Talk:Government Warehouse

While the concept is a real one (ie actually exists in conspiracy theories), these alleged contents are just a joke. Evercat 02:27, 28 Aug 2003 (UTC)

added "or Fictional" to headings (most seem to be fictional; some also seem to be simply wrong: how can the Shroud of Turin even be alleged to be in two places?) - Binky 23:59, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)

It is a joke but a fun one. People always wondered what was in that warehouse where they stored the ark. True to conspiracies, some of the items are real while others are not. As for duplicates . . . who is to say who has the actual item or a copy, then again no one would really have the contents list(s) of the warehouses anyway. It's fun and supposed to be nothing more than entertainment. - Death666 09:54, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Contents

1 Verification 1.1 Things that definitely don't belong 1.2 Excising the list of contents entirely 2 Article name 3 Closed deletion listing

Verification

When, exactly, was it ever alleged that Captain America's shield or Amaterasu's sword were hidden away by the government in a secret warehouse? Where was it ever depicted that the US government obtained samples from the Fountain of Youth? Are the contributors to this article just pulling this stuff out of their asses? -Sean 01:34, 30 May 2004 (UTC)

This is supposed to be an encyclopaedia article, not a copy of a list that someone, by their own admission, made up from whole cloth just for the fun of it. Nonetheless: Uncle G 18:18, 2005 May 27 (UTC)

Things that definitely don't belong

The following definitely do not belong here:

• Water vial (Fiction – labeled "Fountain of Youth") — There is no evidence that it was ever depicted to be in a Government Warehouse.
• The Blob (Fiction – film The Blob) — This was dumped in Antartica in the movie, not in a Government Warehouse.

• HAL 9000 prototype (Fiction – film 2001: A Space Odyssey) — Neither the films nor the books imply that HAL 9000 or its prototypes were suppressed.
• Gary Gygax's confiscated personal effects — No sources were supplied to indicate that anyone even claimed that such a confiscation was made.
• Captain America's Shield (Fiction – comic book "Captain America") — as per Gtrmp above
• Goddess Amaterasu's sword (given to the first Emperor) (Mythology) — as per Gtrmp above
• Shroud of Turin (Biblical Artifact that is very controversial) — Some suppressed secret! Shroud of Turin tells one exactly where it is.
• Live Dodo bird (Extinct animal) — No sources were supplied to indicate that anyone even claimed that there's a live one somewhere.
• Marie Celeste's ship logbook (Historic – The crew mysteriously vanished on November 7, 1872) — The logbook is the one paper that wasn't missing from the ship.
• The Amber Room (Real – dismantled by Soviet army in Berlin at the end of WWII) — According to Amber Room, there are lots of stories about this. None of them involve the room surviving. They simply dispute where and when it was finally destroyed.
• Hitler's diary (Real/Fiction – many hoaxes, are any of them real?) — The entry says it itself. No-one has claimed that real diaries have been suppressed or lost. Rather they have all claimed to have found the diaries.
• Elvis Presley — The assertion is that Elvis is alive, not that he is in a Government Warehouse.
• Steve Jackson Games Files (Real Event – office (Steve Jackson Games) raided March 1, 1990 by Secret Service) — A real event, with real property confiscated, real property returned, a real court case, and real damages. No Government Warehouses involved.

• The Stargate (Fiction – film/TV Stargate) — In the television series plot this is actually stored beneath Cheyenne Mountain, not in a Government Warehouse.

Actually, the stargate was indeed stored in a government warehouse, from ~1945 to ~1980.

—wwoods 19:37, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Excising the list of contents entirely

I've entirely excised the list of contents. I did this for several reasons:

• Death666 saying above that "no one would really have the contents list(s) of the warehouses anyway." If no-one really has a contents list, then this entire list is unverifiable.
• Both the original sources for this list and Death666 above admit that the list was made up from whole cloth just for the fun of it.
• Leaving in even a partial list would encourage the addition of more "fun" entries.
• None of the "conspiracy" entries cited sources, saying who asserts the conspiracy theory concerned.
• All of the conspiracy theories are duplicated at the lists of conspiracy theories linked to from conspiracy theory, and many have only tenuous connections to Government Warehouses, if that.

Uncle G 19:23, 2005 May 27 (UTC)

Article name

Great job on the rewrite UncleG! My only real concern now is the article's name: "Government Warehouse" isn't a proper noun, so it should be renamed. "Government warehouse" is generic enough to refer to other matters. I suggest secret government warehouse. -Sean Curtin 01:21, May 28, 2005 (UTC)

Closed deletion listing

This article was listed for deletion on 26 May, 2005. The discussion was closed with the result of keep. This article will not be deleted. You can view the discussion, which is no longer live: Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Government Warehouse. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 22:17, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Personally, I'd like to say kudos to Uncle G for taking cleanup seriously. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 22:17, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)