Talk:Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

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I e-mailed AOPA requesting permission to use parts of their website such as the history and mission statements, etc. I never received a response though. I will call them this week and see what I can find out. I would like to flesh out a lot of this article as it is a very influencial organization. bDerrly talk contr 16:48, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Received an email from AOPA ePublishing stating I have permission to use web content. They said if needed I can get written or email verification, is this needed for Wikipedia? bDerrly talk contr 22:10, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Inappropriate tone

I'm cleaning this up now, some by rewriting and wfying, else by removing the "color" details that have little relevance to the subject at hand, which are pulled almost verbatim from the official website. Stephen Compall 20:50, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category : Airport Terminology

Okay - why is "airport terminology" an incorrect category? I would think AOPA's efforts to keep GA airports open would make it apropos there.--Justfred 15:28, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

The category "airport terminology" is intended to be a collection of subjects which are all things that you find on an airport or things that are part of operating an airport, like Pavement Classification Number, Pilot Controlled Lighting, Precision Approach Path Indicator, Runway Edge Lights, Runway End Identification Lights, Runway visual range, etc. Aviation associations don't belong there, even though there are some other items that also don't belong, like International Air Transport Association and International Civil Aviation Organization. Ahunt 16:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Since there's no discussion of intention on the airport terminiology page (or its associated talk) I don't know what the basis is for deciding whether something is appropriate there. IATA and ICAO are the associations that give names to airports and facilities; not sure why that wouldn't be "airport terminology" either (I was the one who added them). Or between that and "aviation terminology". Should there be an explanation on the category page, of what qualifies or "belongs there" for that category or what the intention of the category is? Or related categories? I'm going to read up on categories and see if there's any standard consensus on this, as I'd think there should be. Maybe this discussion should be there, tho.--Justfred 17:07, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Since AOPA exclusively employees mammals why not classify them under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mammals ? Ahunt 18:14, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, that explains a lot. Perhaps an explanation of intention of some sort on the Airport Terminology category page would be more productive.--Justfred 18:51, 17 October 2006 (UTC)