Template:Did you know nominations/Lady Victoria Campbell

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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) 07:22, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Lady Victoria Campbell

Lady Victoria Campbell
Lady Victoria Campbell

Moved to mainspace by Ruby2010 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:08, 14 January 2020 (UTC).

  • Reviewing...Expanded 5 X, long enough, QPQ to be provided, will complete review soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 14:47, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: A worthy article and interesting hooks. Just a few minor points. Firstly, I have made some minor language corrections to the article (these will not affect the review). Secondly, ALT1 should say "membership of." Thirdly, the QPQ is pending. When these points are resolved, the nomination should be complete. Storye book (talk) 15:00, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the copyedits and review, Storye book. I have added my QPQ above. One minor quibble – are you sure "despite her membership of two of Scotland's largest landowning families" is good grammar? Ruby2010 (talk) 03:10, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
  • Thank you for your reply and the QPQ. The difficulty here with "membership in" is that it is American English, whereas the article is a British biography, which requires the British English version, "membership of." See Cambridge Dictionary which compares the two. If you still feel uncomfortable with this, perhaps the phrase could be changed to something like "Despite belonging to two"? Storye book (talk) 11:16, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
Ah, that makes sense! As I am a native AmEng speaker, I will accept your wording that uses BrEng due to the subject. I liked your suggestion of "belonging", but then that created "to two" which I felt was a tad jarring. Added new ALT2 below (only change from ALT1 is one word). Ruby2010 (talk) 03:21, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
ALT2:... that despite her membership of two of Scotland's largest landowning families, the philanthropist Lady Victoria Campbell (pictured) dedicated her life to helping those who lived on the islands throughout Argyll?
  • Thank you, Ruby, ALT2 is fine. Your patience with this is much appreciated. It's a worthwhile article; thank you for creating it. Storye book (talk) 11:13, 16 January 2020 (UTC)