Template:Did you know nominations/Buffalo, New York
- 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 Kingsif (talk) 21:10, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
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Buffalo, New York
- ... that Buffalo, New York, was once the world's largest grain port? Source: Goldman, Mark (1983). "Ethnics and the Economy During World War I and the 1920s". High hopes: the rise and decline of Buffalo, New York. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press. pp. 196–223.
- ALT1:... that Buffalo, New York, has the oldest urban parks system in the United States? Source: Schuyler, David (November 3, 2015). "Parks in Urban America". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History: 1, 7.
- ALT2:... that the Colonel Francis G. Ward Pumping Station in Buffalo, New York, once boasted a water pumping capacity second only to Paris? Source: Fink, James (February 14, 2020). "Inside the Col. Francis G. Ward Pump Station". Buffalo Business First.
- ALT3:... that Buffalo wings were first prepared at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York? Source: Trillin, Calvin (August 25, 1980). "An attempt to compile the short history of the Buffalo chicken wing". The New Yorker.
- ALT4:... that Frederick Law Olmsted once referred to Buffalo, New York, as "the best planned city ... in the United States, if not the world"? Source: Schuyler, David (November 3, 2015). "Parks in Urban America". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History: 1, 7.
- ALT5:... that Buffalo, New York, was a terminus on the Underground Railroad? Switala, William J. (May 14, 2014). Underground Railroad in New York and New Jersey. Stackpole Books. p. 126
- ALT6:... that Buffalo, New York, was destroyed by British forces during the War of 1812? Quimby, Robert (1997). The U.S. Army in the War of 1812: An Operational and Command Study. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press. p. 355
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Uganda Volunteer Reserve
- Comment: I don't really have a preference for any of these. I could probably make several dozen of these, in fact I'm likely leaving better facts out, but I think what's here is good.
Improved to Good Article status by Dekema (talk). Self-nominated at 03:35, 15 July 2021 (UTC).
– Hi @Dekema – Firstly, congrats for improving this very important article to GA status! It is new enough (promoted GA on July 15), long enough (definitely, over 50,000 characters) and withing policy (although Copyvio is not responding for me (due to article's length), but I believe that it is withing policy as it is a GA). All hooks are under 200 characters, and are interesting. A QPQ is done. Personally, I prefer ALT6, but I leave the final decision to the prep builder. Good to go from my side! Great work! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:43, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
