Talk:Neutralisation of Rabaul

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AI video as reference?

Latest comment: 2 hours ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Hi, I was browsing this for fun and read the last sentence "When the Japanese on Rabaul formally surrendered in a ceremony on 12 September 1945, the Australians were astonished at how the Japanese troops still appeared orderly despite years of isolation.", and wanting to know more, I clicked on the reference. This redirected me to an video YouTube tagged as AI generated.

I feel like this is not a great source of information, and would rather have the direct sources that showed this claim as a reference here. Croissant676 (talk) 07:20, 18 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for pointing this out: I've removed that para. AI generated YouTube videos don't meet WP:RS, so aren't suitable sources. Nick-D (talk) 10:07, 18 September 2026 (UTC)Reply