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Did you know 02 Feb 2025 – Olympic Airways Flight 3838 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by RandomInfinity17 (t · c); see discussion 30 Jan 2025 – Flying saucer (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rjjiii (t · c); see discussion 30 Jan 2025 – CSS-10 (aircraft) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by The Bushranger (t · c); see discussion 25 Jan 2025 – 1947 Columbus mid-air collision (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Mccunicano (t · c); see discussion Articles for deletion 19 Feb 2025 – 2025 São Paulo King Air F90 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ivebeenhacked (t · c); see discussion (5 participants) 17 Feb 2025 – EUROAVIA (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) 12 Feb 2025 – Stratellite (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Slowking Man (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) 11 Feb 2025 – 2025 Scottsdale Airport collision (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by RobertOwens01 (t · c); see discussion (10 participants; relisted) 20 Jan 2025 – Thai Flying Service Flight 209 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion (12 participants; relisted) 20 Jan 2025 – 2010 Tarco Air Antonov An-24 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (13 participants; relisted) 09 Feb 2025 – GeoFS (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Guninvalid (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 16 Feb 2025; see discussion (6 participants) 08 Feb 2025 – Airwolf (helicopter) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Piotrus (t · c) was closed as merge by Liz (t · c) on 15 Feb 2025; see discussion (10 participants) 08 Feb 2025 – Blue Thunder (helicopter) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Piotrus (t · c) was closed as merge by Liz (t · c) on 15 Feb 2025; see discussion (8 participants) 07 Feb 2025 – European Regions Airline Association (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by NiftyyyNofteeeee (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 15 Feb 2025; see discussion (3 participants; relisted) (3 more...) Proposed deletions 18 Feb 2025 – Reinhard Cirrus (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by JoeNMLC (t · c): No significant coverage of the glider in independent reliable sources to establish notability. and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 18 Feb 2025 Categories for discussion 17 Feb 2025 – Category:Accidents and incidents involving the CRJ 900 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Epluribusunumyall (t · c); see discussion 01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports by country (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion 01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in Sweden (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion 01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in Papua New Guinea (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion 01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in Norway (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion 01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in New Zealand (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion 01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in Lithuania (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion 01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in India (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion 01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in Iceland (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion 01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in Finland (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion (18 more...) Templates for discussion 11 Feb 2025 – Template:CLE destinations map (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion 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 – 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 Feb 2025 – Gerhard Barkhorn (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MisterBee1966 (t · c); start discussion 26 Jan 2025 – 2024 United States drone sightings (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Anne drew (t · c); start discussion 02 Dec 2024 – 1991 Andover tornado (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by EF5 (t · c); start 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 Good article reassessments 17 Feb 2025 – J-Air (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by LibStar (t · c); see discussion 03 Feb 2025 – Swissair Flight 111 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion 24 Jan 2025 – Kempegowda International Airport (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion Requested moves 12 Feb 2025 – Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 648 hijacking (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 648 by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – El Al Flight 253 attack (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to El Al Flight 253 by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 hijacking (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 (1978) by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – TWA Flight 840 bombing (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to TWA Flight 840 (1986) by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 (1969) by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – El Al Flight 432 attack (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to El Al Flight 432 by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – El Al Flight 426 hijacking (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to El Al Flight 426 by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – Air India Flight 112 plot (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Air India Flight 112 by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 12 Feb 2025 – TWA Flight 840 hijacking (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to TWA Flight 840 (1969) by Mr slav999 (t · c); see discussion 10 Feb 2025 – AirHaifa (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Air Haifa by WendlingCrusader (t · c); see discussion (8 more...) 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 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 26 Jan 2025 – UFO conspiracy theories (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Feoffer (t · c); see discussion 22 Jan 2025 – Water landing (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion 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 05 Feb 2025 – Draft:1996 Barton Aerodrome disaster (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 11wallisb (t · c) 02 Feb 2025 – Draft:Denys Davydov (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Johnson524 (t · c) 02 Feb 2025 – Draft:1992 Gimli DHC-4 Caribou crash (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 11wallisb (t · c) 01 Feb 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) 31 Jan 2025 – Draft:Waltrip Williamsburg Executive Airport (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by TheMuffinMan071 (t · c) 31 Jan 2025 – Draft:Lufthansa Group Fleet (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Yuezhi Huang (t · c) 30 Jan 2025 – Draft:Whisper Aero (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Blackwidow2020 (t · c) 27 Jan 2025 – Draft:H55 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by CF-501 Falcon (t · c) 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) (5 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	98	1	2	0	0	0	40	2
GA	150	175	24	54	549	71	1	6	13	2	138	2
B	783	2,177	99	419	3,473	314	132	177	72	45	815	172
C	2805	4,668	248	1,019	8,015	684	293	396	105	370	1,158	438
Start	10811	5,774	1,068	4,650	12,231	966	471	633	754	348	1,981	932
Stub	17340	1,324	1,390	9,085	2,639	172	88	86	540	223	1,360	89
List	1579	446	463	593	598	149	23	13	73	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	365	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	79,756	22,658	6,039	20,061	35,410	3,948	1,186	1,449	2,082	1,206	6,655	2,179

Aviation WikiProject
Articles for review

Peer review

Articles needing attention
Aviation articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy	24,810
Aviation articles needing attention to grammar	20,729
Aviation articles needing attention to referencing and citation	26,993
Aviation articles needing attention to structure	13,702
Aviation articles needing attention to supporting materials	19,946
Aviation articles with incomplete B-Class checklists	12,022
Unassessed aviation articles	365
Aviation articles needing infoboxes	192
Aircraft articles without specifications	44
Aviation articles needing images	908
Aviation articles needing attention	950
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	371
→ Aircraft	134
→ Airport	26
→ Airline	14
→ Biography	262
→ Military aviation	248
→ Aerospace museum	57
→ 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	219
→ → → 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	55
→ → → Western United States	142
→ → → Alaska	236
→ → → California	107
→ → → Kansas	55
→ → → Michigan	46
→ → → North Carolina	49
→ → Mexico	54
→ South America	159
→ Oceania	207
→ → Australia	108
→ Africa	7
→ → North Africa	155
→ → East Africa	147
→ → Southern Africa	260
→ → West Africa	253
→ Europe	558
→ → France	63
→ → Turkey	47
→ → Russia	244
→ → United Kingdom	42
→ Asia	340
→ → India	77
→ → Indonesia	154
→ → People's Republic of China	76
→ → Pakistan	38

Airline Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airline stubs	14
→ North American airline stubs	121
→ → United States	198
→ South America	82
→ Oceania	33
→ Africa	265
→ Europe	279
→ Asia	237

Did you know

02 Feb 2025 – Olympic Airways Flight 3838 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by RandomInfinity17 (t · c); see discussion
30 Jan 2025 – Flying saucer (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Rjjiii (t · c); see discussion
30 Jan 2025 – CSS-10 (aircraft) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by The Bushranger (t · c); see discussion
25 Jan 2025 – 1947 Columbus mid-air collision (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Mccunicano (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

19 Feb 2025 – 2025 São Paulo King Air F90 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ivebeenhacked (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
17 Feb 2025 – EUROAVIA (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
12 Feb 2025 – Stratellite (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Slowking Man (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
11 Feb 2025 – 2025 Scottsdale Airport collision (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by RobertOwens01 (t · c); see discussion (10 participants; relisted)
20 Jan 2025 – Thai Flying Service Flight 209 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by TG-article (t · c); see discussion (12 participants; relisted)
20 Jan 2025 – 2010 Tarco Air Antonov An-24 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (13 participants; relisted)
09 Feb 2025 – GeoFS (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Guninvalid (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 16 Feb 2025; see discussion (6 participants)
08 Feb 2025 – Airwolf (helicopter) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Piotrus (t · c) was closed as merge by Liz (t · c) on 15 Feb 2025; see discussion (10 participants)
08 Feb 2025 – Blue Thunder (helicopter) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Piotrus (t · c) was closed as merge by Liz (t · c) on 15 Feb 2025; see discussion (8 participants)
07 Feb 2025 – European Regions Airline Association (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by NiftyyyNofteeeee (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 15 Feb 2025; see discussion (3 participants; relisted)

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Proposed deletions

18 Feb 2025 – Reinhard Cirrus (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by JoeNMLC (t · c): No significant coverage of the glider in independent reliable sources to establish notability. and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 18 Feb 2025

Categories for discussion

17 Feb 2025 – Category:Accidents and incidents involving the CRJ 900 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Epluribusunumyall (t · c); see discussion
01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports by country (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion
01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in Sweden (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion
01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in Papua New Guinea (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion
01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in Norway (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion
01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in New Zealand (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion
01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in Lithuania (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion
01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in India (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion
01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in Iceland (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion
01 Feb 2025 – Category:International airports in Finland (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Gray eyes (t · c); see discussion

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Templates for discussion

11 Feb 2025 – Template:CLE destinations map (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion

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)