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A fact from Flag of Spokane, Washington appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 February 2020, and was viewed approximately 3,887 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the flag of Spokane, Washington (pictured), was taken to the summit of Mount Everest in 1981?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of Spokane, Washington.

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:54, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Flag of Spokane

... that the city flag of Spokane (pictured) was taken to the summit of Mount Everest in 1981? Source: Spokesman-Review
- ALT1:... that the city flag of Spokane depicts four stick figures? Source: Inlander

Reviewed: Queens Plaza Park

Moved to mainspace by SounderBruce (talk). Self-nominated at 01:59, 28 January 2020 (UTC).[reply]

The first hook wows me more - I'd certainly want to click through to find out more about the flag being taken to Everest.

I wonder about the linking. The article is actually titled Flag of Spokane, Washington, and Spokane, Washington is linked in the very first sentence of the article, so is it overlinking to have the hook link to both articles?

Something like ... that the city flag of Spokane, Washington, was taken to the summit of Mount Everest in 1981? would remove one link, but looks a bit clumsy, so: I'm not sure.

Is "Washington" necessary (is there more than one Spokane?) - ... that the city flag of Spokane was taken to the summit of Mount Everest in 1981? is really short and sweet... but is it acceptable in terms of style and being unambiguous? --kingboyk (talk) 10:54, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have shortened the links as suggested. Sounder Bruce 07:32, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Kingboyk: QPQ added above. Sounder Bruce 07:58, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@SounderBruce: Oh, have I talked myself into reviewing this? I thought I was just leaving a comment! -- kingboyk (talk) 08:03, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops, I was on autopilot. I'm not sure if you can review this now that you've suggested a hook. Sounder Bruce 08:08, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Full review needed. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:32, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article was new enough to mainspace when nominated, is easily long enough (~6000 chars), and has a valid QPQ. The image proposed is relevant and used in the article (it's the topic), has a valid license as far as I can tell, and is clear enough at the DYK resolution. The first hook is interesting enough, is included in the article, and is cited to a reputable published source. The article maintains a suitably neutral point of view on the topic, not e.g. complimenting or criticizing the flag's various designs. Claims are cited to reputable published sources. I see no signs of plagiarism from online sources. My only concern is that I can't parse the final sentence of the first paragraph of "First flag": what did Bigelow "disavow", and what does it have to do the American flag? It would be nice to have that sentence cleared up, and then this should be ready to go. This is ready to go and approved for DYK! Bryan Rutherford (talk) 22:04, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

- @Bryanrutherford0: The sentence has been rewritten. Thanks for the review. Sounder Bruce 22:18, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Flag

I was on r/vexillology and I found Spokane changed there Flag, while Reddit is not a reliable source, the Spokane Flag Commission tweeted about the new design. WikiMakersOfOurTime (talk) 17:04, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Until the city council officially adopts the new flag, it should not be included in the article. Sounder Bruce 19:14, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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