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It's the Canadian National Exhibition, not Exposition. John FitzGerald (talk)

So I finally fixed it.John FitzGerald (talk)

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Please change this page to show that Amelia Earhart was lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Deeelala88 (talk) 16:31, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:45, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

85 not 80

its been 85 years since shes been gone — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.33.212.20 (talk) 22:59, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, it won't be 85 years until July 2, 2022. So "over 80" is still perfectly appropriate. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:20, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unencyclopedic tone

We have phrases here such as "while to the reader today" which I do not think belong in an encyclopedia. I also gave the feel this article is too laudatory. The section on her involvement in fashion advertisement seems intent on trying to make it seem she did something other than sell out to the fashion industry to trade her fame for money. It is a classic case of protesting too much. John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:10, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Radio Direction Finding Frequencies

Add to paragraph discussion of RDF frequencies the following sentences: "Amelia messaged Itasca with specific frequencies for use as radio homing to be transmitted by Itasca." https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/collection/earhart/id/1929/rec/2170 "Itasca never transmitted these frequencies 333Kc and or 545Kc; very late in the approach and arrival search time near Howland Island, Itasca did transmit on 500Kc but never on the requested frequencies nor 425Kc. It is not known how Itasca selected this frequency 425Kc in the calibration message the ship sent back to Amelia at Lae as it was between bands and could not have been received by the W20B receiver." AquariusTom (talk) 01:45, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Amelia Earhart

How was she influential? I need this for a biography I am writing about her in History class!! 73.177.173.9 (talk) 22:15, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We're not a homework service but since you asked nicely, take a look at Amelia_Earhart#Legacy. E Eng 01:05, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Faux Amelia Earhart

I've been wondering if the couple whose execution was witnessed by that woman were actually a fake Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan sent to spy on the Japanese. This would explain the destruction of "Her" plane that was witnessed by that soldier, as both the real and fake couples would've been operating separately from each other by necessity and the fake Amelia would never have known the real one was lost.Tnarrud3 (talk) 17:03, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]