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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 TheAwesomeHwyh 01:28, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
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- ... that woolen fabrics have been produced at the Knockando Woolmill since the eighteenth century? Source: Historic Environment Scotland, 'parish records in 1784 refer to it as a 'Waulk Mill' run by the Grant family'
- Reviewed: This is my fourth nomination, so I'm still exempt from QPQ (although I'm planning to learn how to do this shortly)
Created by Girth Summit (talk). Self-nominated at 18:09, 2 August 2019 (UTC).
- Reviewing...Interesting hook, moved from draft, long enough, QPQ exempt...Give a little while to complete. Whispyhistory (talk) 19:25, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
Thank you @Girth Summit:. No copyvio issues, reads well, cited and sourced, hook in article. In 18th century, it was called something else. May I suggest saying "produced at the Knockando Woolmill site"? Whispyhistory (talk) 04:35, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Whispyhistory - nice to bump into you again, and thanks for looking at this. I see what you mean about the name, but I don't really think that it would have had an 'official' name in the 1780s, it would just have been Mr Grant's mill (and a waulk mill is just a type of woolmill). Certainly the sources I'm using (e.g. Pevsner, McKean and the listing documents) consider it to have been a single operation going back to the 18th C - e.g. from Pevsner: "Of international importance, as this is one of the only surviving domestic woolen mills in the world. A 'waulk mill' is first recorded in 1784 and has been in continuous operation since, undergoing gradual expansion as the textile process was mechanised." Does that give you more confidence in the original wording? If not, I'll go ahead and change as you suggest. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 17:17, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
...thorough explanation and detail. Referenced in many sources. Well done. Whispyhistory (talk) 18:14, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Whispyhistory - nice to bump into you again, and thanks for looking at this. I see what you mean about the name, but I don't really think that it would have had an 'official' name in the 1780s, it would just have been Mr Grant's mill (and a waulk mill is just a type of woolmill). Certainly the sources I'm using (e.g. Pevsner, McKean and the listing documents) consider it to have been a single operation going back to the 18th C - e.g. from Pevsner: "Of international importance, as this is one of the only surviving domestic woolen mills in the world. A 'waulk mill' is first recorded in 1784 and has been in continuous operation since, undergoing gradual expansion as the textile process was mechanised." Does that give you more confidence in the original wording? If not, I'll go ahead and change as you suggest. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 17:17, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
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