Talk:Rudolf Anderson

Kenneth O'Donnell
Has anyone tried confirming a phone call to him from Kenneth O'Donnell such as is portrayed in Thirteen Days? It would be much less to the point than the other O'Donnell events portrayed (the starlings scenario by William Ecker and his wingman is presumably pretty close to the truth, and a great piece of crucial history that we are IMO neglecting), but the portrayal of O'Donnell saying to Anderson "I've been making these calls to [all the mission leaders]" does make sense of it, tho the chance that it had a historical impact is in his case far-fetched. --Jerzy•t 05:15, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Pigeon
The pigeon story, besides being a copy vio in its current form, is far too detailed for the accompanying bio article. (Further, even if it was intended to humanize him, its effect probably violates SYNTH on grounds that its disproportionate length (relative the size of the article as a whole and relative the anecdote's role in his significance) has the effect of mocking him: If the C.O. of a carrier had had his Tailhook behavior mentioned in the course that scandal, it might rate mention, but almost certainly not detailed accounting. --Jerzy•t 05:15, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Raul Castro
Towards the beginning of the article, it states that he was shot down by Raul Castro. Did Raul Castro even have anything to do with this incident? Even if he did, maybe the wording should be changed. It seems to imply that Raul Castro actually got on an AA gun and personally shot the guy down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.61.204.26 (talk) 07:44, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The suggestion is not supported by the sources given and they don't meet the criteria of WP:RELIABLE, so I've reverted it. 101.98.248.252 (talk) 11:13, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The references given don't aren't reliable sources as defined by WP:RELIABLE. Please don't add statements to the article unless they can be backed up with reliable sources. 101.98.248.252 (talk) 08:55, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The assertion has been changed from "shot down over Cuba by Raul Castro" to "shot down over Cuba by the Cuban military at the direction of Raul Castro". I don't think either of those statements are supported by reliable sources, indeed the sources provided contradict that statement saying it was the Soviets who shot down the aircraft. I'm not going to (edit) war over this - I will leave it for others to review and decide. 101.98.248.252 (talk) 21:11, 9 June 2016 (UTC)