A lot of IPs are changing the destination for this airport. Is Southend Airport a airport serving London, UK? 68.113.120.216 ( talk) 21:00, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
On 31 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Partenair Mystere, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Partenair Mystere, a homebuilt aircraft, had an estimated building time of 1000 hours? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Partenair Mystere.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 21:32, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, i thought you might be interested, i have marked British Airways flight 2157 for deletion. Thanks -- JetBlast ( talk) 02:46, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I am a new user and I think it is a good article on an incident that you almost certainly must of heard about, considering where you live! On a different note, I am trying to fix my third ribbon bar on my userpage. If you get a chance, please could you see if you can fix the link so that it looks like yours. Thanks! BritAirman ( talk) 00:16, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'm wondering why you removed the parent category from this article. You are much more experienced than me, so I'm sure there is a good reason. Mark126 19:46, 1 January 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark126 ( talk • contribs)
I'm suspecting that User:YouKnowTheStuff might be our old friend, or recruited by him. [1] [2]. I'm not 100% sure though...his spelling/grammar seems (if it were possible) to be worse - is he quacking in your opinion? - The Bushranger One ping only 23:59, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Re your removal of the tag on category Category:Royal Air Force stations in England that says it includes RAF station articles in the “county” subcategories, I added that for a reason, so that articles on English RAF stations can be found wothout having to know or hunt through the “county” subcategories. That is what the tag “Allincluded” is for and it is a recognised part of Wikipedia. It does not mean as you say re RAF Tempsford above that articles appear in “all” subcategories. What is the procedure for appealing against your decision? Hugo999 ( talk) 01:08, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Could you please give your opnion on whether the sections: Revenue by Airline and Profit / Loss by Airline are appropriate for this article. Thanks, — Abhishek Talk 04:21, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
Could you have a look at my talk page (and recent contribs) please? I'm slightly concerned that I am being accused of something I haven't done. I could take it to ANI if you don't wish to comment. Cheers and Happy New Year BTW. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 10:59, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
Milborne, you seem to be getting slightly confused over the provenance of the Aviation Safety Network as a reliable source. The best way is to think of it as two websites in one. The ASN database is a reliable source. Info is checked before it is published, and sources are given in many cases. The ASN wikibase should be treated the same as any other Wiki (i.e, not a RS). Many accidents do start off by being posted on the Wikibase, and the more serious of them may progress to the Database as info becomes availabe. Less serious accidents involving airliners may remain covered on the Wikibase, as is the case with Air India 829. Mjroots ( talk) 11:52, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
The Technical Barnstar | |
For your contribution on Aviation related matters. Cheers AKS ( talk) 13:33, 5 January 2012 (UTC) |
The page in question is Boeing 306. I have several issues: 1) There exists a helicopter with that designation, nothing like what is on that page. 2) A fabric and wood design model was constructed at Boeing, post WW2, some of whose design drawings bore the designation model 306, but was of a different scale and intent from what is described on that page. 3) I found NO relevant information on anything Boeing on either online reference. 4) Reference is made in the page to "blended wing body" and linked to valid data in that topic, BUT the WHOLE BWB activity at Boeing post dates the WW2 era work by half a century and has nothing to do with helicopters (the real Boeing 306). 5) claims are made to the use of fuselage designs from XB-15 and Boeing model 314, BOTH of which because they share a wing design, are incompatible with a claimed delta wing. 6) The page references real information about a real engine, but the reference is bogus by the assertion on the page that no aircraft was never built. 7) All the physical design details given (except size) apply to the small design model that was never built and had nothing to do with either the XB-15 proposal nor the commercial Model 314.
I dare say none of the specified variants were ever even designed. Please help, this page is using a name that needs to contain content about the very real Boeing 306 Helicopter.
I beg your indulgence, I joined Wiki as a contributor some years ago and have added a few pages of content that have survived review. Today I find a totally bogus entry, and I do not know how to call attention to it or pose a challenge. I note in the edit log that you touched it once, thus I attempt to enlist your aid.
Thanks for any assistance you can be. skylab72 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skylab72 ( talk • contribs) 22:15, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
Just a "heads up" here, but apparently there is some conjecture as to bias in the article that an anon has used as the basis of some radical reverting. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 20:45, 6 January 2012 (UTC).
Don't know what happened here, but it appears to be a "midnight" move when no one was watching. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 06:24, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi M, sorry to drag you into this sordid mess, but the comments made by one of the participants have now "gone over the edge" and are very similar to the mIckMac syndrome of another Wiki editor. This is now beyond WP:Tendentious editing and is symptomatic of an uncivil editor, who needs at the very least, a "slap on the wrists." A number of ANIs have been started but various admins have shied away from the issue of conduct because of the "positive" record of contributions, yet, the editor has left a illuminating record of confrontations and arbitrary actions that belie this contention that a valuable contributor is at work. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 15:43, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi MilborneOne ! see the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Multirole_combat_aircraft#Promotion_of_Rafale.2C_you_say_.3F
I really don't understand, I can't see
NPOV in 'your' Rafale page, please answer on the Multirole talk page.
AirCraft (
talk)
00:49, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi MilborneOne I have become suspitious of a pair of editors that I believe may be the same user sockpuppeting. From my understanding, as an admin you have knowledge of certain tools to investigate the truth of the matter, hopefully it'll find that I'm just paranoid - can you make a reply on my talkpage, and I'll respond back with the usernames? Kyteto ( talk) 16:08, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
An editor [3] is trying to redirect the Burton article over to the Southwest one so the incident can be listed at List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft. He apparently didn't know the independent article rule at first, then tried adding it again even though I told him it didn't fit the criteria, then took the third route of attack namely copying the Burton article verbatim over into the Southwest article. I just told him to try bringing this up for discussion. Your two bits on this is appreciated. Reply back here, I'll keep an eye out for your input.- William 21:10, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
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Are they supposed to be on the commercial aircraft accident list? For example 2011 Pointe-Noire Trans Air Congo An-12 crash and Asiana Airlines Flight 991.
Also so far as crash articles go, are there different criteria for cargo flights?- William 16:12, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Since you created the article, I thought I'd bring a few things to your attention that I discovered about this crash.
I noticed you made a small contradiction in the article(writing Fokker F27 instead of Fairchild F-27 one), so I went and double checked the facts. One of the sources I have available to me is a subscription to Newspaper archive.
It was a Fairchild F27, and I went about making that fix but what else I discovered is that a 1962 news article contradicts several facts about the flight.
I can do a screen capture and email(After you provide me a email address) you a copy of the newspaper story or can you WP:AGF? Before fixing the article, I wanted your input. Please write back here.- William 15:21, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
I've reported it to the administrator board for WP:3RR but thought I'd drop you a heads up if you're on wikipedia right now.- William 17:40, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
Even if the UK is a country, what is the actual problem with my edits to KLM destinations? England is a country, of that there is no doubt. So is Scotland and the rest. My edits were perfectly correct and more accurate, but the first person to revert them did so after accusing me of vandalism and entering incorrect information! As you're a lot more experienced than me, please explain exactly what the problem is? Thanks. 78.86.37.131 ( talk) 19:39, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure how this is to be handled. Since you're a Wikipedia administrator, I thought I'd go to you. At least two paragraphs of the biographical part of the article on Lydia Ko has been copied from this website. [6]. I didn't take it any further than two paragraphs. Take the name Lydia off the first paragraph at Seoul Sisters and they are word for word the same.
How is something like this handled? Can you report it rather than me because I'm not sure how to do it. Please write back here and thanks.- William 20:42, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Since we are now in a table format for airport destinations, a discussion was started at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Airports#Airlines_and_Destinations_tables on whether or not to link the destinations as well. If you get a chance, your comment is appreciated. We are trying to reach a firm consensus on this. Thanks! Snoozlepet ( talk) 23:50, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
For helping protect Indian Air Force articles from Pakistani Users P$$K 11:08, 5 February 2012 (UTC) |
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Srikarkashyap ( talk • contribs)
1- I saw you tweaked my recently created article Linea Aeropostal Flight 253. Thank you for doing so. New articles aren't easy to write but I try my imperfect best.
2- What would you name an article on this crash? [10] Take into account there was another Aeropostal crash that year. I'm thinking of writing an article on it- William 17:42, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
I have started a discussion here regarding your removals from SkyTeam, Star Alliance and Oneworld.-- Jetstreamer ( talk) 22:04, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
I'm getting frustrated with a certain editor at this page. Three times I've tried rearranging or making the incidents section of the article NPOV but he reverts every time saying the article passed review so these tweaks are unnecessary. Nothing is ever perfect. The section also states opinion on whether water landings are survivable. Please take a look at my edits here [11], here [12], and here [13] and see if I'm off base. Maybe you can intervene for me. Thanks.- William 11:07, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Man you are fast! I hadn't even mentioned the existence of this article and you had the formation date up! Maybe I am getting too predictable doing them in alphabetical order? Regardless your help is much appreciated! If you have more info on the company please feel free to add it as the article is pretty skimpy right now! - Ahunt ( talk) 21:51, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
I reverted your edit on the 1 /2 seat issue because your opinion isn't a basis for removing content. As I said in the edit summary tag the offending line as "citation needed", provide a source that disconfirms the information I provided, or use the talk page.
I'll save you the trouble and tell you that the Alpha Jet A was a single seat aircraft. It's true that it (like the Alpha Jet E) was build with a two seat cockpit, but the A version carried extra communications and ECM gear on the second seatbearer rather than a second crew member. If you think about it a second crew member in such a small and relatively simple aircraft would have been redundant. Off hand I can't remember the source exactly, it was one of the (many) illustrated guides Bill Gunston wrote for Salamander in the 1980s. In any case the 1/2 to seat issue can be verified by any standard source, and I know because I used to own them all. I don't happen to have one handy at the moment, but I'm sure I could produce a web source in a few minutes.
Point is I don't think I should have to go out of my way to prove something that anyone can verify quite easily just because you don't "think" it's right! Lexington50 ( talk) 22:52, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
On 9 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the prototype of the Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan, a Bulgarian Army liaison aircraft of World War II, was nicknamed " Quasimodo"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady ( talk) 10:07, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
We're having a problem here with editors vandalizing the page by putting in unconfirmed episodes. Due to this page having a long history of editors putting in nonexistent episodes [14] or making edits based on original research [15], a consensus has been formed that nothing is listed till a reliable source states a new episode will be airing. The editors and their edits are here [16] and here [17]. Could you possibly address this to them? Thanks.- William 14:31, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello, i saw that my edit had been reverted http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=CAC/PAC_JF-17_Thunder&diff=next&oldid=476913876 THe edit summary isn't quite clear and the relevant section on talk pages isnt updated, am i missing something ? would be helpful if you can comment on the talk page . regards -- Ðℬig XЯaɣ 12:49, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Agreement has been signed plus delivery schedule is also available on the following link: http://tribune.com.pk/story/336531/national-carrier-pia-to-improve-fleet-with-5-boeing-777s/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pk-user ( talk • contribs) 04:33, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
another link: http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=140263 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pk-user ( talk • contribs) 04:41, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Generally people don't need to discuss or seek approval to do work to categories on wikipedia - the categories I added, in context of other subjects were perfectly normal - eg if you have some objection to Category:Unmanned aerial vehicles by manufacturer , Category:Prototype and development unmanned aerial vehicles etc please say what they are. As for removal of categories, I only remove categories when addition categorisation has placed the page in a subcategory.
For more information see Wikipedia:Categorization. Please don't contact me seeking proof I had received permission to do useful work again. Mddkpp ( talk) 19:56, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
All the persons I checked on this list are actually redirect pages to aviation incidents. This category IMHO should be deleted and all the redirect pages too. What purpose does it serve? I'd like to hear what you think and how would I propose these for deletions and what rationale to use.- William 15:52, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Twice articles about her were either deleted or redirected. Somebody wrote an article where a redirect page was but I converted it back to a redirect. Was I right in doing that?- William 17:26, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
90.215.158.40 ( talk · contribs) is quacking somewhat as it's been doing one of Ryan's favourite things: recategorising "Aviation Accidents in the United Kingdom" articles to England, Scotland etc. - the thing is, this is all he's done so far, so I'm not quite certain, can you take a look? - The Bushranger One ping only 20:59, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Please bear with me as I am not upto speed with wiki. I have broadened the page to include two other organisations. This way it is not deleted.-- Yuusha ( talk) 23:30, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Two new cfds propose the renaming of some twenty categories. Most of those who took part in last year's cfd " Former pupils by school in the United Kingdom" seem unaware of them, so I am notifying all those who took part in that discussion, to improve the quality of the discussion by broadening participation to more fully achieve consensus. Please consider contributing here and here. Moonraker ( talk) 13:30, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Afternoon MilborneOne. Can I try you with a couple of copyright issues?
i) I've just started a page on the Caproni Ca.125 which has no images. There are images with the Italian Wiki article It:Caproni Ca.125, though these come with a warning about transfer to Wiki Commons based on the possible incompatibility Italian copyright laws. These particular images come from a work published in 1935, meeting the published >70 years, unknown photographer condition, so I hoped they could be reloaded into Wiki Commons under a standard copyright. Could remove the green hue at the same time. If this route is legal, it would help with other pre-1935 Capronis.
ii) I started getting a bit excited by images in Mason's British Flight Testing. There are many pre-1952 CC photos, including a lot of slightly obscure aircraft for which we have no photos. However, the book is quite recent(1993) and that will be the date of first publication, I suppose, and will rule out transfer to Wiki Commons?
No rush at all but any thoughts/rulings welcome. Cheers, TSRL ( talk) 16:34, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
(1) Not really an expert but I cant see why it cant be uploaded as Template:PD-EU-no author disclosure to commons. MilborneOne ( talk) 19:02, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
{2} Dont see why they cant be uploaded as crown copyright if they can be shown to be a work of the British government it is unlikely that they have not been published before 1993. If you are unsure you could upload it here as non-free with a rare no other image available rationale. MilborneOne ( talk) 19:02, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
Michael, could you check on the deletion of File:Bell525 artist rendition.jpg? I can't see how this is replacebale at the moment, unless we're supposed to upload our own drawings of the Bell 525! - BilCat ( talk) 23:25, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Milliborne The way you select informations seems to be unfair! If you want to be a censor, check your information! Please contact me I'm Jerome GIACOMONI president of AEROPHILE giacomoni@aerophile.com +33 1 40 60 40 90. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.124.33.227 ( talk) 10:17, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
Dear Miliborne,
Three questions : Why are you treated differently AEROPHILE, LINDSTRAND and AEROBALLOON ? Don't you think that the world first touristic destination is less important than Montecassino in South Africa? Have you check if these balloons are still existing ?
The latest entry in the world of tethered helium balloons has been of "Ahmedabad Eye"[2010], which has been installed as a new feature at the Kankaria Lakefront situated at Ahmedabad, India the site visited by millions of people after its transformation into amusement park.
AeroBalloon, Inc. incorporates technologies used in modern yacht design to build the AB-20 balloon gondola which carries over 1000 passengers per day at Chicago's Navy Pier. The modern composite gondola is lighter than traditional steel gondolas and requires less helium to lift its total payload. AeroBalloon is led by Douglas Hase, record holding lighter than air and ultralight aviation pilot.
I will be extremely pleased to talk with you give me your phone number or call me at <redacted personal information>. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.124.34.183 ( talk) 15:47, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Evening Milborne:Moving an article from my sandbox, I managed to create User:Breda Ba.46 rather than Breda Ba.46. For the moment Breda Ba.46 redirects to User:Breda Ba.46. Could you change User:Breda Ba.46 to Breda Ba.46? Sorry about that. Thanks for comments on copywrite. TSRL ( talk) 18:33, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! TSRL ( talk) 18:51, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
This account is being used strictly for vandalism to golf articles, mostly involving Ryder Cup play. I've found so many mistakes I'm at the point of considering anything he's done as suspect.
While he hasn't edited since 2011, can the account be suspended? He could come back. ...William 15:33, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
His article cites two stories as to him dying in that Katanga plane crash. Neither article [19] however says [20] that Mapon died. Only that an advisor to Congo's President did and that Mapon was wounded. Please note also that the second article is dated four days after the crash. ...William 14:53, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Article: Noel Laurence.
I was wondering if you've noticed the year he was born and the years of service in his Infobox. I would mostly put it down to a typing error than anything. Thought I'd point it out. Adamdaley ( talk) 07:09, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
I replied to your comment here. -- Ysangkok ( talk) 20:28, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for adding to this article! It is a great boon that you have a newer ref than I do! - Ahunt ( talk) 14:12, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello I reverted your reversion of the addition of links in the airport destination example table. This was discussed on the Airports WikiProject here and the consensus was to add the links. So it only made sense that he added the links to the table example, and did it with good intentions. Just thought I'd let you know. Thanks, Comp dude 123 02:15, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
This article does seem to be attracting a higher than expected level of unwanted attention and I suspect all over the same issue ie the validity of her world records. As I've said on the talk page this seems to me to be an issue about GWR not Helen Skelton. But the kite skiers and ultra kayakers don't share that view and are either vandalising or trying to coatrack. NtheP ( talk) 12:05, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
MB1: I picked the powered aviation version up on the newstand today! Since the recent AFD pretty much confirmed it as a reliable source I think I am going to be busy incorporating all that into articles for the next year or so! - Ahunt ( talk) 20:07, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
for helping me with Madrid Runway Disaster. Did you see the message [22] I left on user Mjroots talk page and then come over to help me?
The description of the crash could still use some editing and I'll go ahead and do it sometime soon. David Gero's book Aviation Disaster has a pretty good description of what happened and I will check out Google News archive too.
Yesterday and today I created two new crash articles- Nigeria Airways Flight 825 and Iberia Airlines Flight 602 which killed 87 and 104 people respectively. The last words of the Iberia pilot were supposedly "Get me a beer ready, we are here." ...William 22:35, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Would you email Peter Waterman's obit from The Times for my file?
Thanks. > Best O Fortuna ( talk) 19:27, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
The article is copied verbatim from ASN. Check here. [23] ...William 22:56, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Afternoon. I'm currently having a bit of a mess about with this article, saw that you had put a couple of comments re. Samson's machine on the talk page...what I think happened here (I'm about to read things through again) was that there was an S.27 typewith c/n 38 (Barnes drop "S.38" into the narrative without any prior mention: the aircraft then had a substantial rebuild, gaining a long nacelle & losng the front elevator, sobecoming a new type. I'm slightly puzzled by the assigntion of RN#38to a BatBoat,though: Owen Thetford says it was #118. Not taht it really matters, but it would be nice to know what aircraft bore the number. I'm thinking of includng the Tandem Twin & Triple Twin into the S.27 article, they are notable aircraft which do not have articles but are essentially S.27 variants. Thoughts? TheLongTone ( talk) 17:03, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
A lot of IPs are changing the destination for this airport. Is Southend Airport a airport serving London, UK? 68.113.120.216 ( talk) 21:00, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
On 31 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Partenair Mystere, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Partenair Mystere, a homebuilt aircraft, had an estimated building time of 1000 hours? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Partenair Mystere.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 21:32, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi, i thought you might be interested, i have marked British Airways flight 2157 for deletion. Thanks -- JetBlast ( talk) 02:46, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I am a new user and I think it is a good article on an incident that you almost certainly must of heard about, considering where you live! On a different note, I am trying to fix my third ribbon bar on my userpage. If you get a chance, please could you see if you can fix the link so that it looks like yours. Thanks! BritAirman ( talk) 00:16, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'm wondering why you removed the parent category from this article. You are much more experienced than me, so I'm sure there is a good reason. Mark126 19:46, 1 January 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark126 ( talk • contribs)
I'm suspecting that User:YouKnowTheStuff might be our old friend, or recruited by him. [1] [2]. I'm not 100% sure though...his spelling/grammar seems (if it were possible) to be worse - is he quacking in your opinion? - The Bushranger One ping only 23:59, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Re your removal of the tag on category Category:Royal Air Force stations in England that says it includes RAF station articles in the “county” subcategories, I added that for a reason, so that articles on English RAF stations can be found wothout having to know or hunt through the “county” subcategories. That is what the tag “Allincluded” is for and it is a recognised part of Wikipedia. It does not mean as you say re RAF Tempsford above that articles appear in “all” subcategories. What is the procedure for appealing against your decision? Hugo999 ( talk) 01:08, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Could you please give your opnion on whether the sections: Revenue by Airline and Profit / Loss by Airline are appropriate for this article. Thanks, — Abhishek Talk 04:21, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
Could you have a look at my talk page (and recent contribs) please? I'm slightly concerned that I am being accused of something I haven't done. I could take it to ANI if you don't wish to comment. Cheers and Happy New Year BTW. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 10:59, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
Milborne, you seem to be getting slightly confused over the provenance of the Aviation Safety Network as a reliable source. The best way is to think of it as two websites in one. The ASN database is a reliable source. Info is checked before it is published, and sources are given in many cases. The ASN wikibase should be treated the same as any other Wiki (i.e, not a RS). Many accidents do start off by being posted on the Wikibase, and the more serious of them may progress to the Database as info becomes availabe. Less serious accidents involving airliners may remain covered on the Wikibase, as is the case with Air India 829. Mjroots ( talk) 11:52, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
The Technical Barnstar | |
For your contribution on Aviation related matters. Cheers AKS ( talk) 13:33, 5 January 2012 (UTC) |
The page in question is Boeing 306. I have several issues: 1) There exists a helicopter with that designation, nothing like what is on that page. 2) A fabric and wood design model was constructed at Boeing, post WW2, some of whose design drawings bore the designation model 306, but was of a different scale and intent from what is described on that page. 3) I found NO relevant information on anything Boeing on either online reference. 4) Reference is made in the page to "blended wing body" and linked to valid data in that topic, BUT the WHOLE BWB activity at Boeing post dates the WW2 era work by half a century and has nothing to do with helicopters (the real Boeing 306). 5) claims are made to the use of fuselage designs from XB-15 and Boeing model 314, BOTH of which because they share a wing design, are incompatible with a claimed delta wing. 6) The page references real information about a real engine, but the reference is bogus by the assertion on the page that no aircraft was never built. 7) All the physical design details given (except size) apply to the small design model that was never built and had nothing to do with either the XB-15 proposal nor the commercial Model 314.
I dare say none of the specified variants were ever even designed. Please help, this page is using a name that needs to contain content about the very real Boeing 306 Helicopter.
I beg your indulgence, I joined Wiki as a contributor some years ago and have added a few pages of content that have survived review. Today I find a totally bogus entry, and I do not know how to call attention to it or pose a challenge. I note in the edit log that you touched it once, thus I attempt to enlist your aid.
Thanks for any assistance you can be. skylab72 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skylab72 ( talk • contribs) 22:15, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
Just a "heads up" here, but apparently there is some conjecture as to bias in the article that an anon has used as the basis of some radical reverting. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 20:45, 6 January 2012 (UTC).
Don't know what happened here, but it appears to be a "midnight" move when no one was watching. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 06:24, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi M, sorry to drag you into this sordid mess, but the comments made by one of the participants have now "gone over the edge" and are very similar to the mIckMac syndrome of another Wiki editor. This is now beyond WP:Tendentious editing and is symptomatic of an uncivil editor, who needs at the very least, a "slap on the wrists." A number of ANIs have been started but various admins have shied away from the issue of conduct because of the "positive" record of contributions, yet, the editor has left a illuminating record of confrontations and arbitrary actions that belie this contention that a valuable contributor is at work. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 15:43, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi MilborneOne ! see the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Multirole_combat_aircraft#Promotion_of_Rafale.2C_you_say_.3F
I really don't understand, I can't see
NPOV in 'your' Rafale page, please answer on the Multirole talk page.
AirCraft (
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00:49, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi MilborneOne I have become suspitious of a pair of editors that I believe may be the same user sockpuppeting. From my understanding, as an admin you have knowledge of certain tools to investigate the truth of the matter, hopefully it'll find that I'm just paranoid - can you make a reply on my talkpage, and I'll respond back with the usernames? Kyteto ( talk) 16:08, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
An editor [3] is trying to redirect the Burton article over to the Southwest one so the incident can be listed at List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft. He apparently didn't know the independent article rule at first, then tried adding it again even though I told him it didn't fit the criteria, then took the third route of attack namely copying the Burton article verbatim over into the Southwest article. I just told him to try bringing this up for discussion. Your two bits on this is appreciated. Reply back here, I'll keep an eye out for your input.- William 21:10, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
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Are they supposed to be on the commercial aircraft accident list? For example 2011 Pointe-Noire Trans Air Congo An-12 crash and Asiana Airlines Flight 991.
Also so far as crash articles go, are there different criteria for cargo flights?- William 16:12, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Since you created the article, I thought I'd bring a few things to your attention that I discovered about this crash.
I noticed you made a small contradiction in the article(writing Fokker F27 instead of Fairchild F-27 one), so I went and double checked the facts. One of the sources I have available to me is a subscription to Newspaper archive.
It was a Fairchild F27, and I went about making that fix but what else I discovered is that a 1962 news article contradicts several facts about the flight.
I can do a screen capture and email(After you provide me a email address) you a copy of the newspaper story or can you WP:AGF? Before fixing the article, I wanted your input. Please write back here.- William 15:21, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
I've reported it to the administrator board for WP:3RR but thought I'd drop you a heads up if you're on wikipedia right now.- William 17:40, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
Even if the UK is a country, what is the actual problem with my edits to KLM destinations? England is a country, of that there is no doubt. So is Scotland and the rest. My edits were perfectly correct and more accurate, but the first person to revert them did so after accusing me of vandalism and entering incorrect information! As you're a lot more experienced than me, please explain exactly what the problem is? Thanks. 78.86.37.131 ( talk) 19:39, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure how this is to be handled. Since you're a Wikipedia administrator, I thought I'd go to you. At least two paragraphs of the biographical part of the article on Lydia Ko has been copied from this website. [6]. I didn't take it any further than two paragraphs. Take the name Lydia off the first paragraph at Seoul Sisters and they are word for word the same.
How is something like this handled? Can you report it rather than me because I'm not sure how to do it. Please write back here and thanks.- William 20:42, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Since we are now in a table format for airport destinations, a discussion was started at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Airports#Airlines_and_Destinations_tables on whether or not to link the destinations as well. If you get a chance, your comment is appreciated. We are trying to reach a firm consensus on this. Thanks! Snoozlepet ( talk) 23:50, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
For helping protect Indian Air Force articles from Pakistani Users P$$K 11:08, 5 February 2012 (UTC) |
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Srikarkashyap ( talk • contribs)
1- I saw you tweaked my recently created article Linea Aeropostal Flight 253. Thank you for doing so. New articles aren't easy to write but I try my imperfect best.
2- What would you name an article on this crash? [10] Take into account there was another Aeropostal crash that year. I'm thinking of writing an article on it- William 17:42, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
I have started a discussion here regarding your removals from SkyTeam, Star Alliance and Oneworld.-- Jetstreamer ( talk) 22:04, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
I'm getting frustrated with a certain editor at this page. Three times I've tried rearranging or making the incidents section of the article NPOV but he reverts every time saying the article passed review so these tweaks are unnecessary. Nothing is ever perfect. The section also states opinion on whether water landings are survivable. Please take a look at my edits here [11], here [12], and here [13] and see if I'm off base. Maybe you can intervene for me. Thanks.- William 11:07, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
Man you are fast! I hadn't even mentioned the existence of this article and you had the formation date up! Maybe I am getting too predictable doing them in alphabetical order? Regardless your help is much appreciated! If you have more info on the company please feel free to add it as the article is pretty skimpy right now! - Ahunt ( talk) 21:51, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
I reverted your edit on the 1 /2 seat issue because your opinion isn't a basis for removing content. As I said in the edit summary tag the offending line as "citation needed", provide a source that disconfirms the information I provided, or use the talk page.
I'll save you the trouble and tell you that the Alpha Jet A was a single seat aircraft. It's true that it (like the Alpha Jet E) was build with a two seat cockpit, but the A version carried extra communications and ECM gear on the second seatbearer rather than a second crew member. If you think about it a second crew member in such a small and relatively simple aircraft would have been redundant. Off hand I can't remember the source exactly, it was one of the (many) illustrated guides Bill Gunston wrote for Salamander in the 1980s. In any case the 1/2 to seat issue can be verified by any standard source, and I know because I used to own them all. I don't happen to have one handy at the moment, but I'm sure I could produce a web source in a few minutes.
Point is I don't think I should have to go out of my way to prove something that anyone can verify quite easily just because you don't "think" it's right! Lexington50 ( talk) 22:52, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
On 9 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the prototype of the Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan, a Bulgarian Army liaison aircraft of World War II, was nicknamed " Quasimodo"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Orlady ( talk) 10:07, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
We're having a problem here with editors vandalizing the page by putting in unconfirmed episodes. Due to this page having a long history of editors putting in nonexistent episodes [14] or making edits based on original research [15], a consensus has been formed that nothing is listed till a reliable source states a new episode will be airing. The editors and their edits are here [16] and here [17]. Could you possibly address this to them? Thanks.- William 14:31, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello, i saw that my edit had been reverted http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=CAC/PAC_JF-17_Thunder&diff=next&oldid=476913876 THe edit summary isn't quite clear and the relevant section on talk pages isnt updated, am i missing something ? would be helpful if you can comment on the talk page . regards -- Ðℬig XЯaɣ 12:49, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Agreement has been signed plus delivery schedule is also available on the following link: http://tribune.com.pk/story/336531/national-carrier-pia-to-improve-fleet-with-5-boeing-777s/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pk-user ( talk • contribs) 04:33, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
another link: http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=140263 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pk-user ( talk • contribs) 04:41, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Generally people don't need to discuss or seek approval to do work to categories on wikipedia - the categories I added, in context of other subjects were perfectly normal - eg if you have some objection to Category:Unmanned aerial vehicles by manufacturer , Category:Prototype and development unmanned aerial vehicles etc please say what they are. As for removal of categories, I only remove categories when addition categorisation has placed the page in a subcategory.
For more information see Wikipedia:Categorization. Please don't contact me seeking proof I had received permission to do useful work again. Mddkpp ( talk) 19:56, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
All the persons I checked on this list are actually redirect pages to aviation incidents. This category IMHO should be deleted and all the redirect pages too. What purpose does it serve? I'd like to hear what you think and how would I propose these for deletions and what rationale to use.- William 15:52, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Twice articles about her were either deleted or redirected. Somebody wrote an article where a redirect page was but I converted it back to a redirect. Was I right in doing that?- William 17:26, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
90.215.158.40 ( talk · contribs) is quacking somewhat as it's been doing one of Ryan's favourite things: recategorising "Aviation Accidents in the United Kingdom" articles to England, Scotland etc. - the thing is, this is all he's done so far, so I'm not quite certain, can you take a look? - The Bushranger One ping only 20:59, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Please bear with me as I am not upto speed with wiki. I have broadened the page to include two other organisations. This way it is not deleted.-- Yuusha ( talk) 23:30, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Two new cfds propose the renaming of some twenty categories. Most of those who took part in last year's cfd " Former pupils by school in the United Kingdom" seem unaware of them, so I am notifying all those who took part in that discussion, to improve the quality of the discussion by broadening participation to more fully achieve consensus. Please consider contributing here and here. Moonraker ( talk) 13:30, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Afternoon MilborneOne. Can I try you with a couple of copyright issues?
i) I've just started a page on the Caproni Ca.125 which has no images. There are images with the Italian Wiki article It:Caproni Ca.125, though these come with a warning about transfer to Wiki Commons based on the possible incompatibility Italian copyright laws. These particular images come from a work published in 1935, meeting the published >70 years, unknown photographer condition, so I hoped they could be reloaded into Wiki Commons under a standard copyright. Could remove the green hue at the same time. If this route is legal, it would help with other pre-1935 Capronis.
ii) I started getting a bit excited by images in Mason's British Flight Testing. There are many pre-1952 CC photos, including a lot of slightly obscure aircraft for which we have no photos. However, the book is quite recent(1993) and that will be the date of first publication, I suppose, and will rule out transfer to Wiki Commons?
No rush at all but any thoughts/rulings welcome. Cheers, TSRL ( talk) 16:34, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
(1) Not really an expert but I cant see why it cant be uploaded as Template:PD-EU-no author disclosure to commons. MilborneOne ( talk) 19:02, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
{2} Dont see why they cant be uploaded as crown copyright if they can be shown to be a work of the British government it is unlikely that they have not been published before 1993. If you are unsure you could upload it here as non-free with a rare no other image available rationale. MilborneOne ( talk) 19:02, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
Michael, could you check on the deletion of File:Bell525 artist rendition.jpg? I can't see how this is replacebale at the moment, unless we're supposed to upload our own drawings of the Bell 525! - BilCat ( talk) 23:25, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Milliborne The way you select informations seems to be unfair! If you want to be a censor, check your information! Please contact me I'm Jerome GIACOMONI president of AEROPHILE giacomoni@aerophile.com +33 1 40 60 40 90. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.124.33.227 ( talk) 10:17, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
Dear Miliborne,
Three questions : Why are you treated differently AEROPHILE, LINDSTRAND and AEROBALLOON ? Don't you think that the world first touristic destination is less important than Montecassino in South Africa? Have you check if these balloons are still existing ?
The latest entry in the world of tethered helium balloons has been of "Ahmedabad Eye"[2010], which has been installed as a new feature at the Kankaria Lakefront situated at Ahmedabad, India the site visited by millions of people after its transformation into amusement park.
AeroBalloon, Inc. incorporates technologies used in modern yacht design to build the AB-20 balloon gondola which carries over 1000 passengers per day at Chicago's Navy Pier. The modern composite gondola is lighter than traditional steel gondolas and requires less helium to lift its total payload. AeroBalloon is led by Douglas Hase, record holding lighter than air and ultralight aviation pilot.
I will be extremely pleased to talk with you give me your phone number or call me at <redacted personal information>. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.124.34.183 ( talk) 15:47, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Evening Milborne:Moving an article from my sandbox, I managed to create User:Breda Ba.46 rather than Breda Ba.46. For the moment Breda Ba.46 redirects to User:Breda Ba.46. Could you change User:Breda Ba.46 to Breda Ba.46? Sorry about that. Thanks for comments on copywrite. TSRL ( talk) 18:33, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks! TSRL ( talk) 18:51, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
This account is being used strictly for vandalism to golf articles, mostly involving Ryder Cup play. I've found so many mistakes I'm at the point of considering anything he's done as suspect.
While he hasn't edited since 2011, can the account be suspended? He could come back. ...William 15:33, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
His article cites two stories as to him dying in that Katanga plane crash. Neither article [19] however says [20] that Mapon died. Only that an advisor to Congo's President did and that Mapon was wounded. Please note also that the second article is dated four days after the crash. ...William 14:53, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
Article: Noel Laurence.
I was wondering if you've noticed the year he was born and the years of service in his Infobox. I would mostly put it down to a typing error than anything. Thought I'd point it out. Adamdaley ( talk) 07:09, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
I replied to your comment here. -- Ysangkok ( talk) 20:28, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for adding to this article! It is a great boon that you have a newer ref than I do! - Ahunt ( talk) 14:12, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello I reverted your reversion of the addition of links in the airport destination example table. This was discussed on the Airports WikiProject here and the consensus was to add the links. So it only made sense that he added the links to the table example, and did it with good intentions. Just thought I'd let you know. Thanks, Comp dude 123 02:15, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
This article does seem to be attracting a higher than expected level of unwanted attention and I suspect all over the same issue ie the validity of her world records. As I've said on the talk page this seems to me to be an issue about GWR not Helen Skelton. But the kite skiers and ultra kayakers don't share that view and are either vandalising or trying to coatrack. NtheP ( talk) 12:05, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
MB1: I picked the powered aviation version up on the newstand today! Since the recent AFD pretty much confirmed it as a reliable source I think I am going to be busy incorporating all that into articles for the next year or so! - Ahunt ( talk) 20:07, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
for helping me with Madrid Runway Disaster. Did you see the message [22] I left on user Mjroots talk page and then come over to help me?
The description of the crash could still use some editing and I'll go ahead and do it sometime soon. David Gero's book Aviation Disaster has a pretty good description of what happened and I will check out Google News archive too.
Yesterday and today I created two new crash articles- Nigeria Airways Flight 825 and Iberia Airlines Flight 602 which killed 87 and 104 people respectively. The last words of the Iberia pilot were supposedly "Get me a beer ready, we are here." ...William 22:35, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Would you email Peter Waterman's obit from The Times for my file?
Thanks. > Best O Fortuna ( talk) 19:27, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
The article is copied verbatim from ASN. Check here. [23] ...William 22:56, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Afternoon. I'm currently having a bit of a mess about with this article, saw that you had put a couple of comments re. Samson's machine on the talk page...what I think happened here (I'm about to read things through again) was that there was an S.27 typewith c/n 38 (Barnes drop "S.38" into the narrative without any prior mention: the aircraft then had a substantial rebuild, gaining a long nacelle & losng the front elevator, sobecoming a new type. I'm slightly puzzled by the assigntion of RN#38to a BatBoat,though: Owen Thetford says it was #118. Not taht it really matters, but it would be nice to know what aircraft bore the number. I'm thinking of includng the Tandem Twin & Triple Twin into the S.27 article, they are notable aircraft which do not have articles but are essentially S.27 variants. Thoughts? TheLongTone ( talk) 17:03, 31 March 2012 (UTC)