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Source of Confusion

While it may be obvious to most readers, it should be explained why Armstrong's statement would be confusing or grammatically incorrect. Without the "a" before "man", the meaning of the statement would have been self-contradictory, because "man" in that sense means the same thing as "mankind"; thus the statement would mean: A small step for mankind and a giant leap for mankind. Which is it? By contrast, if "man" is preceded by "a", then "man" refers to a single person, and the statement makes sense. 174.56.173.38 (talk) 12:11, 10 December 2023 (UTC)kolef174.56.173.38 (talk) 12:11, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 20 December 2023

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neil A. Armstrong wasn't the first person on the moon. he was the first documented but not the first. the first person was a dude who came out first to take picture. another thing is Neil A spelt backwards is A. lien or Alien Kairosssssss (talk) 15:27, 20 December 2023 (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 and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Deltaspace⁴² (talk • contribs) 15:50, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 3 May 2024

Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American person who flew on rockets and aeronautical engineer who in 1969 became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Epsmlewis01 (talk) 20:42, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. I'm assuming this is a joke, but we're obviously not going to replace the text 'astronaut" with "person who flew on rockets". TJRC (talk) 23:05, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lede initial line

The first line should instead read as:

Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who in 1969 became the first man to walk on the Moon.

"man" should be used instead of "person" as that was the period usage of the term. Ergzay (talk) 11:23, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change famous sentence to : "That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

The first source seems to say that the "a" part was not said by Neil, but the Nasa source says otherwhise :

At 10:56 p.m. EDT Armstrong is ready to plant the first human foot on another world. With more than half a billion people watching on television, he climbs down the ladder and proclaims: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

I think the version of NASA makes more sense. Thanks. Elentirwiki (talk) 15:10, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to "one small step for [a] man" as in the body. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Information from armstrong

What armstrong said about space and moon 41.121.28.52 (talk) 03:20, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]