Talk:Warren P. Waters

Air Force pilot and other claims without reliable sourcing
This article had been tagged as in need of copy editing, but it turned out a great deal of the text was sourced only from www.warrenpwaters.org which appears to be self-published by Waters' family and not a WP:RS. I attempted a major rewrite, removing suggestions that he worked with Edward Teller, putting "awards" in their proper context, and retaining claims that had reliable sourcing. There are still some career details that are sourced by the family's biography website, and I suppose one could add an inline tag for those.

His service as a "US Air Force pilot" had been prominent in the lede, but I could only find that he had "began training to be a pilot" in the army, not that he had ever flown missions. The Army purple heart and bronze star are documented for his infantry service, but I could not find anything aviation-related.

The article is now mostly sourced by the Atomic Heritage Museum but that refers the reader back to the family's biography (incorrectly linking to warrenpwaters.com which is a clothing retailer, not warrenpwaters.org) and to Wikipedia. So now that source as well has questionable independence. With so much of the Cold War R&D having happened in secret it's hard to know who to give credit for what inventions and achievements. BBQboffin (talk) 18:47, 14 November 2022 (UTC)