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A fact from Bow Lake (SeaTac, Washington) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the city of Tacoma, Washington, incentivized building Seattle–Tacoma International Airport at Bow Lake by contributing $100,000?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bow Lake (SeaTac, Washington).

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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 PrimalMustelid talk 03:06, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the city of Tacoma, Washington, incentivized building Seattle–Tacoma International Airport at Bow Lake by contributing $100,000? Source: https://www.historylink.org/file/1004
https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/History-Sea-Tac-International-Airport-WWII-planes-14089481.php
- ALT1: ... that after the city of Tacoma, Washington, contributed $100,000 to build Seattle–Tacoma International Airport at Bow Lake, public concerns about heavy fog at the site were dismissed? Source: See above
- ALT2: ... that the site where Seattle–Tacoma International Airport was built was named for tiny Bow Lake? Source: See above
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Awapoto River
- Comment: Feel free to modify any hook as you see fit

Created by DirtyHarry991 (talk). Self-nominated at 10:24, 27 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Bow Lake (SeaTac, Washington); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Article is new enough, long enough, and within policy. Hook facts all check out and are of an appropriate length. I leave it to the promoter to decide which hook they prefer. Good work!4meter4 (talk) 17:16, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- DirtyHarry991 I don't see ALT2 in the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 23:37, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]