Talk:Manston Airport

message: There is some serious POV in this article regarding the recent development. I am removing the most glaring examples and attempting to corroborate some of the other assertions. adamsan  16:06, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I'll remove that line as the runway is quite capable of that. It runs 747 heavy cargo planes all the time, and has had even the Antonov AN-124 and AN-225 take off from there. Canterbury Tail talk 11:12, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
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message: The article title should be the airport's name, not it's advertising slogan. This is part of the POV problem identified above. --Stfg (talk) 17:01, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Strongly agree. Per WP:TITLE, "The most common name for a subject, as determined by its prevalence in reliable English-language sources, is often used as a title because it is recognizable and natural." Manston Airport, I guess. --Tagishsimon (talk) 14:20, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I think so. A quick Google suggests that Manston Airport and Kent International Airport both seem about equally common. The current owners, Infratil, list it simply as Manston Airport. The slogan name actually does it no favours (pretentious unless it's deliberately humorous) and I think we'd be most sensible to use what the owners call it as the article title. --Stfg (talk) 14:50, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the name to 'Manston, Kent's International Airport' after contacting the airport's press office. They replied with the following message:
"Thanks for getting in touch.
We are known as Manston, Kent's International Airport."
Personally I'd prefer Manston Airport. Harrison49 (talk) 16:58, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
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message: The article states 7th longest runway in England. However, it lists Prestwick, which is not in England, but Scotland. 
Do they mean "7th longest in the UK"? Or do they mean the 6th longest in EEngland?Halowithhorns89 (talk) 19:45, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
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message: There is a series of edits currently that wishes to change the name to Stone Hill Park for this article. I wish to bring a few issues regarding this.
Firstly the article subject is Manston Airport. The Stone Hill Park is about a redevelopment of the site into a residential development with some extras. I believe that since the original subject is no longer the issue that this Stone Hill park should be a separate article and the Manston Airport article, while it should be put into the past tense and link to this Stone Hill park or have it briefly mentioned, should remain as the Manston Airport.
Second. The references for the Stone Hill Park name, including the official website at  use the work proposed. The first line on the official website for the development is "Stone Hill Park is the name of the proposed mixed use scheme for the former Manston Airport site in Thanet." This means there is nothing official about it, no signs have been changed and nothing has been confirmed. It's purely at this stage a proposal. And since Wikipedia is not a WP:Crystal ball we shouldn't be using the name. Canterbury Tail talk 12:11, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The entity of Manston Airport has not been renamed. The land that the former Manston Airport may have changed names (however the sources don't indicate it has officially changed as even the official website states it's proposed) but the historical entity of Manston Airport has not changed names. There is clearly no support for this edit in the article and it has been reverted by at least 3 different editors. Please detail the reasoning here for changing it to a name for a proposed housing development. Canterbury Tail talk 23:00, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
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message: ::: Contrary to the claims made above, nobody has suggested changing the name of the article. The only correct edit that has been made, with citations, is that the ex airport is now known as Stone Hill Park. The "entity" that was Manston Airport no longer exists, it has no airport license, and is closed as a functioning airport. It's owners and indeed the county council now refer to the site as Stone Hill Park, as that is what it's new owners have decided to call it. It's not about a housing development (only partially true) it's about accuracy, not clinging to something you wish hadn't gone, but has. It is interesting that various "sock accounts" have been created, most within the Thanet area simply to try to make this factual correction go away. As regards notability, an event that lead to the banning of a whole airline from Europe I would think was notable, especially as the incident occured at the ex airfield.If wikipedia is to be viewed in encyclopedic terms, then the current situation when refering to an entity such as an ex airport is of course relevant, must be accurate and must be current, no matter how much those that wish it was still open would like that not to be the case. Again, the correction is NOT renaming the piece, merely adding information to makde the information box correct.:::  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Real world sanity (talk • contribs) 01:58, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
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