User talk:Aerohydro

Next Christchurch meetup
Hi Aerohydro, FYI the next Christchurch meetup is on Tuesday 8 September at Welles Street, 7pm. You can sign up here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Christchurch/13 MurielMary (talk) 10:38, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Removal of blank spaces from infoboxes
Please don't do this. The template is set up that way for easier editing. Many editors prefer it that way. Mjroots (talk) 18:48, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Honestly I am with this person on that edit - adding a whole bunch of unneccessary spaces that do ZERO for future editors is not in the least bit helpful, and it bloats the page. It certainly does not make it more readible, and I doubt that there is a single guide suggesting people do that.&#32;- NiD.29 (talk) 07:26, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

"Propellor" corrections
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Sarah Vaughan (writer)
Hello Aerohydro. I have reverted the changes you made to the article Sarah Vaughan (writer). I am sure they were made in good faith. However, you not only changed the format of book titles, but reverted to an earlier version of the text. Her 5th novel became unpublished. Nl maclean (talk) 07:04, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Sesquiplanes.
The word literally means one and a half wings. The slightly broader French definition that is no longer really used was that one wing must be 3/5 of the other. Please stop flooding every last biplane that has a slight overhand on one wing into the sesquiplane category as they don't belong. The Hawker Hart is NOT a sesquiplane by anyone's definition, nor are most of the thousands of aircraft you added the category to. An overhang, or a small difference in chord is not enough to define an aircraft as a sesquiplane.&#32;- NiD.29 (talk) 07:23, 20 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello NiD.29, Thanks for your comments.  I had the understanding that a sesquiplane was essentially a biplane with wings of unequal span - hence the edits I was doing - but now realise that was wrong.  By my count I added perhaps one hundred aircraft to that category, not thousands (!), but it might've seemed to have been that number when you were reverting the edits.
 * There are two entries that I'd like to check with you, though;
 * 1 - The Bellanca TES page, in the very first sentence, says that it's a sesquiplane. Admittedly, it's one of those strange inter-war aircraft designs, where one part of its structure served multiple functions. Perhaps the page needs some further editing, so that its text becomes consistent with its categories?
 * 2 - The Kingsford Smith PL.7 seems as if it's a sesquiplane. Contemporary articles certainly referred to it as such.
 * All the best, Aerohydro (talk) 10:46, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

May 2022
Hello, I'm BilCat. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to AD Navyplane have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. BilCat (talk) 09:14, 24 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello BilCat - Thanks for reaching out. It's not clear to me - even after reading the guidelines - why the external links had been removed. You'd written the comment "spammy" next to your edit. Can you clarify where I'd gone wrong when putting in those external links? (I'm still in a learning process regarding contributing towards Wikipedia, and would appreciate the insight.)  Many thanks, Aerohydro (talk) 10:42, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Hello HouseBlaster - Thank you for your comments etc. I had tried to move a page "Roderick Macalpine Downie" to "Rod Macalpine-Downie", but fumbled doing so, and managed only to move the talk page, and not the article itself.  Then did a cut-and-paste of the article's text over to the new page, thinking that would help matters, only later to discover that it didn't.(!)  This was my first effort at moving a page, and it has proven to be a bit of a learning experience.  Thanks for advising how to resolve this.  Had intended to lodge the matter at Requests for history merge, but it seems someone ( Sdrqaz ) has fixed my mistake(s), and there's now a re-direct on the old page to the new one. Aerohydro (talk) 11:34, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * No biggy! Welcome to Wikipedia, and happy editing! HouseBlastertalk 11:49, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

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 * Thanks. Now fixed! Aerohydro (talk) 09:15, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

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Tom Webster (architect) moved to draftspace
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 * Hello User:M.Ashraf333, Thanks for commenting about why you moved the "Tom Webster (architect)" page into draftspace.
 * I genuinely don't think that better sources are out there. I've been pondering what to do,  At the moment, I'm inclined to make the page a stub; reducing and simplifying the text on the page, and filtering out references where appropriate. Suggestions? Recommendations? Kind regards, Paul
 * Aerohydro (talk) 06:51, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Kieran Wright (artist) moved to draftspace
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The Aviation Historian moved to draftspace
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 * Hello, and thanks for the work you've been doing reviewing the articles I've been creating.
 * I'm based in New Zealand, and it happens we have two Anne Salmonds here. The one who is an historian is quite well-known; the one who's an architect, not so much.
 * I meet up with a small group of Wikipedians once a month and, at today's meeting, I'd created the article quite quickly - without references, etc - just so that I could then show a colleague how to do things like renaming an article (changing "Anne Salmond" to Anne Salmond (historian)) and how to create a disambiguation page (Anne Salmond).
 * Over the next few days I'll work on the Anne Salmond (architect) article, and then submit it for approval. Hopefully, it'll pass muster.
 * Cheers, 06:02, 13 June 2023 (UTC) Aerohydro (talk) 06:02, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I've worked on the draft, and have now submitted it for review. If you think it needs further work, before it's accepted, please let me know. Cheers, Aerohydro (talk) 05:46, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Anne Salmond (disambiguation)


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 * Hello, thanks for the message. I have uploaded an image to Wikimedia Commons, but am unsure of its copyright status, so have put in a query with the Commons Help desk . (This is my first time dealing with Wiki images, so am on a bit of a learning curve!) Cheers. 02:51, 25 November 2023 (UTC) Aerohydro (talk) 02:51, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
 * It is a cracking wee article. An image will set it off. Hopefully they will accept at commons.   scope_creep Talk  07:41, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the kind comment. The image originally appeared in a 1938 aviation magazine, and it's been determined that the publishers - McGraw-Hill - didn't bother to renew the copyright. So, the article now includes a photo!  Cheers. Aerohydro (talk) 03:26, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Aerohydro, that is a good outcome. Its brought the article alive.   scope_creep Talk  08:25, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

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Christchurch Wikipedia Meetups


Kia ora! For the first half of 2024 I'm the Aotearoa Wikipedian-at-Large, based in Christchurch and funded by a grant from Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand. As part of the project I'm running regular meetups in Tūranga where local Wikipedians can meet, chat, help each other out and collaborate on projects. I'll also be organising edit-a-thons, wikiblitzes, and training for new editors. The goal is to grow the editor community in Christchurch and convince local institutions that Wikipedia is worth taking seriously.

We're having an initlal coffee in Foundation Cafe on Sunday 18 February to talk about what Christchurch Wikipedians might like to do; come along if you're free, or drop me a line at if you have ideas or suggestions.


 * Initial meetup: Sunday 18 February, 10:00–12:00, Foundation Cafe, Tūranga

We'll be holding a Christchurch meetup every 4 weeks, modelled on the successful Wellington monthly meetups that have been a big part of growing the Wikimedia community in Wellington and New Zealand. These will be both a coffee chat and a chance for collaborative work in the library's 4th floor workspace. The first two will be:


 * Sunday 17 March, 10:00–12:00, Foundation Cafe, Tūranga (Event page)
 * Sunday 14 April, 10:00–12:00, Foundation Cafe, Tūranga (Event page)

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Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 11:21, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi!
Great to meet you and catch up at the Tūranga coffee catchup. If you ever want to enlist my help for getting a page published just hit me up on my talk page. -- David Palmer aka cloventt (talk) 22:22, 18 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Cloventt Hello David, it was good to have met you too. When I next hit a road block, I'll let you know! Hopefully the numbers for these Chch meetups will increase. One of my Ara colleagues (MurielMary) definitely intends to be at the next one. Cheers, Paul Aerohydro (talk) 04:59, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

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