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b. As the service was previously called the "fast ferry", would it be more correct for the article to represent the upcoming service as a continuation of the Kitsap fast ferry, rather than a new service with historical antecedents? (Especially given that in the hook we are treating them as
266:, but a lot of its materials call it the Bremerton Fast Ferry; the presentation linked in the article uses "Kitsap Transit’s Fast-Ferry Plan"; and elsewhere it's called the "Kitsap Transit Fast Ferry" or "Kitsap Transit fast ferry" (with lowercase). It's not a big big deal but 327:; I didn't really consider other names, since the proposal has been known as "Kitsap fast ferry service" in the local media for a few years now. I've fixed the other issues you've raised, including explanations of I-695 and Referendum 51 using existing references. 287:
3. Can you add a little clarification about the provocatively-redlinked Initiative 695? The first two sources refer to "Referendum 51" (which may have enabled I696) but this isn't the story told in the third source, which comes from Kitsap
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Article created with basics on June 15 and expanded to substantially exceed DYK standards within seven days. The hook is interesting and its story checks out based on the Seattle Pi source provided and others
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1. What about the name of the service itself? I see some pages referring to these as "Kitsap fast ferries" in lower case. Kitsaptransit.com uses Kitsap Fast Ferries prominently on
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5. "express us service" -> "express bus service" (by the way, "timed to ferry departures and arrivals"? sounds nice...)
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2. It seems that following complaints in 1990 the ferries were slowed by WSF voluntarily rather than "forcibly".
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Thanks for the thorough review. The official name of the service is "Kitsap Fast Ferries", according to the
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a. Have you considered the different article naming possibilities and settled on this one as the best?
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are nice as well, and confirm Mr. Bruce's conclusion about the correct name for the service.
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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Approved, preferring the primary hook. Looks good. The images added by
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region were loaned to the San Francisco Bay Area after the
148: 108: 236:). Self-nominated at 06:33, 21 June 2017 (UTC). 202:Source: The Seattle Times (December 20, 1989); 8: 305:Well done; thank you for this contribution. 49:No further edits should be made to this page 71: 74: 220:Embassy of the United Kingdom, Bangkok 379:Passed DYK nominations from June 2017 7: 277:essentially the same ferry service?) 291:4. You might consider wikilinking 24: 18:Template:Did you know nominations 345: 243: 32:Please do not modify this page. 1: 313:) 12:59, 26 June 2017 (UTC) 362:) 16:38, 27 June 2017 (UTC) 198:1989 Loma Prieta earthquake 45:Knowledge talk:Did you know 37:this nomination's talk page 395: 177:Seattle Post-Intelligencer 68:) 14:17, 9 July 2017 (UTC) 340:21:18, 26 June 2017 (UTC) 204:alternative online source 119:Find sources (notability) 94:Earwig's Copyvio Detector 41:the article's talk page 189:passenger-only ferries 165:passenger-only ferries 325:June 15 press release 109:A Simple Word Counter 89:Reviewer instructions 170:class-action lawsuit 135:Kitsap Fast Ferries 114:Reviewers' template 352:User:RickyCourtney 237: 206: 180: 132: 131: 386: 349: 337: 332: 322: 247: 227: 201: 173: 72: 56:The result was: 34: 394: 393: 389: 388: 387: 385: 384: 383: 369: 368: 367: 335: 330: 316: 155: 153: 149:Article history 137: 128: 104:Character count 69: 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 392: 390: 382: 381: 371: 370: 366: 365: 364: 363: 343: 342: 341: 302: 301: 300: 299: 296: 289: 285: 281: 280: 279: 278: 274: 268: 267: 257: 256: 225: 224: 223: 222: 210: 209: 208: 207: 152: 151: 146: 144:Back to T:TDYK 140: 138: 136: 133: 130: 129: 127: 126: 121: 116: 111: 106: 101: 96: 91: 86: 80: 77: 76: 54: 53: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 391: 380: 377: 376: 374: 361: 357: 353: 348: 344: 339: 338: 333: 326: 320: 315: 314: 312: 308: 304: 303: 297: 294: 290: 286: 283: 282: 275: 272: 271: 270: 269: 265: 261: 260: 259: 258: 254: 251: 246: 242: 241: 240: 239: 238: 235: 231: 221: 217: 214: 213: 212: 211: 205: 199: 195: 191: 190: 185: 182: 181: 179: 178: 171: 167: 166: 161: 157: 156: 150: 147: 145: 142: 141: 134: 125: 122: 120: 117: 115: 112: 110: 107: 105: 102: 100: 97: 95: 92: 90: 87: 85: 82: 81: 79: 78: 73: 70: 67: 63: 59: 52: 50: 46: 42: 38: 33: 27: 26: 19: 328: 230:SounderBruce 226: 215: 187: 183: 176: 163: 57: 55: 48: 31: 28: 356:groupuscule 319:Groupuscule 307:groupuscule 228:Created by 124:Hook length 75:DYK toolbox 186::... that 293:hydrofoil 264:this page 192:from the 158:... that 99:QPQ check 84:DYK check 62:Alex Shih 373:Category 288:Transit. 216:Reviewed 174:Source: 58:promoted 331:Sounder 194:Seattle 160:Seattle 336:Bruce 16:< 360:talk 311:talk 234:talk 184:ALT1 66:talk 200:? 162:'s 60:by 43:or 375:: 252:, 218:: 172:? 139:( 39:, 358:( 321:: 317:@ 309:( 295:. 249:( 232:( 154:) 64:( 51:.

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