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Today's featured articles 17 May 2024 – Raymond Brownell (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb Did you know 15 Apr 2024 – Estoppey D-series (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Maury Markowitz (t · c); see discussion Articles for deletion 05 May 2024 – Nelson Airways (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Avgeekamfot (t · c); see discussion (1 participant) 05 May 2024 – F-WWAI (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Avgeekamfot (t · c); see discussion (1 participant) 04 May 2024 – Air China Flight 403 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Trainsandotherthings (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 03 May 2024 – Carrier Air Group SIX (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Toadspike (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 02 May 2024 – Carrier Air Group TEN (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Toadspike (t · c); see discussion (5 participants) 02 May 2024 – Goražde Incident (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Timtrent (t · c); see discussion (3 participants) 01 May 2024 – Improper flaps (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Trainsandotherthings (t · c); see discussion (0 participants) 30 Apr 2024 – 2024 Alaska Air Fuel Douglas C-54 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Lolzer3000 (t · c); see discussion (10 participants) 30 Apr 2024 – AB Aviation Flight 1103 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (7 participants) 30 Apr 2024 – 2011 Andorra helicopter crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (2 participants) (9 more...) Proposed deletions 04 May 2024 – JSX flight 284 (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by IDKUggaBanga (t · c): concern 29 Apr 2024 – Subic Seaplane (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Fantastic Mr. Fox (t · c): concern 29 Apr 2024 – Nella Linhas Aéreas (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by ErickCF (t · c) was deleted 26 Apr 2024 – Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by 118.210.57.245 (t · c) was deleted Categories for discussion 02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by sabotage (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion 02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by microbursts (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion 02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by electrical failure (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion 02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion 02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents with an unknown cause (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion 02 May 2024 – Category:Airliner accidents and incidents with an unknown cause (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion 02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents with disputed cause (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion 02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving belly landings (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion 02 May 2024 – Category:Aircraft bombings (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion 02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving uncontained engine failure (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion Redirects for discussion 25 Apr 2024 – Marco Scocco (talk · edit · hist) →Air Transat Flight 236 was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion Featured article candidates 09 Apr 2024 – Pan Am Flight 214 (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by RecycledPixels (t · c); see discussion A-Class review undated – Granville Gee Bee Model A (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review undated – Henry Biard (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 04 May 2024 – Gotha WD.7 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sturmvogel 66 (t · c); start discussion 03 May 2024 – Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Czarking0 (t · c); start discussion 27 Apr 2024 – Gubir shootdown (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PenangLion (t · c); start discussion 24 Apr 2024 – Zeppelin-Staaken L (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sturmvogel 66 (t · c); start discussion 19 Apr 2024 – Blohm & Voss BV 40 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sturmvogel 66 (t · c); start discussion 20 Jan 2024 – Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kyteto (t · c); start discussion Requested moves 04 May 2024 – Bengaluru Airport (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Bangalore Airport by Avgeekamfot (t · c); see discussion 22 Apr 2024 – American Airlines Flight 63 (2001) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to American Airlines Flight 63 by ZionniThePeruser (t · c); see discussion Articles to be merged 04 Feb 2024 – Liaison Squadron of 3rd Aviation Corps (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 3rd Aviation Corps by RadioactiveBoulevardier (t · c); see discussion 11 Jan 2024 – Assassination of Saleh al-Arouri (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Saleh al-Arouri by Longhornsg (t · c); see discussion 24 Oct 2023 – Fort St. James/Stuart River Water Aerodrome (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Fort St. James (Perison) Airport by DMBanks1 (t · c); see discussion 20 Oct 2023 – Vanderhoof Water Aerodrome (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Vanderhoof Airport by DMBanks1 (t · c); see discussion 20 Oct 2023 – Vanderhoof (District) Water Aerodrome (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Vanderhoof Airport by DMBanks1 (t · c); see discussion Articles to be split 29 Jan 2024 – Salina Regional Airport (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Abcasada (t · c); see discussion 18 Jan 2024 – Mid-air collision (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 65.92.247.66 (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 23 Sep 2022 – List of international airports by country (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by StillNoEyeDeer (t · c); see discussion 05 Jul 2022 – Aircraft flight dynamics (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AnomieBOT (t · c); see discussion 24 Jan 2022 – Airbus A330 MRTT (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Gusfriend (t · c); see discussion 23 Nov 2021 – Family Airlines (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Carguychris (t · c); see discussion 28 Jan 2021 – Boeing 737 MAX certification (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Rosbif73 (t · c); see discussion 14 Dec 2020 – OLT Express (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Hythonia (t · c); see discussion Articles for creation 05 May 2024 – Draft:AirSeven (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by BluePlanespotter (t · c) 30 Apr 2024 – Draft:F-WWEY (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c) 30 Apr 2024 – Draft:List of preserved ATR-42 and ATR-72 aircraft (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c) 29 Apr 2024 – Draft:Air China Flight 183 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Procidic (t · c) 26 Apr 2024 – Draft:List of preserved Douglas aircraft (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c) 11 Apr 2024 – Draft:Intellisense Systems (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Gmantell (t · c) 10 Apr 2024 – Draft:Denys Davydov (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Johnson524 (t · c) 19 Mar 2024 – Draft:Gender equality in outer space (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c) 18 Mar 2024 – Draft:Damir Špoljarič (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 2A00:102B:4004:E4E3:510A:8E2F:7B0D:ED36 (t · c) 27 Jan 2024 – Draft:1944 Neuleiningen Douglas DC-3 shootdown (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by RandomGuy3114 (t · c) (3 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	147	19	1	4	193	16	1	1	0	1	81	2
FL	5	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
A	23	11	0	0	93	1	2	0	0	0	36	1
GA	150	171	25	57	539	69	1	5	14	2	140	2
B	783	2,142	85	397	3,312	347	128	177	69	44	737	171
C	2805	4,713	214	903	7,932	503	292	398	92	474	1,138	426
Start	10811	5,814	1,050	4,659	12,313	951	471	630	753	345	1,968	939
Stub	17340	1,346	1,445	9,132	2,652	285	90	85	558	224	1,374	90
List	1579	446	477	594	589	143	21	13	74	6	98	10
Template	1260	1,028	232	404	690	202	25	10	6	95	18	122
Category	6053	4,910	754	1,369	2,847	991	85	100	434	74	429	192
Disambig	511	22	25	467	57	34	1	0	1	1	1	1
File	250	232	1,198	338	573	6	6	0	7	2	27	139
Portal	632	36	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	18	0
Project	45	18	12	6	3	8	1	3	5	1	1	7
Unassessed	323	3	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	60	0
Total	77,535	21,405	5,855	19,009	34,578	3,695	1,162	1,446	2,073	1,292	6,393	2,169

Aviation WikiProject
Articles for review

Peer review

Articles needing attention
Aviation articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy	23,872
Aviation articles needing attention to grammar	19,836
Aviation articles needing attention to referencing and citation	26,052
Aviation articles needing attention to structure	12,765
Aviation articles needing attention to supporting materials	19,312
Aviation articles with incomplete B-Class checklists	11,084
Unassessed aviation articles	323
Aviation articles needing infoboxes	219
Aircraft articles without specifications	46
Aviation articles needing images	929
Aviation articles needing attention	946
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	377
→ Aircraft	136
→ Airport	28
→ Airline	13
→ Biography	269
→ Military aviation	252
→ Aerospace museum	59
→ Aircraft engine	36
→ Aircraft component	34
→ Air sports stubs	62
→ Aeronautical company	190

Airport Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airport stubs	20
→ North American airport stubs	8
→ → Canada	82
→ → → Alberta	220
→ → → Atlantic Canada	105
→ → → British columbia	199
→ → → Manitoba	131
→ → → Northwest Territories	66
→ → → Ontario	439
→ → → Quebec	205
→ → → Saskatchewan	170
→ → United States	14
→ → → Midwestern United States	161
→ → → Northeastern United States	140
→ → → Southern United States	161
→ → → → Texas	79
→ → → Western United States	142
→ → → Alaska	275
→ → → California	108
→ → → Kansas	55
→ → → Michigan	46
→ → → North Carolina	49
→ → Mexico	55
→ South America	158
→ Oceania	197
→ → Australia	111
→ Africa	7
→ → North Africa	157
→ → East Africa	146
→ → Southern Africa	258
→ → West Africa	254
→ Europe	567
→ → France	63
→ → Turkey	48
→ → Russia	262
→ → United Kingdom	43
→ Asia	344
→ → India	92
→ → Indonesia	168
→ → People's Republic of China	81
→ → Pakistan	39

Airline Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airline stubs	13
→ North American airline stubs	131
→ → United States	218
→ South America	83
→ Oceania	33
→ Africa	273
→ Europe	292
→ Asia	246

Today's featured articles

17 May 2024 – Raymond Brownell (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Did you know

15 Apr 2024 – Estoppey D-series (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Maury Markowitz (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

05 May 2024 – Nelson Airways (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Avgeekamfot (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
05 May 2024 – F-WWAI (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Avgeekamfot (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
04 May 2024 – Air China Flight 403 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Trainsandotherthings (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
03 May 2024 – Carrier Air Group SIX (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Toadspike (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
02 May 2024 – Carrier Air Group TEN (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Toadspike (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
02 May 2024 – Goražde Incident (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Timtrent (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
01 May 2024 – Improper flaps (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Trainsandotherthings (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
30 Apr 2024 – 2024 Alaska Air Fuel Douglas C-54 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Lolzer3000 (t · c); see discussion (10 participants)
30 Apr 2024 – AB Aviation Flight 1103 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
30 Apr 2024 – 2011 Andorra helicopter crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)

(9 more...)

Proposed deletions

04 May 2024 – JSX flight 284 (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by IDKUggaBanga (t · c): concern
29 Apr 2024 – Subic Seaplane (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Fantastic Mr. Fox (t · c): concern
29 Apr 2024 – Nella Linhas Aéreas (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by ErickCF (t · c) was deleted
26 Apr 2024 – Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by 118.210.57.245 (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by sabotage (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by microbursts (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by electrical failure (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents with an unknown cause (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
02 May 2024 – Category:Airliner accidents and incidents with an unknown cause (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents with disputed cause (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving belly landings (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
02 May 2024 – Category:Aircraft bombings (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
02 May 2024 – Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving uncontained engine failure (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

25 Apr 2024 – Marco Scocco (talk · edit · hist) →Air Transat Flight 236 was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion

Request for Comment[edit]

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)