Wikipedia:Did you know/Review symbols

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Review symbols are used in

. This allows other participants in the review process—the nominator, other reviewers, and potential promoters—to see at a glance where the review stands, and whether the nomination is ready for promotion or needs attention from a new reviewer.

Only one symbol should be used in an individual review entry, and it should be placed by reviewers at the beginning of their review. The last symbol on the nomination template is considered its current status, and the automated "List of DYK Hooks by Date" tables at the top of the

are built based on that final symbol. Only if that symbol is one of the two ticks will the nomination be counted in the "# Verified" column as ready for promotion.

The DYKtick symbol is used when the nomination meets all the DYK criteria, and furthermore the hook facts were able to be confirmed by the reviewer in the sources indicated in the inline citations. If the hook facts are not available on line and must be assumed in good faith to be supported by the indicated offline sources, then the DYKtickAGF symbol should be used. The latter may also be used if the hook facts are supported by online sources, but the article itself uses several offline sources.

The symbol should not be used if any issues are outstanding, such as a missing or incomplete

issues such as copyvios, close paraphrasing or images without proper licensing.

The DYKtickAGF symbol is used when the nomination meets all the DYK criteria, but the hook facts are not available on line and must be

to be supported by the indicated offline sources. It can also be used if several offline sources are used in the article, enough that the reviewer wishes to note that AGF was a significant factor in the review.

As with DYKtick, the symbol should not be used if any issues are outstanding, and the review should note all aspects that have been checked.

This symbol is used to denote minor issues with the article, such as it being a bit too short (e.g. the article is 1,500 characters dead but was previously 312), the article containing enough unoriginal material (Critical reception sections and the like) to take it below 1,500 characters, or there being an outstanding QPQ. If the article is at

and it would appear to be the only barrier, this is appropriate, as is if the article is unstable.

This symbol is used when there are major issues with the nomination. For example, the article contains severe non-free content issues or the article is well off the size guidelines (i.e. 1,000 characters instead of 1,500). If in doubt, use for hook quabbles and for article moans.

This is for when an article would require being reworked from scratch. Examples of this include containing almost entirely quoted content, being written in a language other than English or the article has been deleted since writing the nomination.

This symbol should be used when the reviewer has become sufficiently involved to be unable to be independent from reviewing the article. An example is when the reviewer suggests an alternative hook or would like a second opinion on non-free content issues.

• DYK Reviewing guide