Talk:Mothman

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2003 – July 2007

This article has been vandalized

Some child seemed to think renaming everyone in the article would be funny. I am unsure of how else to report this.

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.207.225.247 (talk) 20:19, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sources absolutely necessary

The closing sentence:

[quote]Even though Sherwood reported that Keel would not assist him in clarifying the differences, a simple analysis of Keel's earliest Mothman book "Demon Dogs and Phantom Cats" (1970) shows almost no differences with what Keel wrote in "The Mothman Prophecies" five years later[unquote]

absolutely needs at least two notes indicating the source of the respective statements, namely:

"Even though Sherwood reported that Keel would not assist him in clarifying the differences"

WHERE is this Sherwood's "report" to be found?

and

"a simple analysis of Keel's earliest Mothman book <snip> shows almost no differences with what Keel wrote <snip> five years later"

WHERE is a simple protocol of this "simple analysis" to be found? ;)

The same question goes for the second part of the sentence: WHERE can a reader find the actual results of this procedure?

A Sighting Not Mentioned (Ithink)!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't there a sighting where some guy was watching tv late at night, and then his dog started whining all of a sudden, and the guy got up to look out the door and saw 2 red eyes, so he went to get his gun, but when he came back his dog and the eyes were gone??????

Also...did the article say anything about hawk wings...?I think it did, but I dont remember...And if the Mothman's missing his head, and his eyes are in his chest, then where's his mouth...?--Wolfluv1 (talk) 18:47, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia doesn't list all sightings, only "notable" sightings. DurinsBane87 (talk) 08:48, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How is it not notable?!!! If the mothman were an alien(hey, I just made a new theory!), then it'd be like...what, close encounter of the 4th kind(for the dog, that is)...? Also, I'd like to correct my story. The guy's dog didn't start whining, it started howling, because there was a loud whining noise outside. And the dog was never seen again...(bum bum bum...)--Wolfluv1 (talk) 18:40, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's not notable because these kinds of "sightings" happen all the time. Unless it's directly related to the Mothman and unusual for a sighting, it's not really relevant for the article. Also, you're nowhere near the first person to come up with the alien theory. Try actually reading the book The Mothman Prophecies: that's the first thing Keel assumed when he went to Point Pleasant. Finally, unless you have sources for the sighting, we couldn't include it anyway. -- Kesh (talk) 13:28, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

sigh*Ok, so I didn't make a new theory...but I kind of(maybe? I dunno...)have a source where I got that sighting. It was a book called Elemental Encyclopedia of Fantasy Creatures or something like that. Also, I haven't seen the book yet...I was already looking for it. Ha, I probly passed it already...Oh well!!!--Wolfluv1 (talk) 00:47, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

apperance

the apperance of the mothman in the sulpture at the front of the profile is not the image i see of the mothman.the mothman sould have wings and legs and no arms.if the sould look like a man with wing,they would not have enough power to lift off or go 100 mph. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joby langford (talk • contribs) 05:07, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Given the wide variety of descriptions for the creature, it's impossible to have an "accurate" sculpture. They went with the most popular image, and I can't fault the artist in that. -- Kesh (talk) 21:00, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But most places say that he has no head. And the statue does. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.218.10.195 (talk) 23:06, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What "most places"? Cite? -- Kesh (talk) 00:14, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

extent of article

This extent of detail is not encyclopedic. eg. ". Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wamsley, and Mrs. Marcella Bennett, with her baby daughter Teena in tow, were in a car en-route to visit their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thomas, who lived in a bungalow among the "igloos" (concrete dome-shaped dynamite storage structures erected during WW-II) near the TNT plant. The igloos were now empty, some owned by the county, others by companies intending to use them for storage. They were heading back to their car when a figure appeared behind their parked vehicle. Mrs. Bennett said that it seemed like it had been lying down, slowly rising up from the ground, large and gray, with glowing red eyes. While Wamsley phoned the police, the creature walked onto the porch and peered in at them through the window", which should probably read "A group of people at a bungalow in the area saw a figure appeared behind their parked vehicle. It was reported to appear as if it had been lying down, slowly rising up from the ground, large and gray, with glowing red eyes. The figure appeared to then walk onto the porch and peer in at them through the car window" and so for for the rest of the encounters. I do not see how the baby daughter's name adds to the information people expect in an encyclopedia. DGG (talk) 19:29, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Colvin

Why does Kesh keep taking citations for Colvin's research out? These witnesses are on record, in print (in Colvin's books and at the Mothman Museum) and on TV (in many specials) saying that they say a humanoid creature. Just because Kesh doesn't believe it, doesn't mean these people didn't see it or report it that way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.40.28.169 (talk) 02:25, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As I explained on my talk page, they were removed because you didn't cite any sources. Simply saying "Colvin's books" is not sufficient. You can't expect us to dig through all of them to find out if your additions are correct or not. -- Kesh (talk) 03:25, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I did cite the sources, giving the ISBN numbers and titles of the books (which happen to be listed under the "books" section already), and URLs for the radio and video material. Is the same scrutiny being given to other aspects of the analysis page? For instance, the claim is made that Coleman has "proven" that the witnesses stories changed, yet there simply isn't any evidence of that - even in Coleman's own book. While everyone writing for wikipedia may not be able to check the veracity of such claims, we do have experts like Colvin doing so. He went to the Mothman Museum himself and found that the written police testimony of witnesses like Linda Scarberry do not differ from what they have been saying on TV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.40.28.169 (talk) 04:44, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

An ISBN is not a citation. We shouldn't have to search through an entire book to verify your statements. This whole mess could be avoided if you had followed the guidelines for citing sources. -- Kesh (talk) 12:59, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There seems to be a double standard here. Coleman puts in a link to his website, and that is considered OK, but others have to - I guess - put a specific page from a book, or mail out books to everyone editing the Mothman page? Can you provide a link to the guidelines you cite?