Hello, it seems that you are reverting some of my recent short description edits. Please see Wikipedia:Short description for why I make these edits. There has also been some discussion from other users on my talkpage about this with some added conversation and some more links. I hope this clears this situation up a bit. Greetings, Redalert2fan ( talk) 16:54, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
Jan, I've reverted your WP:CUTANDPASTE move. If a page cannot be moved over a redirect, then use WP:RM. That said, I don't believe that such a move should take place since it looks like the standard name for the location with code KZG is ...Airport rather than ...Airfield. Please discuss/confirm at the page (or at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Aircraft if you don't get a response). ~ Hydronium~Hydroxide~ (Talk)~ 08:04, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Jan olieslagers. I've undone your move of Mirandela Airport. We don't get to change the name of an airport unless we own it.
If you don't think an aerodrome is up to your standards, the term to use is airstrip (q.v.), and that would go in the body of the article. Cheers Cptmrmcmillan ( talk) 00:21, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
Apparently, not even the local politicians know quite what’s going on there! Last month, there was a debate about holding a satellite flying contest there, but that ended up being held in nearby Caransebeș. Subsequently, a new charter was approved for Cioca. So I assume something still exists there, but it’s not operational just at the moment. - Biruitorul Talk 12:55, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
I don't understand why you're changing perfectly appropriate SNCB article names & references to SNCB/NMBS. Please, could you explain your actions, especially considering that SNCB is the company name to English-speaking countries? They themselves have made this known, and don't need someone trying to adjust their public image from the backseat. Taking a look above me, I can tell that you do have a reputation for starting unnecessary page-move wars, and it's extremely frustrating to have someone try and doctor the public image out of "political correctness". Again; try moving Covent Garden because it doesn't fit the definition of a garden.
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@ Jan olieslagers: My suggestion is don't use draft but call a short article a {{stub}} Peter Horn User talk 20:38, 4 July 2021 (UTC)
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How about airfield? [2] Amanuensis Balkanicus ( talk) 16:31, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Yes, "airfield" is quite okay. That's what we say in the title, too, after all :) For your information: I much prune on the inappropriate usage of the word "airport", especially North Americans tend to call all aviation terrains "airports". In fact it is - once again! - a matter of variance between several "kinds" of English. Myself like the term "aerodrome" because it is the official term in the ICAO definition "any area of land or water, intended, exclusively or not, for the operations of aeroplanes". But "airfield" will do very well, in this case, go ahead if you will! And, by the way, thank you for reaching out, and for discussing constructively! Jan olieslagers ( talk) 16:37, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I'd be interested in English definitions of airfields, aerodromes, airports ?-- Bouzinac ( talk) 20:03, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
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Hello Jan,
Are Société Industrielle et Technique pour l'Electricité and Société d'Électricité et de Mécanique the same thing?
Peter Horn
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Ahunt (
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An IP user just correctly reverted some old vandalism at Tupolev PAK DA. I then decided to check the article's history to see if the vandal had damaged any other articles at the same time. But it wasn't a vandal who made the edit in question. I assume you were just making a point of some kind, but you've been around long enough to know that the correct term, rightly or wrongly, in all native varieties of English is "American". I don't care if you want to use "US'an" in talk pages and such (I actually find it funny), but making that kind of edit in articles could fall afoul of WP:POINT, and isn't a good idea. I'm not going to troll through your contributions in articlespace to find more such edits, but if there are any more, it might be good if you cleaned them up yourself. Thanks. BilCat ( talk) 01:17, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, so there seems to be a somewhat weak consensus at the Wikiproject page in favor of getting rid of the leading zeros on US runways, and combined with the pre-existing consensus I think it would be justifiable to undo the edits. But the number of pages that were affected is massive so it seems like some sort of automated tool like AWB would be ideal.
I still new enough here (at least in terms of edit count) that I don't think I could get permission to use it. Do you think we're in a position where we could reasonably make a request on that page, or should we seek a broader consensus first? Titan Andromeda 17:29, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
Regarding your edit here, you might want to look at Talk:Hawker Sea Fury#Plural of "Fury". Or not. BilCat ( talk) 20:58, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
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One cannot but agree with the statement you made and I've felt the exact same feelings as a Wikipedian across the years. Congrats. Aarfrunzindin ( talk) 11:17, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
...that one is specifically a main-page-appearance eligibility issue. WP:OTD doesn't have hard guidelines on 'how much of an article needs to be cited', and I personally prefer a pretty low reading, but I've ran into enough people disputing a low reading that I know running an article of that length with that much unreferenced text is going to get complaints. I've personally cited unreffed text in a lot of those cases, but couldn't in this one. I've decided to just remove the article from eligibility instead. Vaticidal prophet 21:00, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi from MalaMrvica,
My last edit about Junkers G.38 was reverted back by You - Junkers G.38 engines Junkers L88 and L8a are petrol/gasoline engines, and their roots can be traced down to Junkers L1 (four stroke, petrol/gasoline engine).
Later, Junker G.38 received Junkers 204 diesel engines.
So, can You please undo your changes? Again, L88 and L8a are gasoline/petrol engines.
Thanks,
MalaMrvica — Preceding unsigned comment added by MalaMrvica ( talk • contribs) 10:48, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
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Hello, it seems that you are reverting some of my recent short description edits. Please see Wikipedia:Short description for why I make these edits. There has also been some discussion from other users on my talkpage about this with some added conversation and some more links. I hope this clears this situation up a bit. Greetings, Redalert2fan ( talk) 16:54, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
Jan, I've reverted your WP:CUTANDPASTE move. If a page cannot be moved over a redirect, then use WP:RM. That said, I don't believe that such a move should take place since it looks like the standard name for the location with code KZG is ...Airport rather than ...Airfield. Please discuss/confirm at the page (or at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Aircraft if you don't get a response). ~ Hydronium~Hydroxide~ (Talk)~ 08:04, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi Jan olieslagers. I've undone your move of Mirandela Airport. We don't get to change the name of an airport unless we own it.
If you don't think an aerodrome is up to your standards, the term to use is airstrip (q.v.), and that would go in the body of the article. Cheers Cptmrmcmillan ( talk) 00:21, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
Apparently, not even the local politicians know quite what’s going on there! Last month, there was a debate about holding a satellite flying contest there, but that ended up being held in nearby Caransebeș. Subsequently, a new charter was approved for Cioca. So I assume something still exists there, but it’s not operational just at the moment. - Biruitorul Talk 12:55, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
Hi,
I don't understand why you're changing perfectly appropriate SNCB article names & references to SNCB/NMBS. Please, could you explain your actions, especially considering that SNCB is the company name to English-speaking countries? They themselves have made this known, and don't need someone trying to adjust their public image from the backseat. Taking a look above me, I can tell that you do have a reputation for starting unnecessary page-move wars, and it's extremely frustrating to have someone try and doctor the public image out of "political correctness". Again; try moving Covent Garden because it doesn't fit the definition of a garden.
GWR 2019 ( talk) 01:12, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
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Your Nazi comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aviation#Units seems to have ticked several people off. Nigel Ish appears to have taken it as a personal attack, so you might want to retract or clarify that comment before someone else gets the wrong impression. - ZLEA T\ C 20:09, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
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How about airfield? [2] Amanuensis Balkanicus ( talk) 16:31, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Yes, "airfield" is quite okay. That's what we say in the title, too, after all :) For your information: I much prune on the inappropriate usage of the word "airport", especially North Americans tend to call all aviation terrains "airports". In fact it is - once again! - a matter of variance between several "kinds" of English. Myself like the term "aerodrome" because it is the official term in the ICAO definition "any area of land or water, intended, exclusively or not, for the operations of aeroplanes". But "airfield" will do very well, in this case, go ahead if you will! And, by the way, thank you for reaching out, and for discussing constructively! Jan olieslagers ( talk) 16:37, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I'd be interested in English definitions of airfields, aerodromes, airports ?-- Bouzinac ( talk) 20:03, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
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Hello Jan,
Are Société Industrielle et Technique pour l'Electricité and Société d'Électricité et de Mécanique the same thing?
Peter Horn
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An IP user just correctly reverted some old vandalism at Tupolev PAK DA. I then decided to check the article's history to see if the vandal had damaged any other articles at the same time. But it wasn't a vandal who made the edit in question. I assume you were just making a point of some kind, but you've been around long enough to know that the correct term, rightly or wrongly, in all native varieties of English is "American". I don't care if you want to use "US'an" in talk pages and such (I actually find it funny), but making that kind of edit in articles could fall afoul of WP:POINT, and isn't a good idea. I'm not going to troll through your contributions in articlespace to find more such edits, but if there are any more, it might be good if you cleaned them up yourself. Thanks. BilCat ( talk) 01:17, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, so there seems to be a somewhat weak consensus at the Wikiproject page in favor of getting rid of the leading zeros on US runways, and combined with the pre-existing consensus I think it would be justifiable to undo the edits. But the number of pages that were affected is massive so it seems like some sort of automated tool like AWB would be ideal.
I still new enough here (at least in terms of edit count) that I don't think I could get permission to use it. Do you think we're in a position where we could reasonably make a request on that page, or should we seek a broader consensus first? Titan Andromeda 17:29, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
Regarding your edit here, you might want to look at Talk:Hawker Sea Fury#Plural of "Fury". Or not. BilCat ( talk) 20:58, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
Regarding this statement:
"As of 2020, the increase of guidelines, "quality" criteria, civil administration and what not has been much frustrating my motivation for this project. Particularly, the repeated rejection of well-meant efforts of article creation has made me give up any ambition to repeat or continue them. Where has gone the original spirit of "plant a seed, see the growth, encourage sun and rain, assist as needed"? At best, I'll be working on existing articles, but I am much less "hot" than I used to be. A horrible pity, that such a glorious project as this WP is ruined by civil servants who can do nothing better than to tick the boxes on their forms, and refute honest efforts accordingly."
One cannot but agree with the statement you made and I've felt the exact same feelings as a Wikipedian across the years. Congrats. Aarfrunzindin ( talk) 11:17, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
...that one is specifically a main-page-appearance eligibility issue. WP:OTD doesn't have hard guidelines on 'how much of an article needs to be cited', and I personally prefer a pretty low reading, but I've ran into enough people disputing a low reading that I know running an article of that length with that much unreferenced text is going to get complaints. I've personally cited unreffed text in a lot of those cases, but couldn't in this one. I've decided to just remove the article from eligibility instead. Vaticidal prophet 21:00, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi from MalaMrvica,
My last edit about Junkers G.38 was reverted back by You - Junkers G.38 engines Junkers L88 and L8a are petrol/gasoline engines, and their roots can be traced down to Junkers L1 (four stroke, petrol/gasoline engine).
Later, Junker G.38 received Junkers 204 diesel engines.
So, can You please undo your changes? Again, L88 and L8a are gasoline/petrol engines.
Thanks,
MalaMrvica — Preceding unsigned comment added by MalaMrvica ( talk • contribs) 10:48, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
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Jan, former and latter are comparatives, to use when distinguishing between two entities. If there are more than two entities, then we have first and last. You may have seen native speakers using them wrongly, but that is not a standard for Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Fairey_Aviation_Company&diff=prev&oldid=1224009158 Honestly, if I were editing a foreign-language wiki I should think twice before reverting a conscientious native speaker. Spicemix ( talk) 21:25, 15 May 2024 (UTC)