuckle out of me. Bremps... 04:38, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Reopened and moved to WP:DYKAPRIL per WT:DYK.--Launchballer 23:14, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

French Girls

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Created by Meena (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 294 past nominations.

Launchballer 21:39, 5 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]

  • I will review this nomination. – Editør (talk) 12:15, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • The article is new enough (created in the year before next 1 April in 2026), is long enough (2997 characters of prose), has no major sourcing or copyright issues (every paragraph has a reference, the article uses reliable sources Rolling Stone, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, sources #1 #7 checked), and is presentable (per readthrough). The hook is not cited in this nomination, but the information is cited in the article, however it fails verification for the set list of the livestream. It says about this: "While the set list is being kept under wraps, it’s likely Cameron will perform “Too Much” along with the handful of other new tracks during the fan event." Could you quote a source that confirms that "French Girls" was featured on that livestream? The hook is short enough and interesting for 1 April. QPQ is done. – Editør (talk) 15:11, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We've got https://www.livenation.com/artist/K8vZ917KV20/dove-cameron-events#info that says it was her live debut.--Launchballer 15:44, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, that seems to check out in combination with "The concert will stream live on Cameron’s YouTube and Instagram platforms on April 3 at 5 p.m. pacific." (source).
I approve the hook for WP:DYKAPRIL. – Editør (talk) 15:54, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Live Nation page should probably be referenced in the article as well. – Editør (talk) 15:57, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I added it.--Launchballer 16:01, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ben Franklin (song)

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Created by Leafy46 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Leafy46 (talk) 20:35, 17 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article was nominated for DYK within 7 days of being moved to mainspace. It is over 1,500 words, written neutrally, and is sourced. Earwig picked up an unlikely copyright violation of 9.9% and most of what Earwig picked up are quotations from the article. The article does not overquote the source and the sources used . QPQ is done. ALT0 is a good hook, but I also rewrote it for further elaboration; let me know if it's OK. Suggesting ALT0b: ... that the title of "Ben Franklin" originated from the "presidential-type beat" Internet meme? lullabying (talk) 02:39, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the review! I do still like my original hook just because less is more when it comes to punchiness, but there's obviously some bias in that analysis and I would be fine if a set-builder preferred your phrasing over mine (of course, assuming that this doesn't make the cut for an April Fools' hook). Leafy46 (talk) 02:54, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

pulled out of queue because we're going with a different hook for DYKAPRIL!

Proposed by TarnishedPath at WT:DYK, stamped by me :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 19:46, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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