User:Lacitpo/sandbox

Lacitpo (talk) 00:33, 29 January 2008 (UTC) I'd like to contest this article being deleted. I have removed the copyrited material. The information here is commonly known information and I'm even hesitant to link to any of the sources because the wiki admins seem to have a hard-on for deleting this article. Please comment on what I need to do to improve this article and keep it from being deleted because if there is more, I don't know what it is. Also, there is a map, which is copyrited, can I link to that?

Lacitpo (talk) 05:53, 28 January 2008 (UTC)I am terrible at wiki editing and only know a little about formatting. I'll do my best but would love any help on actual formatting once I get information in.

Lacitpo (talk) 05:53, 28 January 2008 (UTC)I would like to expand this article to add sections about each part of the cave. Going to use this for some pre-editing before I add it to the main article.

The Keyhole Williams Maze Walking Passage Karen Crawl Sherwood Forest Poetry Passage Aggie Art Gallery Formation Room The "Big" Room Blade Room Crucifixion Rock

approximately 4000 meters in length


 * The cave may be real, but you'll have to prove that it is (produce a reference) if you want the article to survive. Your google reference doesn't show the cave. --Pgagnon999 (talk) 00:40, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Sections without citable sources
these sections are one's i'd like to add, but need citable sources so must remain a work in progress.

Cave History
In March of 1971, two un-named Airmen from Bergstrom Air Force Base discovered Airmen's Cave. In it's original state, the entrance was blocked with large deposits of silt. The entrance was excavated over the course of that month and on April 1st the two finally broke into the large first inner room of the cave. The two evidently did not return.

A local caver Michael Wescott Loder and multiple other area cavers learned of the cave through word of mouth and on April 8th began surveying and exploring the inner passages of the cave.

Building My article here before I put it in the main article
30.24188°N, -97.79105°W Airmen's Cave is a cave in a limestone cliff on the southern bank of Barton Creek in Gus Fruth Park located in Southeast Austin Texas.

Cave Features
Airmen's Cave has approximately 4000 meters of total passages, most of which have been characterized as pleasantly horizontal. The cave requires no climbing gear to explore due to it's very horizontal nature, though the majority of the cave's exploration is belly crawling.

In The Press
In October of 2007, 3 students became lost while spelunking in Airmen's Cave. Their ordeal lasted 32 hours before being rescued by the local fire department