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Friends and neighbors described Snowden as quiet and nice, generally congenial
ROFLMAO. This is appropriate in an 'encyclopaedia'????? Oh, dear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.68.94.86 (talk) 09:44, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
This should be category People granted political asylum in the Soviet Union
Snowden and UFOs
Why is there no sub topic about Edward's discussions on UFOs and aliens? There are many articles out there such as: http://yournewswire.com/edward-snowden-reveals-aliens-live-inside-earth-video/
even if they are not vetted a topic of this subject should be in wikipedia because it's sufficiently popular/desired a topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.161.221.124 (talk) 10:44, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
Not done Please provide links to reputable, reliable sources. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 17:30, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
reference terminal F/Chasing Snowden movie
It is extremely surprising that the movie terminal F/Chasing Snowden is not mentioned. It is raw material of Snowden in Hong-kong and his escape and asile in Russia. The film's IMDB page is here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4477936/ The film is also free on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd6qN167wKo
I can insert a couple of sentence and reference of the admin give me this privilege. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcsoisfranc (talk • contribs) 03:57, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
- Hi Marc. As Snowden is a very high-profile figure with lots of pop culture references and his article is already extremely long, we should only provide references to films of this nature if they've received coverage by reliable independent sources, such as independent reviews in reputable publications. If you can provide such a source for this film, then by all means add it. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 17:22, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
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Edward Snowden's injuries were commonly considered as broken legs but, were actually simple stress fractures. This was confirmed by members of his platoon during basic training at Ft. Benning, GA. This was a common injury for soldiers during basic training that were not used to continuous impacts from ruck marching or other activities that would increase bone density such as athletics of some type. Edward Snowden took convalescent leave for 30 days during basic training to heal from his injuries. Upon return he chose not to continue training because injuries were still bothering him. Edward Snowden was offered a chance to complete basic training but chose to take a medical discharge on his own accord. He was not "kicked out" of the Army as depicted in the Movie "Snowden" because of these injuries. Many soldiers suffer similar injuries & are able to complete basic training while being rehabilitated or taking time off to heal from their injuries. He left the military by his own choice. FISH5742 (talk) 18:53, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
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"In 2009, Snowden began work as a contractee for Dell,[20]" Is not found in the cited article. I also doubt he was a contractee but a contractor. Jboro2000 (talk) 15:23, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
Done Template:NICG added. JTP (talk • contribs) 15:59, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
Done Fixed, tag removed. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 17:56, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
Does anyone put any stock in this Facebook post, or is it photo-shopped? 68.175.106.4 (talk) 06:05, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
No.--Dr. Fleischman (talk) 05:13, 13 February 2017 (UTC)- There's nothing remarkable about that document. It's a copy of the Russian travel permit he received in 2013. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 06:54, 13 February 2017 (UTC)