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A fact from Minchenden Oak Garden appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 August 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 800-year-old Minchenden Oak is one of the oldest trees in London?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Minchenden Oak Garden.

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 15:45, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Minchenden Oak

... that the Minchenden Oak (pictured) was described as having the largest canopy of any tree in England in 1873? "the spread of the Minchenden Oak at Southgate which covers the largest extent of ground of any tree in England is now 106 ft" from: Ford, Edward; Hodson, George Hewitt (1873). A History of Enfield in the County of Middlesex. Enfield Press, printed for subscribers only by J. H. Meyers. p. 182.
- ALT1:... that the 800-year-old Minchenden Oak (pictured) is one of the oldest trees in London? "Tree surgeons are working to save one of London's oldest trees from dying." from: "Attempts to save old London oak tree". BBC News. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ALT2:... that the Minchenden Oak, one of the oldest trees in London, was described as "perilously close to death" in 2013?"The future of the Minchenden Oak, in Waterfall Road, was thrown into doubt in November 2013 when it came perilously close to death" from: "Hundreds celebrate future of 800-year-old tree". Enfield Independent. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ALT3:... that the Minchenden Oak Garden, a park in Southgate, London, measures just 0.17 hectares (2,000 sq yd)?"Size in hectares: 0.17" from: "Minchenden Oak Garden (Enfield)". London Gardens Trust. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Command & Conquer Remastered Collection

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:44, 23 July 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Another fine Dumelow DYK, new (move from userspace yesterday) and long enough, well-written and sourced. A small amount of close paraphrasing of https://londongardenstrust.org/inventory/gardens-online-record.php?ID=ENF030 was reported by the copyvio tool, but these are false positives such as "married James Brydges, Marquis of Carnarvon ... the third Duke of Chandos" which has been copyedited as much as is practical and cannot be changed further without losing meaning. I like ALT1 the most, cited to BBC News. The picture is from Geograph, so it has a compatible licence. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 16:33, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Minchenden Oak[edit]

i have a drawing of the Oak 1966 signed by SW rayment-acton 2A00:23EE:1878:168C:B4B6:F7FF:FE91:BA71 (talk) 16:39, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]