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[edit] Development info

I took the text from Navy fact file as a starter and rearranged a bit. Some rewording and clarifying would probably be helpful. --- Fnlayson (talk) 21:06, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. A second pair of eyes and hands is always appreciated, especially on a rush-job. - -- BillCJ (talk) 21:11, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I missed this part. LHA, LHD, LSD and LPD need to be spelled out and/or linked. I think those are all amphibious landing ships. --- Fnlayson (talk) 21:21, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Title

I just chose "LCAC" as the title as that was the main link used in most of the articles which mentioned it. The interwikiks mostly use some variation of the full name "Landing Craft Air Cushioned". I have no problem if someone thinks this page should be moved to the longer title, but I'm not certain what the naming conventions on Landing craft are. - BillCJ (talk) 21:11, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

• "Landing Craft Air Cushioned" seems on the long side to me. You or I could a redirect article for that and leave this one alone. --- Fnlayson (talk) 21:22, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Already done! Landing Craft Air Cushioned‎, Landing Craft, Air Cushioned‎, Landing Craft, Air Cushion‎, and Landing Craft Air Cushion‎ all redirect here. - - BillCJ (talk) 21:33, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

usual covention is to spell out abbreviations in full. I believe this applies to article names too but i'm currently working from a pocket pc and reading the long policy articles is tricky. GraemeLeggett (talk) 15:38, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

• I believe I saw somewhere yesterday (trying to find it again) that USN landing craft hull classification codes -which are not not striclty abbreviations - are not spelled out. However, the landing craft pages mentioned in the Landing craft are not consistent, some being at the hull codes, and others spelled out. If you want to force the issue here, you probably ought to address all the other articles too at WP:SHIPS naming conventions page before trying to apply a broad standard to just one article. - BillCJ (talk) 16:27, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Someone on the Talk:Landing craft page mentioned having both a general aritcle for all LCAC-type vehicles at LCAC, and a specific one for the USN type. Perhaps that's worth considering at some point, but such an article doesn't even exist yet. Zubr class LCAC is the only other LCAC article I've been able to find on en.wiki, and the Landing craft article LCAC section only metions these two types by name. THe whole issue will probqbly have to be dealt with in the future, but no ones seems to be in a hurry to write more article on the subject! - BillCJ (talk) 21:39, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

• Good. I think the air cushioned part in the landing craft article will surely cover the subject well enough for now. --- Fnlayson (talk) 22:02, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

This craft's title really includes a comma: Landing Craft, Air Cushioned. That's the US military's way of naming. It puts the more general part first. It could be read "Air Cushioned Landing Craft", I believe. Putting the more general parts like that groups similar items in alphabetical lists. Maybe that was part of the reason. -Fnlayson (talk) 06:27, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Specs

Does anyone know of a proper spec template for a water craft? Template:Infobox Ferry is all I can find so far that seems related. -Fnlayson (talk) 01:24, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Good question. The military Zubr class LCAC and the civil Mountbatten class hovercraft use no tables, just a list like we made here. Howver, the Tuuli class hovercraft uses the {{Infobox Ship Class}}, which has built-in specs. SO I'm not really sure what's best either. THat's what happens when two WP:AIR guys try to make an article for [[WP:SHIPS}}! :) - BillCJ (talk) 01:39, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

• The Infobox with specs does seem odd. I've worked on a couple ground vehicle article such as Cougar (vehicle) that do that as well. The WP:Air infobox use to be like that too some 3 yrs ago from what I've gathered. -Fnlayson (talk) 02:32, 17 November 2007 (UTC)