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For a more detailed discussion of the DYK rules and review process see the supplementary guidelines and the WP:Did you know/Reviewing guide. To post a comment or review on a DYK nomination, follow the steps outlined below: Look through this page, Template talk:Did you know, to find a nomination you would like to comment on.
April Fools' Day hooks are exempted from the timeline limit; see Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know. Note for promoters : please be sure to add an "invisible" comment after a hook when you've placed it in prep, noting that it's a special occasion hook and including the date it is supposed to run.
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So you would have to click the 2006 edit to count the 100 characters, even though 2006 is much too old for Did You Know. If you made the mistake of clicking the first edit for July 18, you would get the result of that first edit and therefore miss the change of that edit, and count 1000 characters, resulting in 2x expansion and an unjust ...
On the Main Page of Wikipedia, there is a section which is called did you know (DYK). DYK is meant to showcase new articles as well as rebuilt articles (articles which have been expanded over five times their original size, essentially making them new, or articles completely lacking references which are then doubled in size plus the addition of references).
More "Did you know"s can be nominated here. General guidelines for nominations, based on Wikipedia:Did you know include: Any United States-related WP:DYKs that have previously appeared at Template:DYK may be added to the next available subpage, above. All hooks must first have appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know section.
For your first several reviews, you may want to exercise extra caution. Consider reviewing in topics with which you are familiar. Consider reviewing articles that have sources in your primary language(s). When you leave your review, add a comment explaining that you are a new reviewer and would like a second opinion.