Talk:J. Allen Hynek
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[edit] Excessive Quotations
Although there is some good information in the J. Allen Hynek biography article, I feel there are far too many quotations. For a book or web-based article, extensive quotations are often appropriate. However, for an encyclopedia article, there are excessive quotations included for J. Allen Hynek. Other Wikipedia academic biographies include more selective use of quotations, e.g., Frank Drake, Edward Condon, and Solomon W. Golomb.
Bivariate-correlator 01:32, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] UFO origin hypotheses
Hi, Nima Baghaei! The background of my deletion of the paragraph ("Revelations", Vallee, p. 290): I read the book. And I looked especially for the quote. There is no such passage as I stated already ten times, I think. Besides, the contents of the paragraph in question is included in the other paragraphs of "Origin Hypotheses" (which I edited), so there is no need for this special quote which cannot be found. Regards, Bwilcke alias -- damnedfacts 15:10, 28 February 2007 (UTC) (had to open a new account)
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- Sounds good (:O) -Nima Baghaei (talk) 15:26, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Yet another source for the famous quote:
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Jacques Vallée, Forbidden Science: Journals, 1957-1969, ISBN 1556431252, page 426, published 1992 by North Atlantic Books:
84.133.40.99 19:55, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Edits
Hi, Nima Baghaei! Do you know that - actually you only want to have a look, and suddenly you find yourself in a process of thinking and - editing. That was the case with me. Now, you say you see what I did. So I need not explain much, right? Actually, I reset an older version that gives credit to Hynek's UFO organization CUFOS by an own section, which now (again) was mentioned - more: hidden - in a marginal part of one single sentence somewhere; and I reset the section about the speech before the United Nations which (again) was also nearly invisible in the middle of other things. Moreover, somebody added (again) passages that repeat things, and repeat them without regard of the sections and chronology, including the quote in "Revelations" not to be found. Also I found it necessary to delete the attempts to undermine Hynek's reputation by trying to place him in - or near - the lunatic fringe by speaking at length about his interest in paranormal things (knowing that many people do not take seriously such studies) and adding "See also: Pseudoscience", serving the same purpose. - Regards, damnedfacts alias -- Bwilcke 02:29, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Sounds good! (:O) -Nima Baghaei (talk) 16:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Schneidman and Daniels
The only thing written in the article as a source for a couple of statements is "Schneidman and Daniels, 110," but there's no elaboration as to what book or anything this is from. (Exact statements are here and here.) I've Googled for these names but nothing UFO-related comes up. Anyone have any ideas? Whoever originally added those references must have known, but I don't have the time to dig all the way through the article history to find out. --clpo13(talk) 07:07, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Citations & References
See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> Nhl4hamilton | Chit-Chat 04:33, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
