Talk:Search and rescue

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I've deleted "Go away Burns!!!" from the "Search Phases" heading. It seems to have no relevance whatsoever.

Northern Territory of Australia

I'm pretty sure the NTES (Northern Territory Emergency Services) operate in the NT, and not the AusSAR.

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RAF seaside rescue

Wikipedia is not a directory

This article principally comprises lists of SAR organisations by country. Per WP:NOTADIRECTORY, does all this detail really belong here? Would it be better to summarise the main aspects of the activity and leave national details for national articles - either standalone articles such as Canada's or short sections in more general aviation articles for the smaller countries? A navbox could be templated for the terminally list-addicted. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 11:51, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

That is probably a good way to go with this article, but on the caveat that the "see also" section should not end up as a list of links to every SAR organization that we have articles on, as it would dwarf the article and just duplicate what we have now. If that list is deemed needed then perhaps a SAR organizations nav box would be the way to go? - Ahunt (talk) 12:02, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

@Steelpillow There are definitely national sections that are too long and would benefit from being split out into their own articles. where this is done Excerpt templates could be used to leverage the leads of the child articles. National articles have the benefit of local WikiProjects having the local knowledge needed to maintain the articles. Plus this article will be shorter and more readable. Duncnbiscuit (talk) 05:24, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

I would agree with the above points this should be an overview article with sub-articles at national level. MilborneOne (talk) 06:14, 14 June 2026 (UTC)