User talk:KPDX

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Portland-Hillsboro Airport
Thanks for adding to the article above. However, there are several issues. One you have tried to address by adding a citation, but there are other issues. First, this info should not really be in this article. It should go into a new article that no one has started yet Oregon International Airshow. The tie between the airport and the crash that occured off-site is not enough for the inclusion. We normally do not include a plane crash in the article where the plane took off from, unless it crashed there or was the cause (i.e. poor security leading to a plane being hijacked or faulty equipment at the airport causing the crash). But this could certainly be included in an article on the airshow which you are welcome to create. I can lend some assistance with formatting and some content. The last item is that the info as written is not quite encylopedic, but that can easily be fixed. Take a look at some of the links above on how to write an article and you can get an idea of the style I am talking about. For instance you would not use small runway (give the dimensions), damaged severely (if possible give estimated losses), and then fortunatly and sadly give a value judgment whereas the reader should make that decision. Instead it becomes an entry in an encycopedia such as: the pilot was killed in the crash, but ther were no causulties on the ground.

I hope that is clear, but if not leave me a message here. Aboutmovies 15:51, 12 July 2007 (UTC)