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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[edit]

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.
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.
To provide a scholarly set of terminology to describe the paranormal which is technically, culturally, and contextually accurate.
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.
To ensure that each entry approaches its topic from a balanced and neutral perspective.
To ensure that the notability of each topic can be gleaned from its entry, without the need for additional explanation.
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.
To expand project stubs to full entries and to progress full entries to the next level.
Patrol frequently vandalized pages within the project's scope.

Scope[edit]

Paranormal articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			3	5		2	10
FL				1			1
GA		1	4	13		6	24
B	5	15	21	56	3	61	161
C	6	11	51	137	3	106	314
Start	1	7	57	282	36	477	860
Stub			4	75	31	184	294
List	1	4	5	24		18	52
Category			1	1	565		567
Disambig					7		7
File					16		16
Project					19		19
Template					15		15
NA		1		1	72		74
Other					8		8
Assessed	13	39	146	595	775	854	2,422
Unassessed				3		70	73
Total	13	39	146	598	775	924	2,495
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 7,869			Ω = 4.72

(Assessment log)

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.

Recognized content[edit]

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

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. ((WikiProject Paranormal))) or categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.
Note Vital article recognition is slightly busted right now, but it will be fixed shortly.

Featured lists

List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events

Good articles

Featured pictures

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

Good article nominees

Occult America

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections[edit]

Reincarnation

To-do[edit]

Figure out what to do with old to-do lists...

Article alerts[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Paranormal/Article alerts:

Did you know

18 Jul 2023 – Occult America (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Vaticidalprophet (t · c); see discussion

Categories for discussion

27 Jun 2023 – Category:Vietnamese psychics (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
27 Jun 2023 – Category:Japanese psychics (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
27 Jun 2023 – Category:Bulgarian psychics (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

18 Jul 2023 – Occult America (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Vaticidalprophet (t · c); start discussion

Good article reassessments

17 Jul 2023 – Hollow Moon (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Hog Farm (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

07 Jul 2023 – Piri Reis map (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Rjjiii (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

23 Jul 2023 – Witch (word) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Witch by Iskandar323 (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
19 Jul 2023 – Witchcraft (talk · edit · hist) move request to Witchcraft (classical) by Darker Dreams (t · c) was not moved; see discussion

Articles to be merged

20 Apr 2023 – Night hag (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Sleep paralysis by Mooonswimmer (t · c); see discussion

Deletion sorting[edit]

Paranormal articles for deletion:

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Shortcut WP:AFD/WOO Paranormal deletion[edit]

Membership[edit]

Project Userboxes

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This user is a member of WikiProject Paranormal, which is dedicated to improving articles on paranormal subjects.

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To join, sign your name at the /Participants page and add the main page to your watchlist.

Members can add ((User Paranormal1)), ((User Paranormal2)), ((User Paranormal3)), ((User Paranormal4)), or ((user paranormal)) to their user pages to identify themselves as members of the project. A list of members with these userboxes is available at Category:WikiProject Paranormal participants.

Templates[edit]

Paranormal navbar -
(((Paranormal)))

Stub templates

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))

Boilerplate templates

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

((WikiProject Paranormal))

Paranormal NA‑class

	This page 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 articles
NA	This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.

((WikiProject Paranormal user))

This user is a part of WikiProject Paranormal, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the paranormal. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.

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This article deals with a military black project.

Because of the nature of such projects, the most authoritative sources (any involved governments and defense contractors) may not even acknowledge its existence. The most reliable sources may be highly speculative.

Please ensure that the article is well and reliably sourced and does not contain unverifiable information or vague predictions.
For more details, see the black project working group of the military history project.

Infoboxes templates

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

Barnstar

((The Paranormal Barnstar))

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

See also[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Directory/Description/WikiProject Paranormal
Recently modified entries in Category:Paranormal
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Paranormal#Final decision

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Cat scan - view recent changes to all articles in a given Category.
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