Talk:Utah monolith

Rename?
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)


 * Probably not. The 2020 version received worldwide media coverage and Utah monolith is the WP:COMMONNAME, eg .-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦  (talk to me) 06:52, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * 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 . 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. -- Green  C  19:47, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

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. -- Green  C  15:43, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

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)
 * 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) Tb hotch ™ 06:38, 18 November 2021 (UTC)


 * 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.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦  (talk to me) 08:07, 18 November 2021 (UTC)