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January 19, 2004	Refreshing brilliant prose	Kept
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April 29, 2006	Featured topic candidate	Not promoted
May 2, 2007	Featured article review	Demoted
July 15, 2007	Good article nominee	Not listed
June 13, 2017	Peer review	Reviewed
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 28 March 2022 and 30 May 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Lesotelo1218 (article contribs).

Semi-protected edit request on 5 December 2022

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209.174.65.194 (talk) 13:55, 5 December 2022 (UTC)i belive i should be able to edit be i am a history teacher who has studied bombs.[reply]

Not done The usage of this template is to request changes to the article. The easiest way to get access to semi-protected articles like this one is to create an account. VQuakr (talk) 16:44, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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no where in this article does it say that nuclear weapons were developed and invented in Los alamos national laboratory by J. Robert Oppenheimer and tested 210 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico, on the plains of the Alamogordo Bombing Range, known as the Jornada del Muertos also known as the trinity site Memerman42069 (talk) 17:11, 13 September 2023 (UTC) New Mexico history textbook and New Mexico history class at Rio rancho high school[reply]

Not done: This article only covers the history briefly. See History_of_nuclear_weapons for more detailed history. RudolfRed (talk) 18:55, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Onichae (talk) 09:42, 25 October 2023 (UTC) add Oppenheimer and that he created the nuke[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Also, Oppenheimer is already mentioned three times in the article, including being described as the "father of the atomic bomb". --AntiDionysius (talk) 09:48, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Which english?

It should be stated at the top of this talk page which english type this article is written in please Iljhgtn (talk) 00:40, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]