A fact from City of Seattle (steamship) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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ALT1:... that the City of Seattle was once described as the handsomest steamer on Puget Sound? Source: "the City of Seattle can justly be described as the handsomest steamer on the Sound" (Source)
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
Interesting:
QPQ: Done.
Overall: all good! not sure if this should be held for April Fools Day or not, but it is completly true and gramatically correct as written. great job! Found5dollar (talk) 18:50, 18 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
Thank you @Found5dollar:! I'm not sure how that process works, but I'd be willing to wait until then if need be, could definitely be a fun April Fool's hook. Up for whatever :) -- SamCordestalk00:27, 19 May 2020 (UTC)Reply