Talk:Boeing C-75

The article lead.
I've been trying to place in the lead the most important material from the body of the article. A brief statement about the fact that the fuselage carried huge stores of fuel making this transport unique seems relevant. Why delete it? Also, I doubt that any aircraft at the start of WW2 had modifications made to it just for comfort. Space in the forward fuselage had to be provided for the enlarged crew owing to the length of time required to cross the Atlantic. A brief mention of this in the lead seems wise. Edweirdo (talk) 16:57, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Read WP:LEAD. Leads are to be summaries of the article, not places for introducing new information in detail. A paragraph is not brief, but one sentence would probably suffice, though what is there now is much better that what was added before. Finally, when making claims, especially those that might contradict other parts of the text which haven't been modified, such claims need to be cited from reliable sources. Hope that helps. - BillCJ (talk) 20:26, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure you have read the body of the article (all of which I wrote). All of the citations were provided by me. I suspect I'm the only one who has read any of them. As for including the fuselage tanks in the lead, 1) it is mentioned in the body of the article so it is not an addition of new material, only an effort to bring forward an important fact about the C-75 (in case a reader doesn't read any further), and 2) I removed the original excessive detail about this from the lead thinking a short treatment was consistent with the lead guidance. I hope this helps. Edweirdo (talk) 23:33, 22 February 2009 (UTC)