- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:28, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
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Cowthorpe Oak
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An 1844 drawing of the oak
- ... that the Cowthorpe Oak, described as England's oldest tree, died in 1950? "the legendary Cowthorpe Oak finally expired in 1950. It was said to be England’s oldest tree, having been planted in early Roman times" (Yorkshire Post)
- ALT1:... that the Cowthorpe Oak in Yorkshire, which died in 1950, is said to have dated from the Roman period? "the legendary Cowthorpe Oak finally expired in 1950. It was said to be England’s oldest tree, having been planted in early Roman times" (Yorkshire Post)
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 08:57, 6 December 2019 (UTC).
- Reviewing...long enough, new enough, interesting, referenced. Hook in article and followed by inline citation with hook fact. Will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 12:28, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
...QPQ done, no copyvio issues, not a stub, image ok and out of copyright, both proposed hook and ALT1 pass. Where it says "said to be oldest"...should you say who says so? As always, a pleasure to read your work @Dumelow:. Thank you Whispyhistory (talk) 12:55, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks Whispyhistory. It is from a Yorkshire Post article but I suspect it is a local tradition/folklore type thing. We can change to "was reputedly planted in the Roman period" or similar, or just go with ALT0. I don't mind. Cheers - Dumelow (talk) 13:25, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
- em...2nd thought...leave it as it is. Whispyhistory (talk) 13:32, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks Whispyhistory. It is from a Yorkshire Post article but I suspect it is a local tradition/folklore type thing. We can change to "was reputedly planted in the Roman period" or similar, or just go with ALT0. I don't mind. Cheers - Dumelow (talk) 13:25, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Whispyhistory, I found some more tidbits in another book and would like to offer up a couple of alts. Though you'll have to AGF on my offline source - Dumelow (talk) 18:37, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
- ALT2: ... that the Cowthorpe Oak was mentioned in William Shakespeare's As You Like It?
- ALT3: ... that 70 people were said to be able to fit in the hollow trunk of the Cowthorpe Oak?
ALT2 and ALT3....I prefer ALT2. AGF on offline sourcesWhispyhistory (talk) 01:03, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
