Template:Did you know nominations/Washington State Library

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:37, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Washington State Library

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• ... that the first shipment of books for the Washington Territorial Library traveled around Cape Horn from New York City? Source: HistoryLink
  • ALT1:... that the first shipment of books for the Washington Territorial Library arrived before Territorial Governor Issac Stevens did, despite traveling around Cape Horn? Source: State Library

• Reviewed: New York State Route 878

Converted from a redirect by SounderBruce (talk). Self-nominated at 04:25, 13 January 2018 (UTC).

Review

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: It seemed odd that there wasn't a picture so I have taken the liberty of adding one. I prefer the first, shorter hook. Andrew D. (talk) 11:42, 14 January 2018 (UTC)