User:Olaf Davis/DYK rules/Summary

DYK Criteria

 * 1) New – A nominated article must be new.
 * 2) * For purposes of DYK, a "new" article is no more than five days old. This does not include articles split from older articles.
 * 3) * Former redirects, stubs, or other short articles that have been expanded fivefold or more within the last five days are also acceptable as "new" articles. Existing articles that have been expanded to only twice or three times their previous length are not eligible for DYK.
 * 4) * Try to pick articles that are original to Wikipedia (not 1911 or other data sources) and interesting to a wide audience.
 * 5) * Articles that have appeared on the main page's In the News section are not eligible.
 * 6) Long enough – The article must be of sufficient length.
 * 7) * Articles must have a minimum of 1,500 characters of prose (ignoring infoboxes, categories, references, lists, tables etc.) The number of characters may be measured using this tool.
 * 8) * In practice, articles longer than 1,500 characters may still be rejected as too short, at the discretion of the selecting administrators.
 * 9) * The article must not be marked as a stub; DYK features no stubs.
 * 10) Cited hook – The nomination's hook must contain a fact cited in the article. (See more information under The hook, below.)
 * 11) * The hook should include a definite fact that must be mentioned in the article.
 * 12) * The hook fact must be cited in the article with an inline citation, since inline citations are used to support specific statements in an article. The hook fact must have an inline citation right after it since the fact is an extraordinary claim; citing the hook fact at the end of the paragraph is not acceptable.
 * Many submissions are made which fail to satisfy one or both of these points. Nominators should ensure that their submissions meet both of these criteria or their submissions will fail DYK eligibility. Articles with good references and citations are preferred. These sources should be properly labelled; that is, not under an "External links" header. Uncited articles are not likely to be chosen.

Nomination procedure
Using a DYK suggestion string (see below examples), list new suggestions in the candidate entries section below under the date the article was created or the expansion began ( not the date you submit it here), with the newest dates at the top. Any user may nominate a DYK suggestion; self-nominations are permitted and encouraged. Thanks for participating and please remember to check back for comments on your nomination.


 * When saving your suggestion, please add the name of the suggested article to your edit summary.
 * Please check back for comments on your nomination. Responding to reasonable objections will help ensure that your article is listed.
 * If you nominate someone else's article, you can use {{subst:DYKNom}} to notify them. Usage: Article name Thanks, ~