Template:Did you know nominations/Seattle metropolitan area

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 Rjjiii talk 03:55, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Seattle metropolitan area

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~~... that the Seattle metropolitan area has several U.S. military bases, including the world's third-largest arsenal of nuclear weapons? Source: The Seattle Times~~
- ALT1: ... that the Seattle metropolitan area has a higher population than the rest of Washington state? Source: The Seattle Times
- ALT2: ~~... that the Seattle metropolitan area absorbed 90 percent of new technology jobs created in the United States from 2005 to 2017? Source: The Washington Post~~
- ALT3: ... that the Seattle metropolitan area has approximately 290,000 workers in the technology industry? Source: The Seattle Times
- ALT4: ... that 71 percent of Seattle metropolitan area residents live in the region's 77 cities and towns? Sources: World Association of the Major Metropolises (pp. 80–83), Puget Sound Regional Council (p. 7)
- ALT5: ... that the Seattle metropolitan area includes two major volcanoes: Mount Rainier and Glacier Peak? Source: KQED/AP, Spokesman-Review
- Reviewed: WNET (Rhode Island)
- Comment: ~~More hooks to come as expansion continues.~~

5x expanded by SounderBruce (talk). Self-nominated at 00:09, 27 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Seattle metropolitan area; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Article has a fivefold expansion since 26 January according to DYK check. Article looks good, although I haven't been able to verify any of the hooks.

ALT0 I'm a bit confused about the source because while it does mention nuclear bases and the nuclear arsenal, it says "Washington", not the "Seattle metropolitan area". Do you have a source which explicitly says "Seattle metropolitan area"?

ALT1 I'm a bit confused about this one because it says that the Washington state population is 7,676,000 whereas the metropolitan area is four million.

ALT2 says that five metro areas (Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle) absorbed 90% of technology jobs, not that Seattle alone did.

—Panamitsu (talk) 01:48, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Struck ALT2, thanks for pointing out my mistake. I can't find a source for Bangor being in the CSA, so I'll strike it as well; looking to add more hooks soon as I continue expansion. For ALT1, it's simply stating that the Seattle metropolitan area has the majority of Washington's population, but I tried to word it to be more interesting. Sounder Bruce 04:31, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Oh I'm sorry, I completely missed the "rest of". I'll approve that hook; it appears that you are looking for more hooks so I'll let give you some time before I approve, but if you are happy with this look let me know and I'll add the approve template. —Panamitsu (talk) 09:15, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

@Panamitsu: Has this nomination been approved? If so, please add {{subst:DYKyes}} below and sign your name so that the DYK bot can move this to the approved list. If not, what still needs to be done? Z1720 (talk) 23:27, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

I thought nominator wanted to add more hooks but ~~I'll approve~~. —Panamitsu (talk) 23:51, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

@Panamitsu and Z1720: I did want to add more hooks, and I have yet to add the necessary QPQ, so this nomination shouldn't be approved yet. Sounder Bruce 03:19, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: please add the necessary QPQ, or the nomination will be rejected. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:40, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

@Panamitsu: QPQ and more hooks added. Sorry if they're a bit rushed, I'm no a fan of getting warned of a rejection so soon into the process. Sounder Bruce 21:30, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: I'm not sure if the QPQ has finished yet, please notify me once the review is complete. ALT3 is well sourced. For ALT4 the source does say that there are 77 cities/municipalities but not the number of tribes. I've looked at the source of the article but it says that there are nine tribes in the Puget Sound, not just the Seattle metropolitan area. I am having trouble verifying ALT5 as I can't tell if it says that both mountains are the Seattle metropolitan area of it is just Mount Rainier. Either way there are good hooks in there. —Panamitsu (talk) 09:50, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

@Panamitsu: The QPQ review has been closed, and ALTs 4 and 5 have been rewritten to better conform with sources. Sounder Bruce 02:07, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: For ALT4 doesn't the psrc.org source say that it is 71% of the Puget Sound Region that lives in cities rather than the Seattle metropolitan area? For ALT55 it says that Glacier Peak is in Snohomish County, which the article says is in the Seattle metropolitan area so I'll approve that hook. Other than ALT4, everything looks good. —Panamitsu (talk) 02:43, 15 February 2024 (UTC)