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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.

Goals

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  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.

Scope

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Paranormal articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 4 7 11
FL 1 1
GA 1 6 21 28
B 7 22 33 73 52 187
C 9 17 58 192 111 387
Start 2 6 51 368 464 891
Stub 5 78 165 248
List 1 4 11 37 9 62
Category 723 723
Disambig 8 8
File 17 17
Project 20 20
Template 22 22
NA 14 167 181
Other 7 7
Assessed 19 50 168 791 964 801 2,793
Total 19 50 168 791 964 801 2,793
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 8,108 Ω = 4.63
(Assessment log)

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

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.

Categories

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High-level article categories
Stub categories

Recognized content

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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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Good articles

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  • Líneas de Nazca, Nazca, Perú, 2015-07-29, DD 49
    Líneas de Nazca, Nazca, Perú, 2015-07-29, DD 49

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Article alerts

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Deletion sorting

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List of allegedly cursed objects

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List of allegedly cursed objects (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

The sources here are very poor. Really not sure if this passes NLIST. PARAKANYAA (talk) 01:41, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I updated the sources to include more reliable sources and more could be added from print sources. Most of the items in the list have an article in Wikipedia and are notable. Since there are several citated examples of these items being discussed as a group, it also meets the requirement for a list article. Rublamb (talk) 03:00, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The sources that discuss them as a group are not reliable, e..g Mental Floss or "US Ghost Adventures". PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:11, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Mental Floss is not on WP:RSPSOURCES as unreliable. Regardless, the following should meet the definition of reliable sources to meet NLIST:
  • Ocker, J. W. Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items (Book)
  • "These Are the World's Most Haunted Paintings". The Observer
  • "7 Cursed Objects Around the World Guaranteed to Ruin Your Life". Fodor's Travel Guides
  • "Beware the Legends Behind These National Park Souvenirs". Atlas Obscura
Rublamb (talk) 03:53, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Observer piece is about paintings, which this article is not. The rest of the sources are either WP:PROFRINGE or are not really about the subject, e.g. the Atlas Obscura piece. Ocker appears to be a cryptozoologist. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:06, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your analysis appears to be off. Paintings are objects and are included in this list; thus, The Observer article is relevant. The list in Atlas Obscura consists of objects and most are included in the article. Ocker is an Edgar Award winning travel writer who has written for The Guardian, The Boston Globe, CNN, and The Atlantic. His prior books have been reviewed in The New York Times, and this one is reviewed in Library Journal here. Fodor's is a reliable source and is not pro-fringe; it is pro-travel, which includes visiting quirky places and objects. Look at it this way: this article is about objects connected to supernatural legends, but is not saying that those legends are true. Thus, this article is not WP:PROFRINGE. Similarly, a reliable source might publish an article about this topic or write a book about this topic without being WP:PROFRINGE. You should not dismiss every possible source (including the Fodor's, Smithsonian and The Guardian) because the topic relates to legends. Rublamb (talk) 05:59, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A more specific subset would not help a much broader topic pass WP:NLIST. And from the links you sent of the book reviews, that makes me doubt the source more ('Ocker peppers the narrative with qualifiers including "some say," "perhaps," "might just be," and "stories circulated." VERDICT Skeptics will remain unconvinced, but many will enjoy reading about the Hope diamond, Shakespeare's grave, and whether it is safe to ignore a chain letter.' not helping its case). A travel guide is not a reliable source for fringe claims about the supernatural. PARAKANYAA (talk) 06:52, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We do not need sources to prove the items are cursed or that cursed items exist, just that they have been discussed as a group. Rublamb (talk) 16:01, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but move to List of reportedly cursed objects. A WP:GTEST for cursed objects is convincing to me that it's a group topic with enough refs to satisfy WP:NLIST. 5Q5|✉ 11:34, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A quick check of existing article names found 10 that use "reportedly", 3 with "reported", 9 with "alleged". So this article's name is out of alignment. I might lean toward "alleged" but would be fine either way. Rublamb (talk) 16:09, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The list article isn’t claiming that these objects are actually cursed. CycoMa2 (talk) 04:08, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Membership

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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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Boilerplate templates

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Feel free to use these templates where appropriate. Any major changes should be brought up on the template talk page.
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Infoboxes templates

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Barnstar

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

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See also

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Tools

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  • Cat scan - view recent changes to all articles in a given Category.
  • Duesentrieb's category tree - enhanced Category viewing, easily see parents and subcategories of a Category and the articles in them.
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