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This article was nominated for deletion on 12 February 2019. The result of the discussion was keep.

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A fact from Alcatraz water tower appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 September 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Alcatraz water tower was covered in graffiti during the island's occupation by Native Americans?

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Presentism and bad sourcing

Does anyone really, honestly believe there were such things as “renovations grants” given to federal agencies in 1940? No? Good. So what does this tell us about a souce that can be cited for this sort of nonsense? Qwirkle (talk) 21:41, 12 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]