Talk:Fort Knox

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Contents 1 Security reputation, gold, etc 2 Lazy cut and paste jobs 3 Error? 4 merge tag 5 In popular culture 6 Removal of Trivia

[edit] Security reputation, gold, etc

Isnt Fort Knox the place where all gold is stored? Isnt Fort Knox very well known for being high-security and well guarded or something?

Fort Knox Bullion Depository - it's already covered. ---J.Smith 01:00, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I, too, did not think of going to the Fort Knox Bullion Depository to find more about the high-security. I originally came in search of it, and would have left empty-handed if I had not come to the talk page. Perhaps a small note regarding the influence of the name "Fort Knox", and another link to the Fort Knox Bullion Depository? Kareeser|^Talk! 23:51, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

The current full name for the installation is United States Army Armor Center & Fort Knox, and United States Army Armor School.SSG Cornelius Seon (Retired) 00:58, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Count me as a third, I came here to find more about the high-security gold hoarding room. I would have left empty handed also, had I not came to the discussion page. I'm sure there are others too. Is there a way to get wikipedia users the information they want without offending the admins? Sentriclecub (talk) 20:47, 30 April 2008 (UTC) (and without having to check the discussion page)

[edit] Lazy cut and paste jobs

I'm not allowing lazy cut and paste jobs into this article. Period. Do your own writing! Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 06:38, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Dumping a bunch of unwikified text here and expecting others to clean it up is unacceptable, no matter the source. Also, even if public domain text is usable, it must be *factored* into the existing article, something that was not done. Also, the existing content (that many people had worked on) was removed in the process. I don't see a serious effort here to create a good article, and until it becomes serious, I'm fighting it. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 14:26, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

• The article appears to contain several articles from the fort knox website pretty much word for word. I'll see what I can do to shape this one up. Just maybe I'll include some references. Jahnx 04:05, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Error?

The page notes a seal on a door in the gold vault being broken for the first time in over 30 years. I just watched a documentary showing this event and it said that the seal was placed there in 1968...making it six years before it was opened again in 1974. Only reason I don't change it is I'm not sure if it's referring to another seal. It can be changed without being incorrect however. I'm not sure the correct way to provide a source but it was the History Channel documentary "Fort Knox: Secrets Revealed" So if someone wants to do this...I just wanted to provide the info - 72.24.86.95 17:57, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] merge tag

I've added a merge tag because the census designated place and the post are the exact same thing. Maintaining two seperate articles is, to be blunt, idiotic. If someone adds "Kentucky" to a link, the link points to the CDP, and if they don't, it links to the military fort article. Consequently, you have articles about military units linking to an article about the demographics of the place. As it is first and foremost an army post, I suggest merging into the Fort Knox article, as this has been the general consensus of the Military History Wikiproject.-- Nobunaga24 04:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] In popular culture

This section should be deleted. This section can be summed up in the main body in one sentense without going into detail. -Jahnx (talk) 12:09, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of Trivia

Hi all, I bit the bullet so to speak, and merged the trivia into the introductory paragraphs. I also redirected users to the Bullion Depository article to help clear some confusion. Cheers. Greglo (talk) 02:43, 19 May 2008 (UTC)