Talk:Dublin Airport
Add topicShould there be an article (not a redirect) on Dublin Airport
[edit]Currently Dublin Airport redirects to Dublin. Should we create a dedicated article? Hobbitschuster (talk) 20:03, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
- Seems like something to discuss at Wikivoyage talk:Airport Expedition. But since you brought it up here, make your case. Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:36, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
- it's got over thirty million pax p.a. It is the hub of a major network carrier (Aer Lingus) with a network on both sides of the pond and it is one of only two European airports with U.S. Border preclearance Hobbitschuster (talk) 21:06, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
- Is it also complex and not self-explanatory? Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:01, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
- I'm not sure Hobbitschuster (talk) 13:38, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
- It's surely as complex as, or more complex than, Stansted, what with having two terminals and the U.S. border thingy. But then again, it's been argued that STN doesn't deserve its own article either. As I've said before, we have few editors with any knowledge of Ireland on Wikivoyage, to drive article development forward or offer an informed opinion on matters such as this.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 08:16, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
- Stansted is a kind of borderline case. I didn't think at the time that an article was started about it that it was urgent to start an article about it, but its distance from London and the fact that at the time, passengers taking early flights often chose to sleep the night at the airport made an article about it useful, and it is quite a high-traffic airport. On the face of it, it sounds like it's reasonable for there to be an article about Dublin Airport if someone is motivated to start one, but whether it's necessary or not hasn't been established. Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:28, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
- Dublin Airport is in the nearby town of Swords, but is kind-of part of the capital in a way that Stansted is not part of London. I thought to resolve this by creating subsections in both destinations, based on whether you'd travel via the airport to reach a particular hotel say, or via Dublin city centre or via Swords. That aside, the airport is big but straightforward, and the need-to-know stuff fits into a standard "Get in" without swamping the page. I could rattle off a long list of Ireland pages that badly need overhaul and the rest of youse could no doubt do similar, but the airport wouldn't feature on mine. Grahamsands (talk) 20:32, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
- I copied this discussion to Dublin (talk), as the question may recur from time to time. Grahamsands (talk) 08:19, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
- Stansted is a kind of borderline case. I didn't think at the time that an article was started about it that it was urgent to start an article about it, but its distance from London and the fact that at the time, passengers taking early flights often chose to sleep the night at the airport made an article about it useful, and it is quite a high-traffic airport. On the face of it, it sounds like it's reasonable for there to be an article about Dublin Airport if someone is motivated to start one, but whether it's necessary or not hasn't been established. Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:28, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
- It's surely as complex as, or more complex than, Stansted, what with having two terminals and the U.S. border thingy. But then again, it's been argued that STN doesn't deserve its own article either. As I've said before, we have few editors with any knowledge of Ireland on Wikivoyage, to drive article development forward or offer an informed opinion on matters such as this.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 08:16, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
- I'm not sure Hobbitschuster (talk) 13:38, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
- Is it also complex and not self-explanatory? Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:01, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
- it's got over thirty million pax p.a. It is the hub of a major network carrier (Aer Lingus) with a network on both sides of the pond and it is one of only two European airports with U.S. Border preclearance Hobbitschuster (talk) 21:06, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
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Unfortunately the current banner is VFD on commons, as it appears that the original image on commons is a copyvio. Commons has what appears to be two versions of the same photo, by different uploaders, and a possible web "source" of the image has been found. So here are two possible replacements. As I don't know when the VFD may conclude, I will put alternative 1 in place for the moment. AlasdairW (talk) 20:46, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
- Alternative 2 is slightly higher-resolution? --Comment by Selfie City (talk | contributions) 20:56, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
- I like the Alt-Banner 1 SHB2000 (talk | contribs | en.wikipedia) 22:22, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
Alternative 2 is much more appropriate for Dublin, it shows Terminal 2 with a load of green Aer Lingus aircraft, which is exactly what any traveller arriving into Dublin is immediately going to see. Alternative 1 is very out of date and not particularly relevant for travellers, it shows aircraft for Spanair, Malev and Kingfisher (three long defunct airlines which weren't even based in Dublin) parked on the north apron well away from the passenger terminals. I assume these aircraft were just being stored temporarily at some point a number of years ago, when that photo was taken. Royboymaps (talk) 00:42, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks - I have changed to banner 2, which has a slight lead, and good points in its favour were raised by Royboymaps. AlasdairW (talk) 21:50, 28 June 2021 (UTC)