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Federal Bureau of Investigation is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination was archived. For older candidates, please check the archive.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
May 26, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
July 4, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
July 6, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
July 9, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
April 29, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
June 19, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
June 6, 2009	Good article reassessment	Delisted
November 17, 2023	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on July 26, 2008, July 26, 2009, July 26, 2013, and July 26, 2017.
Current status: Former featured article candidate

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This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

John Schwartz (August 2, 2010). "F.B.I., Challenging Use of Seal, Gets Back a Primer on the Law". New York Times.
Staff writer (August 3, 2010). "Wikipedia and FBI in logo use row". BBC News.
John D. Sutter (August 3, 2010). "FBI to Wikipedia: Remove our seal". CNN.
Stephen Harrison (15 January 2026). "Wikipedia's Existential Threats Feel Greater Than Ever". Wired. Retrieved 15 January 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

Discussions

Not moved, 10 May 2008, from Federal Bureau of Investigation to FBI, see discussion.
Not moved, 5 September 2016, from Federal Bureau of Investigation to FBI, see discussion.

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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 06:21, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 9 March 2026

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In the section "January 6 United States Capitol attack" the article states "The FBI has long been suspected to have turned a blind eye towards right-wing extremists while disseminating "conspiracy theories" on the origin of SARS-CoV-2." and features the words "conspiracy theories" in quotation marks as if to quote someone but this term does not even appear in any of the cited sources. The part about the coronavirus should be removed. ~2026-15060-00 (talk) 16:19, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Done I have removed the quotation marks, as I saw no reason for them to be there. Thank you for reporting this. EvenLeoEme (talk) 10:46, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"Draft:V&" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Draft:V& has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 May 9 § Draft:V& until a consensus is reached. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:05, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]