User:Lestocq/sandbox/Haldon

Thanks for your comments - I'll take them in order:

As it was a station of the RFC and RAF and its official name was Cramlington (as referenced by Jefford), and those names would have ben applied, as confirmed by the Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust (ABCT). Why would you doubt that? According to the Wikipedia RFC article the official name should be "Royal Flying Corps Station Cramlington", so I'll remove the word "officially" from the article as I don't recall ever actually seeing that name.

There are good reasons for retaining the other adjectival things that you removed - I think you're either being over-enthusiastic about peacock-spotting or you're not reading the references. Taking each one individually, I intend to restore "industrially vital" as that is the reason for locating the airfield in that particular area, as stated in the cited reference (Davis).

"Extensive" is the term used in the cited reference. It means covering a large area, nothing to do with importance or intensity, and its large area is confirmed by the ABCT map and photo in the Davis article referenced. I think the word is relevant as the area of buildings is large compared with many other WW1 airfields, evidencing its more permanent nature.

“High intensity” is there to contrast it with other WW1 RFC/RAF airfields which were much quieter. With all the operational flying, plus the training and testing that was going on, plus the local airship operations, this was a busy place during the War.

Training is an activity that happens in almost all military establishments, so saying that it was "a function" is redundant. The point is that the site became home to several training squadrons and became a Training Depot Station (No.52) (again- see Davis).

As to where 36 Sqdn moved to, I am quoting the reference (Mick Davis) who goes into more detail including that the HQ moved to Jesmond, Newcastle on 12 October 1916. Jefford says "Newcastle" (plus more detail of individual flights), so I think we should just leave it at that, or add "Jesmond, Newcastle" if you prefer. I recognise that I should have added a ref to Davis in the preceding para, and will do that soon. As you state, further discussion of this tangential detail is for another article.

Regarding the removal of "Main" in the Units list, it would now appear to a casual reader that these were the only users of the airfield. As the article has already mentioned other units using the airfield, and even more are mentioned by Davis and the ABCT, I believe that the heading of just "Units" is misleading, so I intend to restore the "Main", the list coming from the cited reference (Jefford). I think a full list here would be too long and not interesting or helpful for most readers.

I acknowledge that your edits were made in good faith, and won't make the changes I've noted above until you have had a chance to reply. Hope that's OK. Lestocq (talk) 15:50, 9 November 2024 (UTC)