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In December, I reorganized the lead section to follow the WP:LEAD guideline by summarizing the main article sections (development, design, Orders and deliveries as prescribed in WP:Aircontent). Yesterday, @Josephua: changed it again with the edit summary: Re-organized the lead. Format based off of the Airbus A330
. I reverted the WP:BOLD change, explaining section summaries per WP:LEAD. The A330 lead should be changed to comply
. It was reverted again (in contradiction with WP:BRD policy) stating Disagree. The A330 is a good article and therefore is more authoritative and should be used as a reference. The A350 XWB lead also borrows from some extent from the A380 lead as well, which is a good article as well, which is a more authoritative reference. As a result, as good articles, their leads fit WP:LEAD. Also, the A350 lead changes was requested to fulfill GA guidelines.
I'll agree the A380 lead section is a good example, as I did a similar process, but the A330 lead section is not really a good example, as it has no real structure and is not really in line with the WP:LEAD guideline. I have updated the A330 lead section in a similar fashion since. Being a GA is not synonymous with prefect quality in every section, and a wikipedia-wide guideline should prime over some individual example. Note the debate is more on the organization than the content itself. Any thoughts from other editors?--Marc Lacoste (talk) 10:34, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
It succeeds the A340 and competes with the Boeing 787 and 777is deleted. In relation to other sentences of the lead, it just plainly sounds weird. I already mentioned a competitor in the history (development) section, which is the Boeing 787. This is like the A380 article lead, which mentions the Boeing 747 as a competitor in the development section.
The A350 XWB is based on the technologies developed for the Airbus A380 and includes a similar cockpit and fly-by-wire systems layout. It is also the first Airbus mostly made of carbon fibre reinforced polymer.and
The A350 XWB has two variants: the A350-900 and the longer A350-1000, with the former typically flying 300 to 350 passengers over a 15,000 kilometres (8,100 nautical miles; 9,320 miles) range while the latter accommodating 350 to 410 seats over 16,100 km (8,690 nmi; 10,000 mi).to the last paragraph. This paragraph would be used to summarize both the design and variant sections in conjunction with the operators section.
This was discussed a few times in archive 1. The main arguments (simplifying; feel free to review archive 1 for details) for including XWB were (1) Airbus uses it and (2) it distinguishes from the A350 (developed from the A330) before the "wider composite design." BUT, (1) Airbus doesn't even mention "XWB" on its web site (at least not in any prominent way; it simply uses "A350" and "A350 family") and (2) there is no separate article "A350" that exclusively discusses the earlier design idea derived from the A330. It has been eight years since the last discussion about the title. I read various aviation blogs and such, and they rarely mention "XWB," and certainly not automatically as part of defining or introducing the A350. It seems that the usage "A350" without any mention of "XWB" is commonplace now. There may have been a time when "XWB" was more common, but now even Airbus seems not to emphasize it. Wikipedia no longer has a separate A350 article that discusses the earlier usage of "A350." Maybe it's time for another move discussion. Holy (talk) 06:09, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
Done BilCat (talk) 17:09, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
There is no info I can find on this page about the NPS, which is already in service. Thanks. 88.98.85.216 (talk) 20:02, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
"ACJ350" variant info says that it is based on the -900ULR though I have not been able to find any source to back this. On the Airbus site , the ACJ350 can be based off of the -900 or -1000, not the ULR.
Range is also incorrect, also from the previous link, the -900 base has a 20,550 km/11,100 nm range, and the -1000 is stated to have 19,100 km/10,300 nm range.
Apologies as I'm new here and have little / no clue on formatting and the guidelines on page editing which others here are much more experienced in, else I'd edit it myself. Mainly created an account because I noticed this error. -notbingbadaboom- (talk) 14:24, 24 September 2023 (UTC)