Template:Did you know nominations/Huntsville, Alabama

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 01:16, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Huntsville, Alabama

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• ... that Huntsville, Alabama, was originally named Twickenham but was changed to Huntsville due to anti-British sentiment? Source: Record, James, and John McCormick; "Huntsville, Alabama: Rocket City, U.S.A.", pamphlet published in 1953 by Strode Publishers
  • ALT1: ... that Huntsville is Alabama's first incorporated town and its most populous city? Source: https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/business/city-of-huntsville/the-history-of-huntsville/ , http://www.huntsville.org/rocket-city/our-cities/madison-county/
  • ALT2: ... that Huntsville was the first city in Alabama to desegregate its schools? Source: https://www.waff.com/story/13858582/blue-jeans-put-huntsville-in-civil-rights-movement
  • ALT3: ... that Huntsville, Alabama, is the center of rocket-propulsion research for NASA and the United States Army? Source: https://www.spacefoundation.org/company/nasa-marshall-space-flight-center/
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Messe in A (Tambling)

Improved to Good Article status by MyCatIsAChonk (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 03:29, 2 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Huntsville, Alabama; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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:

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• Cited: - yes; AGF on ALT0
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 01:00, 4 June 2023 (UTC)