User talk:Nigel Ish
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[edit] Beechcraft King Air
THanks for updating the C90B specs for me. I copied the 200's specs (as you noticed) with the intention of finishing them last night, but ran out of time. I was going try to do them today, so thanks for finishing that for me. To tell the truth, I hate typing in the specs, so I tend to procartinate, and I well might not have got them done tonight either. THanks again. - BillCJ 22:51, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fairey Fulmar
Why did you change the first flight of the Fulmar from January 1940 to January 1937, which was the date of the first flight of the P4/34 on which the Fulmar was based. I had reputable references for both first flight dates, which are confirmed by "Thetford, Owen. British Naval Aircraft Since 1912. London: Putnam and Co., 1978. ISBN 0-370-30021-1. p.152.". The Fulmar and P4/34 are different aircraft, although one was based on the other, with the Fulmar having folding wings, a non-continuous canopy, carrier equipment (i.e. arrestor and catapult gear) and an eight-gun armament. ...and why was this significant change marked as a minor change? Nigel Ish 15:27, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Hi Nigel, here is the reference I have: Quote: "The first of two Fulmar prototypes completed its first maiden flight on 13 January 1937." Winchester, Jim (ed.) "Fairey Fulmar." Aircraft of World War II: The Aviation Factfile. Kent, UK: Grange Books plc, 2004. ISBN 1-84013-639-1. In another source, "The urgent need by the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) for a new fighter led to a rapid trials programme, beginning on January 4, 1940, with the maiden flight of N1854, the first production Fulmar..." Fitzsimmons, Bernard, ed. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare. New York: Phoebus Publishing Company, 1978. A final quote: "Two prototypes were built: K5099, first flown by Chris Staniland on January 13, 1937, and K7555 flown three months later. This was modified to suit naval requirements." from: Lumsden, Alec. "Number Three: Fairey Fulmar." Aeroplane Monthly, June 1990. p. 354. Since this change did not involve radical changes to the article nor add a substantial amount of information, I marked it as a "minor" change. Again, this is Wikipedia, any editor can change information if valid sources are referenced.Bzuk 16:28 24 February 2007 (UTC).
- Quote - Help:Minor_edit - "A check to the minor edit box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the current and previous version: typo corrections, formatting and presentational changes, rearranging of text without modifying content, etc. A minor edit is a version that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute.
- Hi Nigel, here is the reference I have: Quote: "The first of two Fulmar prototypes completed its first maiden flight on 13 January 1937." Winchester, Jim (ed.) "Fairey Fulmar." Aircraft of World War II: The Aviation Factfile. Kent, UK: Grange Books plc, 2004. ISBN 1-84013-639-1. In another source, "The urgent need by the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) for a new fighter led to a rapid trials programme, beginning on January 4, 1940, with the maiden flight of N1854, the first production Fulmar..." Fitzsimmons, Bernard, ed. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare. New York: Phoebus Publishing Company, 1978. A final quote: "Two prototypes were built: K5099, first flown by Chris Staniland on January 13, 1937, and K7555 flown three months later. This was modified to suit naval requirements." from: Lumsden, Alec. "Number Three: Fairey Fulmar." Aeroplane Monthly, June 1990. p. 354. Since this change did not involve radical changes to the article nor add a substantial amount of information, I marked it as a "minor" change. Again, this is Wikipedia, any editor can change information if valid sources are referenced.Bzuk 16:28 24 February 2007 (UTC).
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- By contrast, a major edit is a version that should be reviewed to confirm that it is consensual to all concerned editors. Therefore, any change that affects the meaning of an article is not minor, even if the edit is a single word.
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- This was clearly not a superficial change as it affected the facts presented by the article.
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- I'm not going to change the article as I see no value in getting into a revert war, and you won't have to worry about me challenging any of your statements again as I am leaving the Wikiproject Aircraft.
- Thank you Nigel Ish 19:39, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Welcome back
Hi Nigel, glad to see you're still on the job! Bzuk 20:29 4 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Hawker P.V.4
Nigel- do you have a photo of this "one-off?" Bzuk 17:05, 29 March 2007 (UTC).
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- Found one and posted it; thanks for your info on what the aircraft looked like. I went through some old files until I found an unidentified Hawker Hart variant photograph and, lo-and-behold, it was the P.V.4. Bzuk 17:05, 30 March 2007 (UTC).
