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Earth has been listed as a level-1 vital article in Science. If you can improve it, please do. This article has been rated as FA-Class.

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Q.	Why doesn't the article say anything about the apparent uniqueness of life on this planet?
A.	At one time the lead said, "Home to millions of species, including humans, Earth is the only place in the Universe where life is known to exist." There were similar assertions in the article body. However, the wording proved too contentious and a stable compromise couldn't be achieved. Instead, it was decided to remove all mention of this point and leave the discussion of life elsewhere to the extraterrestrial life article.[1]
Q.	Why doesn't this article give equal weight to young Earth creationism or similar cultural points of view?
A.	This article focuses on the scientific consensus about the Earth. Per WP:PSCI, fringe theories about the Earth need not be given equal weight. Such views normally have their own well-developed articles where there is more weight given to presenting the specific philosophies.
Q.	Why is the Blue Marble image used in the infobox?
A.	There are multiple reasons. The image is iconic, famous and is one of the few true photographic images of Earth. It has also been a featured image since November 2004. Other images may present more detail of the land masses, but they are generally composite or processed images.

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January 19, 2004	Refreshing brilliant prose	Kept
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December 20, 2005	Good article nominee	Listed
July 25, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
September 2, 2006	Articles for deletion	Speedily kept
November 8, 2006	Featured topic candidate	Promoted
March 9, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
April 21, 2007	Featured article candidate	Promoted
August 27, 2008	Featured topic candidate	Not promoted
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References in the lead[edit]

Since this is a FA article, I suggest removing the references in the lead in order to meet MOS:CITELEAD since the infomation in the lead should already be referenced in the rest of the article. Spy-cicle💥 ^Talk? 23:20, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Note on the source in header?[edit]

There's a sentence fragment in the last paragraph on the opening section, which seemingly came from a reference (?). Would be nice for someone with edit privileges to fix, cheers. NeptNarwhals (talk) 09:44, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Removed - thanks for the note. Vsmith (talk) 14:13, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

"Eaht" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Eaht. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. — Searingjet (talk) 18:38, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 December 2019[edit]

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ably in a "change X to Y" format. Other editors need to know what to add or remove. Blan 80.90.174.70 (talk) 08:36, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. NiciVampireHeart 09:05, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 December 2019[edit]

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You should the following sentence "Earth is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest and most massive of the four rocky planets" to "Earth is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest and most massive of the four terrestrial planets." Because it sounds more accurate and mature The Darth Revan (talk) 04:16, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Talk:Earth

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References in the lead[edit]

Note on the source in header?[edit]

"Eaht" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

Semi-protected edit request on 2 December 2019[edit]

Semi-protected edit request on 20 December 2019[edit]

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