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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 12, 2022. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that an advertising campaign promoting an Aqua Teen Hunger Force* film went wrong when signs throughout Boston displaying the Mooninites* (example pictured) were mistaken for bombs?
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Requested move 1 February 2020

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. No prospect of consensus to move. Andrewa (talk) 02:09, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2007 Boston Mooninite panic → 2007 Boston false bomb threat – The article needs to be renamed to something without "Mooninite" in it. I did read Cirt's reasoning for the previous move, and I found their last three points to be rather amusing. It is not "inappropriate" in the slightest to mention "bomb" or "threat" in the title as a false bomb threat was exactly what it was; the city of Boston mistook these signs as bombs and required bombs squads to remove them. Bomb squads only respond to bomb threats, right? Besides, the only people who know what a "Mooninite" is are viewers of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and the title shouldn't be slanted towards them, especially considering that "Mooninite panic" is a very vague term. It would almost make it seem like the article would be about Mooninites running rampant throughout the city. A title that makes more sense for readers unfamiliar with the subject is warranted, because I wouldn't know what to expect going into it by reading the title first. Aria1561 (talk) 19:31, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think as mentioned in a previous post bomb scare is a better choice since I could see false bomb threat being interpreted as an attempt to trick people into thinking they the items were bombs and not a marketing stunt gone wrong.--69.157.252.96 (talk) 23:42, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I don't think a requirement to know what Mooninites are is necessary to understand the article, and the current title is more descriptive._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 03:15, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose A more descriptive title is needed. Dimadick (talk) 08:55, 3 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

But how exactly is "Boston Mooninite panic" an accurate title? People weren't panicking over Mooninites in Boston, which is what the title insinuates, they were reacting to what they had thought at that point in time was a bomb threat. When they realized they were just LED placards of Mooninites, the panic went away. It's not a very descriptive title when it's not even accurate. Aria1561 (talk) 00:15, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose No threat was made or implied. - Denimadept (talk) 21:38, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's the whole point of putting the word "false" next to "bomb threat". The police department as well as news outlets originally believed it was a bomb until someone pointed out that it was an LED placard; everyone had assumed that it was a bomb threat when the whole event was unfolding. Aria1561 (talk) 00:15, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 9 February 2020

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The result of the move request was: withdrawn by nominator in favour of move review (non-admin closure) BegbertBiggs (talk) 00:28, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2007 Boston Mooninite panic → 2007 Boston false bomb threat – Since when has three votes been enough for a consensus? I had just given rebuttals to the opposing votes and the request was immediately closed? That is not alright by any means. The discussion was active. More time was absolutely needed for that requested move. Please refer to the points I made in the last request for this new request, and I would prefer that this one not be hastily closed this time. Aria1561 (talk) 04:46, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Snowclose. If you want to discuss this further, take it to WP:Move review. O.N.R. ^(talk) 13:08, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Agree: And I'm quite happy to discuss this at WP:MR. I have now raised this on nom's talk page. Andrewa (talk) 16:50, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- And they have now agreed to take it to MR. I've asked them to also confirm that here. Andrewa (talk) 17:32, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Confirmed. I would like a speedy close in order for this discussion to be moved to a move review. Aria1561 (talk) 20:31, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Mooninites (in some form of wording) clearly meet COMMONNAME for this.

"People weren't panicking over Mooninites in Boston" Yes, they were. There were Mooninites, plastic light-up ones. They made people (or at least the police) panic. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:24, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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