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DYK's September wrapped, 2024
editWelcome back to the DYK wrap, everyone! It's been a while... So here I am, picking up and filling in! A little... Barebones, shall we say this time around? But hey-ho, what is life without change?! Let's give a shout-out to the 7 most-viewed hooks this month: (Did you know ... ?)
| Article | Date | Image | views | vph | DYK hook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pizza in North Korea | 2024-09-09 | 54,335 | 2,263.9 | ... that Kim Jong Il had Italian chefs flown into Pyongyang to introduce pizza to North Korea (example pictured)? by Vigilantcosmicpenguin | |
| Ivan the Terrible (1945 film) | 2024-09-06 | 46,416 | 1,934 | ... that Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible (scene pictured) has been named as both one of the worst films and one of the greatest films of all time? by Jaguarnik | |
| Israel Del Toro | 2024-09-07 | 42,806 | 1,783.6 | ... that despite suffering burns to 80 percent of his body, Israel Del Toro (pictured) became the first member of the U.S. Air Force to re-enlist after being deemed 100-percent disabled? by Kimikel | |
| The Hooded Man | 2024-09-03 | 32,905 | 1,371.04 | ... that The Hooded Man (pictured) is an iconic photograph of the Iraq War, known as a symbol of torture at Abu Ghraib prison? by Mhhossein | |
| Punam Krishan | 2024-09-29 | 32,048 | 1,335.3 | ... that Dr Punam Krishan (pictured) "learned the hard way to live without patient 'satisfaction'"? by Launchballer | |
| White bear of Henry III | 2024-09-08 | 28,588 | 1,191.2 | ... that in 1253 Henry III of England ordered that his white bear (sculpture pictured) be permitted to swim and hunt in the River Thames? by Dumelow | |
| Three Girls Revitalizing Asia | 2024-09-17 | 21,647 | 1,803.9 | ... that the Empire of Japan created a girl group as propaganda? by Microplastic Consumer |
Notes
As ever, all of the most popular hooks (bar one) are picture hooks - well done to Three Girls Revitalizing Asia for beating the odds and making it onto the top 7! Time to look at all of the most popular non-image hooks this September:
| Article | Date | Image | views | vph | DYK hook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catch of the Day | 2024-09-03 | 21,710 | 922.5 | ... that in Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co., Judge Lewis A. Kaplan cited Thomas Mangelsen's Catch of the Day as a photograph so original in its timing that it could be copyrightable for that alone? by Daniel Case | |
| Three Girls Revitalizing Asia | 2024-09-17 | 24,178 | 1,023.1 | ... that the Empire of Japan created a girl group as propaganda? by Microplastic Consumer | |
| Tokamak de Fontenay-aux-Roses | 2024-09-10 | 23,589 | 982.9 | ... that shortly after it was completed, the Tokamak de Fontenay-aux-Roses burned a hole through itself in a plasma disruption? by Maury Markowitz | |
| Pavel Kushnir | 2024-09-30 | 20,464 | 852.6 | ... that Russian pianist Pavel Kushnir died on a hunger strike after his arrest for anti-war videos posted on a YouTube channel with five subscribers? by Artem.G | |
| Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill | 2024-09-18 | 17,370 | 723.7 | ... that one of the last photographs ever taken of Sitting Bull shows him side by side with Buffalo Bill? by WikiFouf | |
| Burnt toast theory | 2024-09-08 | 15,008 | 684.2 | ... that according to a TikTok theory, burnt toast could save you from a car accident? by Bsoyka | |
| The Life Eaters | 2024-09-23 | 16,150 | 672.9 | ... that the 2003 graphic novel The Life Eaters, presenting an occult-driven, hypothetical Axis victory in World War II, has been discussed in the context of its portrayal of The Holocaust? by Piotrus |
Notes
Statistics-wise, the best performing hook had 54,000 views whilst the worst performing still had a pretty impressive 1,100 pageviews. Nice!
And for some non-hook related shenanigans:
- In terms of policy, the largest change would be of the DYKROTATE policy, which now runs in sprints of three days instead of until the backlog clears.
- We've also got some pending policies, including a potential reduction of page protection levels so that trusted DYK contributors can be added to template editors, and they can move prep areas to queues
- A bit biased of me, but there may also be some page moves coming up in the next few months. So keep an eye out for that!
Thanks for making this month possible, everybody. Until next time!