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Thanks for signing up for this project. It is a very busy and active project with lots going on and we can always use more help and especially a fresh set of eyes. If you haven't done so already you might want to add Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft to your watch list as this is where much of the background discussion occurs. You may also want to watch Wikipedia:New articles (Aircraft) as this is where newly created articles get listed for peer review. Having a look over these new articles is a great way to get a feel for how things are done on the project and also most new articles need reviewing anyway. If you have any questions you can leave me a note or post at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft, either way you will get a quick response. - Ahunt (talk) 16:30, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
How do I find people to help me write/add too an article? I don't want to work alone being so new... Is there anywhere that I can find someone to work with me? Thanks, Airplane Maniac (talk) 03:59, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi! You may be interested in the "adoption" program where an experienced editor helps you learn the ropes. The teahouse is a great spot to ask questions about things. You can also make drafts of new articles and/or changes to articles you'd like to make in your userspace, at a place like User:Airplane Maniac/sandbox, and then ask for help in looking it over and providing suggestions. Nick—Contact/Contribs04:21, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for patrolling Lakeside Press, and especially for doing it so quickly! But I don't see where more notes should (or could) be added, since every paragraph has at least one note which covers all the statements in it, many paragraphs have multiple notes, sometimes for just a clause. I'd be grateful if you could point out what is unreferenced. Cheers in any case.... ch (talk) 05:07, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
Now that you point that out CWH, I relized that it does have enough references. I must have not of noticed last night. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! Cheers!--AM (Talk to me!) 15:09, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks - but how to lay out/set up an article? Will be grateful for your help. Anyway I'm engaged in another aspect of another subject so will not have time. I'm off for summer hols!
I fixed it for you Osborne but for further reference, read this.
Also, make sure to sign your posts with four of these(~)
Many thanks. I too am off for a foreign holiday! Will have to remember to look at this file when I return. Many thanks.Osborne 12:58, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Sorry.. It wasn't finished.. I did the translation from the es.wiki version.. I've spend a few hours copyediting it and I hope I fixed all the issues, please check the corrections..cheers..--Mcapdevila (talk) 22:56, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
No CoLocate, sorry to disappoint but I just put that there because I wanted to express a wish of mine, and not show my location at the same time. I sadly do not own a RV-7 and I am too young to fly one... I just hope that someday I will; the RV-7 is the plane I want when I have the money, age, and time to become a pilot. Sorry about that.--AM (Talk to me!) 19:17, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
Overtagging
Hi Airplane Maniac. Thanks for your help with new page patrol. Wikipedia really needs dedicated editors like yourself to help improve the quality of our content. I wanted to let you know that I think you may be adding cleanup tags to new articles a little too liberally. For example, on Jim Sinclair (comic book artist) you added six tags, some of which are duplicative (layout and sections). On Yamaha XJ750X Maxim-X you also added six cleanup tags. Some, such as dead end and uncategorized are trivial concerns for an article that was added only seven minutes prior.
As a rule of thumb, I recommend adding no more than 2-3 cleanup tags for any article, except in rare cases. This tends to be the most helpful approach in my experience. If you're up for some extra reading, here are some essays that discuss overtagging in more detail: WP:OVERTAGGING, Wikipedia:Responsible tagging, and WP:TAGBOMB. Very best. - MrX02:00, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
Sorry MrX, I guess I am being a bit of a perfectionist. Thanks for linking those articles, they are helpful. I will try to fix my overtagging problems.--AM (Talk to me!) 19:23, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
Invitation for Adoption
Hello Airplane Maniac, I noticed that you were interested in adoption. I have recently started offering adoption and was wondering if you would be interested. A few things about me are that I've been editing Wikipedia since 2010 and I am involved in a wide variety of areas. I spend my time reverting vandalism, patrolling newpages, and reviewing articles by new users at Articles for Creation. I also work at improving articles related to whatever wikiprojects I'm interested in at the moment. I would be happy to adopt you. Winner 42Talk to me!23:22, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
Apologies for the slow response, I've been busing. Vandals are one of the major issues in Wikipedia as anyone can edit it, people can disrupt it for their own personal gain or amusement. Vandalism is defined as a "deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia." Of course, vandalism should be reverted as soon as possible and there are many ways to do this. The most basic tool is Twinkle which allows you to swiftly warn and report users, nominate pages for deletion, tag pages, and request the protection among many other things. You will want to enable it in the gadgets section of Special:Preferences.
When you have discovered a vandal you will want to revert their edits and leave a warning on their talk page. What warning you leave can depend on the severity of the vandalism. If you think the user is acting in good faith, a general note vandalism warning is appropriate. If they continue this behavior you can give them a caution warning which makes no assumption of faith. Warning and final warning are reserved for when an editor refuses to stop their previous behavior and sends a strong "cease and desist" message to them. In severe cases of vandalism (such as inserting personal attacks or expletives into articles) you may want to start off with higher level warnings. When it becomes clear that a user will not stop their behavior you should report them to WP:AIV. You can use the Twinkle menu and select "ARV" which will allow you to report users to various notice boards.
Some other warnings that are used often are the single issue notice {{uw-coi}}, for when you believe the user may have a conflict of interest, and the single issue warning {{uw-3rr}}, for edit warring editors. Hope this explains the basics, when you become more experienced there are semi-auto tools such as WP:HUGGLE and WP:STIKI which are very powerful anti vandal tools. Winner 42Talk to me!17:21, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
Thanks Winner 42! This has all been really helpful! Especially Twinkle! I have found that I really enjoy going through new articles and proofreading them, and Twinkle has really helped!--AM (Talk to me!) 15:18, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
Sorry for the slow response, I didn't notice that you replied here, I get a lot of notifications. Feel free to leave me a talkback (or a trout) template if you want to get my attention. It looks like you figured out the redirect, nice job! I'll give you some feedback on the article instead. References to Wikipedia are generally to be avoided (see WP:CIRCULAR) it is best to find what the original article used as a reference and copy that. Winner 42Talk to me!02:41, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Speedy Deletion
Hi Airplane Maniac. I notice that you tagged 1983 Todd Shipyard Strike (Pacific Coast Metal Trades Union Strike) for deletion; i agree that it has some problems, but i don't believe that it is actually ready for speedy deletion, so i removed the tag. I thought you might like to know why. I assume you have read SPEEDY, so you recognise the criteria. The one you used (A7) is for an article which makes no claim of significance or notability (if you read A7 you'll see it says "If the claim is credible, the A7 tag can not be applied"). This article made a fairly clear claim of significance, in that the event affected thousands of people, the company, and future events. I hope this explanation makes mine action clear for you. If i can help in any way, please ask. Cheers, LindsayHello01:32, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Just stepping in here, over applying A7 is a very common mistake. Articles that don't fit under A7s very narrow requirements can be put up for PROD or AfD. In this case, the article will probably be kept (despite the atrocious state the article is in) because it appears to be a notable event. Winner 42Talk to me!02:22, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi again. Not trying to pick, but i do urge you to be careful ~ as Winner 42 says, A7 is frequently misapplied (i have done it myself, i expect) ~ as you patrol. I notice that at least one other article you SPEEDY'd recently has been rapidly declined. It's just a matter of refining your judgement, eh?
Also, which is odd, you notified a user of a SPEEDY you didn't make. If SwagMasterParakeet91 is a new, potentially useful, editor, they are quite likely to be confused, at least, by this. Did you intend to and then forget, or change your mind, or...? Anyway, you might like to drop them a note letting them know about it? Cheers, LindsayHello01:56, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I just noticed your signature. I am also interested in aviation, but I must ask you to remove the images from your signature, as they are not allowed there. Perhaps you could replace it with a unicode version such as ✈. Thanks. —DoRD (talk) 13:53, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
The thing is, I don't get the problem with it. It is not disruptive, I did it in such a way that it would be alined with the text. Anyway, I open a discussion here in order to get the opinions of other editors. --Airplane Maniac (talk) 15:56, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
Today's articles for improvement – discussion about changing project processes
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It's hard to tell you my bad news. I am heartbroken, but I am leaving Wikipedia.
It was good to know you my Wikipedia brother, and I am glad we got to edit together. However, policies are bad, the ArbCom is horrible and supporting administrators who abuse their powers, and good users are getting blocked and bad users are getting rewarded.
I hope we can talk off wiki, my email is cookiemonster@inbox.com.
Cheers, and happy wiki editing, I am going to enjoy my retirement, and this will be my last edit. Bye :D
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