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Any suggestions for improvement? Obviously I feel they're quite hooky - a city doing better financially during the Depression than before? Inventing Grand Canyon tourism? Dozens of Olympic medalists? But if you want other ideas, the article is full of things to draw from.
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Nice work on this article! I don't find ALT4 particularly interesting, and ALT3 is close to the character limit, but all hooks meet requirements and I'll leave it for the promoter to decide. Note that the image is
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Southard, John Larsen (2013). "RICHES, RUIN, AND RECOVERY: The Impact of Route 66 on Flagstaff, 1926 to 1938". The Journal of Arizona History. 54 (2): 153–174.
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Aside from the first hook, I don't see any of these hooks as being hooky. But the image is kind of dark at thumbnail size.
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Sure, whatever you think readers will like! I was going for the quirky slot with alt0 so that's fine with me!
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Source: Text and image in article: commemorative flagstaff for which the city of Flagstaff was named
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as 5x expansion but withdrawn) Hopefully at least one hook above is good, but there are plenty more!
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Displays too small to see what the flagstaff is clearly. That also disqualifies ALT0.
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below.
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May I suggest this picture hook (with ALT0) as april fool's? Seems legitimate haha
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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Sources: a variety toward the end of the Route 66 and city growth section
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You're welcome, I approve the cropped version of the image, see above. (
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Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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to construct buildings, many of which still stand today?
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Thanks. Restoring tick for ALT0a per Buidhe's review.
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of tourism-based industry, first running tours to the
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Flagstaff flagstaff.
named a city


prospered during the Great Depression
ISSN
0021-9053
JSTOR
24459232
Flagstaff, Arizona
its long history
Pluto
Charon

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