User talk:Ajmacdonaldjr

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May 2014
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at TWA Flight 800 conspiracy theories. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

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I don't see why I would need a secondary source for a theory that is published in the book I referenced. The book I referred to should be good enough for addition to this entry. Lance is an award winning investigative journalist.


 * Secondary sources are the main basis for content in Wikipedia. In this case, at least one is needed to show that Lance's theory is independently significant. Compare to Salinger's conspiracy theory on the same subject, which has received such coverage and is included in the article. VQuakr (talk) 05:16, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Would such a source need to be a book, or could it be an article?


 * An article would qualify if it was from a reliable source. Feel free to float ideas on the article talk page; that is what it is there for. VQuakr (talk) 19:41, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Lance's book "Triple Cross" included his theory too, and this 2006 World Net Daily article by Jack Cashill, who wrote his own book about TWA 800, concerns Lance's theory found in "Triple Cross" - 11.22.2006 - "Triple Cross' blows TWA 800 wide open" Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2006/11/38981/#i1KlFK9mF4cRHXrb.99 - http://www.wnd.com/2006/11/38981/


 * Neither Cashill nor WND are anywhere close to reliable sources. VQuakr (talk) 03:32, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Use this:

New York Magazine "Up in the Air: Did terrorists destroy TWA Flight 800?" 11/20/2004 - http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/9885/ "Three years after 9/11, air terror seems to have reemerged in the explosion of two Tupolevs over Russia. And now former ABC correspondent Peter Lance is blaming terrorists for an old disaster—the 1996 downing of TWA Flight 800 over the Atlantic—in his book Cover Up: What the Government Is Still Hiding About the War on Terror. How do Lance’s explanations of what happened compare with others?... Bomb Theory: Ramzi Yousef was on trial at the time of 800’s crash for plotting to blow up twelve jets with bombs in the center fuel tank. He’d already tested such a plan on a flight from the Philippines but missed the tank and killed only one passenger. Lance alleges that Yousef helped plan the 800 bombing from prison..."

Please replace my Peter Lance section edit with this reference added to it. Thanks for your help, I appreciate it.


 * Still seems pretty thin to me. Feel free to take it up on the article talk page to see what other editors think. VQuakr (talk) 03:09, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks V : )