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... for extensive support, it was most welcome and supportive! Jan olieslagers (talk) 19:56, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

You're most welcome! BilCat (talk) 19:58, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Problem with the perspective you hold.

The Ar wiki is about the Ar gun series, not the term and history of the slang word ¨AR¨ and its meaning, refrain from editing and reverting terms that don't comply or follow the main point of the article.

Like really. AR is the company and the wiki page is about the company and gun series.

Its not talking about the guns in the category of assault rifle like the Ak-47 and STG-44 would be in.

Thank you. Gun Nut perk (talk) 04:44, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

The issue has been discussed many times at Talk:AR-15 style rifle, and you're welcome to discuss any issues you have there. But you're not welcome to continue to edit war, as you're doing in several articles today. You're risking getting blocked. BilCat (talk) 04:48, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Disputed primary topics

Do you think Talk:Taps (bugle call)#Requested move 30 October 2022 it a good example of a disputed primary topic? Although unlike Memphis it hadn't been raised before the fact that it was argued by usage a different topic was primary if anything and by long-term significance a different could also be primary if anything suggests disambiguation is the best option? Crouch, Swale (talk) 22:23, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I'm not quite sure what you're asking. The last sentence is a bit hard to follow. BilCat (talk) 23:02, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
I was pointing out that if there are arguments that suggest different topics are primary it is very likely disambiguation is the best compromise similar to the fact people claimed the other Memphis could be primary but we realized the best bet is to have no primary topic. Crouch, Swale (talk) 10:13, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

No

It was not a test. 😐 PlaneCrashKing1264 (talk) 03:25, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Whatever you call it, it was unhelpful. BilCat (talk) 04:45, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

"Hot Stuff" aircraft

Why was my edit deemed not worthy? I am sorry if I messed up or made a big mistake but that plane's final flight manifest is an important added section and adds a lot to the article. Nimuda (talk) 12:07, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

R44

Considering this made not just local news but NY Times, Associate Press, CNN, and a few others I hadn't yet had time to link, this seems like it might be a case for an exception to the guidelines if the blurb is shortened - the nationwide news apparently thinks this is pretty noteworthy. Especially since two News station employees were involved - that IS out of the ordinary. And if the pilot did deliberately try to save the cars below, as several witnesses to the crash claim he did, that seems something worthy of remembrance as well. EEBuchanan (talk) 05:00, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

Please make your case for inclusion on the articles talk page. We generally go by the guidelines at WP:AIRCRASH. Please note that Misplaced Pages isn't a news source or a memorial. Thanks. BilCat (talk) 05:05, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Ok Duly noted. Others (one an admin) have put it on the WCNC page so I updated it with the citations I had. I guess it goes there. It is something at least important in the history of the station, but if WP policy dictates it isn't in the history of the aircraft type that's all right. EEBuchanan (talk) 05:12, 23 November 2022 (UTC)