Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Gliding
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[edit] Flight computers
I'd like to repeat the suggestion I made on Talk:Gliding that flight computers (as used in gliders) would merit an article & would be of general interest. There is already a precedent for this on WP in the form of an article on the E6B "whiz wheel" computer used by power pilots. --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 22:22, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] List of glider manufacturers and list of gliders
The List of glider manufacturers and the List of gliders overlap somewhat. Should we merge them? Originally I intended that the list of gliders would be supported by articles on each manufacturer and then each type. However Francisco produced an excellent single list, so perhaps the manufacturers' list should be zapped, after first transferring the external links. JMcC 22:25, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
- I have zapped this list of glider manufacturers by making it just a redirect. I first checked that all info is now in List of gliders and amended key articles so that links go straight to main article. That is one less on the list of things to do. JMcC 09:32, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wiki project aviation
There is a proposal currently under discussion at WP:AIRCRAFT wikiproject aircraft that is proposing to create a wikiproject aviation. The plans for this project include aviation as the top project with aircraft under that and a proposal that would make the gliding project a task force of the aviation project. Input from members of this project would be much aprpeciated. Thanks! -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 19:54, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Speed to fly
I've rephrased some of the opening para of Speed to fly. I suspect that the discussion of final glides later in the article should be expanded to include the special factors (wind, height to climb, etc) included in the calculation. --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 11:57, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- I added an image from the FAA-GFH and cleaned up the text a bit. Dhaluza 03:34, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
- ... & I've added a remark about using windspeed in the final glide calculation. --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 12:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
- I added some more references under external links. Feel free to mine them for tidbits. Dhaluza 22:43, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- ... & I've added a remark about using windspeed in the final glide calculation. --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 12:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Things to do
I've updated the list of things to do. It currently contains:
- Requests: Upload images, especially aerial photography and link to appropriate articles
- Merge: List of glider manufacturers into List of gliders DONE
- Cleanup: Add proper citations to articles about gliding
- Expand:List of notable glider pilots (see red-links at Soaring Hall of Fame)
- Stubs: Create or expand airport stubs for airports with glider operations
- Other: Add refs and scanned images from FAA Glider Handbook
We especially need images uploaded, so please go through your image collection (and any public domain collections as well) and look for suitable aerial photography to add to any page, especially those in the project scope. We need images for aircraft pages and biographies as well. For some ideas about types of images and where to put them have a look at the following pages:
- Avifauna
- Aviation
- Biography
- Geography
- Meterology
The FAA Glider Handbook has lots of information that you can add to articles and cite. It is a U.S. Government work in the public domain, so copyright does not apply. It also has lots of images that you can upload, but unfortunately in the PDF version, the images are mostly unusable. If you have the paper copy and a scanner, you can scan the images and upload them. For a recommended naming convention and citation format, see: Image:FAA-8083-13 Fig 4-10.PNG.
I added the list of inductees to the Soaring Hall of Fame article, but most of the names are red-links. If you can redirect any of them to existing articles, or create new article stubs, please do. Be careful about WP:BLP issues, and please be sure to WP:ATT sources so the articles do not get deleted. Also be sure to tag the talk page with the {{WPAVIATION}} template.
Look for an article on your favorite gliderports, and make sure they exist, and if they do, make sure gliding is mentioned as well. When creating a new stub, be sure to use the official name. Check Category:Lists of airports for lists of red-links. It's been proposed to create a joint task force with WikiProject Airports under the new WikiProject Aviation to work on this.
It has also been proposed to create a joint task force with Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft to work on articles about gliders. One area that needs work is standardizing aircraft specification templates. We also need to complete the merger of List of glider manufacturers into List of gliders, and that will give us ample red-links to work with for new article topics.
That's all I have for now. Fell free to comment and add other things as well. Dhaluza 15:11, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject Gliding/Glider task force
I created the Wikipedia:WikiProject Gliding/Glider task force (which is a redirect to Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Glider task force) by copying the rotorcraft task force page. This is the joint task force that was proposed under the WikiProject Aircraft. Feel free to join and modify the page as appropriate. Dhaluza 17:59, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] A Single Project Banner for use by all aviation related projects
I've created a project banner at User:Trevor MacInnis/sandbox/Aviation banner. This banner can replace all the various banners used by the various projects, while still providing all the individual uses, such as categorizing articles under specific projects. It is based on the banner user by the Military history project ({{WPMILHIST}}). An example of it in use is at User talk:Trevor MacInnis/sandbox/Aviation banner, and you can see that by using the various parameters, all aviation articles will be combined under the aviation project at Category:WikiProject Aviation articles and when tagged properly, in their respective Category:Rotorcraft task force articles, etc. It will also allows us to introduce other areas of the Wikiproject, such as "collaboration of the month", and take advantage of the larger total number of users throughout the projects. Please comment at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Aviation#A_Single_Project_Banner_for_use_by_all_aviation_related_projects. - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 21:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
