User talk:RAllardyce

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Richard W. Allardyce!

I noticed your addition to Korean Air Flight 007. I know far, far less about this topic than most people who read it. Therefore, I tried to be careful in editing, to not change your meaning while moving it closer to the Wikipedia standard.

Please remember a few things when you edit articles: 1. Articles are joint work. You shouldn't sign your name when you write an article. 2. If you have a disagreement with what is written, it's better to create a new section with full information that you have. 3. Try to keep articles to a (somewhat) unified whole. This is the trickiest part.

Once more, welcome to Wikipedia! Chip Unicorn 00:04, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 007 edits

Thank you for your additions, but they've been reverted for the following reasons:

  1. They constitute "original research", meaning they're your own analysis. This kind of additions are not permitted. We report what others are reporting. So, if you find a reliable source (media, book, but not personal or advocacy web site) that is reporting this information, add it back in and cite your source.
  2. You are not writing in an encyclopedic tone...first person is not appropriate for an article. Please write as if you were writing in an academic journal. Akradecki 15:23, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

So, what does one do when one's research is the definitive work??? Others quote me?

Robert Allardyce

It's a fine line. Read our guidelines on original research and conflict of interest. Yes you can quote your own research, in some limited sitations, but generally only if it's been acutally published (ie book, reputable media source, etc). Since you're calling your work the "definitive" work on the subject, I assume you're the one who wrote the ICAO report? Akradecki 15:51, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm by no means trying to toot my own horn as that old saw goes. The downing of KAL007 and Reagan's purposeful misuse of the tragedy had our country teetering on the bink of a nuclear war for several days. Our CIA, having sent the Korean crew off on a "ferret" mission, we could hardly own up to the crime of having fed 240 innocent passengers to the Soviet bear. What followed, then, was an incredible cover-up. As an ex-crash investigator and a former 747 pilot, I've been working on exposing the crime for 24 years. I coauthored Desired Track. The Tragic Flight Of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 plus several magazine articles. To my knowledge, I'm the last one who gives a crap left standing. I've submitted a three part article to AIRWAYS magazine and they plan to publish beginning with their August 2007 issue. To tell me that I can't comment on the cover-up is something akin to telling Einstein he can't write about E =, or whatever. I know how this sounds to lay mind; i.e., one who has no aviation in-depth background. And, I no longer care about writing or not writing in "academic" form. I'm only interested in the truth so the families of the victims can finally put the situation to rest. No matter - I won't be back.

Robert W. Allardyce