Talk:Tifton, Georgia

Magnola Tree Discussion
This article has listed for over a year that the Magnolia Tree in Tifton was struck by lightning and burned down in October of 2006. Though it was burned down, it was still (partially) standing and no longer growing.

I personally visited the tree in early 2007 and found it was burned down and the fences remained locked at all times.

There was an additional note on the article that said it was "discovered" to have been burned down by two people in '06. However, I searched through the Tifton Gazette to find an article in March of 2006 claiming that the tree had somehow caught fire in August of 2004 (referenced in the article) and by March of 2006, caretakers were still trying to restore the tree to life. I called the Tifton Gazette and was informed that the they knew of no incident in 2006 involving the tree catching fire another time nor of any story of lightning being the original cause. I have thus updated the article with the information in the newspaper article accordingly. -JasonSpradlin82 (talk) 01:21, 14 February 2008 (UTC

I have just come across this article concerning the famous Magnolia Tree. I have lived in Tifton all my life and know some history about the tree. It use to be easily accessible for anyone to go and enjoy. Sometime in the late 80's or early 90's people were known to go and hang out there and park. While parking they were partaking in extra curricular activities that they shouldn't have been partaking in. These people that were going there were also trashing the area around the tree.Especially out in public. There was a picnic table for people to have a picnic or to eat their lunch at. The tree is located in our industrial park, so it was convenient for workers to go have their lunch and enjoy the shade of the tree.Especially out in public. I do remember there being talk about lightning striking the tree, never about anyone setting fire to it, and killing part of it. After this damage was done,the city or county went out and cleaned up the area and put a fence around it. I believe they did this becuase they wanted to eliminate the people from trashing the area and to help preserve the tree. If I remember correctly, it is suppose to be the oldest tree in Tift County: Wendy Barnes

Tone of page and plagiarism
Much of the page is directly lifted from http://www.tifton.net/tiftonhistory.html. Because of this, it has a strong tone of boosterism that is inappropriate for a Wikipedia entry. Rjhatl (talk) 16:02, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism
Someone has vandalized the page by indicating that Tifton's sister city is Pyongyang, North Korea. 67.180.57.13 (talk) 04:05, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

In popular culture/literature
The town is the locale of the climax of the thriller Masked Prey by John Sandford (novelist) (2020). I don't know if this is worthy of mention. Kdammers (talk) 23:32, 22 February 2022 (UTC)