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Contents 1 Qatar Airways 2 O'Connor Airlines? 3 United Airlines. 4 Indian Airlines 5 Qatar Air

[edit] Qatar Airways

QR have not announced that they will be flying into Melbourne. They've only won the right to do so. Wait until QR make an announcement, don't jump the gun. --splashmo 05:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] O'Connor Airlines?

Why has O'Connor airlines been removed? Has it stopped flying, or just stopped flying to Melbourne? And if it has, then perhaps O'Connor Airlines should be updated. -- Adz|talk 06:20, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

O'Connor are still operating between Mt. Gambier and Melbourne, according to their website.--splashmo 05:53, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Turns out that O'Connor is under Qantas Terminal - their flights depart from the same area as QantasLink and they are a Qantas Partner Airline. It's a little misleading I know, having Terminal 1 listed as the Qantas Terminal.--splashmo 05:55, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] United Airlines.

United Airlines flies to Melbourne from Los Angeles Via Sydney. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:66.143.117.237 (talk • contribs).

That's true. However, the concensus here in WikiProject Airports is that one should only list the destination city in which a passenger can dis/embark. UA flies via Sydney, that is correct, but a passenger cannot ride on UA from MEL and disembark at SYD. UA has no rights to transport domestic passemgers, therefore we do not list SYD as a destination of UA from MEL. Elektrik Blue 82 21:28, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Indian Airlines

A thread on another website about this: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=449023 -- Chuq 04:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, a forum isn't an encyclopedic source for the information. /ɪlεktʃɹɪk bluː/ 20:02, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

That wasn't my point - I just linked that since there was discussion about this article happening off-site. My point was that valid information was being removed, and even when being added by many different people, no-one reverting thought that it was possible it may have been correct! A 10 second google news search would have found a valid source. -- Chuq 01:31, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I did not imply that that was your point. Regarding the source, it is a policy here in Wikipedia that the editor that adds new information has the burden of providing the source. Thus, do not expect others to go out of their way and confirm information that was added by other editors. See WP:SOURCE. Cheers. /ɪlεktʃɹɪk bluː/ 15:41, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm aware of the policy, but newbies may not be, and to them it may look like they are being bitten. It probably would have been easier to add {{fact}}. -- Chuq 23:12, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Ah, true. I have to agree. I'll keep that in mind next time. The only thing frustating though is that sometimes adding {{fact}} does nothing; the newbie editor doesn't add the required citations. /ɪlεktʃɹɪk bluː/ 23:40, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I can see both sides as well - in the thread linked above, I suggested that they check the edit history if their edits have been removed, but I don't think any of them did! -- Chuq 00:09, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Just to let yas know, IPs could also change too (even on Broadband/cable), Also there are users that may still be on dialup, thus the varied IPs may be only 2 or 3 users. There are one or two out there that have had a history looking at the contribs. --Arnzy (talk • contribs) 00:16, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Qatar Air

Yes, as many of us know via the newspaper, Qatar Air has just been approved daily flights to an Australian City, however Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. I know one of the IP editors is a poster from the Skyscrapercity forum, and I ask, please do not add them on untill they officially announce the start date, as once again, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball for unconfirmed events. --Arnzy (talk • contribs) 15:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)