User talk:Gibsonufogg

Your recent edits could give Wikipedia contributors the impression that you may consider legal or other "off-wiki" action against them, or against Wikipedia itself. Please note that making such threats on Wikipedia is strictly prohibited under Wikipedia's policies on legal threats and civility. Users who make such threats may be blocked. If you have a dispute with the content of any page on Wikipedia, please follow the proper channels for dispute resolution. Please be sure to comment on content, not contributors, and where possible make specific suggestions for changes supported by reliable independent sources and focusing especially on verifiable errors of fact. Thank you. Ian.thomson (talk) 06:52, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not the government, you have no right to infringe upon our free speech
Wikipedia is a private institution, not a governmental one. Therefore, we have the right to not give you a platform. You cannot use "free speech" to justify putting whatever you want on here any more than we can use "free speech" to come into your bedroom and wake you up with a bullhorn at 3 A.M. See WP:FREESPEECH for more information. Ian.thomson (talk) 06:52, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

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Ian.thomson (talk) 06:52, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Mack
Having read some of Mack's work, I wouldn't describe it as an objective non-passionate study of all aspects of the topic. Despite reports showing clear evidence of a living tradition as well as of personal subjective experiences and belief in conspiracy theories, with "supporting evidence" usually easily demonstrated to be hoaxes or misinterpretations, Mack somehow seemed to favor an interpretation that actual interdimensional beings are involved. That conclusion is not always clear however, it depends on book and chapter (likely he was divided himself on the topic). The alien abduction article likely shows some of that conflict, it's something I noticed when I attempted to improve it a few months ago. — Paleo Neonate  – 21:51, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Mental illness
If you read the article fully, you'll notice that there already is text about the demographics and health. I don't interpret that article as claiming that all reports come from crazy people. There also are strong personal experiences that people can live a few times in their lives without any psychiatric diagnosis. — Paleo Neonate  – 21:58, 10 June 2020 (UTC)