User talk:DB/Archive/Miscellaneous Notifications

Semi-automated link sorting[edit]

Hello. This page was semi-automatically modified to sort links to my user page in a meaningful way. Sorry, no other new message. :) // Pathoschild (_admin / ^talk) 04:55, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Victoria Harbour Water Aerodrome[edit]

Just did the move on this. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 17:36, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects to oneworld[edit]

Hi DBinder, I noticed you came along and cleaned up a link I'd edited that pointed to oneworld and changed it to oneworld. The MOS suggests leaving these the way they are (Wikipedia:Redirect#Don't fix links to redirects that aren't broken). I didn't want to cause you any extra work...

Also, concerning the capitalization of Oneworld, I noticed your vote on the WP:MOS-TM talk page. I wonder if you'd support a new proposal that lowercase names always be capitalized except in cases where the formatting already causes them to stand out... such as in links (oneworld), titles (oneworld Ruby), tables (such as the Airline alliance global players table column headers) or the bold text at the beginning of an article. I don't have a problem with a name being written the way it is trademarked, but these trademarks should have a plain-text equivalent for paragraph copy. Let me know what you think. -- Renesis13 23:19, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see your point about being consistent with the trademarked format. I feel the same way except in the case of first letter capitalization, in which I lean towards capitalization. I believe the rules of English say the proper nouns should have a capital. This is how you distinguish between proper nouns and regular nouns, as with the company Apple and the fruit apple. I don't feel that press releases are an accurate source for formatting, as they are pretty much the opposite of encyclopedic content - copyrighted, POV marketing copy, written by the company about itself. -- Renesis13 01:22, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Skyteam on the KLM page[edit]

Hey dbinder, my bad. Brief episode of exhaustion today. Thanks for fixing.Trevormartin227 23:51, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Airline destinations[edit]

Are we ready to say the list is now the standard? I know it's not quite complete, but is it close enough and accurate enough to say lets use it? Vegaswikian 20:31, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As to order, maybe we just post on the talk page that since there have been no objections of late to the list order, that's what should be used? Vegaswikian 21:19, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just noticed that Pakistan is not on the list at all. Will add this. Vegaswikian 21:19, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Re: Azores. I'd probably lean to going with Europe. Do you know of any other lists that are organized the way the destinations are? If so, maybe we could just follow the example set there? Vegaswikian 21:36, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello:[edit]

Hi I'm a new Wikipedian from Natick, Mass... Actually I grew up in Walpole and my mother worked for Dr. Rosenman in Medfield I just popped in to say hello to a Wiki neighbor:"

This user is a citizen of the United States of America.

This user is from Massachusetts.

File:Peace Sign 2.svg Merlinus (talk)

Hi I Am Marc:

I was recently married to my lovely wife; We have lived together for several years already...

We love cats (3 currently own us)... Jeffy(15), Echo(6) & Gizmo(3). All sleep with us in the big bed and no room to move an inch.
I was Disabled in a 1993 (Coma)/ and am very slowly recovering. It's tough going out sometimes, though with friends I still do. I have a few supportive friends.
I am an "Unenrolled voter." Democrat/ Republicans, I don't care, whoever serves makes my life better in the long run I vote for!
Avid reader. Has collection of many hundreds of rare books. Especially Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Avid Music collector (2,500 albums)...mostly bootlegs...mostly rare bootlegs...Stones, Kinks, Clapton, Beatles. and solos!

I am what I am I'm strongly opinionated about disabled peoples' rights and jobs for American citizens who have trouble finding minimum wage jobs in my state today and support Universal health care, I would be dead if I did not have it. I am an idiot about Internet social skills. I hope that the Immigration Reform bill will protect disabled citizens who wish to work like myself first before considering allowing new people to come here. I was searching for an internet forum to be my outlet to express my needs, but found that Wikipedia is not best suited for that. I'm brushing up on Wikipedia's rules of conduct, and slowly starting to begin contributing again.

Current book and CD I own hundreds of rare books

Current Book Jack Whyte: "Uther"
Current CD Faves:
- Warren Zevon... "Life'll Kill Ya"
- Howlin' Wolf: "Greatest Hits"
Latest Flick: "Charles II: The Last King"

File:Peace Sign 2.svg Merlinus (talk)

Hi![edit]

Just so you know SAS is a company who owns lots of airlines among them SAS Scandinavian Airlines SK and SAS Braathens SK(BU), SAS Braathens operate all flights between Norway and Europe except half of the flights between OSL-ARN, check the SAS Group website or the SAS Braathens website to check that, so its actually no airline named just SAS officialy today since the incoperation of the Scandinavian Airlines System in 2004 to 4 different companies (or two airlines) Scandinavian Airlines Sverige, Scandinavian Airlines Danmark and Scandinavian International uses SK and SAS Braathens SK (BU), all flights by SAS Braathens are officialy at the air control are called BU and flight number. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Plyriz (talk • contribs)

The HEL Controversy[edit]

Hello. I know, this is biased because I am the other party (again). But the anonymous user that has been insisting in saying that the closest major city that HEL serves is Vantaa, and not Helsinki, has made 4 edits today. I know, I shouldn't be the one bringing this issue to the admins, just pretend you've stumbled on it on your own. :P Elektrik Blue 82 16:32, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

International destinations[edit]

User:PikDig has been inserting "international" destinations for Northwest Airlines from New York-area airports. I disagree with the inclusions. I hope you can take a look at User talk:PikDig#Northwest Airlines to see if my reasoning is correct, and to add other comments. Thanks. Tinlinkin 12:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alitalia article[edit]

Hi Dbinder,

Just wondering if you can help with the Alitalia article. Someone has been trying to vandalise it to remove all the facts about its customer services.

Many thanks --Kalpha 14:05, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. It seems that it has now stopped. But it happened twice. I was simply wondering if there are any tools to protect the article or track changes. --Kalpha 00:03, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

polls/voting/whatever[edit]

Hey, I noticed that *you* noticed that Radiant is everwhere someone mentions a straw poll. Him and and a couple other editors recently tried to make Wikipedia:Discuss, don't vote, a guideline. Theres no discussion of consensus at all, and I would assume that very few people realize it was recently changed from the Voting is Evil essay, to that page. I find Radiant to be a very abusive and violent editor, I just.. don't understand. Just letting you know that your opinions over at WP:DDV would be appreciate. Fresheneesz 07:52, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

.

Seasonal service[edit]

Footnotes have been used for the better part of a year on certain pages to note seasonal destinations. They clean the page up, and are transitioning into more pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewb729 (talk • contribs)

Flags in airline infoboxes[edit]

Hi db, noticed you've also been removing these, see WP:AIRLINES#Flags in the infobox. Thanks/wangi 18:38, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Airline programs[edit]

The admin who made the redirect, W.marsh, was unaware of the wikiproject guidelines that these articles should have their own pages. He gave me permission to revert the change and has corrected his mistake by going back to remove the AfD himself (you can verify this from the page history and on his talk page at the appropriate thread). Simply put, the true consensus is made on the wikiproject guidelines and not the individual articles. While the effort you seem to put into helping to draft the airlines wikiproject is admirable, the seeming ease at which you ignore inconvenient guidelines (or ones you don't agree with) is ironic and inappropriate. So far your thread on changing the guideline has had no response and so these articles stay until there is further action elsewhere. Parnell88 01:28, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Yellowknife Airport[edit]

Replied at the above talk page. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 13:09, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

addLoadEvent[edit]

Hi, one of your user scripts uses the addLoadEvent( func ) function (see [1]). This function will be removed from MediaWiki:Common.js soon. Please modify your scripts to use addOnloadHook( func ) instead. —Ruud 18:34, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport[edit]

Hi Dbinder. I removed the wiki links from AAL and COA because they were already refered to and linked earlier in the article. Thadius856 had noticed this on October 13 using AWB and removed the second links, but an anonymous user (75.42.224.179) added the links earlier today (to which I reverted for said reason). Clipper471 22:32, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-11-18 Singapore Changi Airport[edit]

Hi there. A Mediation cabal case has been opened regarding the dispute at Changi Airport. The mediators, User:Hunterd and I, would like to hear everyone's stand on the dispute. Any input is very welcome at Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-11-18 Singapore Changi Airport#Discussion, could you please indicate your stand regarding the dispute, and why you think the names should stay/go? Thanks, – Ch acor 02:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Arbitration[edit]

Greetings! You are being contacted to be notified that a Request for Arbitration has opened and you were listed as an involved party. You can find the discussion and make a statement at Wikipedia:Requests for Arbitration#Huaiwei and Singapore Changi Airport. Thank you for your cooperation. thadius856_{talk|airports|neutrality} 20:11, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

United Airlines Class of Travel[edit]

I am in the process of cleaning up the classes. I will be doing it within the next couple of days. I will be making it similar to Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines.--Golich17 20:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Opinion Needed[edit]

Since you help me out usually, I have a question. If you have been viewing the editing of the Singapore Airlines and US Airways page, do you believe the reverts I have been making are correct? For what it's worth, select editors re-revert my edits back to the original, complex, hard to understand version. I'm all for simplicity yet consistency, and they're holding me back from making the proper edits to the article.--Golich17 03:25, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Editors that don't provide an edit summary tend to look like vandals[edit]

I have noticed you commonly don't enter an edit summary as you didn't when you edited User talk:Sox23 (see this edit). This causes me problems. When I patrol for vandalism, I use the summary to make a preliminary decision on whether or not the post is a vandal edit or not. If the summary is present (or at least a section header, the part inside the /* */), I commonly decide the edit is legit and move on.

However, if no edit summary is available, I typically resort to loading the diff for the edit. This takes time. For that reason, if your edits are all valid, I ask that you provide edit summaries. For more on how to enter an edit summary, please read Help:Edit summary.

Incidentally, it is not just me that appreciate having edit summaries. When you omit your summary, you may be telling various bots that you are vandalizing pages. For this reason, please consider providing that summary. It is very important. You can enter that summary via the edit summary box on edit pages (as shown below).

The edit summary appears in black italics in the following places:

Page history - list of changes to the page you edited
User contributions - list of all your edits
Watchlist* - list of recent changes to watched pages (logged-in users only)
diff page - shows the difference between two edits
Recent changes - list of all recent edits
Wikipedia IRC channels - real time list of all edits
Related changes - list of recent changes to pages linked to the page you edited
List of new pages: shows the edit summary of the creation.

* Use the enhanced watchlist to see all recent changes in the watched pages, not just the last change in each page.

While you do sometimes provide a summary, you commonly either rely on WP:AES or don't bother. Will (Talk - contribs) 23:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Usually I include one. When adding to a user's talk page, I don't. The comments on the page speak for themselves. DB (talk) 01:02, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You really should include talk pages. Until I check the diff, I don't know what you are doing. Personally, I figure that some anti-vandal bots use the same red-flags that I do — including the blank edit summary. If a bot reverts your edit, don't say I didn't warn you. Will (Talk - contribs) 01:13, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll keep it in mind. DB (talk) 01:14, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mediation Cabal Request[edit]

Hello! I'm .V., a member of Wikipedia's mediation cabal. We provide informal and optional mediation to users in disputes so, hopefully, it can be resolved early instead of being taken to "official" channels (the Mediation Committee or Arbitration). A user has filed a mediation cabal request regarding a discussion on a page in which you are a participant. You can find a link to the mediation here.

Remember, this mediation is purely optional and the result is non-binding. The goal of this mediation is to hopefully resolve the matter peacably, fairly, and to the satisfaction of all parties involved. Thanks! .V. _[_Talk|Email] 23:15, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Airport names[edit]

Based on a discssion I've been having at Talk:East Midlands Airport#Nottingham East Midlands/East Midlands and seeing your edit, I've started a thread at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Airports#Names of airports to see if some consensus can be reached. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 12:37, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vienna Airport Move[edit]

The article has been moved again. In case you want to move it back, I tried but didn't succeed, since I don't know how to. Cheers. /ɪlεktʃɹɪk bluː/ 19:48, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. It was initially moved by blanking and redirecting (i.e. incorrectly). DB (talk) 00:13, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

scusi?[edit]

smettila bello, i am so sorry but British Airways will be starting service from Cardiff to JFK durring this summer bello, if you do not trust my sources...va Napoli! i am an executive for British Airways currently based out of Milan Malpensa bello —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.192.27.4 (talk) 02:03, 21 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

That's interesting, considering your IP address is from Brooklyn. DB (talk) 02:05, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

bello i told you i am based in Milan Malpensa, hint based. Does not mean that I am not in Brooklyn right now, i travel a lot. I am an executive you know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.27.4 (talk)

Well I guess you're telekinetic. I mean, you can operate your computer in New York all the way from Italy. You could make a lot of money with that talent. DB (talk) 02:12, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

did you not read my message? i travel! i am in brooklyn right now bello. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.192.27.4 (talk) 02:12, 21 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Oh, sorry, I guess I misread that. DB (talk) 02:14, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

then can you stop deleting my revisions bello? because, i will make sure you will not get to fly on that Cardiff-JFK flight and as i recall, it has been put on British Airway's page before, so please stop deleting it —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.192.27.4 (talk) 02:18, 21 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

OK. Before, you were so ridiculous that it was actually funny. Now it's just irritating. DB (talk) 02:25, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

i am very sorry but i will not be blocked for giving information that is truthful. do you work for British Airways, no so i dont think you should be accusing me of giving false information bello. (68.192.27.4 02:26, 21 February 2007 (UTC))[reply]

plus, you barely know anything about airliners. Once you tell me the reason why British Airways is building a new Terminal 5 at Heathrow, then you can challenge my sources, and do not cheat!

What? DB (talk) 02:32, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

you have no authority to be threatning to block me about saying information about a company i work for. you do not even know anything about airliners bello. that is all i basically said, if that was so hard to comprehend. (68.192.27.4 02:34, 21 February 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Actually, I take it back. I am enjoying this. DB (talk) 02:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

guess what...IM BACK!

WikiProject Aviation Newsletter Delivery[edit]

The March 2007 issue of the Aviation WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 18:29, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Star_Alliance[edit]

Since you are an expert on aviation matters and have frequently edited the article before, I would be interested to know if you had any response to the comment I made at Talk:Star_Alliance#Affiliated_Airlines since I am trying to build a consensus for a clean-up action......Gaimhreadhan^{(kiwiexile at DMOZ)} • 23:43, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sandino International[edit]

I trust you'll double check next time. I did provide a source for the name change, if you want it, here it is Reason it wasn't showing is because there was no references section, i just added one though. LaNicoya •TALK• 23:29, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You also should have provided an edit summary as part of the move. DB (talk) 01:23, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Hpuslivery.jpg listed for deletion[edit]

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Hpuslivery.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Crashintome4196 19:50, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wording[edit]

I wonder if you might want to reword "Where I've Been," which makes it sound like Canada has states as well as provinces and territories. Maybe, "U.S. states and Canadian provinces and territories." 67.71.141.205

The US also has territories, and "US states and territories and Canadian provinces and territories" is too cumbersome. DB (talk) 01:07, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Aireuropa.gif)[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Aireuropa.gif. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot 15:43, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Swiss logo.png[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Swiss logo.png. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 08:14, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:AirScotland.gif[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:AirScotland.gif. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 04:22, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:AirTindi.gif[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:AirTindi.gif. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 04:23, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Template:Airline Alliance logo[edit]

A tag has been placed on Template:Airline Alliance logo requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 03:28, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Edwinland.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Edwinland.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. —An gr ^{If you've written a quality article...} 14:01, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Origin of DB[edit]

Hello DB. Our paths have crossed a few times, mostly in airlines or airports. I've wondered, what is the origin of your user name? I only ask because right now I'm on a train to Munich Airport; the train is operated by Deutsche Bahn, or as their logo depicts, DB. Any relation? BTW-I am from MA as well! Neo16287 (talk) 15:50, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's actually my initials. I originally had more of my name, but I decided to change it for a little more anonymity. DB (talk) 22:14, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]