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Today's featured article requests 06 Mar 2025 – Les Holden (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion Did you know 24 Dec 2024 – 2024 drone sightings (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Sm8900 (t · c); see discussion Articles for deletion 21 Jan 2025 – Delta Air Lines Flight 89 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 21 Jan 2025 – List of airlines of Lebanon (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion (4 participants) 21 Jan 2025 – 2024 Orbic Air Eurocopter EC130 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion (4 participants) 20 Jan 2025 – Thai Flying Service Flight 209 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 20 Jan 2025 – 2010 Tarco Air Antonov An-24 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) 20 Jan 2025 – 2025 Swan River Seaplanes Cessna 208 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Rosbif73 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) 20 Jan 2025 – 2025 Antioquia Cessna 402C crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Rosbif73 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants) 19 Jan 2025 – Singapore Airlines Flight 321 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion (9 participants) 19 Jan 2025 – 2017 United Express passenger removal (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Protoeus (t · c); see discussion (12 participants) 18 Jan 2025 – Real Flight Simulator (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Vrxces (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) (13 more...) Proposed deletions 19 Jan 2025 – Centre for Aviation, Transport and Environment (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Aloneinthewild (t · c): concern and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 20 Jan 2025: concern 20 Jan 2025 – Centre Airpark (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Alpacaaviator (t · c) was deleted 20 Jan 2025 – Penns Cave Airport (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Alpacaaviator (t · c) was deleted 14 Jan 2025 – Puerto de la Cruz Airfield (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Hydronium Hydroxide (t · c) was deleted 10 Jan 2025 – Atruvera Aviation (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Bearian (t · c) was deleted Categories for discussion 15 Jan 2025 – Category:Attacks on airports in the Philippines (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion 15 Jan 2025 – Category:Attacks on airports in North America (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion 15 Jan 2025 – Category:Attacks on aircraft by Palestinian militant groups (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion 15 Jan 2025 – Category:Attacks on airports (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion 09 Jan 2025 – Category:Aircraft manufactured in the State of Palestine (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Timrollpickering (t · c); see discussion Templates for discussion 08 Jan 2025 – Template:JPX (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by 2A0E:1D47:9085:D200:EF9C:2836:D3E7:518C (t · c); see discussion 23 Dec 2024 – Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by DemocracyDeprivationDisorder (t · c); see discussion Redirects for discussion 18 Jan 2025 – BA flight 83 (talk · edit · hist) →British Airways Flight 38 was RfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion 30 Dec 2024 – BlueAir (talk · edit · hist) →Blue Air was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion undated – Baku-Grozny Flight Incident: Crash in Aktau (2024) (talk · edit · hist) →Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 was RfDed Featured article candidates 01 Jan 2025 – McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Hammersfan (t · c); see discussion A-Class review undated – Project Pluto (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review undated – Granville Gee Bee Model A (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review undated – List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review Good article nominees 14 Dec 2024 – Flying saucer (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Rjjiii (t · c); see discussion 02 Dec 2024 – 1991 Andover tornado (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by EF5 (t · c); start discussion 15 Jun 2024 – Chennai International Airport (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Magentic Manifestations (t · c); see discussion Featured article reviews 20 May 2024 – Northrop YF-23 (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Steve7c8 (t · c); see discussion Requests for comments 01 Jan 2025 – Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Guninvalid (t · c); see discussion Peer reviews 12 Sep 2024 – Elm Farm Ollie (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Sevey13 (t · c); see discussion Requested moves 15 Jan 2025 – List of airlines of Saudi Arabia (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to List of airlines in Saudi Arabia by Danners430 (t · c); see discussion 25 Dec 2024 – Civil Aviation Division of East Timor (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved somewhere else by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion Articles to be merged 15 Jan 2025 – 2019 Northrop N-9M crash (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Northrop N-9M by Carguychris (t · c); see discussion 14 Jan 2025 – List of airports in Norfolk (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of Norfolk airfields by WendlingCrusader (t · c); see discussion 04 Jan 2025 – Sakha Avia Flight 301 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of accidents and incidents involving the Let L-410 Turbolet by Beland (t · c); see discussion 08 Nov 2024 – Lannion Airfield (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Lannion–Côte de Granit Airport by P199 (t · c); see discussion 31 Jul 2024 – Collaborative combat aircraft (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Loyal wingman by Wasianpower (t · c); see discussion Articles to be split 21 Dec 2024 – Air Traffic Controller (video game) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by JRHorse (t · c); see discussion 15 Jul 2024 – Prince Andrew, Duke of York (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AjaxSmack (t · c); see discussion 10 Sep 2023 – Ibaraki Airport (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Harashisaki (t · c); see discussion 04 Dec 2022 – Wankel engine (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Thumperward (t · c); see discussion Articles for creation 21 Jan 2025 – Draft:Cobano Airport (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Imdashti (t · c) 17 Jan 2025 – Draft:Mark Moore (engineer) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Blackwidow2020 (t · c) 15 Jan 2025 – Draft:HNA Aviation (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Yuezhi Huang (t · c) 13 Jan 2025 – Draft:List of aircraft hijackings and attacks on aircraft by Palestinian militant groups (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Munroraymaker (t · c) 07 Jan 2025 – Draft:CAVOK (Aviation) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 46.31.118.91 (t · c) 01 Dec 2024 – Draft:Naval Outlying Landing Field Cuddihy (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by KeyMen12 (t · c) 18 Nov 2024 – Draft:Drone Remote Identification Protocol (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Waritsanant06 (t · c) 18 Jan 2025 – Draft:Cheikh Cissé (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Mbayealiou (t · c) was declined by Ratnahastin (t · c) on 20 Jan 2025 19 Dec 2024 – Draft:Aeroflot Flight Sh-4 (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by ArthurGilf0rd (t · c) was declined by MWFwiki (t · c) on 19 Jan 2025 17 Dec 2024 – Draft:SXM Airways (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by 173.71.125.140 (t · c) was moved to SXM Airways (talk · edit · hist) by WeirdNAnnoyed (t · c) on 16 Jan 2025 (1 more...)
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Missing articles now lists just over 500 articles that need to be created or redirected.

Article class	Project
Article class	Aviation	Aircraft	Airlines	Airports	^{Military Aviation}	^{Aviation accident}	Rotorcraft	Gliding	^{Defunct Airlines}	Air sports	Biography	^Aero engine
FA	148	19	1	4	195	17	1	1	0	1	81	2
FL	5	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
A	23	13	0	0	97	1	2	0	0	0	40	1
GA	150	174	24	53	551	71	1	6	13	2	138	3
B	783	2,178	99	419	3,477	321	132	177	73	45	808	172
C	2805	4,661	248	1,018	8,023	664	292	396	104	370	1,160	438
Start	10811	5,774	1,067	4,642	12,324	972	470	633	754	347	1,981	931
Stub	17340	1,327	1,392	9,089	2,694	174	89	86	541	224	1,361	89
List	1579	446	463	596	613	148	23	13	74	6	104	10
Template	1260	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Category	6053	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Disambig	511	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
File	250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portal	632	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Project	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unassessed	358	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	79,551	22,620	6,007	20,061	35,359	3,847	1,184	1,449	2,083	1,205	6,649	2,179

Aviation WikiProject
Articles for review

Peer review

Articles needing attention
Aviation articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy	24,756
Aviation articles needing attention to grammar	20,676
Aviation articles needing attention to referencing and citation	26,926
Aviation articles needing attention to structure	13,647
Aviation articles needing attention to supporting materials	19,890
Aviation articles with incomplete B-Class checklists	11,967
Unassessed aviation articles	358
Aviation articles needing infoboxes	196
Aircraft articles without specifications	44
Aviation articles needing images	912
Aviation articles needing attention	957
Aviation articles with no associated task force	0
Aviation collaboration candidates	6
Requests for aviation peer review	0

Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Aviation stubs	372
→ Aircraft	133
→ Airport	25
→ Airline	14
→ Biography	265
→ Military aviation	250
→ Aerospace museum	58
→ Aircraft engine	36
→ Aircraft component	32
→ Air sports stubs	61
→ Aeronautical company	185

Airport Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airport stubs	20
→ North American airport stubs	11
→ → Canada	82
→ → → Alberta	220
→ → → Atlantic Canada	105
→ → → British columbia	198
→ → → Manitoba	131
→ → → Northwest Territories	66
→ → → Ontario	439
→ → → Quebec	204
→ → → Saskatchewan	170
→ → United States	14
→ → → Midwestern United States	160
→ → → Northeastern United States	137
→ → → Southern United States	169
→ → → → Texas	56
→ → → Western United States	142
→ → → Alaska	236
→ → → California	107
→ → → Kansas	55
→ → → Michigan	46
→ → → North Carolina	49
→ → Mexico	54
→ South America	158
→ Oceania	207
→ → Australia	108
→ Africa	7
→ → North Africa	155
→ → East Africa	147
→ → Southern Africa	259
→ → West Africa	253
→ Europe	561
→ → France	63
→ → Turkey	47
→ → Russia	245
→ → United Kingdom	44
→ Asia	341
→ → India	77
→ → Indonesia	154
→ → People's Republic of China	76
→ → Pakistan	37

Airline Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airline stubs	14
→ North American airline stubs	121
→ → United States	199
→ South America	82
→ Oceania	32
→ Africa	266
→ Europe	282
→ Asia	239

Today's featured article requests

06 Mar 2025 – Les Holden (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Did you know

24 Dec 2024 – 2024 drone sightings (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Sm8900 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

21 Jan 2025 – Delta Air Lines Flight 89 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
21 Jan 2025 – List of airlines of Lebanon (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
21 Jan 2025 – 2024 Orbic Air Eurocopter EC130 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
20 Jan 2025 – Thai Flying Service Flight 209 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
20 Jan 2025 – 2010 Tarco Air Antonov An-24 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
20 Jan 2025 – 2025 Swan River Seaplanes Cessna 208 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Rosbif73 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
20 Jan 2025 – 2025 Antioquia Cessna 402C crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Rosbif73 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
19 Jan 2025 – Singapore Airlines Flight 321 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion (9 participants)
19 Jan 2025 – 2017 United Express passenger removal (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Protoeus (t · c); see discussion (12 participants)
18 Jan 2025 – Real Flight Simulator (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Vrxces (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)

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Proposed deletions

19 Jan 2025 – Centre for Aviation, Transport and Environment (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Aloneinthewild (t · c): concern and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 20 Jan 2025: concern
20 Jan 2025 – Centre Airpark (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Alpacaaviator (t · c) was deleted
20 Jan 2025 – Penns Cave Airport (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Alpacaaviator (t · c) was deleted
14 Jan 2025 – Puerto de la Cruz Airfield (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Hydronium Hydroxide (t · c) was deleted
10 Jan 2025 – Atruvera Aviation (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Bearian (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

15 Jan 2025 – Category:Attacks on airports in the Philippines (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
15 Jan 2025 – Category:Attacks on airports in North America (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
15 Jan 2025 – Category:Attacks on aircraft by Palestinian militant groups (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
15 Jan 2025 – Category:Attacks on airports (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
09 Jan 2025 – Category:Aircraft manufactured in the State of Palestine (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Timrollpickering (t · c); see discussion

Templates for discussion

08 Jan 2025 – Template:JPX (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by 2A0E:1D47:9085:D200:EF9C:2836:D3E7:518C (t · c); see discussion
23 Dec 2024 – Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by DemocracyDeprivationDisorder (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

18 Jan 2025 – BA flight 83 (talk · edit · hist) →British Airways Flight 38 was RfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion
30 Dec 2024 – BlueAir (talk · edit · hist) →Blue Air was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
undated – Baku-Grozny Flight Incident: Crash in Aktau (2024) (talk · edit · hist) →Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 was RfDed

Request for Comment

Request for comment at Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2007-01-07 Singapore Airlines#Request for Comment: Reasons For/Against.05:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)