Talk:Delta Air Lines Flight 191

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[edit] Trivia

The "Trivia" section needs a different heading; it's quite offensive as worded. I was thinking "Notable passengers" but I'm not sure if that's the best heading. (It's certainly better than Trivia!) Anyone have another idea? --Michael Geary 21:06, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I changed the heading to "Passengers". --Michael Geary 20:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zaxis podcast video external link - delete? relabel?

I had an edit reversed and rather than set off a back-and-forth, decided I would take it to this page. The Zaxis video which is labeled "Animations used in court" in the external links section is NOT the animated recreation of the crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 191. It is an advertisement for a podcast series entitled "History of Animation in Court" and includes a voice-over narration which briefly summarizes how the video was technically produced by Zaxis -- with a few very brief, uninformative clips from the animated recreation (the brief audio of which is obliterated by the advertisement voice-over).

I must raise the question again - how is this informative for this article? There is absolutely no information contained on this video which directly informs the crash of Flight 191, and since it was produced to promote a private, for-profit company, it is fair to raise this question.

I would propose that the link either be deleted, or moved to an article about the history of animation in court, or about the Zaxis company -- or at least that it is relabeled to indicate it is a video from a series on the history of animation in court, which includes very brief clips from an animated recreation of the crash of Flight 191, with audio that is spoken over. NYDCSP 00:36, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

My apologies; I was on dialup at the time and wasn't able to watch the video all the way through. I agree with you that it's awfully ad-like, but I'm also willing to let it slide for now, pending a reply from Z-Axis on that page to the question you raised there. If they can put the actual animation up somewhere, I'd much prefer to link to that, but I think the current link is appropriate if nothing else is available.--chris.lawson 15:15, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Sounds reasonable. I've exchanged a couple emails w/ Zaxis as well - I think they are trying to figure it out themselves. I'll keep an eye out and share here. NYDCSP 03:41, 8 January 2007 (UTC)