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This article or section is transcluded from Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Style guide/Layout (Airports). (edit | history)

Note: These guidelines are not complete and could use some general comments on what should be provided.

This is a set of suggested guidelines for articles on specific airports. Some wikipedians prefer a standardised look and feel to articles on closely-related subjects and these guidelines exist to facilitate achieving that goal for articles about aircraft.

For general guidelines about writing and editing Wikipedia articles, see Category:Wikipedia style guidelines.

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• An infobox, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Infobox Airport

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• Airlines and destinations if only one terminal or terminal(s) not identified otherwise Terminals and destinations Include an entry for each major terminal. Unless otherwise listed, the terminal is expected to be a passenger terminal (not cargo). The preferred notation, using {{Airport-dest-list}}, is:

• 1. Do not use template substitution with the {{Airport-dest-list}} template.
  2. Do not list secondary carriers for code share flights. For example, if Air New Zealand operates a domestic flight under its own flight number and an additional Singapore Airlines codeshare, the codeshare should not be listed.
  3. For flights operated by one airline but marketed by another, so that the flight uses only the marketing airline's flight number, avoid using the term dba, an abbreviation of the American business term doing business as.
  4. Differentiate between multiple airports in one city using "-" (eg London-Heathrow), not (London Heathrow).
  5. List city names; do not wikilink them.
  6. List non-stop and direct flights only. That means the flight number and the aircraft, starts at this airport and continues to one or more airports. Avoid using the description 'via' since that is more correctly listed as another destination. If passengers can not disembark at a stop on a direct flight, then do not list it as a destination or as 'via'. Direct flights are not always non-stop flights. However, avoid listing direct flights that contain a stop at a domestic hub, as virtually all of these are simply flights from one "spoke city" to a hub, with the plane continuing from the hub to a second spoke city. Furthermore, these flights often involve plane changes, despite the direct designation. Including these flights dramatically increases the length of destination listings, artificially inflates the airline's presence at a location and requires constant updating, as these "timetable direct" destinations have little rhyme or reason and may change as often as every week or two.
  7. For flights that do not operate year round, add - [seasonal] - after the destination. eg: (Chicago-Midway [seasonal]). Do not add beginning or ending dates.
  8. For future destinations, add: "[begins date service begins]" - after the destination. References should be provided.
  9. For destinations with termination dates that have already been announced, add: "[ends date service ends]" - after the destination. References should be provided.
  10. Dates should not include the year unless the begin/end is 13 or more months from the current date.
  11. Do not include flags for airlines as it is not always clear which country's flag should be used.
• Accidents and incidents. Accidents or incidents should only be included if:
  • The accident was fatal to either the aircraft occupants or persons on the ground.
  • The accident involved hull loss or serious damage to the aircraft or airport.
  • The accident invoked a change in procedures, regulations or process that had a wide effect on other airports or airlines or the aircraft industry.

• Access. List the various transportation methods that are available to reach the airport including:
  • Bus
  • Car
  • Train

• Future developments:
  • New runways
  • New terminals

[edit] References

This section contains details of print references and/or external links to websites used in the article. Wikipedia prefers the APA format, so that's what we should use as well (see here for a comprehensive example set, and here for a list of templates). To integrate your references into the article, please use the reference tags. Examples of citations:

Book source

Lincoln, Abraham; Grant, U. S.; & Davis, Jefferson (1861). Resolving Family Differences Peacefully (3rd ed.). Gettysburg: Printing Press. ISBN 0-12-345678-9.

Journal

Brandybuck, Meriadoc. (1955). "Herb-lore of the Shire". Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry 10 (2), 234–351.

Newspaper/Magazine articles

Blair, Eric Arthur (Aug. 29, 1949). "Looking forward to a bright tomorrow". New English Weekly, p. 57.

Websites

Gates, Bill & Ballmer, Steve (1998). "The Big Open-source Advocacy Homepage". Retrieved Aug. 5, 2003.

Other Wikipedias

Citau les fonts from the Catalan-language Wikipedia. Retrieved December 27, 2004.

Company press releases

Siemens AG (July 13, 1999). Shell and Siemens to develop emission-free fuel cell power plant. Press Release.

There are also templates that allow the automatic formatting of references based on the information you have available; for websites, use {{cite web | }}, and for books, use {{cite book | }}.

[edit] External links

The following guidelines suggest what to include or avoid in External links sections. Links in the "External links" section should be kept to a minimum.

When available, start with a link to the airport's or airport operator's web site. News articles about the airport may be appropriate if they establish notability or provide relevant information not already used as an in-line reference. Links to official or government (including local, state, federal or national government organizations) websites are good sources if they add value to the article. When available, try to include links that provide additional information about the history or notable events related to the airport.

WikiProject Airports recommends that government airport databases only provide verifiability. So notability must still come from other citations and sources in the article.

If the entry has an infobox then links to mapping sites are available by clicking on the linked coordinates.

Airline service, if offered at the airport, should be in its own section of the body as shown above.

An airport operator may not provide all the services and activities on an airport. This applies more often in some countries than others. Links to on-field businesses and organizations may be relevant parts of the description of the airport, but are subject to restrictions. See WP:SPAM and WP:EL for guidelines. In general, these guidelines are intended to help differentiate appropriate and relevant links from linkspam.

• The business, service or organization must be aviation related.
• It must be located on-field, and state on its web site that it is located at the airport.
• As per WP:SPAM, links to businesses or organizations must be presented equally and in an appropriate and neutral manner.
  • No links are allowed to stand out from the others.
  • No marketing fluff (including unnecessary adjectives) is allowed in link text or descriptions.
  • No conflict of interest links. You can't add a link for a business or organization that you own or work for - but you're welcome and encouraged to offer it on the talk page. (Note for other editors: try to not to create an environment where asking permission is seeking denial - because then the result is people just won't ask.)
  • In reaction to increasing COI/linkspam, some editors now prefer to remove all links to any kind of business. But remember to retain a balance. WP:EL does not prohibit commercial links. And many airports cannot be described without including some. Use good judgement and assume good faith.
• If an airport has multiple FBOs, they may be presented as a sub-list of the External links section or in a separate section on FBOs.
• For ground transportation information, these should be located on or adjacent to the field. Links to transit planning resources may be included if there is adequate coverage of the airport.
• Weather information for an airport is not necessarily encyclopedic. However, if weather information is to be provided, it should be in the form of a direct link to the agency producing the coding, METAR or SA, and not to a website that repackages the information.

Keep in mind that the primary purpose of an airport article is an encyclopedic-level description of the airport. An airport article is not a comprehensive travel or business guide - however it is also not prohibited from having general information which could be used as an overview by a potential visitor. Links to travel or ground transportation providers may not be suitable unless they are relevant to the description of the airport. Likewise, links to businesses operating at or near the airport also need to be relevant to the description of the airport. FBOs independent of the airport operator generally are relevant to an airport's description. See WP:REL for guidance on relevance.

Links to opposition groups or opinion sites may not be suitable with regard to WP:NPOV.

Links to organizations that are already wiki-linked in the article should not be repeated.

Be mindful that airports are used and regulated in different ways in different countries. Wikipedia is a global resource - editors should seek a balance between consistency of presentation and tolerance of different cultures, while resisting abuse of the system. Bring questions to the article's talk page or to WikiProject Airports' talk page.

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• Optionally you may add Template:WPAVIATION to the article's discussion page (insert {{WPAVIATION|Airports-project=yes}}) so other editors are directed to this project.

Finally, remember that you're in no way obliged to follow all, or even any, of these guidelines to contribute an article.