Talk:McGuire Air Force Base/Archive 1

Aerial Map

Reason for deleting aerial map:

Maybe it's just my opinion, but I live in a community surrounding McGuire. As a long time resident of Columbus, I don't feel comfortable with an aerial map of a military base being easily accessible on the web. Just my opinion, but if I thought this how many other people are thinking this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.99.134.63 (talk) 02:42, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

All one has to do is click on the coordinates of McGuire on the web page and you can access Google Earth . which gives a Far more Deltailed Color image of the base. The image which I added is over a decade old and of very low resolution that shows no operational details of the facility. It simply illustrates it. Bwmoll3 (talk) 04:08, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Please stop deleting the photo! As Bwmoll3 pointed out and shown here [1] a far more detailed ariel photo can be obtained just by Googling Fort Dix or McGuire Air Force Base. Thank you. ShoesssS ^Talk 12:11, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Current Events

Below is a discussion concerning current events and there listing here on this project page. I believe they sum up the thought process that went behind my {undo} better than trying to summarize again here. ShoesssS ^Talk 11:08, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello EaglesFanInTampa and let me begin by saying I agree with you concerning the McGuire Air Force Base and Current Events and of course your on-going edit war with 132.18.128.6 However, if you do not mind too much, I would like to invoke IAR and say; One, this information does no harm. Two, it does add to the article. Three; It is informative, and could honestly see this separating Wikipedia from the normal encyclopedia, in that we, versus paper print products, can bring up-to-date information, to the public. Hope you understand my reasoning not to revert 132.18.128.6 edits. Thanks. ShoesssS ^Talk 20:14, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey there. I understand your reasons behind letting it go, and I'm willing to just let some other editor deal with it and move on with my day. However, there's some things we need to realize w/this IP and what they're doing. From their talk page, it appears they have made some not-so-constructive edits in the past. I shouldn't assume that, especially since it's an IP, what happened before is the intent they want to do it with now, but it's something to consider.

Also, while I understand your argument about the flexibility of Wikipedia and how it's online so it can be up-to-date, if we allow "Upcoming Events" advertisements (it's nothing more than that, wouldn't you agree?) we'd have to allow every article that deals with a place to announce their parades, bake sales, and bingo nights, wouldn't we?

I agree with you that we shouldn't be a stickler on the rules (Lord knows I'm not), but there needs to be some boundaries, and I feel that allowing something like this could snowball in a direction we don't need to head. Like I said, I don't care anymore what happens on that page, but I wanted to let you know why I feel what I was doing was right. Thanks nonetheless for your input and have a fantastic day! EaglesFanInTampa 20:33, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey guy/gal. as I said in my opening remarks, I understand and agree on your points. To be honest, that is why I have not got involved, and just watched from the sidelines :-). I guess I just wanted to feel important today and see if we thought about everything. Take care and thank you for the well wishes. ShoesssS ^Talk 20:43, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

87th Air Base Wing

Effective March 3, as per Special Order GAA1-10, the 305th Air Mobility Wing will no longer be the custodial wing of McGuire. All mission support functions will fall under the 87th Air Base Wing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kajmal (talk • contribs) 11:46, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

In light of renaming JB MDL Dix back to Fort Dix, I like to rename this article back to McGuire Air Force Base. Any questions or concerns? --Zfish118 (talk) 18:24, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

- Congress changed the name to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, so we should use that name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrewD887 (talk • contribs) 01:23, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

This should article should be more specific in some way, however, since it focuses on the Air Force segment at McGuire. After all, if it covered the entire joint base, it would, for example, have to include the Lakehurst identifiers (KNEL/NEL) since it has its own, separate air field. Famartin (talk) 04:30, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Since Lakehurst is known in Wikipedia by its former name as well as Fort Dix, I changed it to McGuire Air Force Base, making the necessary notations about its official name being etc etc etc. Famartin (talk) 04:44, 22 July 2012 (UTC)