Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Defunct Airlines

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Greetings! I saw your message on the WikiProject Airports project talk page. This project seems like a good idea, if you can get enough participants to stay active anyway. The only thing I was thinking is that you might be more successful as a subproject, task force, or whatever you prefer to call it, working underneath WikiProject Airlines. This would be similar to how WikiProject Adelaide is now under WikiProject Australia. Good luck! thadius856talk|airports|neutrality 18:23, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your input, Thadius! If enough people want me to turn this into a subproject of WikiProject Airlines I would totally have no problem with that. Thanks so much for your support, and I am always interested if you have any other suggestions or comments! -Jondude11 01:58, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Interested in Joining

I am interested in joining this project. If you need the help feel free to contact me via my talk page. Marcusmax 20:54, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm offering my help. I've been expanding a few defunct airline articles when I have the time. The one I've added the most to is Pacific Air Lines. I live in California, and I'm pushing 50, so I've been specializing in defunct Western U.S. regional airlines from the 1940s to 1960s. I also try to expand existing articles on airliner crashes, and have some crashes that aren't represented at all yet that I'm hoping to start articles for, eventually. My main frustration is finding photographs or artwork that I can use to add some visual appeal to civilian aviation articles that are either public domain or fall under Fair Use. The folks doing U.S. military articles have it easy, since the Dept of Defense photographs are public domain. - Itsfullofstars 22:12, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Aviation proposal

There is currently a proposal to create an Aviation WikiProject, which would serve to clarify how all the aviation related projects relate, and help with interproject editing. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Aircraft#Proposal_Recap for how the projects hierarchy. Part of the reorganization proposes that WikiProject Defunct Airlines become a task force of Wikipedia:WikiProject_Airlines (or perhaps the Aviation Project itself). For an idea of how task forces work, take a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history. They have a number of task forces, listed here. As described by them, "task forces are informal groups of editors gathered for collaborative work on a particular topic within the field of military history; all project members are encouraged to participate in any that interest them." The benefit of such a system it that the sub-topics have all the resources of the overall project at their disposal. For instance, the Military history project banner, is placed on every military history page, and the related task forces are listed at the bottom of it. All military history related articles are thereby joined under one roof. I just happened to stumble upon your project, and had until now never realized it existed. By joining forces with another project you will benefit from increased exposure. If you have any ideas or comments, please join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft. - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 20:55, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coordination for improved productivity

Could everyone have a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Aviation Project Coordinator Proposal, and make any comments there. This is an idea that the Military History project uses, and their production of high quality articles far exceeds ours. - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 23:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cool Project!

I came across this project, and cannot resist contributing! I have started a trio of articles on Air New Orleans, L'Express Airlines, and Tennessee Airways. Look forward to adding more in the future. Patriarca12 02:32, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Project Maintenance

There is now a new page, Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Maintenance, that lists backlogged areas needing work, articles not covered under the assessment, etc. It is automatically updated by a bot daily. If your looking for something to do, check it out. If there is anything that you would like to see covered, let me know. - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 23:58, 2 November 2007 (UTC)