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Did you know 23 Oct 2024 – Griffin–Spalding County Airport (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Mccunicano (t · c); see discussion 21 Oct 2024 – Lockheed Martin FB-22 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Steve7c8 (t · c); see discussion Articles for deletion 04 Nov 2024 – Frontier Airlines Flight 1326 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Lolzer3000 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 02 Nov 2024 – 1948 Cebu Philippine Air Lines DC-3 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (5 participants) 01 Nov 2024 – Adani Enterprises (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ratnahastin (t · c); see discussion (5 participants) 28 Oct 2024 – Ersel Göral (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mccapra (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted) 27 Oct 2024 – Aeroflot Flight 971 (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c) was closed as redirect by OwenX (t · c) on 03 Nov 2024; see discussion (5 participants) Proposed deletions 01 Nov 2024 – Frontier Airlines Flight 1326 (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Maungapohatu (t · c) was deproded by Lolzer3000 (t · c) on 04 Nov 2024 23 Oct 2024 – 2024 Houston helicopter crash (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Rosbif73 (t · c) was deleted Templates for discussion 25 Oct 2024 – Template:Spruance class destroyer aircraft (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Sbb (t · c) was closed; see discussion Redirects for discussion 03 Nov 2024 – Holy shit, we're gonna fucking die (talk · edit · hist) →Comair Flight 3272 was RfDed by Blethering Scot (t · c); see discussion 02 Nov 2024 – Heathe N. Craig Joint Theater Hospital (talk · edit · hist) →Bagram Airfield was RfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c); see discussion 29 Oct 2024 – Space In Stereo (talk · edit · hist) →NASA was RfDed by TeapotsOfDoom (t · c); see discussion 26 Oct 2024 – Craig Joint Theater Hospital (talk · edit · hist) →Bagram Airfield was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion 24 Oct 2024 – Nortwest Airways (talk · edit · hist) →Northwest Airlines was RfDed by Crouch, Swale (t · c); see discussion 08 Oct 2024 – 2001 terrorist attacks (talk · edit · hist) →September 11 attacks was RfDed by SeaHaircutSoilReplace (t · c); see discussion 07 Oct 2024 – 2001 attacks (talk · edit · hist) →September 11 attacks was RfDed by SeaHaircutSoilReplace (t · c); see discussion 07 Oct 2024 – Hall Airport (talk · edit · hist) →Kaufman, Texas#Features was RfDed by Carguychris (t · c); see discussion Files for discussion 05 Nov 2024 – File:Navalized prototype Shenyang J-35 stealth fighter.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Shenyang FC-31) was FfDed by 廣九直通車 (t · c); see discussion A-Class review undated – John S. McCain Sr. (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review undated – Granville Gee Bee Model A (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review undated – Lockheed YF-22 (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review undated – List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review Good article nominees 14 Oct 2024 – Western Air Lines Flight 34 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RecycledPixels (t · c); start discussion 06 Oct 2024 – Columbus Airport (Georgia) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Mccunicano (t · c); start discussion 15 Jun 2024 – Chennai International Airport (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Magentic Manifestations (t · c); start discussion Featured article reviews 20 May 2024 – Northrop YF-23 (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Steve7c8 (t · c); see discussion Good article reassessments 03 Nov 2024 – International airport (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion 31 Oct 2024 – Hans-Ulrich Rudel (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by MisterBee1966 (t · c); see discussion 25 Oct 2024 – Concorde (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion Requests for comments 16 Oct 2024 – Template:Infobox aircraft occurrence (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Sjones23 (t · c); see discussion 27 Oct 2024 – Commemorative Air Force (talk · edit · hist) RfC by Noha307 (t · c) was closed; see discussion Peer reviews 12 Sep 2024 – Elm Farm Ollie (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Sevey13 (t · c); see discussion Requested moves 29 Oct 2024 – Louisville International Airport (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport by Cerium4B (t · c); see discussion 21 Oct 2024 – List of World War II flying aces (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Lists of World War II flying aces by RedDeadGuy (t · c); see discussion 27 Oct 2024 – Linate Airport disaster (talk · edit · hist) move request to 2001 Linate Airport runway collision by Aviationwikiflight (t · c) was moved to 2001 Linate Airport runway collision (talk · edit · hist) by Frost (t · c) on 03 Nov 2024; see discussion 27 Oct 2024 – Air Inter Flight 148 (talk · edit · hist) move request to Air Inter Flight 5148 by GalacticOrbits (t · c) was no consensus; see discussion 25 Oct 2024 – 1991 Los Angeles Airport runway collision (talk · edit · hist) move request to 1991 Los Angeles runway collision by Poxy4 (t · c) was moved to 1991 Los Angeles runway collision (talk · edit · hist) by Robertsky (t · c) on 01 Nov 2024; see discussion Articles to be merged 15 Oct 2024 – RAF Kalyan (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kalyan Airstrip by Gavbadger (t · c); see discussion 12 Sep 2024 – IndiGo fleet (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to IndiGo by Arnav Bhate (t · c); see discussion 10 Sep 2024 – Kenneth Copeland Airport (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake by Carguychris (t · c); see discussion 10 Sep 2024 – Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kenneth Copeland Airport by Carguychris (t · c); see discussion 06 Sep 2024 – List of World War II flying aces by country (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of World War II flying aces by MisterBee1966 (t · c); see discussion 29 Aug 2024 – Yakovlev Corporation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Yakovlev by Rosbif73 (t · c); see discussion 31 Jul 2024 – Collaborative combat aircraft (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Loyal wingman by Wasianpower (t · c); see discussion Articles to be split 03 Aug 2024 – John McCain (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Vinnylospo (t · c); see discussion 15 Jul 2024 – Prince Andrew, Duke of York (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AjaxSmack (t · c); see discussion 10 Sep 2023 – Ibaraki Airport (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Harashisaki (t · c); see discussion 04 Dec 2022 – Wankel engine (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Thumperward (t · c); see discussion 31 Oct 2024 – Concorde (talk · edit · hist) proposed for splitting by Nimbus227 (t · c) was closed; see discussion Articles for creation 04 Nov 2024 – Draft:Denys Davydov (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Johnson524 (t · c) 28 Oct 2024 – Draft:Emily Shilling (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by BearBear2016 (t · c) 28 Oct 2024 – Draft:Aérodrome communal de Rodez-Onet-le-Château (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by KeyMen12 (t · c) 25 Oct 2024 – Draft:Pierre de Saint Roman (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Grégoire Corty (t · c) 16 Oct 2024 – Draft:Aeroflot Flight 466 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ArthurGilf0rd (t · c) 16 Oct 2024 – Draft:In HARM's Way (B-52) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lolzer3000 (t · c) 04 Oct 2024 – Draft:1980 Venlo Northrop NF-5A plane crash (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by 64.253.215.212 (t · c) was declined by AlphaBetaGamma (t · c) on 31 Oct 2024 26 Sep 2024 – Draft:TACRON TWELVE (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Ponyboy15 (t · c) was declined by SafariScribe (t · c) on 03 Nov 2024
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Missing articles now lists just over 500 articles that need to be created or redirected.

Article class	Project
Article class	Aviation	Aircraft	Airlines	Airports	^{Military Aviation}	^{Aviation accident}	Rotorcraft	Gliding	^{Defunct Airlines}	Air sports	Biography	^Aero engine
FA	147	19	1	4	193	17	1	1	0	1	81	2
FL	5	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
A	23	12	0	0	95	1	2	0	0	0	40	1
GA	150	175	24	57	549	70	1	6	13	2	138	3
B	783	2,143	89	405	3,373	332	129	177	70	44	771	171
C	2805	4,622	222	931	7,983	611	292	398	93	371	1,155	432
Start	10811	5,811	1,058	4,655	12,364	1,001	471	632	755	346	1,992	935
Stub	17340	1,346	1,433	9,157	2,676	173	90	85	553	224	1,379	88
List	1579	444	464	595	614	147	22	13	73	6	103	10
Template	1260	1,242	277	572	819	206	24	10	6	96	22	122
Category	6053	5,544	854	1,505	3,190	1,006	94	100	433	84	487	192
Disambig	511	23	24	468	57	34	1	0	1	1	1	1
File	250	237	1,189	537	572	7	7	0	7	3	29	139
Portal	632	36	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	18	0
Project	45	18	12	6	4	8	1	3	5	1	1	7
Unassessed	365	33	2	6	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total	78,716	22,232	6,002	19,609	35,288	3,813	1,173	1,447	2,069	1,201	6,487	2,172

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Articles for review

Peer review

Articles needing attention
Aviation articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy	24,317
Aviation articles needing attention to grammar	20,258
Aviation articles needing attention to referencing and citation	26,483
Aviation articles needing attention to structure	13,213
Aviation articles needing attention to supporting materials	19,652
Aviation articles with incomplete B-Class checklists	11,536
Unassessed aviation articles	365
Aviation articles needing infoboxes	219
Aircraft articles without specifications	45
Aviation articles needing images	921
Aviation articles needing attention	952
Aviation articles with no associated task force	0
Aviation collaboration candidates	6
Requests for aviation peer review	0

Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Aviation stubs	380
→ Aircraft	133
→ Airport	27
→ Airline	16
→ Biography	267
→ Military aviation	252
→ Aerospace museum	58
→ Aircraft engine	35
→ Aircraft component	33
→ Air sports stubs	61
→ Aeronautical company	184

Airport Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airport stubs	20
→ North American airport stubs	11
→ → Canada	82
→ → → Alberta	220
→ → → Atlantic Canada	105
→ → → British columbia	199
→ → → Manitoba	131
→ → → Northwest Territories	66
→ → → Ontario	439
→ → → Quebec	204
→ → → Saskatchewan	170
→ → United States	14
→ → → Midwestern United States	161
→ → → Northeastern United States	139
→ → → Southern United States	171
→ → → → Texas	58
→ → → Western United States	142
→ → → Alaska	237
→ → → California	107
→ → → Kansas	55
→ → → Michigan	46
→ → → North Carolina	49
→ → Mexico	54
→ South America	158
→ Oceania	207
→ → Australia	108
→ Africa	7
→ → North Africa	157
→ → East Africa	147
→ → Southern Africa	259
→ → West Africa	253
→ Europe	560
→ → France	63
→ → Turkey	47
→ → Russia	246
→ → United Kingdom	44
→ Asia	344
→ → India	79
→ → Indonesia	154
→ → People's Republic of China	76
→ → Pakistan	37

Airline Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airline stubs	16
→ North American airline stubs	122
→ → United States	203
→ South America	82
→ Oceania	31
→ Africa	270
→ Europe	284
→ Asia	240

Did you know

23 Oct 2024 – Griffin–Spalding County Airport (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Mccunicano (t · c); see discussion
21 Oct 2024 – Lockheed Martin FB-22 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Steve7c8 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

04 Nov 2024 – Frontier Airlines Flight 1326 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Lolzer3000 (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
02 Nov 2024 – 1948 Cebu Philippine Air Lines DC-3 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
01 Nov 2024 – Adani Enterprises (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ratnahastin (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
28 Oct 2024 – Ersel Göral (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mccapra (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
27 Oct 2024 – Aeroflot Flight 971 (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c) was closed as redirect by OwenX (t · c) on 03 Nov 2024; see discussion (5 participants)

Proposed deletions

01 Nov 2024 – Frontier Airlines Flight 1326 (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Maungapohatu (t · c) was deproded by Lolzer3000 (t · c) on 04 Nov 2024
23 Oct 2024 – 2024 Houston helicopter crash (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Rosbif73 (t · c) was deleted

Templates for discussion

25 Oct 2024 – Template:Spruance class destroyer aircraft (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Sbb (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Redirects for discussion

03 Nov 2024 – Holy shit, we're gonna fucking die (talk · edit · hist) →Comair Flight 3272 was RfDed by Blethering Scot (t · c); see discussion
02 Nov 2024 – Heathe N. Craig Joint Theater Hospital (talk · edit · hist) →Bagram Airfield was RfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c); see discussion
29 Oct 2024 – Space In Stereo (talk · edit · hist) →NASA was RfDed by TeapotsOfDoom (t · c); see discussion
26 Oct 2024 – Craig Joint Theater Hospital (talk · edit · hist) →Bagram Airfield was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
24 Oct 2024 – Nortwest Airways (talk · edit · hist) →Northwest Airlines was RfDed by Crouch, Swale (t · c); see discussion
08 Oct 2024 – 2001 terrorist attacks (talk · edit · hist) →September 11 attacks was RfDed by SeaHaircutSoilReplace (t · c); see discussion
07 Oct 2024 – 2001 attacks (talk · edit · hist) →September 11 attacks was RfDed by SeaHaircutSoilReplace (t · c); see discussion
07 Oct 2024 – Hall Airport (talk · edit · hist) →Kaufman, Texas#Features was RfDed by Carguychris (t · c); see discussion

Files for discussion

05 Nov 2024 – File:Navalized prototype Shenyang J-35 stealth fighter.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Shenyang FC-31) was FfDed by 廣九直通車 (t · c); see discussion

A-Class review

undated – John S. McCain Sr. (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
undated – Granville Gee Bee Model A (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
undated – Lockheed YF-22 (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review
undated – List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Good article nominees

14 Oct 2024 – Western Air Lines Flight 34 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RecycledPixels (t · c); start discussion
06 Oct 2024 – Columbus Airport (Georgia) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Mccunicano (t · c); start discussion
15 Jun 2024 – Chennai International Airport (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Magentic Manifestations (t · c); start discussion

Request for Comment

Request for comment at Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2007-01-07 Singapore Airlines#Request for Comment: Reasons For/Against.05:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)