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1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on September 18, 2004.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
April 7, 2004	Featured article candidate	Promoted
May 30, 2007	Featured article review	Demoted

Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on April 15, 2004, June 4, 2004, June 4, 2005, June 4, 2006, June 4, 2007, June 4, 2009, June 4, 2012, June 4, 2014, June 4, 2017, and June 4, 2019.

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Text and/or other creative content from this version of 1989 Tiananmen Square protests was copied or moved into Dissidents in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

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

Discussions:

RM, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 → Tiananmen Square massacre, no consensus, 4 June 2011, discussion
RM, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, not moved, 14 September 2012, discussion
RM, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 → Tian'anmen Square protests of 1989, not moved, 26 August 2016, discussion
RM, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 → Tiananmen Square Massacre, not moved, 14 March 2017, discussion
RM, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, moved, 16 October 2018, discussion
RM, 1989 Tiananmen Square protests → 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, not moved, 1 June 2019, discussion
RM, 1989 Tiananmen Square protests → Tiananmen_Square_Massacre, duplicate request (not moved), 14 August 2019, discussion
RM, 1989 Tiananmen Square protests → 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, no consensus, 6 June 2021, discussion
RM, 1989 Tiananmen Square protests → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, moved, 8 September 2021, discussion
RM, 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre → 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and conflicts, not moved, 8 June 2024, discussion

This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

Stephen Harrison (21 May 2019). "Why China Blocked Wikipedia in All Languages". Slate (magazine). Retrieved 23 May 2019.
Corinne Weaver (June 5, 2019). "Wikipedia Edits Tiananmen Square Massacre To 'Protest'". NewsBusters. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
Carl Miller (October 5, 2019). "China and Taiwan clash over Wikipedia edits". BBC News. Archived from the original on October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.