Talk:No Easy Day

Wording issues
I'm not sure what the editor was trying to convey, but this sentence makes no sense and should be edited for clarification or removed: "Bissonnette claims to express the position that DEVGRU (formerly SEAL Team Six) held with the mission." 71.198.59.52 (talk) 22:14, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

The entry reads that a small amount of proceeds will be donated to SEAL families--but the article serving as the reference states a "majority" of proceeds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.216.7.5 (talk) 19:59, 4 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Corrected.TMCk (talk) 21:48, 4 September 2012 (UTC)


 * FWIW, the book itself says "I'm donating the majority of the proceeds from this book to charity."page 299 and "I am telling this story and donating most of the proceeds from its sale in honor of the men we have lost since September 11."Page 301 --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 07:59, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Outdated tag
Whoever placed the "outdated" tag neglected to mention the specific issues here on the talk page. I don't know what they are. If the don't get detailed here, I propose removing the tag. Cla68 (talk) 04:42, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I second that.... the book comes out and a week later the page is tagged as outdated? I'm scratching my head here :3  dain   talk   14:29, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I removed it. Cla68 (talk) 01:48, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Mark Owen/Matt Bissonnette naming convention
A bit of consistency in the name would make it easier to follow the article, rather than constantly switching between Owen & Bissonnette.

Has anyone any preference on which name should be used?

--Observant Biker (talk) 22:49, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm of the opinion that "Mark Owen" should be used throughout the article as it's the name he published the book under. I think another section could be about how his real name was outed after the book came out. Just my .02 though. —   dain -  talk   00:01, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Exactly what I was thinking, I've gone ahead & changed all uses of Bissonnette to Owen, except where his real identity is revealed.

Observant Biker (talk) 23:14, 20 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Hey guys, this is the creator of the article. I am in favor of having more prominence to his actual name, while giving less emphasis upon his pen name. D ARTH B OTTO talk•cont 09:19, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
 * The book was published under a certain name, I think the person should be referred to by that name. That's the way it seems to be handled on other articles; the article for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer for example uses Twain, not Clemens, as the author of the novel and refers to him as such throughout the article. I do think the awkward wording of the lede currently, ...is a military memoir by "Mark Owen" should be replaced with something along the lines of is a military memoir by Matt Bissonnette under the pen name Mark Owen because the quotes around Mark Owen in the lede don't really work. - Aoidh (talk) 10:45, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Would it not make sense to include "Matt Bissonnette" in the infobox, at least? D ARTH B OTTO talk•cont 21:39, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't think so, especially when seeing how other similar articles (including Featured Articles) handle that situation. - Aoidh (talk) 21:48, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't think the comparison to Mark Twain is a very close analogy. Mark Twain was, and is, widely known by that name, while being little known by his legal name. By contrast, Matt Bissonnette is widely known by his legal name, and is not generally referred to by his pen name except in discussion of this book prior to the revelation of his identity. Are there sources which refer to him as Owen while acknowledging his identity as Bissonnette? Daask (talk) 20:18, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Mark owen is related to Matt Bissonnette, but is there a official prove that he was involved in the raid
Hi, it sounds strange, but can someone link me to an article or a document, what identifie, the writer (Synonym/real person) to be called by official US Gouverment sources as a team member of the raid that took down Osama Bin Laden? No indirect prove, like the goverment charges the writer, because of maybee violation of NDAs and so on. The Term of Problem is, can his claims how the raid has been done used as a source of a member who claim to be involved in the raid, or as a member who actually been part of the team in the mission. --Airwave2k2 (talk) 15:45, 29 May 2015 (UTC)