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Semi-protected edit request on 2 January 2024

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i wanted to add an incident to the accidents and incidents page of a flight named British airways 888 Floppa8hd (talk) 00:28, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 02:29, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE2i-sBiWJM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_jnGsRBhV0&t=385s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0gIu57hfcI&t=569s there, thats your sources Floppa8hd (talk) 15:35, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Archived references not used in the article

"World Airline Directory – British Airways" (PDF). Flight International: 59–60. 24–30 March 1999. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
"World Airline Directory – British Airways" (PDF). Flight International: 98–99. 20–26 March 2001. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
"World Airline Directory – British Airways" (PDF). Flight International: 67. 1 April 1989. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
"World Airline Directory – British Airways". Flight International. 53 (4617): 57. 18–24 March 1998. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.

Sunnya343 (talk) 21:17, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2024

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Sources: https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/159390, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2403816/BA-jet-forced-make-emergency-landing-Siberia-flight-Heathrow-Beijing.html

On 28 August 2013, British Airways Flight 39, a Boeing 747-436 from London to Beijing, China safely diverted to International Airport Irkutsk (IKT), Russia following overheated avionics of the navigation system. There were no injuries on the flight. LucasZhang23 (talk) 20:06, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Geardona (talk to me?) 00:40, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA concerns

I am concerned that this article does not meet the good article criteria anymore. Some of my concerns are listed below:

There are several orange banners of various concerns in the article from December which have not been addressed yet, mostly concerning a reliance on primary sources.
I am not sure the "Incidents and accidents" section is necessary in this article, and could be moved to its own article, incorporated into the "History" section if notable for the airline, or removed.
The article suffers from MOS:OVERSECTION and these one-paragraph sections should be merged together, expanded upon, or considered for removal.
There are uncited statements throughout the article.

Is anyone interested in fixing up the article, or should it go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 22:30, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

British Airways

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Result: Kept. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:22, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are several "reliance on primary sources" orange banners that need to be addressed. There are uncited statements throughout the article, MOS:OVERSECTION concerns, and I think the "Incidents and accidents" section can be incorporated into the article's history or removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 18:59, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello; can you give me some more detail on some of these items. I'll try to make some improvements. Kyteto (talk) 22:47, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kyteto: The areas with primary source concerns have already been placed. That would be a good area to start. Z1720 (talk) 23:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kyteto do you still intend to work on this article? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:30, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I do, I've been a bit ill recently, it's why my normal article writing has fallen off in recent weeks - finally feeling better for the first time, but it is still not great. I am also having an issue with the primary source problem, in that in several instances they are extremely trivial bits of info, to the point where I'd suspect nobody but BA would ever care to mention them. I see a very strong case for third party sourcing of any claim that is, or remotely is, extraordinary, such as "British Airways was the most profitable airline in the world in the mid 1990s" (a true fact indeed) while a statement like "British Airways has a class of seating called [X]" is... mundane. Does it really need to even be cited at all? WP:Cite had never demanded absolutely everything to have a cite, technically only that which is challenged; so, can I resolved the primary source tag by simply removing them and leaving them uncited? What's the best course of action for the mundanes? Kyteto (talk) 18:19, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kyteto, GA criterion 2b) requires that all content that could reasonably be challenged be cited inline. I think it fairly likely that travel websites would mention details of BA's seating classes or loyalty programs. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:35, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Google isn't always complying with that fairly likely... I am trying... Kyteto (talk) 22:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can I have some specifics of the aspects not related to the areas with primary source concerns please? I have knocked most of those away. Kyteto (talk) 13:05, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kyteto: There are uncited statements throughout the article. These will need to be resolved before I can recommend a keep. Z1720 (talk) 14:49, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, all citation needed tags are resolved. Two were recently added in the lead for items that were already in the body (and cited there), while the other had the relevant cite already on its dedicated article that has been brought across. Are there areas that aren't tagged that are of concern? Kyteto (talk) 22:43, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(not Z1720) Good work on this thus far, @Kyteto. There are still several unsourced bits, which I've tagged. There are also a few {{Primary source inline}} tags that should be resolved for this to be kept. Charlotte (Queen of Hearts • talk) 00:05, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The repeated requested resolution of tags, even to the extent of vandalism, has now been implemented. Kyteto (talk) 01:17, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.