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This core article is actively being edited in accordance with the tenets of this year's core contest, an endeavor to improve Wikipedia's coverage of vital and core topics, not yet a featured article. This is a permanent link to the article as it existed when the contest started. Collaborations are welcome throughout this endeavor which ends on March 9, 2014. Inquires and suggestions on the talk page should see a timely reply, (within 24 hours), and are encouraged as well. Thank you.—John Cline (talk) 07:51, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 10 April 2014

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24.24.139.28 (talk) 21:29, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. --ElHef (Meep?) 22:17, 10 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Deepening (and widening?) of harbour

‘Congress approved an appropriation of $50,000 on March 1, 1869, to deepen the approaches to this harbor.’ But ‘[until 1898] the U.S. did not fortify Pearl Harbor as a naval base. The shallow entrance constituted a formidable barrier against the use of the deep protected waters of the inner harbor as it had for 60 years.’

Can you clarify the sequence of events by which the harbour was deepened/widened? Valetude (talk) 11:03, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 22 December 2014

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Hawaiian word error according to my sister in Hawaii. I am also born and brought up there. The Hawaiian word for Pearl Water is given as Wainomi. But the word for pearl is momi. The word should be Waimomi-- Pearl Water.

If we should proceed with something more to confirm this change, please send the details.

Anahata Pomeroy anahata44@gmail.com 76.90.75.16 (talk) 20:40, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done I made the change - a quick Google search turned up a supporting ref at http://www.nps.gov/valr/historyculture/places.htm - which I also incorporated into the paragraph to support the change. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:48, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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In section "Naval Presence (1899 - Present) Recommend to split paragraph after "...base on the island in 1899". What follows after is a separate discussion on the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor in 1941. Recommend to include a link to the more comprehensive page "Attack on Pearl Harbor" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor )Streetcowboy (talk) 13:58, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

SC

I've tweaked the paragraphs. Also, there's already a link to the "attack" page in the opening paragraph at the top of the article. Stickee (talk) 01:15, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Streetcowboy 102.39.80.52 (talk) 16:57, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 3 November 2016

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99.179.20.92 (talk) 04:21, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: as you have not requested a change.
If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ".
Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 09:06, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

add visible coordinates (I will not attack, attackers know more)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 December 2016

Please add under Post-World War II:

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be visiting Pearl Harbor on December 26th with President Obama. This will be the first Japanese leader to visit and is to reciprocate Obama's visit to Hiroshima City in May.

Source: https://newsline.com/pearl-harbor-visit-of-shinzo-abe-will-be-a-first-for-a-japanese-leader/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.97.54.169 (talk) 21:33, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add under Post-World War II:

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced he will be visiting Pearl Harbor on December 26th with President Obama. This will be the first Japanese leader to visit and is to reciprocate Obama's visit to Hiroshima City in May.

Source: https://newsline.com/pearl-harbor-visit-of-shinzo-abe-will-be-a-first-for-a-japanese-leader/ 74.97.54.169 (talk) 21:36, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: Wikipedia is not a newspaper -- Dane ^talk 00:47, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"The two American commanders are now seeking to restore their reputations and full ranks."

No they're not, both of them are dead and have been for 50-70 years by now. Surely this should be reworded to say "The family of the two American commanders" or "The supporters of..." Anything but wording that states that the commanders themselves are leading the charge from beyond the grave! 95.151.137.144 (talk) 09:40, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 21 February 2017

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plz mate some of this isis wrong 97.78.143.97 (talk) 16:28, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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. DRAGON BOOSTER ★ 16:58, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How to Create aG"O

hello you need to give more simple facts off to the side so people don't have to search for the information as much — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.76.88.248 (talk) 23:19, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Add section describing the layout and geography in detail

The naval base article might discuss the layout, but this article doesn't. Will (Talk - contribs) 05:30, 15 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

map context

It would be nice if there was a map of hawaii or the island that pearl harbor is located on in this wiki article so one can see in context where it is located. It's hard to place where Pearl Harbor is visually. TonyMorris68 (talk) 14:40, 11 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Long dead, demoted American commanders are now seeking to restore their full ranks

Revision 648068288, dated 20 February 2015 inserted the claim that two American military commanders, Lt. Gen. Walter Short and Adm. Husband Kimmel were demoted of their full ranks, and are now seeking to restore their reputations and full ranks. A citation is provided to an issue of Christian Science Monitor from 1996, but it's presumably not available online, so I can't check it. In any case, the claim that Short, who died in 1949, and Kimmel, who died in 1968, are currently seeking to restore their ranks sounds extremely dubious. 125.255.248.10 (talk) 23:31, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lede section

Is there anything else from the body of the article that anyone thinks should be included in the lede? Boomer Vial^{Happy Holidays! • Contribs} 09:04, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Pearl Harbor, T.H.

Pearl Harbor, T.H. was commonly used by the U.S. Military in World War II as an acronym for Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 18:22, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

attack preparedness

According to Callista L. Gingrich and Newt Gingrich, a war game simulated an attack on Pearl Harbor on February 7, 1932. This drill demonstrated the vulnerability of the U.S. fleet stationed there. Source: Gingrich, Callista L. & Newt Gingrich (2021) "Remembering the Lessons of Pearl Harbor," Lost Creek Guide, December 15, 2021, p. 14. Some of the comments in the article: "The fact is the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor . . . [in 1941] should not have been a surprise at all. We knew Pearl harbor was particularly vulnerable to attack -- especially on Sunday morning...." "The naval officials who oversaw the war game initially ruled . . . [the mock attack] a complete success -- and a total loss for the defenders of Pearl Harbor." Kdammers (talk) 17:13, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Missing link to Naval Station Pearl Harbor (its last rename) and environmental contamination.

I find it very curious that there was

a) no link to the currently existing Naval installation PEARL HARBOR NAVAL COMPLEX or Naval Station Pearl Harbor (its last rename), which confusingly was its own page

b) nothing about environmental contamination. Wuerzele (talk) 15:41, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Possible link error on page - don't know how to fix

When hovering my mouse over the first picture in the set of three, top-right, the pointer changes to suggest it's a clickable link, and the 'animation' suggests the same, but it takes me nowhere. Since clicking on an image at Wikipedia normally takes you to at least information about the image or a larger one, I'm speculating there's a problem, but it needs someone with more editing knowledge than me to determine that and fix if required. Right-clicking and asking to view the picture gives this as the address: https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Pearl_Harbor&revid=1231820455&groups=_adaa0e76309671cf64dab5c0b2a453ce6148c561

Mathsgirl (talk) 19:39, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Remove editorialising

from "Environmental contamination On October 14, 1992, the US Environmental Protection Agency added the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex as a superfund to the so-called National Priorities List."

to "Environmental contamination On October 14, 1992, the US Environmental Protection Agency added the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex as a superfund to the National Priorities List." 2404:4408:9A01:8000:38CE:5509:CD22:A3EE (talk) 08:30, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]