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Oshkosh M-ATV sale to Libya - your thoughts please

I've posted this here as it's more a direct "what are your thoughts" than a community thing. I notice you did some reverts etc. to the Libya as a user of M-ATV updates by an IP address. I see those updates are now cited, but from a pretty vague single source. I've done some digging on this subject, suspicious of the US supplying Libya with M-ATVs, as let's be honest, Libya is hardly on the US' Christmas Card list. Neither Oshkosh nor the US government (that I can trace) has made any announcement of a sale to Libya, and there is no record of any EDA transfer of surplus M-ATV to Libya. My thoughts are these are actually M-ATVs that are being EDA transferred to the UAE, via Libya. Now clearly I can't just insert "I think these..." on Wiki as it'd be removed before the ink was dry... But given my well-researched thoughts, what are your thoughts on the viability of adding something like... "Oshkosh Defense has made no announcement regarding any deliveries of M-ATV to Libya, and US EDA records show no transfer (or intended transfer) of M-ATV to Libya." I can link to the EDA database and Oshkosh's press releases if that might be valuable. Your thoughts welcomed and appreciated.Wolpat (talk) 17:48, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The source used for that says the M-ATVs were 'deployed' there in title and maybe in the text. That sounds more like the M-ATVs are the US's and not Libya's, but I have no source for this. I suggest tagging the source with a {{vs}} tag for now. Adding such a statement about no announcements seems a little weazly to me. Those could be Libya's vehicles and Oshkosh was told not to reveal it yet (speculating here) for political or some security reason. -Fnlayson (talk) 18:16, 25 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the guidance/opinion; much appreciated. I agree with the weazly words comment! I kind of thought that as I typed them! The idea of the {{vs}} tag (which I did not know about) looks like the way forward. I'll add that, and continue researching and see what happens.Wolpat (talk) 10:01, 26 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have not been able to find anything with web searches. To editor Wolpat: Have you had any luck finding anything? Thanks. -Fnlayson (talk) 15:33, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I was at AUSA (defence show in Washington) earlier this month and did some digging. I had a quiet word with a contact (and long-time friend at Oshkosh) and while it's not worth much in Wiki terms, it was a categorical "no we have not..." and when I suggested they might be US Army-owned vehicles on the way to Libya, response was a laugh... As I say, not worth not a jot on Wiki, but it still satisfies me these M-ATVs were never destined for Libya. Quite how we remove what is a spurious fact from Wiki without getting somebody somewhere to say something that can be cited, I have no clue... Very frustrating when you know something is BS but can't actually prove it in an acceptable way.Wolpat (talk) 12:34, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yuri Kondratyuk

He was a pioneer of astronautics. In the early 20th century, developed the first known Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR), a key concept for landing and return spaceflight from Earth to the Moon. The LOR was later used for the plotting of the first actual human spaceflight to the Moon.--Білецький В.С. (talk) 07:07, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There was no clear direct connection to the Apollo program and no edit summary with any explanation. [Also, he is linked in article text. So link should not be repeated in See also section.] In the future, use the article's talk page as noted at top of page. -Fnlayson (talk) 14:55, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

Greetings, I just started a discussion in the talk page of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II regarding the Undue Weight -template that has been in the article since May 2015. Since you have multiple recent contributions, you might have something to say about it. --Ras (talk) 20:33, 18 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]