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WikiProject Gliding
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WikiProject Aviation proposal
editThere is currently a proposal to create an Aviation WikiProject, which would serve to clarify how all the aviation related projects relate, and help with interproject editing. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Aircraft#Proposal_Recap for how the projects hierarchy. Part of the reorganization proposes that WikiProject Gliding become a task force of Wikipedia:WikiProject_Aircraft (or perhaps the Aviation Project itself). For an idea of how task forces work, take a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history. They have a number of task forces, listed here. As described by them, "task forces are informal groups of editors gathered for collaborative work on a particular topic within the field of military history; all project members are encouraged to participate in any that interest them." The benefit of such a system it that the sub-topics have all the resources of the overall project at their disposal. For instance, the Military history project banner, is placed on every military history page, and the related task forces are listed at the bottom of it. All miltary history related articles are thereby joined under one roof. If you have any ideas or comments, please join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft. - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 20:55, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Glider task force
editYou may be interested to know there is a new joint task force between WikiProjects Aircraft and Gliding covering gliders. Please join us by adding your name at: Wikipedia:WikiProject Gliding/Glider task force. Dhaluza 18:05, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
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List of notable glider pilots
editThere is a proposal to delete the List of notable glider pilots. Please register your opinion on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of notable glider pilots. I think it is an interesting list and useful when publicising the sport. JMcC 09:23, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Gliders and Gliding
editIn an effort to streamline the subprojects of aviation, and given the fact that the Glider task force has four members and a total of 51 articles tagged under its scope and the Gliding project has 7 and 56, I'd like to mere the Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Glider task force and the Wikipedia:WikiProject Gliding into one project, Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Gliding task force. Any objections? - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 19:48, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
AfD nomination of Arlington Aircraft Company
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Speed to fly
editA comment from you on a current discussion would be appreciated. --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 22:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Standardising articles on gliders
editThere has been some discussion in Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Aircraft about using the standard template for aircraft for articles on gliders. To understand what was expected, I asked one of the prime movers to change one of the existing articles into his preferred format. Please have a look at the changes to Schempp-Hirth Discus. Are the supposed benefits of consistency with other types of aircraft outweighed by the aethestics of having all key data in one table? Post you opinions to the WikiProject Aircraft Talk page. JMcC (talk) 00:14, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Schreders
editHi BoKu - since you've recreated these two articles, I've been able to reinstate some non-copyvio text to the HP-18 article. The copyvio material exists virtually unchanged throughout the rest of the history of the article; and the section on variants didn't make much sense without it, hence the G12.
The HP-14, on the other hand, has no free text at all in its edit history, so there's nothing to restore there. It was all taken verbatim from sailplane directory, and subsequent edits did nothing but change a few words around.
Thanks for replacing these so quickly! Cheers --Rlandmann (talk) 09:24, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
- Fair enough. Thanks for your help! BoKu (talk) 14:56, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Response Requested
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An exciting opportunity!
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