Several more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Individual_physical_o... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_individual_a...
The list of animals has dolphins and birds but not humans?
The term "animal" refers to non-human creatures.
List of individual trees
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#52Delighted to see my local one in there, with a description reading like it was written by Douglas Adams.
“The Hungry Tree is an otherwise unremarkable specimen of the London plane, which has become known for having partially consumed a nearby park bench.”
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
The list of animals has dolphins and birds but not humans?
It’s Wikipedia. Make the change you want to see in the page.
"It’s Wikipedia. Make the change you want to see in the page."
If it allows you to edit it in the first place or isn't reverted within five minutes.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
With respect, that is naive. To demonstrate, create a new account and go ahead and make that change. It will be reverted. Wikipedia is not the democratic free-for-all it once was. If you do perform that experiment and I am wrong, please come back and let us know.
Wikipedia is and has always been a wiki; reverting bad or controversial edits has always been expected from day one. Also Wikipedia has developed an editorial line of its own, so it's normal that edits that go against the line will be put in question; if that happens to you, you're expected to collaborate in the talk pages to express your intent for the changes, and possibly get recommendations on how to tweak it so…
There are plenty of "bad and controversial edits" on Wikipedia, just some are more acceptable than others. Wikipedia is an oligarchy.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
With respect, that is naive. To demonstrate, create a new account and go ahead and make that change. It will be reverted. Wikipedia is not the democratic free-for-all it once was. If you do perform that experiment and I am wrong, please come back and let us know.
I’m here to let you know you are wrong. I made an anonymous edit to the Wikipedia page of one of Hemingways short stories three years ago, and my edit is still there.
You were lucky that you could edit in the first place. Most anonymous editors are blocked before they make an edit due to shared IPs.
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#56Is this list comprehensive?
It can never be. There are many notable trees, but some of them will never have a Wikipedia article.
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#57> A tree located in an established gay cruising area, noted for its slender trunk which facilitates gay sex. The mind boggles haha I can't believe this got past the Wikipedia editors.
I read that and assumed this must be some joke article and/or art stunt. After reading the article and linked sources, I'm still not sure that ain't true.
No it's definitely a real tree and not a joke article...
https://www.vice.com/en/article/cruising-spots-uk-london-201...
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
This was huge news in the UK when it happened. Massive public uproar for an illegal felling. The perpetrators were both jailed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6295zv9101o
I can understand the outrage. Was there any motivation given for why they cut it down? Just vandalism?
I've been following the story for a while and it has never been adequately explained by mainstream media. Consider this... They drove for over an hour in the middle of the night in foul weather to a remote location to cut down a particular tree. That suggests some preplanning.
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#59My own favourite - the Last Ent of Affric:
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#60My own favourite - the Last Ent of Affric: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Ent_of_Affric
TIL: The UK designates "trees of special national interest", and has a "Tree of the Year" competition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_the_Year_(United_Kingd...