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Welcome to the Aerospace biography task force of the Aviation WikiProject!

Scope

Biographies: Aviators, aviation and aerospace engineers, astronauts, rocket scientists, (see also WikiProject Spaceflight) etc...

Tagging and assessment

Aerospace biography task force assessment statistics Aerospace biography pages by quality Quality Total pages FA 42 FL 3 A 20 GA 68 B 137 C 237 Start 1,670 Stub 1,614 List 82 Category 222 Disambig 1 File 2 Portal 20 Project 1 Redirect 1 Template 12 Assessed 4,132 Total 4,132 worklist • log • category

Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding Aerospace-biography-task-force=yes (or Aerospace-biography=yes or Biography=yes) to the {{WPAVIATION}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Aerospace biography task force articles.

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• Userbox: {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Outreach/User WPAVIATION Aerospace biography task force}}

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To-do

Aviation WikiProject announcements and open tasks
A quick reference to aviation articles that are up for discussion and deletion is now available - watchlist it and use it! A new template updates you on current articles under review, and needing your input. Add {{WPAVIATION Review alerts}} to your userpage, and keep in the loop! Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Missing articles now lists almost 5000 articles that require creating or redirecting. Dig in! Aircraft engines now have a piece of the project banner. Enter |Engines=yes on any engine page you find! A new template is available to quickly create articles. Go to Template:WPAVIATION creator and start creating! The collaboration and review departments are open. Please visit and nominate or help review articles!
Proposed deletions 31 Jan 2012 – Rutherford Page (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Fram (t · c) was deproded by DGG (t · c) on 07 Feb 2012 Featured article candidates 27 Jan 2012 – John Balmer (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Ian Rose (t · c); see discussion 12 Jan 2012 – George Andrew Davis, Jr. (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Ed! (t · c); see discussion A-Class review undated – Jesse L. Brown (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review; see discussion Good article nominees 05 Feb 2012 – John C. "Pappy" Herbst (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Binksternet (t · c); start discussion 04 Feb 2012 – Reinhard Heydrich (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Diannaa (t · c); see discussion 18 Jan 2012 – Gordon P. Saville (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Binksternet (t · c); start discussion
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Attention needed 

...to referencing and citation (17,468) • ...to coverage and accuracy (17,088) • ...to structure (16,181) • ...to grammar (16,088) • ...to supporting materials (16,188)

Requested articles 

missing articles in list of Early Birds of Aviation and List of World War I flying aces

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Resources

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Annotated bibliography

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*** <!-- optional content summary -->
** Reviews: 
*** <!-- commentary on work by historians & other reputable sources -->
** Editor comments: 
*** <!-- personal commentary by editors -->