Template:Did you know nominations/Washington State Route 99
- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:17, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
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Washington State Route 99
[edit]- ... that Washington State Route 99 passes under downtown Seattle in a tunnel that was excavated by the world's largest tunnel boring machine? Source: The Seattle Times
- ALT1:... that the Green River Killer picked up several of his victims on a stretch of Washington State Route 99 known as the "SeaTac Strip"? Source: The Seattle Times
- ALT2:... that an African American Civil War veteran replaced Confederate president Jefferson Davis as the namesake of Washington State Route 99? Source: Everett Herald / NY Times
- Reviewed: Le Groupement
Improved to Good Article status by SounderBruce (talk). Self-nominated at 03:27, 26 April 2019 (UTC).
@SounderBruce: New enough GA and long enough, too. (I fixed ALT2 with a minor wording change.) Personally, I prefer ALT0 or maybe ALT1; ALT2 is a little controversial, though all hooks are well-cited and mentioned in the article. Looks good, pending QPQ. Raymie (t • c) 00:53, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
