User talk:Raowl

Help me!
Being an editor for Wikipedia was one of three resolutions for 2016, it is with great happiness to start editing for this project. Please help me with...my first project. After downloading the Wikipedia app, I found what I believe to be an error in "On this day" in history story "the Mantell" incident in 1948, where a Kentucky Air National Guard pilot was killed chasing a UFO. I became interested, as an A.F.vet, and read the article. I first came across what I thought to be a "typo". Upon further investigation it runs beyond that to the actual sources. The "typo" is the use of an "F" instead of a "P" in the P-51 fighter aircraft. Going to the source, Edward P. Ruppelt's book, "The report on UFO's(abr)" I found it to contain "F" instead of "P" in the P-51 aircraft. There is no "F"-51. The Louisville Courier Newspaper site cost money to access, but the plain fact is wiki app site is incorrect, main Wikipedia page has it correctly, and the pdf source for Ruppelt appears to be wrong. I appear to be too long-winded against the policy of editors, but as I'm new; I ask for help: 1. I don't know how to edit the Wikipedia app. 2. How do I edit a source that is the primary expert, at least by the government?

Raowl (talk) 18:54, 7 January 2016 (UTC) Raowl (talk) 18:54, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi. In the Mantell UFO incident article, our article's text correctly calls it the P-51 except when directly quoting the source, as indicated by the quotation marks. Per my reading of our manual of style's section on direct quotations, I think we should leave the errors in the text, but perhaps use the  template to mark them in this way:  [sic].  I'd recommend posting a note on the article's talk page (Talk:Mantell UFO incident) to see if that's what the other editors to this article feel appropriate. Cheers, Nick&#8288;—&#8288;Contact/Contribs 19:08, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

addition
Italic text specifically the section "Venus explanation and rejection" ie: under "Project Sign" is the "F"-51. Sorry.

Raowl (talk) 19:07, 7 January 2016 (UTC)


 * The P-51 Mustang article says: "In 1948, the designation P-51 (P for pursuit) was changed to F-51 (F for fighter), and the existing F designator for photographic reconnaissance aircraft was dropped because of a new designation scheme throughout the USAF." I assume that happened only after the crash, but it would explain why some sources refer to the plane as "F-51". When those sources were written it may have been the official designation. The mention in the "Venus explanation and rejection" section is a quote and should not be changed - we cannot retroactively change what the source says, that would be a falsification. At most we could add a "[sic]" but I don't think that's necessary. Huon (talk) 20:47, 7 January 2016 (UTC)