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Should the lead include that this is a conspiracy theory?

I was reading the article and I noticed that the source supporting the claim that the flat Earth argument is a conspiracy theory is a news article from 2016. Since then, there are several academic studies demonstrating that it is indeed a conspiracy theory. I added them to the reference in the intro. However, my question is that, perhaps, the lead should describe the FE as a conspiracy theory, given that this is how most sources classify it. MexFin (talk) 14:01, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This has since been added to the intro, noting that is a recent development. -- Beland (talk) 00:23, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This paragraph is not clear

Behind the Curve illustrated how flat Earth believers rely on poorly-verified claims. Mark Sargent claimed to have watched flightaware.com for a very long time to check if any flights traveled between continents in the Southern Hemisphere, which in his disc model would be much further apart than they are on the globe. He stated that he saw no such flights, and took this as evidence for the disc model. Caltech astrophysicist Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore went to the site and immediately found flights that contradicted Sargent's claims.[95][96]

Sargent was not finding long flights which should have been present in his theory of a stretched out southern hemisphere. Or did he? Not clear what he claims and why this would support his view. Thank you for your work. Florir121 (talk) 08:16, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This has since been removed. -- Beland (talk) 00:25, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page crashes

This page crashes on my iPad Mini. It may be due to the rotating picture. rouenpucelle (talk) 02:10, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Youtube "debate" is just noise

What is the point of the video in the section Sociological explanations for counterfactual beliefs? I was expecting the debate would at least present some arguments of the flat earthers, given the video is even archived on Wikipedia. But it is just 40 minutes of two guys shouting at each other and calling each other names while the moderator does nothing, and then one of them just leaves. It adds nothing of value to this topic and could easily be ignored. I regret wasting 40 minutes watching this "debate" 93.71.159.28 (talk) 18:31, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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There is a caption on a spinning earth image that appears to be an incomplete sentence:

"Twenty-two images of the Earth taken from space by the DSCOVR satellite. The observable, contemporary scientific view of the Earth as a rotating spherical globe, which flat Earth believers contest."

This should be reworded for clarity and grammar. 67.23.216.69 (talk) 13:31, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:CAPFRAG

I rearranged the caption, hoping to clarify it. In my opinion it runs on and on, and could stand some serious trimming. Just plain Bill (talk) 15:09, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Reduced it as far as I am comfortable doing. Not opposed to anyone else reducing further. Closing out request. —Sirdog (talk) 00:18, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]