User talk:Timtrent

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UFO whistleblower list

Hello Timtrent, thank you for your time reviewing my draft. I would be happy to replace any sources that you think is unreliable if you point them to me amongst the 19 sources I put out. Also if you think a source is unreliable, I imagine you have good reasons I'd like to hear. Thank you for your time and feedback. Houdini78 (talk) 22:21, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Houdini78 I have left an additional comment on the draft intended to help you. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 23:05, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you again for your quick feedback, Timtrent. OK, I understand Youtube is not considered a reliable source by Wikipedia in general (although I do see links here and there among Wikipedia references). So let's consider the case of the first one of the UFO whistleblowers in my preliminary list (Jake Barber), which is representative of the problem I now face. Barber's original (and only) interview came from NewsNation. Do you consider this media as a reliable source ? Even if you considered NewsNation as a reliable source, the NewsNation website does not offer Barber's full interview any more. The only other location where I could find it is in a Spotify podcast named "The Best UFO Videos" edited by Bardi Media. Could that be a reliable source according to Wikipedia ? If you refuse Youtube channels, I guess you will also refuse that other channel. In other words, by denying Youtube as a reliable source in general, my whistleblower list will shrink by more than 90%, defeating its purpose. This is equivalent to censorship, isn't it? Do you see any solution for my problem, or should I give up trying to widen people's awareness on the UFO topic, simply because this is still not considered a serious topic by Wikipedia editors ? In that case, that could only reinforce the rumour in the UFO community that Wikipedia, just like mainstream media, is under control of the "deep state" and their secret gatekeepers... I hope you can help me and not let dogma and close-mindedness win the battle. Thanks for reading me and for any new feedback. Houdini78 (talk) 22:34, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Houdini78 You can't equate Wikipedia's needing your list and its members to pass notability criteria with censorship.

The list contains living people. Every statement about a living perosn that might be subject to challenge must be referenced in a source that passes WP:42

What pekoe say is generally not a reference for them. We need what is said about them boy others in reliable sources.

Please neither suggest I am closed minded, nor at the whim of dogma. Slightly ironically, I hate dogmatic people. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 23:40, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your response. I have replaced all links to Youtube videos except the 2 ones in the introduction, as I haven't found other sources that you may deem reliable (I checked with ChatGPT which proposes e.g. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/4DrcG7VGgQU for the 2001 National Press Club conference organised by Steven Greer: is that considered a reliable source? probably not).

I also used many links already cited in other Wikipedia pages... Thank you for your time and consideration. Houdini78 (talk) 19:00, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Houdini78 It seems another reviewer has rejected it. That is the end of the road unless you can appeal successfully to the rejecting reviewer. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 19:19, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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