This is a list of DYK hooks that were pulled from the Main Page in 2023–2024, including those that were rewritten in situ or replaced with a pre-approved alt. Its aim is to assist in ongoing DYK reform efforts by giving editors an overview of why and how often hooks are pulled, and by providing quick access to relevant discussions.
The list is current up to 17 May 2024.
Date | Hook | Diff | Discussion | Concern | Other notes |
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2024-05-14 | ... that William F. Fiedler was the only American fighter pilot to become a flying ace in the P-39 Airacobra? | [1] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | |
2024-05-07 | ... that sisters Joanne, Lynette, Amy and Jenny McCarthy were all gymnasts and ten-pin bowlers? | [2] | WP:ERRORS, WT:DYK | Veracity | Hook revised and returned to the Main Page two days later |
2024-04-23 | ... that the celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana was imprisoned and investigated for twelve crimes, including murder connected to a fugitive's prison escape? | [3] | WP:ERRORS | BLP violation | |
2024-04-18 | ... that copyright has been used to censor reporters, activists, scholars and artists? | [4] | WP:ERRORS, WT:DYK | Other (globalization) | Restored to the Main Page two days later |
2024-03-15 | ... that the British entrepreneur Sarah Bennett went from being "one of the biggest flops in pop history" to appearing on the Sunday Times Rich List 2017? | [5] | WP:ERRORS | BLP violation | |
2024-02-19 | ... that it cost the city of Kent, Washington, $7.2 million to complete a trail around Clark Lake Park? | [6] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | |
2024-01-20 | ... that American security official Matthew Turpin believes that the United States and China are already in a new cold war? | [7] | WT:DYK | Other (notability) | |
2023-12-29 | ... that nobody knows what the song "Luochahai City", which has been streamed 10 billion times, is about? | [8] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | Replaced with alt hook. |
2023-12-15 | ... that Jewish individuals and organizations played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement? | [9] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | |
2023-11-04 | ... that when Peter and Dave Barney won multiple intramural swimming races, their university recruiter reportedly did not realize that they were not the same person? | [10] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | |
2023-11-02 | ... that Julia Allison has been described as one of the first influencers? | [11] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | Pulling admin self-reverted |
2023-11-02 | ... that several dozen deported families spread across 2,000 kilometers (1,200 mi) from the swamps of Western Siberia to the rivers of Eastern Siberia and created a new language? | [12] | WP:ERRORS | Other (poor sourcing) | |
2023-10-20 | ... that the critically endangered humpbacked limia eats its own young? | [13] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | Hook revised and restored |
2023-09-08 | ... that the J. Lewis Crozer Library was the third library established in Pennsylvania? | [14] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | |
2023-09-08 | ... that the Nike Phantom Luna football boot considers women's anatomy and the playing style of women's football in its design? | [15] | WP:ERRORS, WP:ANI | Other (promotional) | |
2023-08-31 | ... that no one is buried in Grant's Tomb (pictured)? | [16] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | Replaced with alt |
2023-08-25 | ... that reporting by Theo Baker, a freshman student journalist, led to the resignation of Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne? | [17] | WP:ERRORS | Other (taken to AfD) | Restored after closure of the AfD |
2023-08-14 | ... that medieval historians believed that the pulley shoe (wearers pictured) was used to chase women lewdly while turning its wearers gay? | [18] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | |
2023-08-05 | ... that salt marsh snakes (examples pictured) can be as short as 15 inches (38 cm)? | [19] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | Hook rewritten |
2023-08-05 | ... that Solo Per Due claims to be the smallest restaurant in the world and only serves meals for two? | [20] | WP:ERRORS, WT:DYK | Veracity | |
2023-07-05 | ... that Arc lets people "vandalize" websites? | [21] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | |
2023-06-23 | ... that maritime shipping is making the ocean more acidic? | [22] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | |
2023-06-16 | ... that Ramón Iribarren developed a formula for the stability of breakwater slopes under wave attack in 1938, but Francoist Spain restricted its dissemination? | [23] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | |
2023-05-23 | ... that according to one critic, Italian opera singer Maria Giustina Turcotti "sang very well but was fat to the point of deformity"? | [24], [25] | WP:ERRORS | NPOV violation | Hook rewritten |
2023-05-23 | ... that the 1824 US presidential election in Missouri was not decided by the Electoral College, but by Missouri representative John Scott? | [26] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | |
2023-05-21 | ... that although several buildings surrounding Pimlico tube station are Grade II listed, the tube station itself is not? | [27] | WT:DYK | Other (boring hook) | Replaced with alt |
2023-05-11 | ... that former East Java vice governor M. Soegiono was a football player before entering the civil service? | [28] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | |
2023-05-01 | ... that according to rumour, the Masurian Canal (abandoned lock structure pictured) was built to serve a U-boat facility? | [29] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | Hook rewritten |
2023-04-11 | ... that there is a name – BRAAAM – for the loud – BRAAAM – low horn sound (featured) – BRAAAM – made popular by action film trailers? | [30] | WP:ERRORS | Other (confusing) | Hook rewritten |
2023-04-10 | ... that hummingbirds (example pictured) need the human equivalent of more than 150,000 calories every day? | [31] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | Hook rewritten |
2023-04-03 | ... that the FCC's criteria for comparative hearings did not pass the Bechtel test? | [32] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | Replaced with alt |
2023-03-04 | ... that Rose Freistater was "too fat" to be a teacher in New York City? | [33] | WP:ERRORS | NPOV violation | |
2023-01-28 | ... that sinologist Janaki Ballabh was the first Indian to be given a long-term residency in China? | [34] | WP:ERRORS | Veracity | |
2023-01-03 | ... that yoga began as a spiritual practice for men in India but has been "feminized" in the Western world along with its advertising? | [35] | WP:ERRORS | NPOV violation |