Talk:Fort George Amusement Park

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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 97198 (talk) 13:23, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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... that an amusement park once existed in upper Manhattan? Source: MCNY
- ALT1:... that Fort George Amusement Park was known as "Harlem's Coney Island", with several roller coasters, carousels, and Ferris wheels? Sources: NY Herald, MCNY
- ALT2:... that Fort George Amusement Park in Upper Manhattan was burned in two suspicious fires following opposition among neighborhood residents? Source: Gottlock 2013, pp. 27-30

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/M. Sreeshankar

Converted from a redirect by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:55, 17 September 2019 (UTC).[reply]

The article is long enough and new enough with no copyright violations. Everything is reliably cited and the hooks are directly cited. A QPQ has been completed. I prefer ALT1 or ALT2. SL93 (talk) 22:30, 21 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A fact from Fort George Amusement Park appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 October 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Fort George Amusement Park, which featured roller coasters, carousels, and Ferris wheels, was in Upper Manhattan in a locality once referred to as "Harlem's Coney Island"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2019/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fort George Amusement Park.

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