Wikipedia: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.

Goals

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

Paranormal articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			4	7			11
FL				1			1
GA		1	6	22			29
B	7	21	33	79		42	182
C	10	18	60	197		130	415
Start	2	6	50	376		458	892
Stub			5	75		158	238
List	1	4	11	38		11	65
Category					746		746
Disambig					8		8
File					17		17
Project					20		20
Template					22		22
NA				15	171		186
Other					7		7
Assessed	20	50	169	810	991	799	2,839
Total	20	50	169	810	991	799	2,839
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 8,142			Ω = 4.61

(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

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.

Featured articles

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

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections

Reincarnation

To-do

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

Article alerts

Wikipedia:WikiProject Paranormal/Article alerts:

Did you know

04 Nov 2025 – Aligned, Multiple-transient Events in the First Palomar Sky Survey (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Chetsford (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

06 Nov 2025 – Aligned, Multiple-transient Events in the First Palomar Sky Survey (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Bilby (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Ritchie333 (t · c) on 29 Nov 2025; see discussion (24 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

02 Nov 2025 – Category:Mythological anthropophages (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
02 Nov 2025 – Category:Mythological hematophages (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

05 Nov 2025 – Archives of the Impossible (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Very Polite Person (t · c); start discussion
04 Nov 2025 – Christopher Mellon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Very Polite Person (t · c); start discussion
27 Sep 2025 – Bruce Cathie (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Very Polite Person (t · c); start discussion
15 Sep 2025 – Harley Rutledge (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Very Polite Person (t · c); start discussion

Requests for comments

14 Nov 2025 – The Age of Disclosure (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by ~2025-33471-28 (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

29 Nov 2025 – Aligned, Multiple-transient Events in the First Palomar Sky Survey (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey by Feoffer (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

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

Deletion sorting

Paranormal articles for deletion:

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Shortcut

WP:AFD/WOOWP:AFD/WOO

Paranormal deletion

Project source list

This section indexes sources frequently cited or discussed in articles related to the project area. It includes both sources that have been discussed in a formal WP:RFC at WP:RSN; as well as others discussed at RSN, here, and elsewhere.

WP:RSN RfCs


Source	Outcome	Logged at WP:RSP?	Notes
Journal of Scientific Exploration	Deprecated	Yes	A 2025 RfC found that the Journal of Scientific Exploration has been "credibly accused of publishing pseudoscience, including speculative studies presuming the existence of ghosts and magic, and should be deprecated".
NewsNation	Generally Unreliable	Yes	A 2025 RfC found that NewsNation "is generally unreliable for the topic of UFOs or UAPs". (WP:UFONATION)
Nick Pope	Generally Unreliable	No	A 2025 RfC related to Nick Pope's reliability for paranormal topics found that he is generally unreliable for claims by the disclosure movement but "might still be usable for information about" it.
Popular Mechanics	No Consensus	Yes	Specific to the topic of UFOs / UAPs, a 2025 RfC failed to reach a consensus, however, many editors believed "caution is required in order to avoid citing headlines while articles should be considered on a case-by-case basis, providing attribution where necessary for questionable claims within this topic area".
Richard Dolan	Generally Unreliable	No	A 2025 RfC noted that "compelling arguments against reliability have been made and are unrefuted".
The Debrief (thedebrief.com)	Deprecated	Yes	In a 2025 RfC, there was a "clear and overwhelming consensus that The Debrief and its author Micah Hanks are generally unreliable and deprecated as a fringe source that lacks fact-checking or editorial oversight". (WP:THEDEBRIEF)

Other discussions

Avi Loeb's reliability was discussed in November 2025 at RSN.

Membership

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.

Wikitext

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

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Templates

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Stub templates

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Cryptozooloogy stub -
{{Cryptozoology-stub}}, {{Cryptid-stub}}
Parapsychology stub -
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Mythology stub -
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{{UFO-stub}}
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Boilerplate templates

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

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	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
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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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Infoboxes templates

Paranormal terminology -
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Cryptids and creatures/entities -
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Abductees, contactees, writers, researchers, etc -
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Paranormal events -
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Barnstar

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

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Paranormal

Contents

Goals

Scope

Categories

Recognized content

Featured articles

Featured lists

Good articles

Featured pictures

Good article nominees

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections

To-do

Article alerts

Deletion sorting

Paranormal deletion

Project source list

WP:RSN RfCs

Other discussions

Membership

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Barnstar

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