Talk:Fuck tree

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Launchballer talk 03:40, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that the Fuck Tree has been described as a "physical embodiment of desire"?

• Source: Kabir Jhala, Hampstead Heath's notorious gay cruising spot recreated for London exhibition, 7 December 2023, The Art Newspaper "This tree is a physical embodiment of desire, that most enigmatic of feelings. It’s a monument to human interactions,” Yeung says. He compares the surface of the tree to the stone steps of ancient temples, polished and eroded over centuries by the feet of devotees. Indeed, the tree has acquired a totemic status among the city's queer community"

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Central New York Psychiatric Center

Created by No Swan So Fine (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 128 past nominations.

No Swan So Fine (talk) 22:39, 21 April 2025 (UTC).

• Date, size, copyvio spotcheck, hook, QPQ, etc. GTG. Shame we have no image. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:13, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
• Comment, I have renamed the page from "The Fuck Tree" to just "Fuck Tree" per WP:THE and have slightly altered the hook to reflect that link change. Just thought I'd let it be known. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 13:24, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
• Another comment, since the subject now has a free photo, could this be turned into an image hook? ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 17:38, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

I wouldn't promote the image as far too poorly lit to meet WP:DYKIMG. I don't find the hook interesting, but I can suggest ALT1: ... that the Fuck Tree has been used for gay sex since the 19th century?--Launchballer 12:32, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

No free image?

Really...? I mean, don't we have a large Wikipedian community in London? Sigh _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:13, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

I think I will ask over on Wikipedia:WikiProject London and Commons:Commons:File requests. Hopefully something comes up. ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 13:06, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

Slenderness versus prone

The current first paragraph describes the tree as "noted for its slender trunk which facilitates gay sex," however the extended prone portion of the trunk seems to more accurately explain its usefulness for gay sex. There's seemingly no explanation for why the slenderness of the trunk is valuable for that purpose, or any reference to validate that it is noted for slenderness. TraceySwans (talk) 16:41, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Additional known-as

The question arises, will we included numerous otherwise-known-as stuffing into the lead of every local lighting rod article in the English encyclopedia? I'm thinking no; discuss, below. /Augmented Seventh (talk) 20:40, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

The previous addition of the Sycamore Gap tree (Sycamore Fap) / Fuck tree association is inaccurate. The species (oak v sycamore) are different, the locations are different - about 420 km or 260 mi apart, the shapes are different. The source https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/legal-dispute-over-toby-carverys-felling-of-ancient-oak-in-north-london-park-over-b1285611.html mentions the Sycamore Gap tree in passing at the end of the article and makes no direct association with the other. The Sycamore may AKA as the "Sycamore fap", but it's not the fuck tree. Adakiko (talk) 07:54, 30 September 2026 (UTC)