Talk:100 gecs tree

A fact from 100 gecs tree appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 July 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 100 gecs tree was listed as a "place of worship" on Google Maps?

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 09:18, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Monster Energy cans, pregnancy tests, and "other pop culture detritus" have been left as offerings at the 100 gecs Tree? Source: [1]: "the offerings they leave behind... cans of Monster Energy, and other pop culture detritus... 'There were cigarettes and pregnancy tests,' remembers Kylie"
- ALT1: ... that the 100 gecs Tree is listed as a "place of worship" on Google Maps? Source: [2]: "Labelled by Google as a 'place of worship'"...
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bruton Smith

Created by AviationFreak (talk). Self-nominated at 17:45, 17 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/100 gecs Tree; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Seems good to go. Nice article, would recommend use of either hook, personally prefer ALT1. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 22:23, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Identity

Hate to disappoint fans of this tree, but it's actually a European Black Pine, not a Ponderosa Pine: there's enough good quality photos of it around for accurate identification. Going by its growth on historical street view footage back to 2007, it was planted about 25-30 years ago. I don't have any citeable references for this, unfortunately! MPF (talk) 08:50, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]