Template:Did you know nominations/Niel Gow's Oak

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:03, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Niel Gow's Oak

Niel Gow's Oak

• ... that fiddler Niel Gow is said to have composed many of his best known tunes under a tree on the banks of the River Tay? "Many of Scotland's most famous fiddle tunes were composed under the tree, including those of Niel Gow - one of Scotland's famous 18th Century fiddlers" BBC News
  • ALT1:... that a commemorative bench under Niel Gow's Oak was destroyed after a branch fell from the tree? "The Niel Gow Oak was severely damaged in a winter storm in early 2012, the branches crashing down and destroying the oak bench beneath the tree" Explore Pitlochry
  • ALT2:... that Niel Gow's Oak was the first Scottish entry into the European Tree of the Year competition?"The first UK entries were last year, when Niel Gow’s Oak in Perthshire and The Oak at the Gate of the Dead near Wrexham both lost out to an elm tree in Bulgaria." Daily Telegraph

• Reviewed: General Frisbie (steamship)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 17:09, 28 August 2018 (UTC).

• General eligibility:

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QPQ: - ?
Overall: lovely article. QPQ needed. All hooks ok Whispyhistory (talk) 20:40, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

• Note that "best-known" should be hyphenated. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 03:08, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi Whispyhistory, thanks for your review. I have now carried out a QPQ at: Template:Did you know nominations/General Frisbie (steamship) - Dumelow (talk) 06:48, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

• . Thank you. All good Whispyhistory (talk) 16:08, 3 September 2018 (UTC)