Template:Did you know nominations/Pamela Cunningham Copeland


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:27, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Pamela Cunningham Copeland

 * ... that Pamela Cunningham Copeland established the Mt. Cuba Center for the study of Piedmont flora? Source: "They decided to focus the collection on native plants of the Piedmont region... In 1983, Lighty became the first director of the Mt. Cuba Center." They=The Copelands, but her husband died the year the center was established, so she was the force behind it from 1983 until her death in 2001. I think it's therefore fair to give her the credit.


 * ALT1:... that Pamela Cunningham Copeland was honored by the Garden Club of America for her vision in preserving rare and endangered plants at Mount Cuba? Source: "1987 Pamela C. Copeland: For her establishment of the Mount Cuba Center, for her vision in preserving rare and endangered plants, and for her understanding of horticulture and conservation." (quoted in the Wikipedia article)
 * Reviewed: Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita
 * Comment: created for Meetup/PlantsAndPeopleMCC2017 Plants and People Edit-a-thon

Created by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk). Self-nominated at 17:20, 29 January 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Detailed bio on plenty of sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I prefer the ALT, for "her vision" ;) - Article lead: for the first time I understood why to move places of birth and death away from the lead, it simply takes too long until we read about her, or rather, her husband's fortune. Can the first sentence say soon what SHE did, then the family? - I'd love to see her image with the hook, rather than the flower. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:24, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback, very useful. I've made the relevant changes. The photo on the article is too large for a DYK, but I've cropped a smaller version, see below. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 04:24, 7 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Thank you! I confess that I'd prefer the "large" image with pose and garden (added above), but leave it to the prep builder. Please add a caption (shorter name and year) to both. Should this be held until March when we usually focus on women? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:40, 7 February 2017 (UTC)