Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of airliners by seat capacity


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The result was   delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 21:46, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

List of airliners by seat capacity

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Unreferenced article that adds no value. Wikipedia is not a collection of indiscriminate facts. Has POV issues by not being a complete list of every airliner with more than 12 seats but that would make it even worse. Prod contested prod for being a long standing article.MilborneOne (talk) 11:53, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete unreferenced, unmaintainable original research which is a bit misleading. All these aircraft could be used in a cargo configuration which makes their passenger capacity zero. Some of these aircraft are used in VIP roles which makes their passenger configuration much lower. If this were a committed project of Wikiproject Aviation, it would be different, but I see no indication that they've embraced this page.--RadioFan (talk) 12:04, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment As the article stands, it is not of much use, "typical seating capacity" is far too vague to be of any meaning. Except for some regional airliners, such as the CRJ and ERJ versions with 50 seats, there is far too much variation in seating layouts to call a specific number "typical". However, if the article could reflect maximum seating capacity, and put a lower cut-off point at 20 or so, the list has some merit. Note that the World Almanac also has a list of airliners listing up their seating capacity based on some sort of "average", average of what is to me unknown. Sjakkalle (Check!)  12:05, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Very weak keep I don't see anything vague about "seating capacity" being defined as the number of seats on an airplane. For business purposes, the number of passengers that a vehicle can carry is a more useful measure of the size of a vehicle than things such as length, wingspan, etc., and it's a good topic for an article.  A very weak keep, however, because of the lack of sourcing (I'm guessing that this is compiled from the Wikipedia articles about each airplane), and if there's no improvement, let it go.  I have a feeling that this is already on a sortable table somewhere.  Mandsford (talk) 12:54, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment this article is listed by manufacturer and model. Airlines determine the seating configuration, not the manufacturer.  While there is a maximum number of seats that can be configured, there is no minimum (see my !vote above) so this range is unreferenced at best and original research at worst.--RadioFan (talk) 13:03, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete - fails notability as it has no refs. I also agree that the number of seats that can be installed in most models varies so much that even if you could source this the ranges that would result would make the article of little value. - Ahunt (talk) 15:23, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete There is no way to determine what the "typical capacity" of a plane is as this is determined by the airline not the manufacturer, probably original research.Curtis (talk) 17:50, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete Article is uncited and typical seating is very vague. If it listed max seating then the page might have a chance of getting cited and being OK. -Fnlayson (talk) 20:57, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete The line colours do it for me alone! Acknowledging the effort that has gone in by the creator there must be another similar article or category that covers this. It's probably academic but I would have put the largest first. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by)    23:10, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per nomination. - BilCat (talk) 05:52, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. This list is factually inaccurate as to passenger capacities and is unsourced. More importantly, it creates an implication of the meaning of the world "airliner" that has no basis in reality. "Airliner" does not mean "passenger jet"; it means "aircraft operated by an airline", whether jet or otherwise. A Dash-8 is an airliner. A L-188 is (or was) an airliner. It also omits dozens of historical aircraft types, some of which are still in operation. --NellieBly (talk) 11:20, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. This list has been difficult to maintain and has included some planes that may not be appropriate and did not include other planes. user:mnw2000 15:28, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 00:35, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 00:35, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.