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DateProcessResult
January 15, 2021 Good article nomineeListed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the " Did you know?" column on February 2, 2021.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Area 51 was originally called Paradise Ranch to encourage workers to move there?
On this day...Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the " On this day..." column on July 14, 2009, June 25, 2018, and June 25, 2021.

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 ( talk) 05:19, 28 January 2021 (UTC) reply

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Improved to Good Article status by REDMAN 2019 ( talk). Self-nominated at 10:42, 20 January 2021 (UTC). reply

  • This article is a newly promoted GA and meets the newness and length criteria. The ALT0 hook facts are cited inline and that hook is fine, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. I cannot see which cited sentence backs up ALT1, and the word "Blackbird" is not used on the page. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 10:38, 21 January 2021 (UTC) reply

Semi-protected edit request on 17 January 2024

Hello. My request is that the sentence in the section "UFO and other conspiracy theories" be changed from "Activities related to a shadowy one-world government or the Majestic 12 organization" to "Activities related to the conspiracy theory of a one-world government. I am requesting this change so that the article better falls into compliance with the neutral point of view policy. Thank you. Kimosaabe ( talk) 01:52, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply

 Done GSK ( talk • edits) 04:27, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Semi-protected edit request on 31 January 2024

Suggest change, remove the last edit to this page by 07:53, 30 January 2024‎ Gene Stanley1 talk contribs‎ 86,310 bytes +9‎

I would recommend reverting the most recent update, which added the word "debunked," back to its previous version: "frequent subject of debunked conspiracy theories." The addition of "debunked" is potentially inflammatory, lacks proper references, generalizes the topic, and does not contribute significantly to the discussion. It may even be considered vandalism to the page. While it is true that some of these theories have been debunked, others may not have been. Additionally, certain theories have proven to be accurate, particularly those related to new military hardware that has since been officially released. Therefore, I suggest returning the recent change below to the original version:

The intense secrecy surrounding the base has made it the frequent subject of debunked conspiracy theories and a central component of unidentified flying object (UFO) folklore. [1] [2] It has never been declared a secret base, but all research and occurrences in Area 51 are Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI). [3] The CIA publicly acknowledged the base's existence on 25 June 2013, following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed in 2005 and declassified documents detailing its history and purpose. [4]

This is the original version that the article should be reverted to. The intense secrecy surrounding the base has made it the frequent subject of conspiracy theories and a central component of unidentified flying object (UFO) folklore. [1] [2] It has never been declared a secret base, but all research and occurrences in Area 51 are Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI). [3] The CIA publicly acknowledged the base's existence on 25 June 2013, following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed in 2005 and declassified documents detailing its history and purpose. [4] 146.200.136.91 ( talk) 12:47, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

  1. ^ a b Jacobsen 2012, pp. 11–15, 320–321.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference lacitis20100327 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Jacobsen 2012, pp. 65–66, 77–80.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference cia1992 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
    5.  Done
    — Urro talk edits 13:00, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    Gene Stanley1 -- I too consider the edit to be somewhat polemic. Perhaps consider establishing a consensus before making changes like this. [ nm ]
    — Urro talk edits 13:03, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply
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