User talk:Russavia

Aviaenergo

I am updating the page Aviaenergo, however when submitting the article, and previewing the results, I notice that the edit links are all out of whack, they aren't where they should be. I have checked thru the coding of my edits, and can't see what may have caused this? Any assistance in pointing out what I have done would be great. --Russavia 10:21, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Could you type out what you tried to add below so we can see what might be affecting you edit. Think outside the box 10:55, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure, the text I added is as follows: {{Infobox_Airline | airline=JSC Aviaenergo<br><small>ОАО «Авиакомпания «Авиаэнерго»</small>| logo=Aviaenergo logo.gif| logo_size=229| IATA=7U| ICAO=ERG| callsign=Aviaenergo| parent=[[Unified Energy System|RAO UES of Russia]]| founded=1992| headquarters=[[Moscow|Moscow]], [[Russia]]| key_people=Alexandr Rafaelovich Blagonravov ([[Director General|General Director]])| hubs=[[Vnukovo Airport|Moscow Vnukovo Airport]]<br>[[Sheremetyevo Airport|Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport]]| focus_cities=| frequent_flyer=| lounge=| alliance=| fleet_size=3| destinations=| website= http://www.aviaenergo.ru/| }} '''JSC Aviaenergo''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: ''ОАО «Авиакомпания «Авиаэнерго»'') is a [[charter airline]] based in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]. It was established on 31 December [[1992]] and operates charter flights within [[Europe]], the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] and other countries. It is wholly owned by [[Unified Energy System|RAO UES of Russia]], although UES, as part of its restructuring effort, has placed Avianergo on the market<ref name="RBC">{{cite news | author = Shesternina, Elena | url = http://www.rbcdaily.ru/2006/09/21/tek/236087 | title = Чубайс устроил «магазин на диване». | publisher = RBC Daily |}}</ref>. Its main base is [[Vnukovo International Airport]], Moscow, and also operates from [[Sheremetyevo International Airport]].<ref name="ATM">Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", <I>Airline Reference</I>, Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 20 February 2007, p. 66</ref>.:: --Russavia 11:04, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

What do you mean there all out of wack? They seem fine to me (there again I quite new at this editing) Think outside the box 11:20, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Same, I can't see anything wrong. Can you explain further, or put the "bad" version of the article at User:Lucasbfr/Sandbox, so we can see what you see? I am removing the helpme tag for now, please add it again when you see our messages! -- lucasbfr ^talk 14:12, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Here is an image of what is wrong with the article. The 'edit' functions should be next to each section, instead they are all lumped together at the bottom. I still can't find what is wrong with my coding. --Russavia 00:23, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/8690/aviaenergoys1.jpg

The edit functions are okay, because some pages are like that. Real96 00:39, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

TransAVIA

Please don't change the spelling or case inside wikilinks, as it breaks the links. If there needs to be a change, go to the talk page of the article, and the airline's article, and discuss it there. Akradecki 17:29, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

The airline name is TransAVIAexport Airlines and I have changed the articles to reflect, and am changing the links as I progress.--Russavia 17:37, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

When you change it in the accident link, it's breaking the link. Please don't do this. Akradecki 17:38, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

OK thanks. All wikilinks and redirects are now in place --Russavia 18:11, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Looks good, thanks. Are you aware of whether the flight had a flight number? Akradecki 18:14, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Will check with my sources in Minsk and if any info found I will add it. --Russavia 18:17, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Join us

You may wish to join Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation and Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. The second project has extensive guidelines for aircraft pages that you might find helpful. Akradecki 18:20, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Image thumbs

Oh, and just a note, since you're new and probably unaware of this, please don't put sizing in the image thumb code string. This will disable the user preferences function that allows users to decide how large the thumbs should appear on their screen. If you want the thumbs to appear larger on your screen, then click on "my preferences" at the top of the screen, and go to the "files" tab and select your preference there. Thanks. Akradecki 18:24, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Regarding edits to Ilyushin Il-86

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia, Russavia! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule aerotransport\.org, is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's external links policy for more information. If the link was to an image, please read Wikipedia's image tutorial on how to use a more appropriate method to insert the image into an article. If your link was intended to promote a site you own, are affiliated with, or will make money from inclusion in Wikipedia, please note that inserting spam into Wikipedia is against policy. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 20:27, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Please stop adding inappropriate links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and will be removed. Thanks. Shadowbot 20:32, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

The links are not inappropriate as 1) this is a well known database which is known for its accuracy 2) no other online reputable links exist for the information which is being added. --Russavia 20:35, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Please don't be discouraged by the shadowbot reverting your footnote additions. It seems like you've scaled them back as a result, when in actuality, what you added was very good, and should stay. If don't feel like adding them back in, I'd be happy to, and will be happy to battle the bot on this. Akradecki 03:06, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, it might be better though to leave the links how I have, as I was logged into the website at the time, and am not sure if the direct links will work for the public at large, at least by simply providing the weblink, people can do the search for themselves, instead of potentially going to a non-working link. Thoughts?

I wasn't logged in, and got good info. When using a link for a citation, it's preferred to provide the full information that supports the statement, rather than making it so the reader has to do the searching. Akradecki 19:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

OK point taken :) If you want to reinsert the links that would be good, saves me fighting with the bot. Am working on cleaning up generalistic info on various articles at the moment before engaging in complete rewrites on many of them in the near future. --Russavia 21:39, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Regarding edits to Kavminvodyavia

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia, Russavia! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule aerotransport\.org, is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's external links guidelines for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 10:48, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Russavia, regarding the two above items...I've finally got through to the operator of the bot, and he says he's now whitelisted aerotransport.org, so you shouldn't have any more problems with the bot reverting your edits. Akradecki 05:30, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Alan, everything was going ok for a while there. Seems it was hit and miss in its reverts anyway. Cheers. --Russavia 15:16, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Rossiya

I did the move and some cleanup. In the future, if the article name is wrong, any user can move an article. By creating the redirect at Rossiya (airline) you actually made the task of moving more difficult. Also, the other name you suggested, Rossiya - Russian Airline I believe, is probably less desirable as it is not likely the common name for the airline. Vegaswikian 19:14, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Ideal cruising

You tagged this article for speedy deletion, but you did not notify the article's creator that it had been so tagged. While such notification is not mandatory, it is strongly encouraged, and this is mentioned in the various speedy delete templates themselves. please consider notifying article creators of speedy delete tags in future. See Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#Notify authors about speedy deletion? where this issue was discussed. DES ^(talk) 21:57, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Travel Republic

You tagged this article for speedy deletion, but it seems to me that the notability is clearly asserted in the article, & that rewriting to reduce the spam is possible. If you disagree, just nominate it for AfD. DGG 00:32, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Aeroflot.png

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Template:Airlines_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China

[1], Why remove so many airlines? SchmuckyTheCat 21:14, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Please meet me over at Template talk:Airlines of the People's Republic of China and I will explain. Might also get wp:airline people over there for their input to. --Russavia 21:22, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

summaries and tags

Hi Russavia, you added a {unreferenced} tag to gainer [2]. Since that article is a one-sentence stub missing just about everything a real article should have, do you really think your tag saying it misses references is useful? In my opinion one-sentence stubs don't benefit from being tagged with almost anything. I hope you will agree.
Further I would like to ask you to start using edit summaries. Thank you. --MarSch 09:43, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi MarSch, don't know why I put that tag there, it should have been something else of course. Cheers. --Russavia 09:46, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Skytrax links on airline pages

Hi, Please discuss this topic over on the project page here. Cheers. → AA ^{(talk • contribs)} — 20:22, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:Aviation lists -- not to be used on airport pages; please don't reinstate

Hi there. Please see the discussion on WikiProject Aviation's talk page. This template is not to be used on airport pages - it is irrelevant. WikiProject Aviation subsumes disparate subprojects, and cluttering airport pages with this template is not desirable. Currently, no airport pages have this template anymore. Thank you. --Mareklug ^talk 19:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey Mareklug, no worries at all, I didn't realise that. Will keep in mind when starting new airport pages in the future also. Cheers. --Russavia 23:19, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Non-free use disputed for Image:El Al ocean ad.png

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Hello Russavia. Could you add information on where you got Image:El Al ocean ad.png to the image description page? It seems to be a pretty important picture and it looks very good in the El Al article, so it would be really unfortunate if it got deleted. I've written a fair-use rationale which I hope will be sufficient, but the sourcing info is still required and I didn't have the sourcing info. Thanks, nadav (talk) 11:40, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Air Pristina

You are not the expert you claim to be. Air Pristina now has four Airbus aircraft and has begun flying routes with its own planes, albeit under other airlines AOCs until it gets its own. www.airplanephotos.de/Photogallery/A-319_321/0211_2.jpg. Looks pretty real to me for an airline with "no aircraft"! Harry was a white dog with black spots 08:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I would mind you to refrain from making snide comments. Just because there is a photo of an aircraft in its 'livery', an airline it does not make. --Russavia 23:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Sukhoi Su-25

As you are interested in Soviet/Russian aviation, please feel free to leave your comment/opinion at the WPMILHIST A-class review of the Sukhoi Su-25 article. Thanks! --Eurocopter tigre 14:36, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

anti-NATO campaign

I think your taking your anti-NATO campaign just a bit too far. It's one thing to remove them from infoboxes, but quite another to go around deleting them whereever you see them. Please show some consideration for other people who may only know SOviet aircraft by the NATO names. It's not their fault. - BillCJ 06:50, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I am removing NATO codenames where and when required. The overwhelming overuse of NATO codenames is almost pushing NPOV envelopes, and as mentioned in the talk page, their use is sloppy. --Russavia 09:20, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Avia Traffic Company logo.png

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Aviation trade unions

Hi Russavia, nice work in setting up Category:Aviation trade unions. Cheers, --Bookandcoffee 18:36, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

No worries at all, hope it helps navigation somewhat. Have also added WPAVIATION tags to said articles in the hope that perhaps some of our project members can assist in expanding the articles. We are over at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Airlines if your project needs info, etc. Cheers. --Russavia 18:38, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:ChukotAVIA logo.gif)

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Skytrax

Sorry, didn't realise the cat was up for deletion. Harry was a white dog with black spots 09:33, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Commercial aviation and Civil aviation

You added original research tags to both of these articles, but didn't leave any information about the problem on the talk pages. Would it be possible to go back and identify the problems more specifically, so that people can discuss and fix them? Thanks. David 11:04, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Virgin Atlantic Airways

Hi, I noticed you added the legal name for VAA (ltd.) in the infobox on Virgin Atlantic Airways but most other airline pages don't do this. In the name of consistency should it not remain Virgin Atlantic Airways?RaseaC 16:59, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Hotels

Hello. Your current string of hotel AfD nominations brings back sweet memories! When I first started editing Wikipedia a while back I did pretty much the same thing and got a large chunk of them deleted. Of course, these tend to be recreated after a while. In any case, I'm just letting you know that a few of these are clear candidates for speedy deletion since they are blatant advertisements written entirely by single purpose accounts. So don't hesitate to tag the obvious spam with {{db-spam}}. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 19:31, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey Pascal, nice to be able to take you back down memory lane. Those were the days eh? Ha. Will up dp-spam in future for those which are clearly spam, and afd the iffy ones. Sorry to give you work to do, but you know how it is, once you get started, you just can't stop, particularly with the audacity of some of the 'articles'. Cheers, --Russavia 20:24, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

While some articles may be candidates for CSD, some are clearly not. I'd like to respectfully remind you to use AfD/CSD criteria when determining if articles are fit for nomination. No offense intended. Luke!

I'd also like to mention that it is not a good idea to nominate several dozen pages of the same general sort for deletion at the same time. It makes it very much more difficult to pay the necessary attention to each one of them. Personally, I do groups of two, but I think groups of five or six would also be manageable. But not the 15 or 20. There was a discussion of this about a week ago on the talk page for WP:AFD, where it was pretty much agreed that it is better to space them out--my opinion is not eccentric at least in this. that I disagree with you about the notability of many ofthe hotels is not the point. DGG (talk) 07:14, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

I note from your contribution history, that your latest AFD exercise has begun by tagging an entire string of hotels located in not anywhere in the world but the country you appear to loathe, probably thanks to your long-standing disagreements in another article related to that country. If this is so, kindly exercise better judgement and instill some professionalism in your editing career here. Nominating The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore, Meritus Mandarin Singapore, Shangri-La Hotel Singapore, etc, are clear-cut disruptive.--Huaiwei 13:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

NATO names as article titles

You might be interested in these discussions: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Russian SAMs & NATO code names, and Talk:SA-19/SA-N-11#English wiki/NATO designation. - BillCJ 04:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey Bill, thanks for that, will pop over and put in my 2 bob. --Russavia 06:11, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Cheatline

Hi, please don't transwiki this yet, I'll be merging it shortly into an expanded Aircraft livery. Thanks. --Targeman 11:32, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi, no worries, merging all of these dictionary terms into a single article is a good idea. I was thinking that Airline branding would be a more inclusive term, as this would include not only the livery but all branding off an airline - the 'livery' seems a little too spotterish to me, if you know what I mean, and could have the potential to simply become just another wikilink repository. Thoughts? --Russavia 11:45, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, I myself am only moderately interested in aircraft per se, I wrote this article (as well as Logojet and Retrojet) bearing in mind the artistic, esthetic and symbolic aspect. I agree Airline branding would make an excellent article but I can't start it because I know next to nothing about the subject. So for now I'll try to merge and provide good references for what I have, and when someone decides to to create Aircraft branding, Aircraft livery will obviously be included in it. PS. Is "livery" a geeky word? I've seen it in business magazines and I'm not a plane spotter... If "paint scheme" is more widespread, I'll be glad to change the title. Cheers --Targeman 12:06, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Banks in Singapore

Actually, I don't have much of a problem with that article. It is a fairly mediocre article but at least its approach is fundamentally sound. It tries to convey more information than just a bare list: it would not be a huge effort to expand the context and turn this into a decent encyclopedic article. Pascal.Tesson 02:56, 31 July 2007 (UTC)