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Good articleNeil Armstrong has been listed as one of the History good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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Current status: Good article

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new interview

"Notoriously reclusive Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong gives a surprising interview to Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia."

67.119.14.156 (talk) 05:33, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 3 June 2012

Neil Armstrong converted to Islam after coming from the moon.In the moon he heard the Adhan i.e the call to prayer of the muslims .Later on wen he came back and found the match with the muslim call to prayer ,he was shocked and he converted to islam.

Shakeel18248 (talk) 03:49, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Dru of Id (talk) 04:42, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 6 June 2012

Please link the mentions of Purdue University to our web site at www.purdue.edu.

Thank you for your consideration,
Martin Sickafoose
Director of Digital Marketing
Purdue University

MSickafoose (talk) 20:35, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: I'm sorry, but that would violate our rules, as it would be an example of spamming. Wikipedia doesn't exist for the purpose of promoting institutions, even ones as prestigious as Purdue. This article links to the Purdue University wikipedia page, and this in turn links to the website in its infobox. That should be sufficient. JustinTime55 (talk) 21:24, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Granddaughter Kali Armstrong?

i don't know if he used to visit or if he actually owned a home in the silver creek country club in san jose california, but i went to elementary school with his granddaugther kali (think neil armstrong's face on a 12 year old girl's body... in hindsight it was creepy...) any more reputable sources though? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:47EB:7299:21B:77FF:FEAD:46DE (talk) 00:04, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Editing request for August 2012

Editing request for August 2012:

The words "roommate" and "antiaircraft" are not hyphenated, hence please correct these.
"Anti" is never hyphenated onto anything except for proper nouns such as in "anti-Catholic", "anti-American", and "anti-Israeli". Otherwise, see antimatter, antiparticle, anticommunist, antilearning, antimilitary, antimissile, antinuclear, antipollution, antiscientific, antisuperstition, antisubmarine warfare, antitechnology, and antiwar.

The word "Australia-based" is incorrect, and we can give countless examples. The first word in this is always an adjective. See: American-based, Belgian-based, Canadian-based, Dutch-based, French-based, German-based, Greek-based, Italian-based, nuclear-based, Omani-based, Portuguese-based, Russian-based, Swedish-based, Swiss-based, Spanish-based, solar-based.

For example, "The American-based International Monetary Fund"; "The Belgian-based military headquarters of NATO", "The people on the Cape Verde Islands speak a Portuguese-based creole language."; "The Swiss-based United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
98.67.106.59 (talk) 00:23, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Death confirmed by Jay barbree 3 pm MSNBC

The death is confirmed on the air by Jay Barbree just now on MSNBC - print citation coming shortly. Cause of death is complications from recent heart surgery. Tvoz/talk 19:10, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't have a citation yet, then don't add it. Wikipedia is not a real-time news service. We don't have to report current events fast. 200.127.89.241 (talk) 19:33, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the helpful advice. I'm well aware of what we are or are not. Tvoz/talk 19:35, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Similarly, I've removed any link between the surgery and Armstrong's death from the article. I've yet to see a news source that states the cause of death or links it directly to the surgery; anything else would be WP:SYN on our part. matt (talk) 19:40, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Look again, please. His family's statement made the connection, and many news outlets are so reporting it. Tvoz/talk 20:04, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
and here's just one of them. Tvoz/talk 20:05, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request - missing comma

In Return to Earth section, "Armstrong and Aldrin discovered that in their bulky spacesuits, they had broken the ignition switch for the ascent engine;" needs a comma after "that": "Armstrong and Aldrin discovered that, in their bulky spacesuits, they had broken the ignition switch for the ascent engine;" Or else remove the one after "spacesuits". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.198.120.51 (talk) 19:23, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done. ----AE Daily (speak!) 19:30, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

EVA

Says "EVA" several times in the article without explaining what it stands for. Apparently it means Extra-vehicular activity. First mention should be an internal link to aforementioned article. (Obviously, the same goes for all other articles about astronauts/whoever where none of the "EVA"s is linked.) --82.170.113.123 (talk) 20:05, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good point - I've Wikilinked the first 'EVA' in the article body. And you're right - this seems to be a widespread problem. I'll raise it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:19, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 25 August 2012

How come does this article have "USAF" under his picture when he was in the Navy? Yet another example of wikipedia's uncontested brilliance.

67.238.224.194 (talk) 20:08, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the article says that Armstrong was"...A participant in the U.S. Air Force's Man In Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs...", which might justify calling him a 'USAF astronaut'. You may have a point though. We'll need to think about this. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:13, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
To the IP: But we could live without the sarcasm - we actually do try to get it right, and helpful comments are welcome. Tvoz/talk 20:33, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First wife

You have Neil Armstrong's first wife listed as having died in 1962 and then you mention she divorced him in 1992 after 38 years of marriage. Cannot be both. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.4.63.232 (talk) 20:14, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article says that their daughter Karen died in 1962. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:36, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

25. August is correct?

His death was reported on 25th, but seems the site http://neilarmstronginfo.com had been created on 24th. --Kucharek (talk) 20:27, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It was definitely reported today (the 25th), but as it's already 4:30 in the afternoon on the east coast, I can't say what that means for the actual date of death.  — AnnaKucsma  Speak! 20:36, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It was reliably reported on the 25th at around 3pm EDT that he died on Saturday the 25th, so that's what we're going with. Don't know who did that website or when. Tvoz/talk 20:41, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Moon landing

It should be mentioned that "Hoax theories, saying Apollo astronauts had never walked on the Moon" see Moon landing conspiracy theories. Moreover add that "Polls taken in various locations have shown that between 6% and 20% of Americans surveyed believe that the manned landings were faked".

No. This article is about Neil Armstrong, the Apollo astronaut. It isn't about conspiracy theories - see WP:FRINGE. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:51, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected

Well since the page is protected now, here's a fix for a dead link I was going to make; http://www.wapakoneta.net/history for Reference 3. Ebrockway (talk) 20:57, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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