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			== Request: replace existing link to paper with source link ==
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	"Initially designated K-84 and later renamed A-230." incomplete sentence. Does this refer to a specific Novichok agent, or all of them? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 15:52, 4 January 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

			Reference 12 links to Independent (newspaper) article, which only mentions OPCW report, but does not link to it.
	This article is a bunch of bunk based on a single web page.
			Here is the summary of the report from OPCW which should be used instead as its reliable source:

			https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/S_series/2018/en/s-1612-2018_e_.pdf <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 23:56, 20 March 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	It is crap - I'm going to re write it later. I am a US Amy Chemical Officer with a degree in CBRNE studies. Everything EVERYTHING in this article is WRONG. For example, Novichock weapons aren't a gas at all (except for the vapors of binary VX maybe) These compounds are of high military importance, and the quality of this article needs to relfect that. How do I get started editing? The first thing I need to change is the header, and I can't do that.
			:{{done}} The article here already included a reference by the OPCW that they had issued this report but it now also includes a link to the .pdf as above, which of course does not reveal the actual structure of the novichok agent, which was kept secret. ] (]) 17:00, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

			== A-234 Mass Spectrum ==
	* Your help would be very welcome. All you need to do to change the page is click on "edit this page" on the article page and make whichever edits you feel are necessary. I added some additional information to your own talk pag ethat you might find handy. Happy editing! – ]] 19:35, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

			The Russian Misplaced Pages page on Novichoks contains the following graphic: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Kivelidi_Edgewood_spectra_2.png
	* All I have about the Novichoks are two very uncertain formulas of two compounds that some sources claimed to be the Novichok agents so, here they go (SMILES):
			Top: Mass spectrum of agent with which Kivelidi was poisoned. Bottom: Mass spectrum of A-234 from the NIST98 as reported by Edgewood Arsenal. The top spectrum has a peak at 42, while the bottom one does not. Does anyone have any idea as to what the significance of that is? <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 00:51, 20 June 2020 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
			:: It just means a molecule with a molecular mass of 42 was present, could be any number of substances, C3H6 is 3 x 12 + 6 x 1 = 42 which is cyclo-propane ,a common propellant in aerosols, many simple solvents could also have a molecular weight of 42. You can do a search by molecular weight here https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?Value=42&VType=MW&Formula=&AllowExtra=on&Units=SI&cMS=on There are some pictures here too, https://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/Spectrpy/MassSpec/masspec1.htm note that some molecules get broken up inside the mass spectrometer, so you will see peaks at all the possible fragment weights. It is possible that 42 is the weight of a fragment or an impurity. ] (]) 10:00, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
			:::8/24/2020 In outdated topic "Novichok". There was a pick from interested parties / visitors to the page.
			Several of these seek additional explanations. As for Novitshok non-military modifications "Nivitshok Famely". Possible symptoms and long-term consequences for health. Yes ! First, - gastroenterals. After that? ... Mild to moderate difficulty concentrating? And what else ? Yes, that's right ! Misplaced Pages is an inciclopedia for the children. No medical portal. But . When our children go to school on September 1st. And if you have poor concentration ... You will, possibly, find a remedy, look for some information on Misplaced Pages.org.] (]) 14:22, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

			=="FOLIANT"==
	O=P(OCCCl)(F)ON=C(F)Cl
			Is this codename a NATO reporting name or somesuch? If it is a Soviet codename, what was it really, was it "foliant" in Russian, or some Cyrillic characters that are equivalent to FOLIANT or sound like "Foliant"? This needs a Russian language original term added.
			-- ] (]) 14:30, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
			: Based on the Russian Misplaced Pages, I believe it is "Фолиант". Can somebody find a source for it? I do not understand Russian. ― ] (]) 15:21, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
			::Yes, it is Фолиант. ] (]) 02:51, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

			==Edit request==
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			{{noredirect\|Foliant}} redirects here. Please change the hatnote to indicate the Olympic medalist horse "Foliant".

			Change:
	Hope it helps, these were hard to find
	Best regards, onagrus (onagrus =AT= yahoo.com)

			{{tlx\|redirect\|Foliant\|chemicals used to remove leaves\|Defoliant}}
	Careful. Misplaced Pages IMHO is supposed to be open literature; so don't get too close to things you're not supposed to talk about.] 07:34, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
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			to:
	Granted chap, be aware though that the CWC is very specific in insisting on the co-operation of all countries and authorities to allow defence against agents. Discussion of defence not only should not be restricted but keeping such information secret could be viewed as a breach of the convention. It could even be construed that reticence by countries to reveal what they know of new agents is due to a number of factors from not knowing enough themselves, through to having no known detection or treatment.

			{{tlx\|redirect\|Foliant\|chemicals used to remove leaves\|Defoliant\|the horse\|List of Olympic medalists in equestrian}}
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			-- ] (]) 14:37, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
	Editing the "effects" section to include 2-pam chloride side of a NAAK. It might be a good idea to mention the CANA if we are going to expand this section into a "Treatment" type article. ] 23:52, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
			:] '''Not done:'''<!-- Template:EP --> There is really not much information about Foliant the horse in that list. It is only mentioned once. ― ] (]) 15:15, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

			::An Olympic medallist horse should get a mention, even if it is to the list where it tells you the circumstances of the medalling. -- ] (]) 22:34, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
	==Deletion==
	This page is all speculation or copying facts from a paranoid, unreliable source. Maybe this series of agents is fiction, maybe not, but there are NOT enough hard facts to support anything resembling an encyclopedic entry. Thoughts? ] 05:37, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

			== Navalny poisoned with it ==
	I agree with the quality of entries. However, be assured, it's not so much a fiction. ] 11:10, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

			Remember Misplaced Pages is not news https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-europe-54002880 ] (]) 16:49, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
	There is a complete BOOK on the research process undertaken by the Russians. The fact that the CAS numbers have also been printed, if you have nothing useful to say - go read them. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 13:12, 1 July 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

	==~~Deletion~~==		== Edit request ==
	Articles which are submitted need to be substantiated. A russian newspaper isn't really reliable. This should be listed as being more of a rumor than fact, the Russians are notorious for making bullshit claims about their weapons systems , even claiming to have developed a gravity beam (janes) doomsday devices and gps jammers which were taken out by GPS guided JADAMS. By the way the US army atropline injector has 2 pan chloride which actively degrades organophospates. Atrophine does block the acetylcholnie receptor so the claim that atrophine would be ineffective just russian propoganda. In all speculative articles it should be noted that the strenght and capabilities of Russian weapons systems are more important to the internal stability of Russia, because the strenght of the Russian armed forces are directly part of Russian Nationalism. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]) 01:40, 25 April 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

			At the beginning of the last sentence of the preamble:
	The existence of Novichok agents has been openly admitted by Russian state authorities when they brought a criminal treason case against Mirzoyanov. According to expert witness testimonies of ''state prosecution'', the agents did exist and ''therefore'' the disclosure by Mirzoyanov represents ]. Mirzoyanov made his disclosure out of environmental concerns. He was a head of a counter-intelligence department and did measurements outside the CW facilities to make sure that foreign spies can not detect any traces of the production. To his horror, he found enormous amounts of CW that represented danger for people who lived there. The books by Birshein and Albats (reliable secondary sources) claim this to be a binary weapon. See this source: "the talk about binary weapons was no more than a verbal construct, an argument ex adverso, and only the MCC could corroborate or refute this natural assumption. By entangling V. S. Mirzayanov in investigation, the MCC confirmed the stated hypothesis, advancing it to the ranks of proven facts." ] 04:12, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
			"In the 21th century" should read "In the 21st century" ] (]) 19:38, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

			:done ] (]) 20:24, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
	:Androm, 2-PAM, also referred to as "pralidoxime," doesn't "degrade organophosphates," it degrades the function of ''some'' organophosphates by reactivating acetylcholinesterase. It doesn't work well for poisoning with ] and is reported by Miryazanov and in the literature of chemical weapons not to work well with the Novichok agents such as A-232 selected for weaponization by Russia. This, and not any alleged ineffectiveness of atropine, is the foundation for reports that Novichok can't be treated effectively by existing Western nerve agent antidotes, as first-line treatment for organophosphate poisoning involves both atropine and pralidoxime. ] (]) 19:26, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

	== ~~Cleanup~~ ==		==Edit request==
			Could someone replace this:
			<blockquote>
			The forerunner of Novichok agents, ] (frequently also referred to simply as "Novichok")<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-russia-stockpiles/secret-trial-shows-risks-of-nerve-agent-theft-in-post-soviet-chaos-experts-idUSKCN1GQ2RH\|title=Secret trial shows risks of nerve agent theft in post-Soviet chaos:...\|date=20 March 2018\|newspaper=Reuters}}</ref> was reportedly used in 1995 to poison Russian banker {{ill\|Ivan Kivelidi\|ru\|Кивелиди, Иван Харлампиевич}}, and Zara Ismailova, his secretary.<ref name="kommersant">{{Cite news\|last1=Strokan \|first1=Sergey \|last2=Yusin \|first2=Maksim\|last3=Safronov \|first3=Ivan \|last4= Korostikov\|first4=Mikhail \|last5=Inyutin \|first5=Vsevolod \|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3570019\|title=И яд следовал за ним\|trans-title=And the poison followed him\|work=]\|date= 13 March 2018\|issue=41\|page=1\|accessdate=13 March 2018\|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Stanley \|first1=Alessandra \|title=Moscow Journal; To the Business Risks in Russia, Add Poisoning \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/09/world/moscow-journal-to-the-business-risks-in-russia-add-poisoning.html \|work=The New York Times \|date=9 August 1995 }}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb\|McGregor\|2011\|p=166}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/theresa-may-accuses-russia-of-involvement-in-skripal-s-poisoning-russian-made-prohibited-substance-d/\|title=Theresa May accuses Russia of involvement in Skripal's poisoning, as Russian-made prohibited substance discovered\|work=Crime Russia\|date=13 March 2018\|accessdate=13 March 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314042820/https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/theresa-may-accuses-russia-of-involvement-in-skripal-s-poisoning-russian-made-prohibited-substance-d/\|archive-date=14 March 2018\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="mirror">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/banker-secretary-murdered-same-nerve-12176829\|date=13 March 2018\|title=Were these the first victims of nerve agent Novichok? Russian banker and secretary 'assassinated' in mysterious circumstances 20 years ago\|work=]\|first=Will\|last=Stewart\|accessdate=13 March 2018}}{{unreliable source?\|date=April 2018}}</ref>
			</blockquote>
			With this (or a similar variation):
			<blockquote>
			A novichok agent<ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|last=Stewart\|first=Will\|date=2018-03-13\|title='First victims' of deadly Russian nerve agent Novichok revealed\|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/banker-secretary-murdered-same-nerve-12176829\|access-date=2020-09-06\|website=mirror}}</ref> was used in 1.8.1995 to poison Russian banker {{ill\|Ivan Kivelidi\|ru\|Кивелиди, Иван Харлампиевич}}, who died three days later in a hospital at the age of 46.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news\|last=Stanley\|first=Alessandra\|date=1995-08-09\|title=To the business risks in Russia, add poisoning\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/09/world/moscow-journal-to-the-business-risks-in-russia-add-poisoning.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=2020-09-06}}</ref> The poison was applied to Kivelidi's office phone in Moscow.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Shleynov\|first=Roman\|date=2018-04-10\|title=Novichok has already killed\|url=https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/7905-novichok-has-already-killed\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-09-06}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> His secretary Zara Ismailova also got symptoms on 2.8.1995 and then died a day later in a hospital at the age of 35.<ref name=":3" />
			</blockquote>

			Old version has the following problems: substance-33 is not mentioned anywhere in the cited sources (I don't think anyone has publicly disclosed which novichok agent it actually was), the picture (''Novichok agent formula from Kivelidi case.svg'') is not substance-33 (or any other novichok agent I could find: ), there is a citation overkill and lack of specificity (when, where and how?). Sorry about the wacky formatting of this comment. ] (]) 01:28, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
	Granted, this article needs more cleanup with nearly every entry. There's quite some fiction in it. However, the issue is quite hush-hush, so I don't expect fiction to be replaced by hard facts. This is BTW the reason why I voted for deletion; if you can't produce a substantiated article, better don't produce anything rather than a collection of fictous facts. ] 07:23, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

			{{reflist-talk}}
	There are a lot of mistakes, but it can all be clarified if you take the time to read Vil Mirzayanov's new book "State Secrets: An Insider's Chronicle of the Russian Chemical Weapons Program" Published December 2008 by Outskirts Press. A lot of details about the Novichok program and some formulas are presented. Enjoy before they black out sections of this book! ] (]) 03:09, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

			:Is nobody gonna react to these potentially false claims regarding "substance-33"? This article is helping propagate baseless claims. An example: . I can't edit this article myself since it is semi-protected. ] (]) 06:05, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
	You can decide for yourself what can and cannot be substantiated. There is of course the circular argument used by Pickering - If Vil Mirzayanov lied, then why was he arrested? - Anyway, I will work on a short biography. I think this needs to be done, because people are beginning to read "State Secrets" now. Probably I am the only one who is able to do that properly at this point. (Gale Mirzayanov - wife)

			::I made the edit but I kept The Mirror out as a potentially unreliable source, being a tabloid without much credibility in these matters. ] (]) 15:41, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
	== "Effects" Section ==
			:::Substance 33 is mentioned in Mirzayanov book on Libgen. ] (]) 21:10, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

			== Illogical claims on Skripal and Navalny ==
	Since there were no references in the section "Effects," I undertook to provide them. I discovered that this section omitted two of the most contentious alleged features of the Novichok agents said to be selected for deployment - their greater toxicity than anything developed by NATO (ten times more toxic than the US/British nerve agent VX) and the ineffectiveness of the cholinesterase "reactivator" pralidoxime presently included in US/NATO "buddy care kits" and cited as the first-line treatment (along with atropine and diazepam) for nerve agent poisoning.

			If the 7 Novichoks are known to be the most potent nerve agents on earth, 5-8 more deadly than VX, why are then the cases of recovered cases like Skripal or Navalny mentioned here? There is no scientific basis for these political claims.
	So I added a short section on the standard treatment of nerve agent poisoning based on the FDA-approved package insert sheet for the "Duodose" nerve agent antidote kit to give the reader a more complete picture of what this treatment usually involves. I included a short statement paraphrased from a textbook on chemical weapons describing the greater toxicity of Novichok than the most effective Western nerve agent and the ineffectiveness of the standard cholinesterase reactivator, pralidoxime, in treating poisoning by Novichok agents.
			A military grade nerve agent is so potent to kill 10 of thousand enemies, to be resolved in air over a wide area. That's why it needs to be that potent. Nerve agents used by secret state agencies, like the GRU, don't need that potency to kill their targets efficiently, but in the two mentioned cases this goal was not achieved at all. All victims recovered fully after 3 weeks. It cannot be one of the known strong Novichoks. Either a very weak variant, or something else. The described cases should mention this descrepancy, that a Novichok-like substance, much weaker than the documented Novichok variants could have been used. Maybe a special variant for the GRU, not the ones for the military. Then the naming is inaccurate, those two attacks should be moved to some other page describing the weaker variant with a not yet invented name. Like GRU-novichok.
			It's basically a two-component "binary" acetylcholinesterase. The UK and US military developed the very same btw., but they are held secret. ] (]) 11:14, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
			: Please see ]. Perhaps it was a small dose, I dunno. ― ] (]) 16:12, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
			:: Agreed. There could be any number of reasons why the cases were not fatal, perhaps the dose was too small? Perhaps the agent was intentionally diluted or weakened in some way as a margin of safety, making it easier and less risky to transport and administer? Perhaps the claimed potency of the various Novichok agents ( 5-8 x more deadly than VX ) is not actually accurate? After all, the Russians have never publicly acknowledged ever using it. Perhaps it was administered extremely sparingly or in a weakened form to limit the chances of other innocent people nearby from also being killed by a minor contamination, because increased casualties would obviously draw even more worldwide attention to the incident and increase the likelihood and severity of a possible retaliation. I could go on and on, but Misplaced Pages is not the place for this sort of speculation or original research. Currently according to the vast majority of credible sources, and most significantly the OPCW (the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) the agent used in the Salisbury attack was indeed a Novichok nerve agent.] (]) 11:27, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

			== Foliant redirect ==
	Hopefully, this short addition to the "Effects" section removes the deficiency noted in the tag at the beginning of the article as far as that section's concerned. ] (]) 19:12, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

			Is the message ''"Foliant" redirects here'' necessary (for readers who weren't redirected)? It seems likely to cause confusion, by suggesting that "foliant" is a synonym for Novichok agent (especially since foliant seems related to defoliant, and some defoliants belong to the same class of chemicals as the Novichok agents, the organophosphates). <br>
	== Chemical Formulas, Copyright and ] ==
			Maybe it's better to only show the message when readers were redirected, or to add a redirect for "Foliant program" (or "Foliant project", "Project foliant"..) and change the message to ''"Foliant program" redirects here'' ? (Although that could be interpreted as a program to develop foliants) <br>
			Foliant is an existing word in several languages, in Welsh it means laudatory (full of praise, giving praise), in other languages (German, Russian, Dutch, Frysk, Swedish,..) it refers to a book in ] format. At least I learned something ;-) ] 16:00, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

			== ] ==
	I recently deleted two graphic figures depicting many different chemical structures purportedly of the Novichok agents. My reasons for doing so are:

			Allegedly has sold illegally chemical products to Russia. ] (]) 12:15, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
	* wikipedia's not a scientific journal ], so this specialized information falls outside the ambit of an encyclopedic article, which this is;
	* the copyright status of those graphics is not clear. Unless the graphics can be shown to be in the public domain, they don't belong in an wikipedia article.

			== Clarification of units ==
	This isn't the first time I've deleted those graphics, together with CAS numbers and ordering information (names of vendors and catalog numbers) for some of them and their purported binary components. I did so after discussing the matter with one of the project's attorneys, there being no rationale for censorship of the information, but a very good case under ].

			"The concentration of butyryl cholinesterase (HuBuChE) in human plasma is normally about 80 nM" is in ambiguous units. The combination of small n and big M does not match any units I am familiar with, and a cursory search does not bring any results. ] (]) 00:38, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
	In short, we're not here to distribute purported chemical formulae of purported nerve agents. By comparison, our articles on, say, ] contain information and figures placed in the public domain by the US Army's Edgewood Arsenal and other authorities on nerve agents. There's no controversy as to where those formulae came from, their authenticity or the public domain status of figures in government publications.

			:I think that the correct value would be 80 nmol l<sup>-1</sup> but I haven't got access to the source ] to check. See ]. ] (]) 13:41, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
	Another editor placed the graphics back in this article with the edit summary "restored encylopedic and properly referenced content per WP:NOTCENSORED - this kind of knowledge is more dangerous when hidden!".

			== FYI public inquiry report: Police 'had to rely on Misplaced Pages for Novichok clean-up' ==
	I submit this isn't a question of hiding the information, but the appropriate forum for the information. Readers interested in learning about these formulae in a more appropriate context than an encyclopedia article may do so in the copyrighted articles they're reproduced from, as given in the article's reference list.

			I don't really think worthy of including in the article, but the ''Daily Telegraph'' has a mini-article reporting from the public inquiry today. It reports the Sturgess family KC saying "(One) report records that the most comprehensive source of information to local police was Misplaced Pages ... There are references to public health officials being risk averse and too slow to offer advice and make decisions." ] (]) 16:35, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
	The re-deletion of those figures is part of the requested general cleanup to bring it into conformity with our policies. ] (]) 21:02, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

			== Carry-On Netflix Movie ==
	: I'm not sure I understand your rationale for this deletion, this information is hardly specialised - practically every single other article about chemical compounds has structure diagrams for them, including all the other CW agent pages, so it seems odd and inconsistent that this would be deemed "specialised information" per WP:NOTJOURNAL. Also there is nothing unclear about the copyright status of these images, there is longstanding consensus here that the chemical structures themselves are not copyrighted, only the depiction of them, and once the structures have been manually redrawn and released as free use, there is no copyright issue. The images are still on Wikimedia Commons and are still on the foreign language pages of this article, and no one else has ever suggested a copyright issue. Those chemical structures are largely reproduced from D Hank Ellison's "Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents" or from Mirzayanov's autobiography, but they are not copies of the images in those books, but rather have been manually redrawn, in quite a different orientation etc. I agree there are some issues about the reliability of this information as it seems strange that the families of compounds depicted by Ellison and Mirzayanov have no overlap between them, perhaps all these structures are misinformation and the true Novichok agents are something else entirely. But so far as Misplaced Pages standards go, both those sources are WP:RS and there seems nothing inappropriate or unencyclopedic about including examples of what the structures are claimed to be. This does seem to be primarily an issue about censorship, the edit summary when these images were first deleted says "deleted specifc identity of the binary reagents required to make Novichok 5 and Novichok 7 in compliance with 18 U.S. Code § 842 - "Unlawful acts" subsection (p) (2)Prohibition" which seems pretty unambiguously an effort at censorship rather than anything else. Now maybe this is an example where the information is so dangerous that it should be censored from Misplaced Pages, you say you have discussed this with one of Misplaced Pages's attorneys and if they say it can't stay then I understand that. But I struggle to see what is so dangerous about the structures themselves, the precursors for organophosphate compounds like these are extremely difficult to obtain these days, and any wannabe jihadist trying to collect them would likely only draw attention to themselves from the authorities. I agree there is no need to list all the CAS numbers, synthetic routes or supposed binary reagents for these compounds, as this is too specialized for a general encyclopedia article about this class of compounds, but I notice you also deleted pretty much all the references, and that certainly doesn't seem consistent with policy like WP:PRESERVE. Finally though, I don't really understand what you hope to achieve by deleting the images from this Misplaced Pages page, anyone who does a Google image search for the images will find them right away, and also find structures for things like the carbamate nerve agents, which are probably more dangerous due to the precursors being less restricted. Thats really what I meant by saying this knowledge is more dangerous when hidden, most casual readers who come to this page will expect to see a few example chemical structures, and if they don't find it here they will likely look elsewhere anyway. ] (]) 19:40, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
			This webpage was featured in the 2024 Netflix movie, Carry-On, when the DHS agent intercepted a call about it. Maybe it could go in an "in popular culture" section for the page. - Q <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 08:08, 21 December 2024 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

	:: I discussed this with someone else involved in legal support for the project. He concurs with you that ] is a hard and fast rule, but concurs with me that so is ]. I appreciate your mentioning that two sources, one of which (Ellison) is probably ], the other of which was compiled by someone with less specialized technical background, list two mutually exclusive lists of structures for these agents. In that sense, someone's got to be wrong on the facts - we avoid the issue entirely by not going into a level of detail at which we can't be sure which of our sources is reliable.
	:: When I deleted references, they were for text I'd deleted in good faith, under the rationale given in my edit summary. There was no intent on my part to violate project policy, merely to delete text that goes into more detail than, say, our article on ], which in its notability (as well as its physiological effects) is pretty close to the Novichok agents (actually, the structures I deleted weren't as involved as the diagram for the synthesis of soman, I deleted those structures in this article because I believed they were copyright of Miryazanov. My apologies for the error, I ought to have checked). But, again, the level of detail on syntheses and structure on our articles on the G- and V-agents and other chemical weapons is almost all courtesy of public domain government publications, such as Edgewood Arsenal reports and technical summaries. The provenance of Miryazanov's data is unclear, even if we trust him more than the actual developers and custodians of the Novichok agents themselves, ultimately the Russian Ministry of Defense (who deny their existence, officially, or claim they're pesticides - and I'm sure they consider enemy soldiers to be pests).
	::I'll try to find Ellison's book here and review what it says about the Novichok agents. We may be able to reach consensus on this point, and I'd be more than happy to do so. But if this involves publishing any information useful in preparing any Novichok agent, legally, I don't have alternatives. I have to obey my country's laws, and the project confers no immunity to US citizens in that regard. But thanks for discussing this with me. I hope we can find a consensus here. ] (]) 23:55, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

	::: I'm glad you are keen to find consensus here, and again I would reiterate that I agree there is no need to include such unnecessarily detailed information as the synthetic routes or supposed binary reagents for these compounds, this is a dangerous topic after all. But again, it is hard for me to see what is especially different about these Novichok agents, when there is already so much information on Misplaced Pages about all the other nerve agents. All terrorist groups or rogue states who have tried to acquire nerve agents have started with either tabun or sarin (the easiest to make) or VX (the most notorious), and the synthetic routes for those compounds are all on their respective pages already. I appreciate you are legally bound not to facilitate publication of information useful in preparing toxic chemical agents, but again Misplaced Pages never permits the publication of new information per WP:OR, all the information on here is reproduced from sources which are already publicly accessible, quite easily in most cases. So trying to suppress this seems to me rather like bolting the gate many years after the horse had fled. Regarding the reliability of sources, according to their respective bios, Ellison is a trained synthetic chemist who worked for the US Army as a chemical officer, and Mirzayanov is a trained analytical chemist who worked for the Russian Army as a site inspector monitoring CW production facilities. So by WP standards at least, their expertise in this field is broadly equivalent. Just to complicate things further, after going back through this in more detail I realised some of the compounds in the top picture are not from Ellison's book after all but from Steven L. Hoenig's "Compendium of Chemical Warfare Agents", which unfortunately I do not have a copy of, at the time I drew the picture it was freely viewable on Google Books but has since been removed after that copyright dispute they had. Ellison provides references in his book, but from a quick look it appears these are the exact same old Russian journal article references that you deleted from the page. Mirzayanov does not provide references, but he does say that many of the less potent derivatives were reported in the open literature as new organophosphate insecticides, so that the secret chemical weapons program could be disguised as legitimate pesticide research. From this he would seem to be implying that the compounds claimed as Novichok agents by Hoenig and Ellison were all deliberate misinformation anyway, and if you look up Mirzayanov's claimed structures, they do not have CAS numbers or literature references, which imo makes them more plausible as military secrets. That said, there are various reasons why Mirzayanov might not have wanted to reveal the true structures either, and little reason for him to be honest about it in his autobiography, after all its not like the Russian military would have sought to correct him. So that does make me suspect that his structures could also be disinformation, and the true structures might be different again. But speculation aside, these are all valid WP:RS, and it is important to note that Misplaced Pages strives to accurately reproduce what is written in reliable sources, not to determine the objective truth. So in a way it is not really relevant whether these structures are accurate or not, we are just giving them as examples of what reliable sources claim the structures of Novichok compounds to be. Personally I figured that listing a wide range of diverse structures might serve to obfuscate the identity of the really toxic ones, if indeed they are in there, but we can trim the list down if you feel that is more appropriate. ] (]) 20:29, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
	:::: Hmm found a copy of Hoenig's book online, and those structures on the bottom row of the first picture aren't from there either, not sure where those were from then. (edit: found it, those other structures are from the patent reference listed, US 2009/0023706 ] (]) 02:00, 12 April 2017 (UTC) ) The rest of those ones are from Ellison, and he lists several other similar structures too. ] (]) 01:40, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
	:::::I see your point about ]. As long as we're doing due diligence to show what the consensus is in reliable sources on the structures of the notable Novichok agents, I think we're good. ] (]) 21:31, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
	:::::: In terms of consensus among the reliable sources, there is no doubt the structures listed by Ellison are the more widely accepted, they are mentioned in several reviews, have primary literature references reporting their discovery etc. On the other hand, I don't think we can dismiss Mirzayanov's claimed structures entirely, as after all his disclosures are the origin of all public knowledge about this series of compounds. Prior to his revealing them, the only sources that mentioned the Novichok series were classified intelligence briefs which obviously can't be cited as sources on WP. We may have to give less weight to Mirzayanov's claimed structures as they are only supported by a single source which can't be corroborated, but on the other hand his claim that the compounds which were reported in the open literature were less-potent members of the series that were deliberately publicised to draw attention away from the real highly active compounds, does seem plausible. It is quite an unusual situation to have a RS which explicitly claims that the consensus of other RS's is incorrect and has been deliberately mislead, and I think the best approach is to give examples from both sets of sources, but not specify which compounds are supposedly the highly active ones, as I don't think any of the sources can really be trusted on this (even Ellison concedes that there is insufficient information available to really be sure). As for notability, the most notable compounds would generally be the most active ones, but if we can't be certain which ones those are, then imo it seems appropriate to show a range of structures that illustrate the kind of compounds that were looked at, without getting too specific. Also even some less active structures may be chemically interesting, it seems unlikely that the selenium analogues of sarin and soman that Mirzayanov claims were researched would be highly potent (and he does not claim that they are), but I can't say I've ever come across a phosphorus=selenium double bond anywhere else, and if the Russians did indeed synthesise such compounds that is noteworthy regardless of how potent they are. Perhaps it would be best to have a single image showing a trimmed set of structures derived from both sources, mostly from Ellison but with a couple from Mirzayanov, and just put Ellison's and Mirzayanov's books as references. As you say, if people really want the references for the original Russian primary sources then they are listed in Ellison's book anyway, and perhaps including those primary sources would be unduly detailed for this page, we are supposed to favour secondary and tertiary sources after all. ] (]) 03:34, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
	:::::::I defer to your expertise on that. The sarin and soman analogues the P-Se bond instead of the P-S don't strike me as being in any way better than the originals, either from potency or ease of handling of the binary components (don't know about you, but I'd prefer to handle the VX-2 binary components, QL and sulfur, than QL and selenium) and, of course, cost. Even given how little nerve agent it takes to kill an individual, like that poor North Korean guy who was VX-ed in Malaysia, we're talking large fractions of a ton of agent to cover a square mile of enemy territory and be acceptably sure of taking everyone there out of action - it's why the "Weteye" bomb was so stinking big. That means that Russia would have had to find the money for many tons of selenium if they went with those formulas, back in the 1990s when that could have been a deal-breaker.
	:::::::The P-Se substitution for P-S in the older agents raises the specter of some murderously ingenious fellow out that way going all the way down the chalcogens to one with a P-Po bond and making a nerve agent with polonium-210 in it (holding up my Monty Python "joke" sign from the Conquistador coffee sketch).
	:::::::As to sourcing, yes, my preference would be secondary and tertiary sourcing. Citing Miryazanov and, say, Ellison both lends balance. I agree that given the controversy as to whose formulas might be ''desinformatsiya'' and the problems with the provenance of Miryazanov's structures we weight his work less than, say, Ellison's. But ] says, under ] that if we can find a tertiary source who describes the controversy between Miryazanov and everyone else on whose formulas are authentic information, that would be better than setting out both sets of formulae and describing the controversy ourselves as editors. What do you think? ] (]) 05:41, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
	:::::::: Well yes, obviously the ideal would be to find a tertiary source that describes the controversy here in detail. The problem is that no such source currently exists, nor is it reasonably foreseeable that such a source is likely to be published any time in the near future. This field of knowledge is one of the most tightly restricted that there is, very few laboratories are licensed to do research in this area, and I would guess that most of the research that does get done never gets cleared for publication in the open literature, as the number of relevant new papers that get published is extremely small. On the other hand, the Gupta reference from 2015 which is cited, does give examples of both types of structure, though interestingly they don't seem to have provided a citation for the bottom picture on p340 which matches the structure depicted in Mirzayanov's book. At any rate though, this is another RS which is more recent than either the Ellison or Mirzayanov references, includes example structures of both types, and comes close to addressing the controversy. The Gupta book says "Its exact chemical structure is unknown" and then follows this further down saying "An example of Novichok could be as follows" (showing depiction of structure per Ellison et al), then subsequently says "Another possibility could be" (showing depiction of structure per Mirzayanov). So I think the Gupta book is an acceptable tertiary source to document that the controversy exists and that two different sets of structures have been claimed, even if it doesn't go into as much detail as we might like. Gupta does seem to favor Ellison's claimed structure, saying "The Novichok class of compounds ''almost certainly'' belongs to the organophosphorus compounds containing the dihaloformamide group", but the citation for this is old, from 2006 so well before Mirzayanov's book was published, and I think this reflects merely that a greater number of publications have depicted this set of structures as the likely ones, not that Gupta necessarily regards this information as more reliable. So I think if we rely primarily on the most recent RS (i.e. Gupta) and also cite Ellison and Mirzayanov, we have enough references to go forward here without falling foul of WP:OR or WP:SYNTH. The question is now then, how many example structures do we depict. Gupta only shows two (though one of these is a general structure depicting a family of compounds rather than one specific one), but I still feel that a larger number of examples would better depict the scope of this topic for the purpose of an encyclopedia article. ] (]) 23:39, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
	:::::::::Taking your word that Gupta would be the way to go. Not ideal, but meh, all the points you make about the scarcity of any RS on this topic are true. And I'm willing to accept your judgment on the structure drawings, as long as we don't divulge vendor catalog numbers and other such unencyclopedic details that got me wielding my katana on this article in the first place, because ]. I'd be just as happy if we went with the generic "R-group" structure drawings, and one or two about A-232 and other Novichok variant structures our RS say were actually weaponized, that works for me. Thanks for the collaboration! ] (]) 02:07, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

	== Fourth generation ==

	See for example (US Dept of Defense), (US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations), (US Senate Committee on the Judiciary), , , , , , , etc etc. Recognised term. ] (]) 14:05, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

	{{U\|Jsrkiwi}} has again removed the term, claiming—without offering evidence—that it "{{tq\|is disputed by academics}}" and—without offering evidence—that he is "{{tq\|an expert in the field}}". The term is clearly in widespread use by academics and one might be forgiven for suspecting Jsrkiwi is now simply ]. ] (]) 20:41, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

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This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

"'Novichok'". The New York Sun. 9 September 2013.
Karel Knip (21 March 2018). "'Unknown' newcomer novichok was long known". NRC.nl.
"Carry-On". December 13, 2024.

Request: replace existing link to paper with source link

Reference 12 links to Independent (newspaper) article, which only mentions OPCW report, but does not link to it. Here is the summary of the report from OPCW which should be used instead as its reliable source:

https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/S_series/2018/en/s-1612-2018_e_.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.1.157.210 (talk) 23:56, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Done The article here already included a reference by the OPCW that they had issued this report but it now also includes a link to the .pdf as above, which of course does not reveal the actual structure of the novichok agent, which was kept secret. Mikedt10 (talk) 17:00, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

A-234 Mass Spectrum

The Russian Misplaced Pages page on Novichoks contains the following graphic: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Kivelidi_Edgewood_spectra_2.png Top: Mass spectrum of agent with which Kivelidi was poisoned. Bottom: Mass spectrum of A-234 from the NIST98 as reported by Edgewood Arsenal. The top spectrum has a peak at 42, while the bottom one does not. Does anyone have any idea as to what the significance of that is? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alure155 (talk • contribs) 00:51, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

It just means a molecule with a molecular mass of 42 was present, could be any number of substances, C3H6 is 3 x 12 + 6 x 1 = 42 which is cyclo-propane ,a common propellant in aerosols, many simple solvents could also have a molecular weight of 42. You can do a search by molecular weight here https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?Value=42&VType=MW&Formula=&AllowExtra=on&Units=SI&cMS=on There are some pictures here too, https://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/Spectrpy/MassSpec/masspec1.htm note that some molecules get broken up inside the mass spectrometer, so you will see peaks at all the possible fragment weights. It is possible that 42 is the weight of a fragment or an impurity. Salbayeng (talk) 10:00, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

8/24/2020 In outdated topic "Novichok". There was a pick from interested parties / visitors to the page.

Several of these seek additional explanations. As for Novitshok non-military modifications "Nivitshok Famely". Possible symptoms and long-term consequences for health. Yes ! First, - gastroenterals. After that? ... Mild to moderate difficulty concentrating? And what else ? Yes, that's right ! Misplaced Pages is an inciclopedia for the children. No medical portal. But . When our children go to school on September 1st. And if you have poor concentration ... You will, possibly, find a remedy, look for some information on Misplaced Pages.org.Salbayeng2 (talk) 14:22, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

"FOLIANT"

Is this codename a NATO reporting name or somesuch? If it is a Soviet codename, what was it really, was it "foliant" in Russian, or some Cyrillic characters that are equivalent to FOLIANT or sound like "Foliant"? This needs a Russian language original term added. -- 65.94.170.98 (talk) 14:30, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Based on the Russian Misplaced Pages, I believe it is "Фолиант". Can somebody find a source for it? I do not understand Russian. ― Hebsen (talk) 15:21, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Yes, it is Фолиант. 2A00:1370:812D:B141:DB0:7B25:6E48:5590 (talk) 02:51, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

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Foliant redirects here. Please change the hatnote to indicate the Olympic medalist horse "Foliant".

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"Foliant" redirects here. For chemicals used to remove leaves, see Defoliant. For the horse, see List of Olympic medalists in equestrian.

-- 65.94.170.98 (talk) 14:37, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Not done: There is really not much information about Foliant the horse in that list. It is only mentioned once. ― Hebsen (talk) 15:15, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

An Olympic medallist horse should get a mention, even if it is to the list where it tells you the circumstances of the medalling. -- 65.94.170.98 (talk) 22:34, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Navalny poisoned with it

Remember Misplaced Pages is not news https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-europe-54002880 2A00:1FA0:83C:2360:142:9DC8:4587:57F5 (talk) 16:49, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Edit request

At the beginning of the last sentence of the preamble: "In the 21th century" should read "In the 21st century" Kramer2718 (talk) 19:38, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

done MartinezMD (talk) 20:24, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Edit request

Could someone replace this:

The forerunner of Novichok agents, substance-33 (frequently also referred to simply as "Novichok") was reportedly used in 1995 to poison Russian banker Ivan Kivelidi , and Zara Ismailova, his secretary.

With this (or a similar variation):

A novichok agent was used in 1.8.1995 to poison Russian banker Ivan Kivelidi , who died three days later in a hospital at the age of 46. The poison was applied to Kivelidi's office phone in Moscow. His secretary Zara Ismailova also got symptoms on 2.8.1995 and then died a day later in a hospital at the age of 35.

Old version has the following problems: substance-33 is not mentioned anywhere in the cited sources (I don't think anyone has publicly disclosed which novichok agent it actually was), the picture (Novichok agent formula from Kivelidi case.svg) is not substance-33 (or any other novichok agent I could find: see for yourself), there is a citation overkill and lack of specificity (when, where and how?). Sorry about the wacky formatting of this comment. 5-HT2AR (talk) 01:28, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

References

"Secret trial shows risks of nerve agent theft in post-Soviet chaos:..." Reuters. 20 March 2018.
Strokan, Sergey; Yusin, Maksim; Safronov, Ivan; Korostikov, Mikhail; Inyutin, Vsevolod (13 March 2018). "И яд следовал за ним" . Kommersant (in Russian). No. 41. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
Stanley, Alessandra (9 August 1995). "Moscow Journal; To the Business Risks in Russia, Add Poisoning". The New York Times.
McGregor 2011, p. 166 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFMcGregor2011 (help)
"Theresa May accuses Russia of involvement in Skripal's poisoning, as Russian-made prohibited substance discovered". Crime Russia. 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
Stewart, Will (13 March 2018). "Were these the first victims of nerve agent Novichok? Russian banker and secretary 'assassinated' in mysterious circumstances 20 years ago". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
^ Stewart, Will (2018-03-13). "'First victims' of deadly Russian nerve agent Novichok revealed". mirror. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
^ Stanley, Alessandra (1995-08-09). "To the business risks in Russia, add poisoning". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-09-06.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Shleynov, Roman (2018-04-10). "Novichok has already killed". Retrieved 2020-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Is nobody gonna react to these potentially false claims regarding "substance-33"? This article is helping propagate baseless claims. An example: page 3 of this doc cites this article. I can't edit this article myself since it is semi-protected. 5-HT2AR (talk) 06:05, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

I made the edit but I kept The Mirror out as a potentially unreliable source, being a tabloid without much credibility in these matters. MartinezMD (talk) 15:41, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Substance 33 is mentioned in Mirzayanov book on Libgen. 91.78.221.238 (talk) 21:10, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Illogical claims on Skripal and Navalny

If the 7 Novichoks are known to be the most potent nerve agents on earth, 5-8 more deadly than VX, why are then the cases of recovered cases like Skripal or Navalny mentioned here? There is no scientific basis for these political claims. A military grade nerve agent is so potent to kill 10 of thousand enemies, to be resolved in air over a wide area. That's why it needs to be that potent. Nerve agents used by secret state agencies, like the GRU, don't need that potency to kill their targets efficiently, but in the two mentioned cases this goal was not achieved at all. All victims recovered fully after 3 weeks. It cannot be one of the known strong Novichoks. Either a very weak variant, or something else. The described cases should mention this descrepancy, that a Novichok-like substance, much weaker than the documented Novichok variants could have been used. Maybe a special variant for the GRU, not the ones for the military. Then the naming is inaccurate, those two attacks should be moved to some other page describing the weaker variant with a not yet invented name. Like GRU-novichok. It's basically a two-component "binary" acetylcholinesterase. The UK and US military developed the very same btw., but they are held secret. ReiniUrban (talk) 11:14, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Please see WP:No original research. Perhaps it was a small dose, I dunno. ― Hebsen (talk) 16:12, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Agreed. There could be any number of reasons why the cases were not fatal, perhaps the dose was too small? Perhaps the agent was intentionally diluted or weakened in some way as a margin of safety, making it easier and less risky to transport and administer? Perhaps the claimed potency of the various Novichok agents ( 5-8 x more deadly than VX ) is not actually accurate? After all, the Russians have never publicly acknowledged ever using it. Perhaps it was administered extremely sparingly or in a weakened form to limit the chances of other innocent people nearby from also being killed by a minor contamination, because increased casualties would obviously draw even more worldwide attention to the incident and increase the likelihood and severity of a possible retaliation. I could go on and on, but Misplaced Pages is not the place for this sort of speculation or original research. Currently according to the vast majority of credible sources, and most significantly the OPCW (the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) the agent used in the Salisbury attack was indeed a Novichok nerve agent.2A00:23C8:2688:A401:B53B:DFEC:EBB1:31A0 (talk) 11:27, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Foliant redirect

Is the message "Foliant" redirects here necessary (for readers who weren't redirected)? It seems likely to cause confusion, by suggesting that "foliant" is a synonym for Novichok agent (especially since foliant seems related to defoliant, and some defoliants belong to the same class of chemicals as the Novichok agents, the organophosphates).
Maybe it's better to only show the message when readers were redirected, or to add a redirect for "Foliant program" (or "Foliant project", "Project foliant"..) and change the message to "Foliant program" redirects here ? (Although that could be interpreted as a program to develop foliants)
Foliant is an existing word in several languages, in Welsh it means laudatory (full of praise, giving praise), in other languages (German, Russian, Dutch, Frysk, Swedish,..) it refers to a book in folio format. At least I learned something ;-) Prevalence 16:00, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Riol Chemie GmbH

Allegedly has sold illegally chemical products to Russia. Xx236 (talk) 12:15, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Clarification of units

"The concentration of butyryl cholinesterase (HuBuChE) in human plasma is normally about 80 nM" is in ambiguous units. The combination of small n and big M does not match any units I am familiar with, and a cursory search does not bring any results. Valrosss (talk) 00:38, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

I think that the correct value would be 80 nmol l but I haven't got access to the source doi:10.1021/tx0101806 to check. See Mole (unit)#Derived units and SI multiples). Mikedt10 (talk) 13:41, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

FYI public inquiry report: Police 'had to rely on Misplaced Pages for Novichok clean-up'

I don't really think worthy of including in the article, but the Daily Telegraph has a mini-article Police 'had to rely on Misplaced Pages for Novichok clean-up' reporting from the public inquiry today. It reports the Sturgess family KC saying "(One) report records that the most comprehensive source of information to local police was Misplaced Pages ... There are references to public health officials being risk averse and too slow to offer advice and make decisions." Rwendland (talk) 16:35, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Carry-On Netflix Movie

This webpage was featured in the 2024 Netflix movie, Carry-On, when the DHS agent intercepted a call about it. Maybe it could go in an "in popular culture" section for the page. - Q — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:569:5806:F900:542:7F29:3AAB:4F26 (talk) 08:08, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

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