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[edit] Persistent Silly Stories

I removed the Hurricane Katrina story — again — because it's already covered in more detail under U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program, which is where it belongs. I don't know why people get so excited about this obviously bogus story and keep trying to jam it in everywhere — there are serious questions about the reliability of the only source for the story, Leo Sheridan (see the Museum of Hoaxes). People should check sensational nonsense like this out in Snopes before posting it to Wikipedia. — Johantheghost 14:12, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, I included it on the basis of an article in the UK Independent newspaper. You are probably right that it's nonsense - but I'd prefer the article to cover it. The Land 14:15, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

My point was that it is covered in the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program article, which I think is the right place for it, since that's what it's referring to. Also, the fact that the indie and many other papers, TV stations, etc. have covered this doesn't give it any additional credence, because they're all just quoting the Observer article, which in turn comes from Leo Sheridan. Wide coverage doesn't give a story weight if all the coverage can be traced back to a single source who doesn't provide a shred of evidence for his clearly wacky claims. I think it says more about those newspapers than it does about the story. — Johantheghost 14:30, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Just was to add that I agree with Johan's view. We can report these stories as the fact that they got published at all is interesting, but that doesn't stop them being wacky and evidence-free. Pcb21| Pete 19:23, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Where is the authority for the existence of a "kamikaze" dolphin training program? The Navy site contradicts that assertion at http://www.spawar.navy.mil/sandiego/technology/mammals/NMMP_FAQ.html.