Draft talk:Bill Smith, AKA Bluebird Bill

First Source does refer to Bill Smith

User:Theroadislong has intervened claiming that "Your first source doesn't mention him [Bill Smith]." There is a direct quote from the source: "Nearly 30 years after Donald Campbell's fatal crash on 4 January 1967, during his ill-fated attempt to break the world water speed record, an underwater search began on Coniston Water in the Lake District. Led by the underwater surveyor William 'Bill' Smith, the Bluebird Project team's mission was to locate the wreckage of Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 which had remained untouched since its crash. The search operation would run from 1996 until October 2000 when the crash site was pinpointed." The source clearly does mention him [Bill Smith].

The second source refers to a Sunday Times article by Derek Clements "Caught in Time" 16 December 2007 has the following wording "The wreckage of Bluebird was recovered on 8 March 2001 when diver Bill Smith was inspired to look for it after hearing the Marillion song Out of This World which was written about Campbell and Bluebird. His body was recovered from the lake on 28 May 2001" This is more than a "passing mention" it sets the tone for what was a significant underwater search.

User:Theroadislong is seeking to continue an edit war over the Bluebird K7 Wikipedia article. Nigel PG Dale 21:56, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Drop the personal attacks, your first source here [1]] does NOT mention him, perhaps you need a better link? Theroadislong (talk) 19:06, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]