Talk:Rise (zero gravity indicator)

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The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:07, 7 October 2026 (UTC)

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Rise, the zero-gravity indicator and mascot for the Artemis II mission

• ... that a video of letters on a small toy (illustrated) has conspiracy theorists on edge?

• Source: https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.A6WV668

• • ALT1: ... that astronauts brought a stuffed animal called Rise during Artemis II so they could use it as a zero-gravity indicator? Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/lucas-ye-artemis-ii-zero-g-indicator-mascot-design-winner-rise/
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tsarist Russia
  • Comment: The first DYK was on the Russian wiki.

Created by Thepharoah17 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 13 past nominations.

Thepharoah17 (talk) 06:56, 20 September 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Thepharoah17: ALT0 is great, however there are a few problems with the article. The image is currently up for deletion, but it looks like the consensuses is keep. There are two paragraphs with no citation, and reference 17 needs to be replaced. Other than that, good work! 1timeuse75 (talk) 16:41, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

@1timeuse75: I added the requested refs and reworded the text to match the ref. Thepharoah17 (talk) 18:38, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

@Thepharoah17: I'm sorry, but it seems like I've missed an unreference paragraph in the Contest section. Once you've cited it I'll be happy to approve ALT0! 1timeuse75 (talk) 11:04, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

@1timeuse75: I added the requested ref. Thepharoah17 (talk) 11:51, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

@Thepharoah17: Approved! 1timeuse75 (talk) 11:53, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Extreme concern over Viral Video section

I’m extremely worried about the Viral Video segment of this page as it gives undue weight to a disproven conspiracy theory. Concerns include the title, the lack of counterpoints, the implication that the furore was an “uprising” against “traditional media”, et cetera. Edits really needed given this is a DYK page now. ~2026-49818-71 (talk) 20:59, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Unusual wording in article

I noticed the word "talisman" is used multiple times in the article to refer to "Rise". I think an argument could be made for using that word given it's something of a good luck charm, but it doesn't really align with the definition. The article started as a translation, which contained the "talisman" phrasing (along with errors like "Thermal Coating Laboratory" instead of "Thermal Blanket Laboratory").

Going through all the sources cited where talisman is used, I don't see anyone using that term. Instead it's mostly "plush item", "plushie", "toy", "mascot", "zero-gravity indicator", and "indicator". In particular, NASA calls the competition a "Moon Mascot contest" not "lunar talisman competition" like it's referred as to in the article. I'll change any glaring errors I see, but leave the "talismans" for now. ExitTheWarrior (talk) 17:43, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

It's supposed to mean mascot. I changed it accordingly. Thepharoah17 (talk) 17:53, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

Awesome, and thanks for creating such an interesting article. I also fixed a couple of other translation errors I noticed (like "space technology mission directorate", presumably instead of NASA). ExitTheWarrior (talk) 18:01, 15 October 2026 (UTC)

Actually, just realizing this might be referring to the Research and Technology Mission Directorate, but I'll stick with my change anyway since it wasn't mentioned in the cited source. ExitTheWarrior (talk) 18:07, 15 October 2026 (UTC)