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Review: September 11, 2019. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Darrington, Washington appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 September 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that funeral dinners are regularly attended by up to a quarter of the residents in Darrington, Washington?

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Darrington, Washington/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Kosack (talk · contribs) 05:55, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This has been sitting on the WikiCup's review needed page for too long, so I'll pick this up for the final round. I'll post my review later today hopefully. Kosack (talk) 05:55, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for picking this up. Feel free to take your time, given the length and the fact that I'm in another country for a few more days. Sounder Bruce 06:15, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I don't forsee any real issues, the article appears to be very high quality. Kosack (talk) 07:03, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Review

Prehistory and early exploration[edit]

Cascades could be linked in the third paragraph as its the first mention outside the lead.
- Done.

Early 20th century[edit]

"with new sawmills bringing in new residents", double use of new is slightly repetitive here perhaps.
- Fixed
"that were equipped ski runs, toboggan trails, and a ski jump", equipped with?
- Fixed
Is "timber wars" likely to warrant an article?
- Yes, it was a fairly major part of the state's history

Evans and festivals[edit]

Does bluegrass need the capital letter? I can't seem to find a definite answer on a Google search.
- Seems like most sources with style guides don't capitalize it.

Tourism economy and modern-day Darrington[edit]

Link Oso.
- Done
"together with a Economic Alliance Snohomish County and Washington State University", this sentence doesn't read quite right to me. Should it be "the (or maybe even an) Economic Alliance of Snohomish County" perhaps?
- Fixed

Economy[edit]

"The most common employers for Darrington residents are in manufacturing sector", should that be, in the manufacturing sector?
- Fixed

Events and festivals[edit]

The capitalisation of bluegrass issue mentioned earlier would apply here too if it needs to be changed.
- Fixed

References[edit]

Refs are all correctly formatted and a quick spotcheck looks good.

Great stuff, this is a GA in all but name really. These are the only points I could find on a look through. Placed on hold for these to be looked at when you're ready. Kosack (talk) 10:32, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Kosack: Thanks for the review. I addressed all the issues you raised above. Sounder Bruce 14:00, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent article, happy to promote. Kosack (talk) 14:03, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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) 23:34, 24 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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... that funeral dinners are regularly attended by up to one-fourth of the residents in Darrington, Washington? Source: The Everett Herald; Seattle P-I (December 8, 2000)
- ALT1:... that the mayor of Darrington, Washington, is also the owner of a local sawmill? Source: The Everett Herald

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station

Improved to Good Article status by SounderBruce (talk). Self-nominated at 04:46, 14 September 2019 (UTC).[reply]

I have reviewed this DYK extremely thoroughly, since I was skeptical enough written information actually existed to get Darrington to GA. However, the article is even better composed than the town is constructed (I just wish it mentioned it was a filming location for WarGames), so congratulations. There is no obvious copyvio, it is NPOV, and length compliant. Both hooks are inline cited to RS. This is ready! Chetsford (talk) 05:01, 14 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, I can't find any reliable sources that list Darrington as a filming location. A fansite does point to a phone booth in the general vicinity of Darrington, but it's closer to Oso at that point. Sounder Bruce 05:24, 14 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

CS1 errors[edit]

I tried to fix citation errors regarding external links, but these changes were not necessary. Achmad Rachmani (talk) 07:47, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Achmad Rachmani: For GAs and FAs, the citation style should not be changed without discussion. Placing links outside of the template looks ugly and does not conform with higher standards. Sounder Bruce 03:46, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]