Talk:Comac C919

ICAO type code

Does this plane have an ICAO type code yet? Like 738 for the Boeing 737-800 or DH8 for the deHaveiland Canada Dash 8 Hobbitschuster (talk) 22:38, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

C919--Marc Lacoste (talk) 09:38, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. Please add it to the article. Hobbitschuster (talk) 16:19, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

It doesn't matter, it isn't in airline service.--Marc Lacoste (talk) 17:40, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Strange wording: recenses

As of 31 August 2018, FlightGlobal recenses 305 orders

I have a problem understanding the verb "recenses" and I wonder if it is meant to be something different?

MarkofGiles (talk) 22:34, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

High capacity seating

Hi all. I found the high capacity seating of the aircraft to be 190 from Simpleflying.com. Generally, I think some reportings from Simpleflying of questionable quality. I second source it from CGTN. My edit was reverted because it's considered an unreliable source. --Now wiki (talk) 21:53, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Formatting reversion

[moved from User talk:Marc Lacoste, more relevant here]

Hi, I read your comment w/r/t your formatting reversion on the above-refrenced wiki page; seems fine to me. I added the row and column formatting on the delivery table to save myself some time in the future (had some spare time to figure out how to do the table formatting so I thought I'd add it now rather than having to figure it out again later when I'm more pressed for time). On the unreliability tags, my question is if "rzjets.net" and "planespotters.net" are generally considered to be unreliable, what is a better source; perhaps a better source should be cited for the C919 page.

Cheers, Spotty's Friend (talk) 20:15, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

@Spotty's Friend: Indeed, the mainspace is not suited for experiments. You can use your personal space to try some formatting.

rzjets.net and planespotters.net seems to be self-published/user-generated content and fall under WP:USERGENERATED. Better refs for production lists can be aviation authorities, the manufacturer itself (I think it's the case for Airbus or Boeing), or reliable editor-supervised publications, like Flight International's yearly census. Cheers--Marc Lacoste (talk) 22:06, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

@Marc Lacoste

Hi Marc, thanks for your reply. Just one comment: I understand your general concerns re "self-generated material", but it seems to me that your criteria for what constitutes a self-generated source in the field of aerospace may be a bit too strict since, for example, "Gunter's Space Page" (by a German national I think) which is widely cited by Wiki pages on orbital and suborbital rocket launchers may also qualify as a "self-generated source". Citing only manufacturers and traditional publications as sources in order to maximally shrink the informational error-bars ignore the often enormous efforts expended by enthusiasts (which include Wiki editors). Of course, this is only my peraonal observation.

Cheers, Spotty's Friend (talk) 03:30, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

@Spotty's Friend: Using WP:reliable sources is paramount. Despite the scrutiny, even Wikipedia itself is not reliable enough to be used as a RS (see WP:Circular). I'm mainly interested in civilian aircraft, so I can't vouch for other fields, but it seems to attract less enthusiastic amateurs than rockets and military aircraft.--Marc Lacoste (talk) 08:29, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

First Maiden voyage

It’s first flight May 27th 2023, it flew from Shanghai to Beijing. Source from Flightradar24. 173.214.158.63 (talk) 02:43, 28 May 2023 (UTC)