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Falcon Heene discussion

Falcon Heene appears to be a candidate for deletion. I think that wikiworthyness may have more to do with this as a historical event rather than focusing on the boy.

I beg to differ that it's even an "historic" event. Way too premature to make such a claim in less than 24 hrs. Kid was found unharmed...end of story. Delete, I say. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 15.251.169.70 (talk) 22:59, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it should be merged.Bachcell (talk) 20:26, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See also Larry Walters —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.57.59.23 (talk) 20:56, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hey, the way that the wife swap sentence is below the rest makes it seem like he was on the show two times already, like today. after the incident. also, that should just be taken out since it's got nothing to do with the incident (this isn't an article about the kid) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.74.12.166 (talk) 20:58, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Falcon and his family were featured in two episodes of Wife Swap^[1], the second as a returning viewer-chosen favorite.^[2]

The kid received more news on CNN than tens of thousands of gays marching on Washington. Very important article. 128.171.47.165 (talk) 00:28, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks both, and with apologies for having to semi-protect the article. If you create an account and visit WP:PERM/C, you can ask for the confirmed permission to edit the article. –xeno^talk 21:02, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seems there was a basket and it fell off the "craft" or w/e. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g8-DEMtAE9q4i4ySQ0eV_qZefmRQD9BBOOKG1

http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/10/79776/ Hopefully he was never in it at all. KevinBSB (talk) 21:13, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anonymous: "Officials have expressed concerned that he may have fallen out during flight. Margie Martinez of the Weld County Sheriff's Office says that the door was unlocked in the balloon"

should be

"Officials have expressed concern that he may have fallen out during flight. Margie Martinez of the Weld County Sheriff's Office says that the door was unlocked in the balloon" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.172.193.92 (talk) 21:24, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Brother says he saw Falcon fall out of balloon. http://www.calgaryherald.com/Giant+helium+balloon+recovered+Colorado+missing+inside/2107162/story.html KevinBSB (talk) 21:41, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Also "According to the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a local resident reported something dropping from the sky near Weld County Roads 41 or 43 and 28." from source above. Someone add this stuff? KevinBSB (talk) 21:43, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Alleged picture of boy falling from sky. http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skinews/20091015/Picture-of-falling-object-from-balloon-is-ominous-for-Fort-Collins-Heene-family —Preceding unsigned comment added by KevinBSB (talk • contribs) 21:55, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This needs to be deleted cause it was stolen from me and mine was put as a redirect. shows that no one has any respect on here —Preceding unsigned comment added by Antony1103 (talk • contribs) 23:52, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You really have to read WP:OWN. TJRC (talk) 23:56, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, he may have a point IF this was a copy/paste merge. Copying from one article to another without attributing the contributions to the author is actually violating Wikipedia's license. That is why merging must include history merges. Wikipedia:How_to_fix_cut-and-paste_moves. However, I've reviewed the old article and his contributions still exist there.--TParis00ap (talk) 00:22, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image

Does anyone have a self-taken or free image of the balloon?--TParis00ap (talk) 22:20, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

At approximately 4:14pm local time, the boy was found hiding in a box in his parent's attic over the garage. story is at [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by DaveInAustin (talk • contribs) 22:25, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Further/Future Developments

Don't delete yet; the story's still developing -- in an interview with Wolf Blitzer, when he was asked why he hid in the attic, Falcon said "we did it for a show..." DavidOaks (talk) 01:28, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Find a source, sounds interesting.--TParis00ap (talk) 02:11, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I found a few sources on both sides, I've added them. Although I could not find your quote nor did I hear it in the video interview.--TParis00ap (talk) 02:24, 16 October 2009 (UTC) i have posted under this one the source of the interveiw in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6UONWCq7A at 0:32 he says it[reply]

Scam

On cnn when asked why he didnt respond to them screaming his name balloon boy responded "you said it was just for show" thats proof enough it was a scam here is a soucre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6UONWCq7A at 0:32 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.234.115.165 (talk) 01:58, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It should be noted that the kids were making a video that morning and Falcon was seen on the video as getting in the balloon but not exiting. I think it is obvious that the parents believed the kid was in the balloon.Stormbear (talk) 03:37, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://abc.go.com/shows/wife-swap/episode-guide/heenesilver/161743?page=2

[2] ttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/falcon-heene-balloon-boy_n_322736.html

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 On cnn when asked why he didnt respond to them screaming his name balloon boy responded "you said it was just for show" thats proof enough it was a scam here is a soucre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6UONWCq7A at 0:32  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/99.234.115.165|99.234.115.165]] ([[User talk:99.234.115.165|talk]]) 01:58, 16 October 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+It should be noted that the kids were making a video that morning and Falcon was seen on the video as getting in the balloon but not exiting. I think it is obvious that the parents believed the kid was in the balloon.[[User:Stormbear|Stormbear]] ([[User talk:Stormbear|talk]]) 03:37, 16 October 2009 (UTC)