Template:Did you know nominations/Oak at the Gate of the Dead


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Oak at the Gate of the Dead

 * ... that the 1,000-year-old Oak at the Gate of the Dead was named for the nearby burial ground for the Battle of Crogen? "The tree gets its name from when Welsh forces ambushed an invading English army in 1165, and the dead were buried nearby ... The oak is thought to date to the reign of King Egbert in 802, and is near the 1165 Battle of Crogen site."
 * ALT1: ... that the Oak at the Gate of the Dead was one of the first trees to have a Facebook page? "It even has its own Facebook page, one of the first trees in the world to do so"
 * ALT2:... that the Oak at the Gate of the Dead (pictured) was the first Welsh entry into the European Tree of the Year awards? "One of Britain's oldest oaks has been nominated for the European Tree of the Year award ... It is the first time a tree in Wales has been nominated in the competition"
 * ALT3:... that the only living witness to the 1165 Battle of Crogen received protection from a British local authority in 2010? "The only living witness to this battle, the battle of Crogen, is this oak tree." "In 2010, a tree protection order (TPO) was placed on the oak, which split during cold weather.  The TPO was granted by Wrexham County Borough Council and permission is needed before any repair work is carried out."
 * Reviewed: To follow

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 21:13, 9 March 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Interesting, on few but good sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed, a bit hard to see but raising attention. - Thanks for offering alternatives, - what do think about mine (which says the same as ALT3, but unpiped, because I believe we shouldn't hide the lovely name:
 * ALT4:... that the Oak at the Gate of the Dead (pictured) is the only living witness to the Battle of Crogen of 1165? - How do you feel about an infobox, and about a larger image? - Waiting for qpq also. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:33, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Gerda Arendt, thanks for your review. Sorry for delay in replying, I forgot to watchlist the nomination.  I didn't realize we had an individual tree infobox but I have now added one.  Unfortunately that was the best free image I could find (some more impressive copyrighted ones exist) and I couldn't find one of the tree before it split in two, which would have been more impressive.  I am happy to run without an image anyhow.  I proposed ALT3 as a bit of a quirky hook intending to mislead people into thinking the subject was a person ("the only living witness" to a 12th century battle).  I am happy with your ALT3 also.  I will sort out a QPQ as soon as possible - Dumelow (talk) 20:10, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Gerda Arendt, QPQ now done at Template:Did you know nominations/Chris Caple. Apologies for delay - Dumelow (talk) 06:45, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thank you! I left a selection, adding pictured to one. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:32, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, and really agree with that ALT3 is the best hook, for a quirky slot. The image of the split tree doesn't look like much of a tree anymore. However, I wanted to throw out this other idea to see what you think:
 * ALT4: ... that the Oak at the Gate of the Dead has its own Facebook page? BTW I think you should enter that Facebook page into the infobox. Yoninah (talk) 21:15, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Yoninah, I have added the Facebook URL to the infobox. I have no problem with your hook - Dumelow (talk) 09:33, 12 April 2018 (UTC)