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Virgin Atlantic has changed some 'codeshare partners'. "Air China is not on the list anymore" website: https://flywith.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/before-you-book/partner-airlines.html Carl Grassfield (talk) 21:27, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Carl Grassfield:

Done! GoingBatty (talk) 03:05, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Codeshare clarification

Hello! Just clarify since Virgin Atlantic codeshare LATAM Airlines, does it mean that they codeshare to LATAM Brasil? Sources said so by the way from Virgin Atlantic source. Together with LATAM we can offer travel direct from London Heathrow to São Paulo, with onward domestic connections throughout Brazil. ([1]) so yeah. Just some clarification if they did codeshare to LATAM Brasil or other subsidiary of LATAM Airlines Group. Thanks! Cornerstone2.0 (talk) 08:18, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: NAS 348 Global Climate Change

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 23 January 2023 and 1 May 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Snowboarder888 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Guilford 34.

— Assignment last updated by TotalSolarEclipse (talk) 23:23, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@TotalSolarEclipse: In reference to this: while I'm excited to see Wikipedia being used in education, please ensure your students provide sources that actually back up their claims in the article, and aren't just in a somewhat related area. Eilidhmax (talk) 14:30, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestion. I will find a way to have my students be more rigorous about this. TotalSolarEclipse (talk) 13:29, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Climate change section

@Snowboarder888 I understand you are editing this section as part of a university assignment, but please refrain from: a) writing in such a biased way (leaning heavily in favour of what the airline says, with no criticism) and b) providing sources that are only somewhat related to the claims you make in your edits (find better sources which back up the specific claims in your edits, please). Eilidhmax (talk) 16:32, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Eilidhmax I see where your coming from, but would it be possible if you could give me a little more guidance when it comes to biased. Through the article I feel as though I am stating facts by listing actions that Virgin Atlantic is currently taking and am not sure how that could be considered Biased? Snowboarder888 (talk) 21:38, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have updated the Climate change section based on your feed back. Please let me know what you think Snowboarder888 (talk) 22:40, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Part of the issue I have with your contributions is that yes, while these are actions Virgin Atlantic have stated they are taking, a) Wikipedia requires secondary sources (ie, sources that are not directly linked to the subject of the article) and b) you have made claims in the article which are not backed up by the sources you have given. Please read your sources more thoroughly and do not include those that have only tangential relations to the subject matter. (One source you have given, for example, mentions Virgin Atlantic only once in an appendix table which states that they have a certified carbon offsetting scheme, but gives absolutely no details about the scheme or its certification beyond that.) Eilidhmax (talk) 15:40, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]