Template:Did you know nominations/Allerton Oak

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:21, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Allerton Oak, Lottie Sleigh

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Allerton Oak

• ... that the Allerton Oak (pictured) was voted English Tree of the Year in 2019? "Liverpool's Allerton Oak crowned England's tree of the year" (BBC News)
  • ALT1:... that the Allerton Oak (pictured) is reputed to have been the site of an open-air hundred court? "A sign at the base of the Allerton Oak tells a legend of its role in medieval times. It reads: "One thousand years ago, Allerton did not possess a court house and it is believed that the sittings of the Hundred Court were held under the spreading branches of this tree"." (BBC News)
  • ALT2:... that the Allerton Oak (pictured) was reportedly damaged in an 1864 gunpowder explosion? "A huge crack splits the tree, attributed in popular myth to the explosion of a gunpowder ship on the River Mersey in 1864." (BBC News)

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Xiao Han (minister)

Created/expanded by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 13:21, 29 October 2019 (UTC).

Depiction of the 1864 explosion

• @Dumelow: I'll be claiming this for review, with the full review to follow soon. For now, I have a quick question for you. Of the the three hooks, ALT1 is probably the least interesting as most readers probably don't know what a hundred court is. ALT0 and ALT2 on the other hand are quite interesting, and are cited inline and verified. Would it be okay for you to propose a hook that combines ALT0 and ALT2, or would you prefer them to be kept separate facts? Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 03:46, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi Narutolovehinata5. I've since created an article for the ship that exploded. How do you feel about:

• ... that England's 2019 Tree of the Year, the Allerton Oak, was reportedly damaged in an 1864 gunpowder explosion?

I'll do a second QPQ review to cover the second article. There's a picture for the explosion too if it's preferred to the tree - Dumelow (talk) 08:17, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Second QPQ at Template:Did you know nominations/Oecanthus fultoni - Dumelow (talk) 13:01, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Lottie Sleigh also meets DYK requirements, is free from close paraphrasing, with the combined hook being cited inline and verified in both articles. The additional QPQ has also been verified. As for the images, I'm not really fond of the explosion image as it doesn't look too obvious in a low-resolution, leaving it to the promoter if they're fine with the tree picture being used instead. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 23:33, 31 October 2019 (UTC)