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Delta Western Merger

The merger was not offically complete until April 1 meaning Western was still its own company until then. It never came under Delta until April 1, when it was dissolved. If you post this error again, I will report.

Western was never a brand under Delta. The merger was announced in September of 1986, but Western was still a public company(there for not part of Delta) on the NYSE until April 1, 1987 (date the merger was completed). The moment at which the merger was completed(April 1 at 8:30 A.M.), all Western Airlines flights were changed over to Delta flights and Western Airlines was dissolved. Western couldn't have become a part of Delta on the day the merger was announced because every shareholder must be sent a proxy statement to vote on whether a merger should occur. Also Delta had to wait until the early morning of April 1 (around 2:00 A.M.) to complete the merger because Supreme Court had to rule on an order from a lower court blocking the merger. I checked in a book I have that was publishedby Delta on its history saying that the merger didnt close until April 1, 1987. Historically, it is very rare for an airline to have two mainline brands, although one exemption is U.S. Airways. Please don't take this as a personal attack, I'm just trying to get the right information out for the Delta page.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.181.118.24 (talk) 00:19, 1 March 2007 (UTC).

I suggest if you don't want this to be construed as a personal attack then you don't accuse TL500 of vandalism ;). Content disputes are not vandalism. --Matt 01:31, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I only accused him of vandalism after i posted the above and TL500 again posted incorrect information. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.63.196.223 (talk • contribs) 22:47, 1 March 2007 (UTC-8)

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Be Bold, Be Civil, and Assume Good Faith

We're all volunteering to edit the articles around here, and most of us pick things we're interested in, which usually means things we like. Sometimes people think "Oh, Misplaced Pages doesn't have a list of all of the airport with crown rooms, I'll add it." They probably don't mean to make it an ad - it might just come out that way. So I'd suggest assuming good faith.

That said, we're donating our free time. Accusing people of being stooges is fairly uncivil and makes people want to stop editing.

All of that said, be bold. If you think that Delta Connection routes don't belong in the Delta main article, move them to the Delta Connection article. I don't think people are consciously introducing inconsistencies. People mean well.

Cheers, and happy editing --Matt 00:19, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Your edit summaries and edits seem to show a very "You're either with me or against me" attitude - like "Misplaced Pages article, or DL stooge" and "Hiding info or being forthright." Everyone here should want to be honest and write excellent articles, so you're basically insulting anyone who disagrees with you. That doesn't seem to be a harmonious approach. I suggest not disparaging people - but coming to compromises on the content. It might be worth checking out Misplaced Pages's no personal attacks policy. Cheers --Matt 19:12, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Big Edits

You need to condense your edits down into one edit or a few because you take up too much space in the Delta Air Lines History page. People will assume you are editing to falsify information or your adding things in-between edits.--68.41.96.184 23:16, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

{{inuse}}

Instead of saying "vandalism, to be restored" please use {{inuse}}. We shouldn't leave the article in a half done state like it is now. Cheers --Matt 22:21, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Talk page guidelines

Hey - check out talk page guidelines - they recommend new topics go at the bottom of talk pages. Cheers --Matt 18:27, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Yo - I'm surprised to see you still adding new topics at the top - do you disagree with the talk page guidelines? --Matt 23:24, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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