Talk:Fizzle (nuclear explosion)

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A fact from Fizzle (nuclear explosion) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 May 2008, and was viewed approximately 5,400 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a nuclear bomb test that significantly fails to produce its estimated yield is called a fizzle?

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etymology

Is "fizzle" a portmanteau of "fission" and "sizzle"? Benlisquare (talk) 02:49, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See wikt:fizzle. Not exactly a backronym but a backmanteau? - ¡Ouch! (^{hurt me} / _{more pain}) 07:23, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

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No consensus to move. Note that the nominator now opposes. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:06, 16 July 2010 (UTC) Fizzle (nuclear test) → Fizzle — A short reason for page name change. 75.142.152.104 (talk) 05:07, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. To most people "fizzle" means "not to burn well" or similar: see wikt:fizzle. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:57, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment this IP user, 75.142.152.104 has a bad habit of not following instructions. S/He repeatedly refuses to leave a reason for moving pages around, and has been doing this for months on end. S/He has been informed several times about the need for leaving a reason. 76.66.192.55 (talk) 04:36, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Fizzle already redirects here anyway. It doesn't matter if "fizzle" has another dictionary meaning. See Wikipedia is not a dictionary. — AjaxSmack 04:51, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Since I just created a disambiguation page. 75.142.152.104 (talk) 05:08, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose No reason given for proposal. If the proposer can't be arsed giving a reason, I can't be arsed supporting the move. Skinsmoke (talk) 05:19, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Dragonfire incident

This is only indirectly related to a nuclear fizzle. IMO, it belongs elsewhere, into an article more closely related to terrorism. - ¡Ouch! (^{hurt me} / _{more pain}) 06:58, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Because it's mostly about the USA? RomanK79 (talk) 00:11, 20 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Nuclear fission tests considered to be fizzles

Upshot–Knothole Ruth: Testing a uranium hydride bomb. The test failed to declassify the site (erase evidence) as it left the bottom third of the 300-foot (91 m) shot tower still standing.

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