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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted by GrahamColm 22:41, 16 January 2013 [1].

Penticton Regional Airport

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Nominator(s): TBrandley (what's up) 05:19, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Following my successful co-nomination of "Episode 14" (Twin Peaks), I present the Penticton Regional Airport. A regional airport based in Penticton, British Columbia, it provides daily flights to the Vancouver International Airport. The article was listed as a good article in November 2012, and obtained a peer review in December 2012. After extensive copyedits, expansions, and cleanups, I now believe this entry meets the featured article criteria. Thanks in advance, and happy new year! TBrandley (what's up) 05:19, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Congratulations on posting the first FAC of 2013! Unfortunately the prose needs further work. While I have the following specific comments on the 'history' section, I think that a general copy edit is in order as the same kind of unclear or awkward wording occurs in the other sections.

  • "The proposed locations were owned by the Penticton Indian Band, and were thus expropriated in 1949." - this is a bit unclear (were all the proposed locations taken from the Indian band?)
  • "obtaining approximately 80,000 passengers in 2011" - 'obtaining' sounds odd in this context
  • "with two accidents or incidents having occurred throughout its history." - were they accidents or incidents? Given that there have thankfully been only two of them you can be more precise here.
  • "The facility maintains a restaurant, Sky High Diner, as well as medical facility, accommodation areas and administrative buildings; food and snacks are also offered." - I'm not sure if 'the facility maintains' is a good lead-in here; it makes the sentence a bit awkward
  • "The airport has three scheduled flights daily, with one fewer on Sunday, to the Vancouver International Airport provided by Air Canada Express, which is operated by Jazz Air; the airline is adding an additional flight to the Vancouver International Airport on May 1, 2013. " - this is also a bit wordy
  • "Kelowna International Airport has had an impact on traffic at the Penticton Regional Airport, with the majority of the local community choosing the former over the latter." - is this airport a new(ish) development?
  • "The proposed areas—west of Penticton's city centre and north of the Skaha Lake—were owned by the Penticton Indian Band, and were therefore expropriated in 1949" - is it appropriate to present what appears to have been a land grab as being inevitable? Were the Indians compensated, and/or what was their reaction?
  • "Due to wartime military air transportation concerns, the airport acted as an emergency landing strip until its tarmac could be completed." - this is unclear (what are "wartime military air transportation concerns"?)
  • "In 1968, Canadian Pacific Air Lines extended its services for the airport, scheduling two daily flights, only to be taken over by Pacific Western Airlines the following year.[5] However, in 1988, Canadian Airlines ended this service.[5] That was replaced by Time Air and Air BC airlines; both airlines are no longer active.[5]" - this is a bit unclear (it reads as something of a jumble of airline names, and starting a sentence with 'that was replaced' is a bit awkward)
  • "Later, a helicopter flight and training club was introduced to Penticton Regional Airport" - 'was introduced to' is awkward - how about 'was established at' or similar?
  • "In 2009, Pacific Coastal Airlines offered its services at the Penticton Regional Airport for a period of twelve month" - this is unclear. It would be better to say what services it offered (eg flights from Penticton to other locations)
  • "During this time, the airline accommodated an additional 22,000 passengers at the airport" - the airport accommodated these people
  • "In addition, it has been able to support emergency Boeing 747 landings since the 1970s, but this capability has never been tested," - this is unclear. Am I right in thinking that the airport has a long enough runway, the other necessary infrastructure needed to allow a 747 to land at in an emergency and is certified for this role, but no such landing has ever taken place? ('to support' is unclear)
  • Why do most of the locals prefer Kelowna International Airport?
  • I'm not sure what the purpose of the paragraph which starts with '79,475 people live in the South Okanagan' is, and it's wording is rather rough.

That all said, the underlying content and structure of the article look pretty good. From a quick skim of the other sections, the only specific comment I have (other than the above general comment on prose) is that the amount of detail on the proposals to have WestJet fly into the airport looks greatly excessive in comparison to the coverage of the arrival and departure of other airlines. Nick-D (talk) 10:21, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments, but that is all the coverage available now. TBrandley (what's up) 21:01, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments from Crisco 1492
  • File:Penticton airport.jpg is of web resolution and from an editor with some seriously questionable edits. I'd advise against using it.
  • Well, according to an image search, the Commons picture in question is the only same picture that shows up, no other images of the exact same, so that could be indication that it may be the user's own work. I do not really want to remove it, as it is important to the subject, but that could perhaps be something. I could express concerns about this on Commons, if you'd like maybe. TBrandley (what's up) 05:19, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Grammar is stilted all over, as indicated by Nick. Some examples from the lede and above:
  • "The main terminal building of an airport, with a "Penticton" sign near the entrance, as well as a "Arrivals" sign pointing to the right, with the same word wrote in French below it."
  • Initial examination for constructing an airport in Penticton began in 1937. - An airport or this airport?
  • The proposed locations were owned by the Penticton Indian Band, and were thus expropriated in 1949. - This implies that a correlation between ownership by the Penticton band and expropriation. Something like "The land for the airport was expropriated from the Penticton Indian Band in 1949." may be better.
  • Rights for temporary public use of the Penticton Regional Airport were approved in 1945, which was promoted to a permanent airport license in 1956. - Rights ... was promoted? "Temporary public use of the Penticton Regional Airport was approved in 1945, and in 1956 the airport was given a permanent airport license" perhaps?
  • Can you "obtain" passengers? The whole sentence feels like a run-on.
  • The first sentence of the third paragraph feels like it's jamming too much information. Perhaps something like "The airport has three scheduled flights to the Vancouver International Airport every day, with one fewer on Sunday. These are provided by Air Canada Express, which intends to add an additional flight on May 1, 2013." or something else.

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:19, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments. TBrandley (what's up) 17:48, 1 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • K, a bit more in-depth today... hopefully I can finish it.
  • "The airfield maintains a restaurant, Sky High Diner, as well as medical facility, accommodation areas and administrative buildings; food and snacks are also offered." - Feels redundant, "restaurant ... food and snacks"
  • for an operation of 24 hours - 24 hours a day? 24 hours a week? a year?
  • The whole paragraph about the controversy reads out of place. Add to another section, perhaps? Over-footnoted too.
  • Transport Canada later announced a six week break for the situation, - From what?
  • additional 22,000 passengers - In addition to what? You haven't provided figures yet
  • Over 50 percent of the local area - the area or the residents?
  • According to research, - Whose research?
  • However, in 1990, it was considered to be the area's primary airport, hence why people questioned the need to expand the Kelowna International Airport at that time, when its runway was in the process of expansion. - Run on sentence, subject not clear (you've been talking demographics)
  • What's with using nautical miles?
  • Airport Beach attraction... what?
  • 247 employees work for the Penticton Regional Airport. - Kind of jolting, and we shouldn't start sentences with numerals.
  • Are numbered 16-34 and aligned 16-34 synonyms?
  • flown to other locations - Airports don't fly. "served other destinations?"
  • aircraft movements - What is this?
  • Bit about Westjet seems like too much detail compared to the other contents (i.e. WP:UNDUE). Two paragraphs? Suggest merging these proposals into a single paragraph.
  • Well, the WestJet addition is through because it is a notable plan, and other topics in this case do not contain all those information and details, so there is nothing I can do about that. The idea of merging it into the other paragraph is not suitable, as it would make that paragraph in question huge. TBrandley (what's up) 05:19, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Make sure everything is linked at the first mention.
  • I've done a fairly thorough copyedit, be sure to check.

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:40, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]


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