- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:04, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
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Helen Hope
Binning Wood in 2009
- ... that in the 1700s, Helen Hope created a wood (pictured) and named it after her eldest son? Source: "In 1700 they moved to the earl's family home of Tyninghame House [...] As soon as that was done, Helen announced that she would like to enclose the Muir of Tyninghame, a piece of rough ground [...] Helen then renamed the area Binning Wood in honour of her ten-year-old elder son, who shared her enthusiasm for planting." - "Hope, Helen, countess of Haddington". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70532
- ALT1:... that in the 1700s, Helen Hope turned a Scottish moor into a wood (pictured) and named it after her eldest son? Source: "In 1700 they moved to the earl's family home of Tyninghame House [...] As soon as that was done, Helen announced that she would like to enclose the Muir of Tyninghame, a piece of rough ground [...] Helen then renamed the area Binning Wood in honour of her ten-year-old elder son, who shared her enthusiasm for planting." - "Hope, Helen, countess of Haddington". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70532
Moved to mainspace by Mujinga (talk). Self-nominated at 22:11, 30 July 2020 (UTC).
Hi Mujinga, review follows: article moved to mainspace 25 July; article exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I found no copyright violation from the main ODNB source; A QPQ has been carried out; image is free, but I don't think it adds much value here; I think more interest on the hooks would be added if we give an indication of date, could we add "18th-century" or similar? Hook facts generally check out but I could find no mention in the source that the Tyninghame estate that was planted was previously moorland? I also noted that the ODNB lists her husband's book as Treatise on the manner of raising forest trees (1761) while you have it as a Short Treatise on Forest Trees (1756)? - Dumelow (talk) 10:04, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Dumelow thanks for the review. Yes I agree the picture isn't particularly inspiring :) Muir is Scottish for moorland, so it is mentioned as "Muir of Tyninghame". Good spot on the book title, i got my sources in a tangle there, now fixed - both titles are correct since it was re-issued under a different name and I've added that info. I've added 1700s to the hooks and that made me think of another one, listed below Mujinga (talk) 13:10, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
- ALT2:... that in the 1700s, Helen Hope created a wood named after her eldest son and it is still there today?
- ping to Dumelow Mujinga (talk) 13:13, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
