Template:Did you know nominations/Marysville, Washington

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:35, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Marysville, Washington[edit]

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... that the annual Strawberry festival in Marysville, Washington, has only been canceled twice since its founding in 1932, from 1942 to 1945 during World War II and in 1949 due to a polio outbreak? Source: HistoryLink
- ALT1:... that the population of Marysville, Washington, grew five-fold from 1980 to 2000? Source: HistoryLink
- ALT2:... that Marysville, Washington, is represented on the county council by the 21-year-old son of the city's mayor? Source: The Everett Herald
- ALT3:... that Marysville, Washington, unsuccessfully tried to attract a NASCAR track and University of Washington branch campus to the city in the 2000s? Source: The Seattle Times

Reviewed: 2017 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Improved to Good Article status by SounderBruce (talk). Self-nominated at 17:40, 15 March 2017 (UTC).

A good article promoted by the nominator on 15 March. QPQ done. The original hook may require the years to be included as the festival was cancelled from 1942–45 and again in 1949. All the four hooks are soundly referenced and if the first hook is rephrased to include the years (for clarity), that one would read better. Please ping me once the issue has been looked into. jojo@nthony (talk) 11:47, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

@Tachs: First hook revised, though it feels like a mouthful. ALT1 and ALT3 are the ones I feel would fare best on the front page. Sounder Bruce 19:38, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: Yes, I agree that the original hook lacks brevity. All the hooks are ready for promotion but I prefer ALT 1 as it implies a population explosion in a span of 20 years.jojo@nthony (talk) 03:30, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Comment has an orange-level maintenance tag. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:39, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Fixed. Sounder Bruce 01:48, 20 March 2017 (UTC)