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Jennifer Gardiner (26 November 2020). "Google earth images suggest utah monolith has been there for several-years". abc4 News. Retrieved 28 November 2020. According to a newly created Wikipedia Page dedicated to the Utah monolith, public officials announced the discovery but withheld its location to prevent people from getting lost while trying to find it.
Sara Tabin, Brian Maffly, Zak Podmore (28 November 2020). "Utah's desert obelisk has disappeared". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 28 November 2020. The obelisk even has its own Wikipedia page.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Over at List of works similar to the 2020 Utah monolith it was pointed out that there are other monoliths in Utah, many holding the common name for a long time. With the cooling of time, does it make sense to add a year to the title here? – SJ + 00:19, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not. The 2020 version received worldwide media coverage and Utah monolith is the WP:COMMONNAME, eg [1].--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 06:52, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Call it Utah monolith (2020). When adding year disambiguates we don't go by common name. Personally I think it should be Utah metal monolith which is more descriptive, and disambiguates at the same time, all other monoliths are natural. WP:COMMONNAME says Editors should also consider all five of the criteria for article titles outlined above. Ambiguous or inaccurate names for the article subject, as determined in reliable sources, are often avoided even though they may be more frequently used by reliable sources.. This is precisly the case here. Most of those sources were contemporary to the event, when everyone knew what it meant, but Wikipedia is writing for a 100 year audience, they don't have the context of knowing what "Utah monolith" means. It fails the WP:CRITERIA list of name ("Precision"), it's ambiguous, and by extension fails COMMONNAME per the green quote. -- GreenC 19:47, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The article title remains ambiguous, per my comments above (green quotes). Some other suggestions include "Monolith meme" or "Utah monolith meme". Or replace meme with "trend". See Category:Internet memes introduced in 2020 and Category:2020s fads and trends which these articles are part of. -- GreenC 15:43, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

magnetism

was not magnetic, and appeared to be made of 1/8th inch stainless steel or aluminum sheets

Is there such a thing as non-magnetic steel? —Tamfang (talk) 06:23, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I searched "non-magnetic steel" in Google and got some results like "Some stainless steels are magnetic, and others are not. The defining factor of magnetism comes down to the the steel's microstructure" and "Most stainless steels falling under this category are non-magnetic because they contain high amounts of austenite." (CC) Tbhotch^™ 06:38, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Stainless steel is often non-magnetic. I can confirm this because some of my stainless steel saucepans will not work on an induction hob. If a magnet won't stick to it, it won't work on an induction hob. Steel is an alloy and it isn't always magnetic.[2]--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:07, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]