User talk:Umfan1987

U.M. Spike series
You thinnk it's possible too do some stuff on the Spike series of Unsolved Mysteries? You know, case titles that match as they were named in the original series? (I.e. "Micheal Drosnin" could be renamed "Bible Code" because that's what the case was about, right?) Visokor (talk) 07:07, 10 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I'm following the Unsolved Mysteries Wiki Fandom article titles as it's far more accurate, specific and hence helpful in my opinion. I don't believe the cases were ever officially "named" in the original series. They weren't even given categories in the earliest episodes. Not until the third special episode were cases introduced by categories (eg "The Unexplained" or "Missing Persons" etc). The DVDs might have given some cases titles, but that was only for the DVDs and again they were too generic. For instance, the UFOs DVD included a case on "Crop Circles," but it wasn't about crop circles in the UK or USA, but specifically Canada. Likewise it included a case that it entitled "Australian UFO," but which UFO case in Australia was it about? It was specifically about Frederick Valentich's disappearance. On UMWF these cases are referred to as "Canada Crop Circles" and "Frederick Valentich" respectively. So again it's far more accurate and specific in the titles it's given each of the cases. Also, the UMWF is cross-referenced well so if all you can remember is "Bible Code," for instance, and type that in its search bar it'll pull up the "Michael Drosnin" article, who was the author of the "Bible Code" and whose views were the subject of the case. Wikipedia really should follow that site's case titles in my view since it's really the "bible" of all the "Unsolved Mysteries" cases that have aired. But, whatever, to each their own I guess. Umfan1987 (talk) 04:44, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * All I was saying is that the official YT videos for the Spike series use more descriptive titles instead of person names for each case. I.e. the episode of the Spike series that included the Bible Code case actually refers to that case specifically as "Bible Code". You can check the video description of the episode in question here to see what I mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjvjVNJQabA
 * I get you now. Thanks for that! ATM I'll probably still defer to the UMWF titles as they're more clear and specific IMHO, but I'll start looking into tracking down the original case titles if such were used at the time of original broadcast. I'll also compare to see if those used by FilmRise in the episode descriptions are those originally used and hence correct. And if successful then I'll consider including both, as such might be a good idea (eg The Bible Code/Michael Drosnin; Australian UFO/Frederick Valentich or something along those lines) so fans can see both the original title as well as the alternative more specific title to help them track down whatever cases they recall or are interested in.