Talk:Pwllpriddog Oak

Hiding place for a king
Do the legends say which king? I assume there's more to the story. PurpleChez (talk) 14:21, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Age
'...it is thought to be 600-700 years old', but 'local historians claim... Bosworth Field in 1485'. Does no one realize that these statements are at odds? If it was planted in or after 1485, it can't be older than 533 years. Some clarification is in order, at least to the effect that the author is aware of the discrepancy. Citations to the claims would be better.Toyokuni3 (talk) 17:23, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Legends and weasel words
I have been bold and removed various local legends from the article, including those raised by the users above as being vague and, in one case, mathematically impossible! These legends are present in the links as unsupported "some say" tidbits of local pseudohistory. The fact that news sources like to uncritically repeat such legends doesn't mean they have been established as fact and should be added to Wikipedia.

It seems to be a general problem with articles about local landmarks that these funny stories get repeated by local news and local government, sources which have a bit of institutional gravitas to them, but which are not taking any care at all to be historically accurate (they're more concerned with having something "interesting" to say than with the truth). Are there any Wikipedia guidelines about treating local news with some scepticism? Too many editors seem to think that if they can find it online, then it's true. SpaceHamsterBoo (talk) 09:34, 6 December 2018 (UTC)