User talk:Dhaluza
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[edit] Gliding
It is possible to over-edit an article, you know. I think you should now leave it alone before you overdo it again. Thanks for your mostly helpful contributions. JMcC 18:43, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
You say "Most people would consider "butchery" to be judgemental". And they would be quite right. Explaining how engines are used in gliding is central. This information should not be restricted to the article on motor gliders. Yes, this article is over 32kb, as are most featured articles. It passed the Featured Article Candidate process and was reviewed by several senior users. It is, in my opinion, not in any need of drastic revisions, especially on the day it is the featured article. It is normal practice to discuss major changes before making them. I have reverted your edit and would be grateful if you would leave it well alone. JMcC 19:23, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for keeping things stable for a while. Let's talk when things are not so frantic. Your edits throughout the gliding articles have been much appreciated. JMcC 19:54, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
I just was having a quick look before going to bed. The new photo certainly shows ridge soaring, though the layout now looks odd. Ideally the photos have to alternate left and right, which they no longer do. I have no idea when the point is reached when there are too many photos. However I hope while I am sleeping everything will get sorted. Thanks for your help today. See commnet on TMG talk page. 00:28, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Incidentally I fly an ASW27 out of Lasham Airfield and in the Alps. Trained by Derek Piggott among others. I instruct regularly. How about you? JMcC 00:34, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Trimming Gliding
Firstly, I do not envisage Gliding getting much bigger, so what ever we decide it is not critical. Furthermore we are probably only discussing a few sentences. After some calm deliberation after the busy 23 Nov, what I would like to say in the Gliding article is that to avoid land out, some gliders have engines. I think the downsides have to be mentioned: weight, cost and higher decision height. For completeness, there is also the downside about the degree of satisfaction that arises if difficult flights are done with an engine available, because the sport of gliding is what the article is about. On reflection, I think we can omit the role of TMGs in training for field landings. See what you think about the change. You were right. JMcC 18:37, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bald Eagle Mountain
Thanks for making the Bald Eagle Mountain article - it was on my list of things to do. I plan to add a lot of material to it in the near future, describing the communities, streams, and highways on and very near the mountain, describing it from one end to the other (I need to measure it on a map, but 60 miles total length seems too short to me). Just for future reference, if one category is a subcategory of another, then only the subcategories (not the parents) should be listed (so "Mountains of Pennsylvania" is in "Geography of Pennsylvania" and only the former is appropriate, not both). Also highway categories are only for highway articles, not valleys or mountains. I will look at the other articles as I get a chance. Take care, Ruhrfisch 16:26, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry to be slow in getting back to you. First off thanks for all your contribtuions, especially the amazing aerial photos (assume they are taken from gliders). If I may make a suggestion, please try to put more information in the description of the photo on its page and not just in the captions in the articles where the photos are used (actually the cations would be good as descriptions on the photo pages). That way if someone finds the photo by itself, they know more about what it is too. As for Bald Eagle Mountain, I was going to start at one end (probably the eastern end in Lycoming County as that is where it truly starts) and just describe each road and creek that crosses / cuts the mountain. The boroughs and cities will be in there to help locate each item. To me it seems more logical to end the desription at Tyrone and continue to Brush Mountain, which will one day not be a red link. There are already nine places mentioned / linked in the article (Tyrone, Williamsport, Julian, Unionville, State College, Milesburg, Mill Hall, Lock Haven, and Jersey Shore) so it does not seem inappropriate to me to add others (the end of the mountain is much closer to Muncy and Montgomery than Williamsport, for example). I will see what I can do and you are of course free to edit it ;-). By the way, do you know there are two Bald Eagle Creeks? There is a much smaller one in Blair County that enters the Little Juniata River at Tyrone. I am not sure it even has an article yet, but I like creeks and can make a stub for it. Thanks again for all your contributions and keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch 17:14, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
- Congrats on the DYK for Tussey Mountain. I have been busy with a getting White Deer Hole Creek to featured article status, but will still work on Bald Eagle Mountain. Take care, Ruhrfisch 18:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Doing something about the ridiculous date autoformatting/linking mess
Dear Dhaluza—you may be interested in putting your name to, or at least commenting on this new push to get the developers to create a parallel syntax that separates autoformatting and linking functions. IMV, it would go a long way towards fixing the untidy blueing of trivial chronological items, and would probably calm the nastiness between the anti- and pro-linking factions in the project. The proposal is to retain the existing function, to reduce the risk of objection from pro-linkers. Tony 01:00, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Airports
Greetings! While reviewing the assessment change log for WikiProject Airports, I noticed that you created the article Ridge Soaring Gliderport. You contribution to improving Wikipedia's collection of airport articles is greatly appreciated. If at all interested, I'd like to extend an invitation to join the project. You can join by simply adding your name to the list of participants. If not interested, please disregard this message. Thanks! thadius856talk|airports|neutrality 21:18, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Did you know?
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On 12 December 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tussey Mountain, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. |
--GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 18:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Flight Instructor
Hello! No, the article Flight Instructor redirects to Flight instructor. Did you mean to create the more specific category, Category:Certified Flight Instructors, per Certified Flight Instructor? --RobertG ♬ talk 13:53, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
