Undid revision 515269662 by Toddy1 (talk) doesn't matter what names it had in the past (it had several), all that matters is how it is named now, the rest can be read on dedicated article about it. |
if it "doesn't matter"; lets have the historically accurate wording. + reorder Post Office Tower statement for readability. |
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Completed in 1964, the [[ |
Completed in 1964, the [[Post Office Tower]] was an official secret and did not appear on [[Ordnance Survey]] maps until after it was officially revealed by [[Kate Hoey]] under [[parliamentary privilege]] in 1993, despite being a {{convert|177|m|adj=on}} tall structure in the middle of central London.<ref>{{cite hansard |url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199293/cmhansrd/1993-02-19/Debate-5.html |house=House of Commons |date=1993-02-19 |column=634}}</ref> |
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[[Kayfabe]], or the presentation of [[professional wrestling]] as "real" or unscripted, is an open secret, kept displayed as legitimate within the confines of wrestling programs but openly acknowledged as predetermined by wrestlers and promoters in the context of interviews for decades. |
[[Kayfabe]], or the presentation of [[professional wrestling]] as "real" or unscripted, is an open secret, kept displayed as legitimate within the confines of wrestling programs but openly acknowledged as predetermined by wrestlers and promoters in the context of interviews for decades. |
Revision as of 03:49, 1 October 2012
An open secret is a concept or idea that is "officially" secret or restricted in knowledge, but is actually widely known; or refers to something which is widely known to be true, but which none of the people most intimately concerned are willing to categorically acknowledge in public.
Examples of military open secrets:
- Area 51 until July 14, 2003
- Camp Mirage
- Delta Force[citation needed]
- DEVGRU[citation needed]
- ECHELON[citation needed]
- Electromagnetic bomb[citation needed]
- Nuclear weapons and Israel[citation needed]
- Numbers stations
- SOSUS[citation needed]
Completed in 1964, the Post Office Tower was an official secret and did not appear on Ordnance Survey maps until after it was officially revealed by Kate Hoey under parliamentary privilege in 1993, despite being a 177-metre (581 ft) tall structure in the middle of central London.[1]
Kayfabe, or the presentation of professional wrestling as "real" or unscripted, is an open secret, kept displayed as legitimate within the confines of wrestling programs but openly acknowledged as predetermined by wrestlers and promoters in the context of interviews for decades.
An example of an open secret in politics is that it may be widely known that an individual government minister holds a particular opinion, but is at present unable to express that opinion publicly because it is contrary to the formally expressed view of the government of which he or she is a member.
In television, the primary real-world identity of The Stig, a costumed and masked television test-driver used by BBC Television for Top Gear, was an open secret[citation needed] until the unofficial embargo was broken by a newspaper in 2009.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199293/cmhansrd/1993-02-19/Debate-5.html. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 1993-02-19. col. 634.
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missing title (help) - ^ Foster, Patrick (2009-01-19). "Identity of Top Gear's The Stig revealed as Ben Collins". The Times. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
The identity of the white-suited Stig ... has been an open secret within the motoring world for some years, with newspapers refraining from publishing his name, to uphold the spirit of the programme.
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