User talk:Russgp3

New web page
Hi Russ, regarding Pennsylvania Wing Civil Air Patrol, please stop adding "Note: new web page" to the article. Such a fact is irrelevant since readers will only be seeing the new link...so long as they get to the website without error, that is all that matters for our purposes. We also try to avoid adding phrasing which can quickly become dated, as this will. If you have any questions, please let me know. — Huntster (t @ c) 23:54, 21 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi, didn't intend to cause a problem. I did want to alert folks that the correction was made.  Since the URLs were similar, the correction could easily be missed.  I would not have persisted making the "note" comment but I could not figure out how it was being dropped.  It didn't dawn on me that someone might be removing it.  I guess saying "Note: new web page as of 1/1/2013" would also be objectionable?  Either way, thanks for the information about Wiki standards.


 * Yeah, I figured this was the situation, so I left a note here. It isn't a problem per se, but simply isn't necessary, and might instill a bit of confusion in readers. If the old URL was still present on the page somewhere, it might be different, but since the URL has been totally replaced across Wikipedia, there's just no need. A better solution might be to add a note to the Group 3 website, telling readers to update any bookmarks they might have to the old site.
 * On a related note, I had to replace the link to Squadron 102's website, since it doesn't seem to exist on the new Group 3 site, so if you know of a new URL for them, adding it would be appreciated. — Huntster (t @ c) 02:35, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Squadron 102 used Group 3 server space for a while. They then got space elsewhere and now that site looks gone too. I'll contact the Squadron Commander and see if they have a viable site or not. BTW, how do you propagate the changed URL across Wikipedia? Is this a manual process or is it via a database?


 * I did a search and manually replaced link, nothing complex. — Huntster (t @ c) 04:36, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

The list of Spaatz Awardees has 70+ entries. Would it be good if I put that into a table? I'm thinking 3 columns of 30 entries each. The last column would have room for about 20 entries which should hold for a while.

BTW, checked the Spaatz site, they no longer list their award reciepients. Don't know the reason why.


 * Yes, a table should work fine for them. As for the site, that is peculiar, as if they just deleted the whole list but left the infrastructure in place. Also, thanks for replacing 102's website. — Huntster (t @ c) 20:39, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

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