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A fact from Fortress of the Bear appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 March 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Fortress of the Bear's founder raised pigs to prove he could take care of bears?

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 16:12, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Fortress of the Bear's founder raised pigs to prove he could take care of bears? Source: Cockerham, Sean (2005-10-02). "Cause for paws - Sitka residents divided over man's idea to house bears in mill tanks. Fortress of the Pig -- For Now". Anchorage Daily News. Archived from the original on 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
The article notes: "Les Kinnear never planned to start a farm and petting zoo inside the giant waste tanks left behind when the pulp mill closed down. He wanted to put bears in them. But the state told Kinnear that he had to prove he could raise some other animals before he could keep bears. He picked pigs."
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Created by Cunard (talk). Self-nominated at 09:16, 23 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Fortress of the Bear; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

New enough. Long enough. Hook is interesting to a wide audience, and checks out with the cited source. Well-cited throughout. NPOV observed. Earwig found no issues. QPQ done. Nice story. Good to go. Edwardx (talk) 23:11, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: Thank you for creating this article! I encourage you to create more articles! Have a good day!

✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 16:07, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]