WikiProject Paranormal
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Welcome to WikiProject Paranormal, a WikiProject that aims to provide a framework for the improvement and organization of articles related to the paranormal, anomalous phenomena and other similar areas. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us on our discussion page.

Anyone is welcome to join by listing their username on the /Participants page and contributing to the project. Make sure to put our discussion page to your watchlist so you're notified of new discussions. Watchlisting Wikipedia:WikiProject Paranormal/Article alerts and Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Paranormal is also strongly recommended.

1. To provide a concise and accurate record of notable beliefs, organizations, experiments, individuals and events which are associated with the paranormal, including their history, background and their current status.
2. To provide a framework (including infoboxes, categories, and examples of Best Practice) from within which scholarly entries about the paranormal, and related topics, may be produced.
3. To provide a scholarly set of terminology to describe the paranormal which is technically, culturally, and contextually accurate.
4. To seek out and apply verifiable mainstream sources to pages within the projects scope with the aim of A) addressing any issues of verifiability and reliability that have been highlighted in existing entries, and B) ensuring that new entries are of sufficient quality that their verifiability and reliability do not become an issue.
5. To ensure that each entry approaches its topic from a balanced and neutral perspective.
6. To ensure that the notability of each topic can be gleaned from its entry, without the need for additional explanation.
7. To ensure that a clear dividing line is established between reporting the belief in/background of the topic in a scholarly manner, and advocating/denouncing the topic itself.
8. To expand project stubs to full entries and to progress full entries to the next level.
9. Patrol frequently vandalized pages within the project's scope.

Subjects covered by this project include (but are not necessarily limited to):

• Anomalistics
• Cryptozoology
• Paranormal phenomena
• Paranormal hoaxes and frauds
• Parapsychology
• Fringe science, protoscience, and pseudoscience
• Ufology
• Urban myths and legends
• unexplained disappearances
• Some conspiracy theories
• megaliths and similar

The beginnings of a list of topics which are covered in reference books directly related to this topic can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Paranormal/Encyclopedic articles.

High-level article categories

• Category:Paranormal
  • Category:Bermuda Triangle
  • Category:Ghosts
  • Category:Forteana
  • Category:Paranormal hoaxes
  • Category:Paranormal investigators
  • Category:Paranormal places
  • Category:Paranormal terminology
  • Category:Unidentified flying objects
• Category:Cryptozoology
  • Category:Cryptids
  • Category:Cryptozoologists

Stub categories

• Category:Paranormal stubs
  • Category:Parapsychology stubs
  • Category:Cryptozoology stubs
• Category:Mythology stubs

The following articles fall within the scope of the project and have been noted for their outstanding quality. Project members are encouraged use them as examples of good practice and to note their different writing and organizational styles.

Full list: Wikipedia:WikiProject Paranormal/Recognized content

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Paranormal/Article alerts:

Articles for deletion

• 23 Feb 2025 – Indrid Cold (talk ·  · hist) AfDed by AllTheUsernamesAreInUse (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 02 Mar 2025; see discussion (7 participants)

Redirects for discussion

• 14 Feb 2025 – Ouija Board Criticism (talk ·  · hist) →Ouija#Criticism was RfDed by NatGertler (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 05 Mar 2025 – Sorcery (goetia) (talk ·  · hist) is requested to be moved to Goetia by Skyerise (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 02 Mar 2025 – Witch (word) (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for merging to witchcraft by Paradoctor (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 26 Jan 2025 – UFO conspiracy theories (talk ·  · hist) is proposed for splitting by Feoffer (t · c); see discussion

• Paranormal articles for deletion:

To join, sign your name at the /Participants page and add the main page to your watchlist. Members can add the following userboxes to identify themselves as members of the project. A list of members with these userboxes is available at Category:WikiProject Paranormal participants.

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{{User WikiProject Paranormal}}	This user participates in WikiProject Paranormal.	linked pages
{{User WikiProject Paranormal alt}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Paranormal.	linked pages

Other

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{{User Paranormal2}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Paranormal, which is dedicated to improving articles on paranormal subjects.	linked pages
{{User Paranormal3}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Paranormal, a project dedicated to improving articles on paranormal subjects.	linked pages
{{User Paranormal4}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Paranormal, a project dedicated to improving articles on paranormal subjects.	linked pages
{{user paranormal}}	This user thinks you're watching them. Watch other paranormal activity at WikiProject Paranormal.	linked pages

• Paranormal navbar -
  ({{Paranormal}})

• General stub -
  {{Paranormal-stub}}
• Cryptozooloogy stub -
  {{Cryptozoology-stub}}, {{Cryptid-stub}}
• Parapsychology stub -
  {{Para-psych-stub}}
• Mythology stub -
  {{Myth-stub}}
• {{UFO-stub}}
• {{UFO-bio-stub}}
• {{UFO-book-stub}}

Feel free to use these templates where appropriate. Any major changes should be brought up on the template talk page. {{WikiProject Paranormal}} Paranormal Unassessed This article falls under the scope of WikiProject Paranormal, which aims to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to the paranormal and related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the attached article, help with current tasks, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and discussions.ParanormalWikipedia:WikiProject ParanormalTemplate:WikiProject Paranormalparanormal ??? This article has not yet received a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. {{WikiProject Paranormal user}} {{blackproject}} - Notice placed on talk pages of articles that discuss black projects — "highly classified military/defense projects, unacknowledged publicly by the government, military personnel, or defense contractors"

• Paranormal terminology -
  ({{Infobox paranormal term}})
• Cryptids and creatures/entities -
  ({{Infobox mythical creature}})
• Abductees, contactees, writers, researchers, etc -
  ({{Infobox person}})
• Paranormal events -
  ({{Infobox event}})

{{The Paranormal Barnstar}}

		The Paranormal Barnstar
		The Paranormal Barnstar, awarded to users who have made a notable contribution to the project

{{WikiProject Paranormal Barnstar}}

		The Paranormal Barnstar
		The Project Paranormal Barnstar, awarded to users who have made a notable contribution to the project

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