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This template is used on subpages of Template:Did you know nominations to nominate articles for the Did you know? section of the Main Page.

Usage
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All parameters are optional. The author parameter defaults to the nominator if the parameter is not present, and the article parameter defaults to the name of the current subpage. There is no need to sign with ~ at the end of the template; that is done automatically.

Examples

 * 1) New Article, self nom :  
 * 2) Expansion, self nom :  
 * 3) New Article by someone else :  
 * 4) Moved to mainspace :  
 * 5) Converted to an article :  
 * 6) Nom with comments or image :  
 * 7) Nom with a sound file :  
 * 8) Nom with a video file :  

TemplateData
{	"params": { "article": { "label": "Article title", "description": "Title of the nominated article in plain text; no .", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": false, "default": "Name of the nomination's subpage" },		"article2": { "label": "Second article title", "description": "article2, article3, and so on may be used if the hook has multiple articles.", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": false },		"hook": { "label": "Hook", "description": "The fact to appear on the Main Page; see guidelines at guidelines at WP:DYK#The hook", "type": "unbalanced-wikitext", "required": true, "autovalue": "... that ...? Source: \"You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook\" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates) " },		"ALT1": { "label": "Alternative hook", "description": "An alternate hook, formatted like the regular hook. Additional hooks can be added with |ALT2=, |ALT3=, etc.", "type": "unbalanced-wikitext" },		"author": { "label": "Author", "description": "Username of the creator or expander of the article in plain text; no signature or wikilinks.", "type": "wiki-user-name", "required": true },		"status": { "label": "Status", "description": "Enter \"new\" if you created this article from scratch, \"expanded\" if you expanded it from an existing article, \"mainspace\" if you moved it from non-mainspace to mainspace, \"GA\" if the article passed a Good Article review, \"redirect\" if you converted the page to an article from a redirect or a disambiguation page", "type": "string", "default": "new/expanded", "autovalue": "", "required": true, "suggestedvalues": [ "new", "expanded", "mainspace", "redirect", "GA" ]		},		"comment": { "label": "Comment", "description": "Optional user comment. May be used to add details in complicated nominations.", "type": "string", "suggested": true },		"reviewed": { "label": "QPQ review", "description": "If you reviewed another article before listing this DYK nomination, put it here. You can leave this blank and do the review later.", "type": "wiki-page-name", "suggested": true },		"image": { "label": "Image", "description": "Bare filename of an optional image for the hook", "type": "wiki-file-name", "suggested": true },		"caption": { "label": "Image caption", "description": "Caption and alt-text for the image", "type": "string", "suggested": true },		"sound": { "label": "Sound", "description": "Filename of the sound being used. Use if a sound is included with the nomination.", "type": "wiki-file-name" },		"soundcaption": { "label": "Sound caption", "description": "Caption to go under the sound player.", "type": "wiki-file-name" },		"video": { "label": "Video", "description": "Filename of the video being used. Use if a video is included with the nomination.", "type": "wiki-file-name" },		"videocaption": { "label": "Video caption", "description": "The caption to be displayed with the video – a few words at most.", "type": "wiki-file-name" }	},	"description": "Template for new nominations to the \"Did You Know\" section of the Main Page", "format": "\n" }