- 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 SL93 (talk) 22:28, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
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Stuyvesant Farm
- ... that when England moved to take over the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1664, a delegation met at Stuyvesant Farm to negotiate the Articles of Surrender? Source: Shorto, Russell (2005-04-12). The Island at the Center of the World. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 304.
- ALT1:... that with forty slaves on Stuyvesant Farm, Peter Stuyvesant was the second-largest slaveholder in New Netherland, behind only the company that he directed? Source: Burrows, Edwin G.; Wallace, Mike (1998-11-19). Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. Oxford University Press.
- ALT2:... that a pear tree on Stuyvesant Farm survived for 200 years, with New York City growing around it, until the tree was felled in a wagon collision? Source: O'Grady, Jim (2003-11-09). "Neighborhood Report: East Village; A New Pear Tree Will Pay Homage to Old New York". The New York Times.
- ALT3:... that a pear tree on Stuyvesant Farm survived for 200 years until the tree was killed by New York City traffic? Source: O'Grady, Jim (2003-11-09). "Neighborhood Report: East Village; A New Pear Tree Will Pay Homage to Old New York". The New York Times.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Allen Hutt
- Comment: This is part of a WikiProject New York City collaboration. I tried to name everyone who contributed significantly here. And I'll add more hooks later
Improved to Good Article status by Wil540 art (talk), Pharos (talk), Rhododendrites (talk), and DutchTreat (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 23:16, 2 September 2021 (UTC).
- Article is long enough and new enough. No issues of copyvio or plagiarism. All sources appear reliable. QPQ needs to be done. Hook is interesting to the average reader. A truly excellent article! Thriley (talk) 14:59, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Thriley: Thanks for the review and, on behalf of my colleagues at WPNYC, thanks for the compliment. Everyone did a fantastic job on this article from start to GA promotion. I have done a QPQ now. Epicgenius (talk) 19:09, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
With the QPQ done, this nomination is good to go. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:41, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
