:I have made sure not to redirect any airport that has scheduled flights ([[Fort Chipewyan Airport]] for example), sourced information (not from the [[Canada Flight Supplement]]) that appears to provide notability ([[Airdrie Aerodrome]] for example), or appears that it might have some notability ([[Drumheller Municipal Airport]]) but not sourced. Others like [[Banff Airport]] (now at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Banff Airport]]) had a source but really didn’t seem to prove notability.
:I have made sure not to redirect any airport that has scheduled flights ([[Fort Chipewyan Airport]] for example), sourced information (not from the [[Canada Flight Supplement]]) that appears to provide notability ([[Airdrie Aerodrome]] for example), or appears that it might have some notability ([[Drumheller Municipal Airport]]) but not sourced. Others like [[Banff Airport]] (now at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Banff Airport]]) had a source but really didn’t seem to prove notability.
:Over the last five years I haven’t had access to the Canada Flight Supplement so I haven’t been able to keep these updated. I’m not going to create any more of these stub articles but will create redirects to the lists. I’m a bit surprised that nobody has asked about this before. I’ve completed every province and territory except for Alberta and Ontario. [[User:CambridgeBayWeather|CambridgeBayWeather]] (#1 deranged), [[User talk:CambridgeBayWeather|Uqaqtuq (talk)]], [[Special:Contributions/CambridgeBayWeather|Huliva]] 17:38, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:Over the last five years I haven’t had access to the Canada Flight Supplement so I haven’t been able to keep these updated. I’m not going to create any more of these stub articles but will create redirects to the lists. I’m a bit surprised that nobody has asked about this before. I’ve completed every province and territory except for Alberta and Ontario. [[User:CambridgeBayWeather|CambridgeBayWeather]] (#1 deranged), [[User talk:CambridgeBayWeather|Uqaqtuq (talk)]], [[Special:Contributions/CambridgeBayWeather|Huliva]] 17:38, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
::Forgot to tag {{u|Revirvlkodlaku}}. [[User:CambridgeBayWeather|CambridgeBayWeather]] (#1 deranged), [[User talk:CambridgeBayWeather|Uqaqtuq (talk)]], [[Special:Contributions/CambridgeBayWeather|Huliva]] 17:39, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
== Deletion discussion about [[Banff Airport]] ==
== Deletion discussion about [[Banff Airport]] ==
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Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:48, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
Maybe the editors at WP:CANADA can explain it better, then I. Maybe there, we’ll both learn something. GoodDay (talk) 00:45, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
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Howdy. I didn’t know you were an administrator. BTW, your talkpage needs an archive bot. GoodDay (talk) 01:09, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. I hadn’t realised how long it had been. I tried the archive bot but stopped using it for some reason. Not sure why. CambridgeBayWeather (#1 deranged), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 01:25, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
I don’t disagree, but I would be interested to read the discussion that led to such a large change. Benfwilliamson (talk) 04:53, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
- There wasn’t one as such but Wikipedia:Be bold applies. I created a lot of these minor airports in 2005 / 2006 when standards for notability were lower and stubs like these were welcomed. Although some were sent to AfD (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Esterhazy Airport) the outcome tended to be keep. However, as Wikipedia grew things were tightened up and now the outcome for these sorts of airports runs to redirect, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bracebridge West Aerodrome, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mont-Tremblant/Lac Ouimet Water Aerodrome, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Winnipeg/Lyncrest Airport, and there are others.
- I have made sure not to redirect any airport that has scheduled flights (Fort Chipewyan Airport for example), sourced information (not from the Canada Flight Supplement) that appears to provide notability (Airdrie Aerodrome for example), or appears that it might have some notability (Drumheller Municipal Airport) but not sourced. Others like Banff Airport (now at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Banff Airport) had a source but really didn’t seem to prove notability.
- Over the last five years I haven’t had access to the Canada Flight Supplement so I haven’t been able to keep these updated. I’m not going to create any more of these stub articles but will create redirects to the lists. I’m a bit surprised that nobody has asked about this before. I’ve completed every province and territory except for Alberta and Ontario. CambridgeBayWeather (#1 deranged), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 17:38, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
- Forgot to tag Revirvlkodlaku. CambridgeBayWeather (#1 deranged), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 17:39, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
Hello CambridgeBayWeather, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.
While your contributions are appreciated, I wanted to let you know that I’ve started a discussion about whether an article that you created, Banff Airport, should be deleted, as I am not sure that it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia in its current form. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Banff Airport.
Deletion discussions usually run for seven days and are not votes. Our guide about effectively contributing to such discussions is worth a read. The most common issue in these discussions is notability, but it’s not the only aspect that may be discussed; read the nomination and any other comments carefully before you contribute to the discussion. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.
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