Quick reference list of criteria for reviewing DYK nominations -- see
the rules for details
Article
Long enough – the
prose portion is at least 1500 characters
Created (sandbox → mainspace is eligible) or
prose portionexpanded at least fivefold in the last 5 days(special situation: a 2x expansion qualifies if the article is a BLP that was completely unreferenced before expansion)
Length less than 200 characters (shorter is better) and format meets the
formatting guidelines
Hook fact(s) included in the article, supported by inline citation(s) to
reliable source(s), and verified by checking the sources (OK to assume good faith for offline or foreign-language sources)
Interesting
Neutral POV and no
undue focus on negative aspects of living people
Other
Quid pro quo (QPQ) review – if the nominator has more than five DYK credits and is nominating their own article, they must review another article.
Image (if proposed for DYK use) must be free (no
fair use), be used in the article, and show up well at the 100 × 100px size.
Quick reference list of criteria for reviewing DYK nominations -- see
the rules for details
Article
Long enough – the
prose portion is at least 1500 characters
Created (sandbox → mainspace is eligible) or
prose portionexpanded at least fivefold in the last 5 days(special situation: a 2x expansion qualifies if the article is a BLP that was completely unreferenced before expansion)
Length less than 200 characters (shorter is better) and format meets the
formatting guidelines
Hook fact(s) included in the article, supported by inline citation(s) to
reliable source(s), and verified by checking the sources (OK to assume good faith for offline or foreign-language sources)
Interesting
Neutral POV and no
undue focus on negative aspects of living people
Other
Quid pro quo (QPQ) review – if the nominator has more than five DYK credits and is nominating their own article, they must review another article.
Image (if proposed for DYK use) must be free (no
fair use), be used in the article, and show up well at the 100 × 100px size.