Template:Did you know nominations/Isaac Newton's apple trees

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 17:59, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Isaac Newton's apple tree

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• ... that Newton's apple tree was blown down in a storm in 1816? Source: Isaac Newton's Apple Trees, page 104
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Created by FuzzyMagma (talk). Self-nominated at 17:58, 30 June 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Isaac Newton's apple trees; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• I'll be honest, this being an article that not only exists but is actually pretty well-written was amusing to me. New enough (created 7 June; moved from draft on 30 June) and long enough. Hook is interesting and cited. The article lede could be longer but as per usual, I'll leave that for a potential GA nom. I would recommend some changes to the starting header before this goes up. "The Apple incident" reads a bit unencyclopedic; maybe "The apple myth"? In any case, "apple" shouldn't be capitalized. The article does mention that there are some contradicting opinions on which tree is the true one, so consider changing "was blown down" to "may have been blown down". Krisgabwoosh (talk) 11:29, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

thanks for the kind words. I have amended the article as you requested and I will expand the lead once I finish reading and hopefully before the GA nom. As for the tree being blown, that is well-established fact and I am yet to find any source that contradict that fact (maybe the year as 1827 and 1820 were also mentioned) FuzzyMagma (talk) 12:15, 1 July 2023 (UTC)