Talk:Amelia Earhart

message: Could we add a bit more detail to the new paragraph on the Deep Sea Vision discovery? NPR says "the shape of the object in the sonar images closely resembles Earhart's aircraft, a Lockheed Electra, both in size and tail", which is a bit more compelling than the article's current text, "what appeared to [be] an airplane shaped [sic] object". (The word "be" is missing, and the text "airplane shaped" should be "airplane-shaped", but those are separate issues.) NPR also says that the discovery is "about 100 miles off Howland Island", which is a little more specific than "within 100 miles from Howland Island". (In case the article updates, the version I am citing is archived here.) Per WP:ER, I am seeking consensus on this question before proposing specific wording changes. 166.181.88.109 (talk) 20:14, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I will fiddle with it. Refreshing to see someone other than TIGHAR who always seems to be pushing their latest theory. Binksternet (talk) 20:57, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I don’t think it needs more. I’ve read dissenting comment that it is not an aircraft wreck. Too easy to get caught up in the latest theory and buzz. Newzild (talk) 01:27, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Dissenting comment from where? The news sources I looked are all cautiously positive. And I didn't add "more" conjecture, just more context. Binksternet (talk) 05:10, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Here for example, but plenty more if you look: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/have-we-found-sonar-evidence-of-amelia-earharts-lost-plane-not-so-fast-experts-say — Preceding unsigned comment added by Newzild (talk • contribs) 06:29, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

text: Also here: https://time.com/6589865/amelia-earhart-missing-plane-possible-discovery/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Newzild (talk • contribs) 06:46, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: On one of those the opposing viewpoint is from a TIGHAR representative, which isn't worth upholding. The other one is cautiously optimistic. Binksternet (talk) 13:53, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

text: We have to be careful not to directly copy sources. Apparently that can lead to WP:CCIs. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:06, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

text: My expectation is that her Electra has been discovered and we'll find out for sure sometime this year. It is for this reason i've been editing the article heavily and getting it into better shape for an influx of readers. To the question at hand - I've considered how the possible discovery section could be expanded but I don't think there's much to add without speculating - and this article has plenty of speculation already, we can just wait and see. Desertarun (talk) 15:06, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  More detail on the Deep Sea Vision Discovery reported on 2024 January 29? 

message: Having been following the recent news, I do feel as if the Earhart article could use some clearing up to simplify the length or descriptions of events. The description of the main image is superfluous, saying "Earhart beneath the nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, March 1937 in Oakland, California, before departing on her final round-the-world attempt prior to her disappearance"; the words "before departing on her final round-the-world attempt prior to her disappearance" could be omitted as it would be very clear when the photo was taken and doesn't necessary relate to the vanishing as that was months away. The words "It is generally presumed that she and Noonan died somewhere in the Pacific during the circumnavigation, just three weeks prior to her fortieth birthday" are an odd placement to me, as in the event any of the theories (crash and sink or Gardner island castaway) are ever confirmed, it could be misleading, particularly if for the sake of argument, it is the castaway theory that is confirmed, it possible she would have lived to have seen her 40th birthday, if she had survived on Gardner for some time before perishing. Speaking of which, there is a possible article that could be used for the recent sonar discovery in which David Jourdan (himself a crash and sink theorist) cautions, "It is impossible to identify anything from a sonar image alone as sound can be tricky and the artifact could be damaged in unpredictable ways altering its shape. For that reason, you can never say that something is (or isn’t) from a sonar image alone,https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/30/travel/amelia-earhart-missing-plane-pacific-ocean-scn/index.html  92.17.199.182 (talk) 16:36, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The castaway theory is not supported by enough impartial observers to be honored in the way that you describe. By far the major theory is crash and sink, which is the main backbone of this biography. Binksternet (talk) 16:51, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too long? 

message: — Assignment last updated by Tmzyang (talk) 00:10, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Physics and Society

message: The video captioned "Newsreel of Earhart flying the Atlantic Ocean in 1932" is actually about her trip from Hawaii to California. Also, the video itself seems to partially looped. 35.137.220.224 (talk) 04:47, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone already fixed the caption.  It seems the confusion arose because the  itself was misnamed in Commons.  I've fixed the issue, so hopefully that prevents further confusion. - ZLEA T\C 15:01, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor Video