Talk:Hangar 18

RFD discussion: August–October 2022
It may mean more to Americans than to me, but does it meet our criteria for inclusion? Similarly with, which has been around since 2005. DonnanZ (talk) 18:50, 22 August 2022 (UTC)


 * CFI says "Most manmade structures, including buildings, airports, ports, bridges, canals, dams, tunnels, individual roads and streets, as well as gardens, parks, and beaches may only be attested through figurative use. Figurative use refers to figurative language (e.g., simile, metaphor, metonymy) that makes reference to one or more of the place's characteristics." Whereas Area 51 is commonly mentioned and widely known to be associated with secret tech and (supposedly) aliens, such that it can be mentioned to invoke such associations without needing to spell them out, Hangar 18 is less common (and searches are hampered by the fact that it's also the name of a film, which many hits are about) and the uses I can find invariably spell out that it's a hangar where the government supposedly stores aliens, so someone wouldn't really "run across it and want to know what it means", since they'd see right away in the paragraph they were reading. So the case for inclusion is weaker for Hangar 18 than for Area 51, although I guess its association with aliens still gives Hangar 18 a better case for inclusion than just any building like "" or "26 Seafield Road East, Edinburgh" or something. (Abstain / unsure for now.) - -sche (discuss) 00:57, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's a building. The is technically a building with a better claim to fame. Hangar 18 alerted me as it was categorised as a place, which it isn't. DonnanZ (talk) 09:43, 25 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Deleted. Links now point to WP. - TheDaveRoss  14:37, 27 October 2022 (UTC)