Talk:Center of gravity of an aircraft

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[edit] Page Creation

Born2flie: Creating this page for a more formal treatment rather than the one given this important aviation topic in the Center of mass article. --18:05, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page move

Page was moved without discussion. Article is a discussion of the "center of gravity" of an aircraft as opposed to center of gravity as discussed in military operations or as discussed in the general physics discussion of the center of a mass. --Born2flie (talk) 19:58, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

The difference is that Center of gravity (military) is a separate concept from physical centers of gravity. This article is about the exact same thing as Center of gravity (or Center of mass), but in a specific context. In this situation one uses a noun phrase rather than parentheses: History of saffron rather than Saffron (history), Education in India rather than Education (India).

In more concrete terms, there is a danger that the title "Center of gravity (aircraft)" will confuse readers. Since other Wikipedia articles reserve parentheses for separate concepts, the reader may conclude that "center of gravity" means something different for aircraft than for other objects. Melchoir (talk) 20:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

The article isn't about Center of mass of an aircraft. It is about the aviation term "Center of Gravity", which alone would justify the use of parentheses. The article was devised as an article about the term and the concept within aviation, not a further discussion of the concept of center of mass in physics, only specifically applied to aircraft. And, again, you moved the established page without discussion and without understanding what the article was actually about. --Born2flie (talk) 14:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

You are drawing distinctions that I do not understand, and which I doubt that the reader will appreciate. If it's really that big a deal for you, you can move the article back to its previous title. As long as you don't restore the hatnote at the top of Center of mass per WP:RELATED, I won't complain. Melchoir (talk) 23:09, 4 February 2008 (UTC)