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Q1: Is the article biased against conspiracy theories?

A1: Wikipedia is a mainstream encyclopedia so this article presents the accepted version of the events according to reliable sources. Although reliable sources have repeatedly reported on conspiracy theories, reporting on conspiracy theories is not the same thing as advocating conspiracy theories or accepting them as fact. The most recent discussion that resulted in the current consensus took place on this talk page in December 2011. If you disagree with the current status, you are welcome to bring your concerns to the article talk page. Please read the previous discussions on this talk page and try to explain how your viewpoint provides new arguments or information that may lead to a change in consensus. Please be sure to be polite and support your views with citations from reliable sources.

Q2: Should the article use the word "terrorist" (and related words)?

A2: Wikipedia:Words to watch states that "there are no forbidden words or expressions on Wikipedia". That being said, "terrorism" is a word that requires extra attention when used in Wikipedia. The consensus, after several lengthy discussions, is that it is appropriate to use the term in a limited fashion to describe the attacks and the executors of these attacks. The contributors have arrived at this conclusion after looking at the overwhelming majority of reliable sources that use this term as well as the United Nations' own condemnation of the attacks.[1]

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January 19, 2004	Refreshing brilliant prose	Kept
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August 20, 2008	Good article reassessment	Kept
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August 23, 2011	Peer review	Reviewed
August 30, 2011	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
September 25, 2011	Good article reassessment	Delisted
May 24, 2013	Good article nominee	Not listed
July 13, 2015	Good article nominee	Listed
Current status: Former featured article, current good article

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RM, September 11, 2001 attacks → September 11 attacks, Moved, 20 August 2008, Talk:September 11 attacks/Archive 44#RFC on page title and comma
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There is now unequivocal evidence showing that the three buildings that collapsed during the 9/11 incident were due to more than fires from burning jet fuel. The organisation 'architects and engineers for 9/11 truth' has amassed an immense amount of evidence showing what happened. Their website should be linked to this article http://www1.ae911truth.org. JefferyBloggs (talk) 13:46, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

AE911Truth.org is not a reliable source. Please read the archives. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 14:17, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

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Change 16 years to 17 years. Nicatoris (talk) 20:07, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Not done: It should update automatically pretty soon. Saucy^{[talk – contribs]} 23:11, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

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Please remove "Islamic" where-ever you mention terrorist group. The terrorists are in no way, shape, or form part of the religion because they went against the major religious beliefs, so therefore they are not to be associated with a religion that promotes peace. Claiming that these terrorist groups are Islamic gives ignorant people the idea that the whole religion are based off of terrorist ideals. StopBeingIgnorant1 (talk) 16:28, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Not done:The reliable sources repeatedly refer to them as such.--MONGO (talk) 17:07, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Religion is whatever you want it to be. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 17:46, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

While I also disagree with your suggestion because of the coverage in reliable sources, most scholars agree with you that they do not represent mainstream Islam. That is another topic, however. —Paleo Neonate – 04:40, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

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2601:C8:C100:42B:D5C3:BED1:1355:A8AF (talk) 23:00, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

augast 10 was wen 9 11 started

Not done Please cite a professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic source that allows us to make sense of your claim. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:01, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

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