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Regarding Skathi (Saturn's Moon)
Am I the only one who doubts this? I mean, why does this relatively uninteresting moon, nowhere in the mainstream media headlines, with no significant coverage, get 2 million views last month?
That is ten times more than the artcle for the Solar System. That is absolute nuts.
I mean, I would understand it if NASA were to land a probe in it or something (like 67/P comet that had a lot of views during the Rosetta approach). But it does not. A quick Google search will find you nothing but puny results.
I checked the edits made just before the apperent surge of views (prob. Nov. 2020), but there doesn't seem to be any malicious edits (which may be an evidence of a bot spamming this article with views).
Or maybe I am just an idiot, and maybe this moon is significant and popular, just behind the scenes? I hope anybody can answer this. SkyFlubbler (talk) 03:36, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
- Strange. The pageviews have been increasing steadily all year, but they far exceed those for Saturn itself. It is a relatively new discovery, but still. I think it is a safe bet to blame social media :) Lithopsian (talk) 15:57, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
- This is already under discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Astronomy#Extremely_weird_pageviews. Please add comments there instead. Modest Genius talk 11:28, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
- Just wanted to put the archive link here in case anyone wanted to read this discussion later on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Astronomy/Archive_33#Extremely_weird_pageviews Patr2016 (talk) 07:05, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
- The discussion petered out but the puzzle remains. Here's the page views in 2021 [1]. It's still getting 40k hits/day, which is ridiculous for such an obscure topic. The bug report hasn't been commented on since April. Modest Genius talk 14:28, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
Henyey track
The Henyey track page is our highest rated stub article. It could use some TLC from those interested in the subject matter. (Or perhaps the importance should be lowered?) Thank you! Praemonitus (talk) 16:20, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
Redirects to List of geological features on Venus
FYI, a mass deletion of redirects to the list article List of geological features on Venus has been proposed at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 November 28 -- 65.92.246.43 (talk) 08:57, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
GAR notification
Proxima Centauri b has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:42, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
Notability for things like genes, gene/protein/rna families, cell lines, species etc
This discussion on the notability of RNA motifs over at WP:MolBio has expanded to be the broader question of notability for sets of topics like genes, gene/protein/rna families, cell lines, etc. Since ppl in this group will have had to grapple with similar questions on stars, galaxies, exoplanets etc, I'd be interested in your input. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)talk 10:10, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
Template: Databox star system
FYI, {{Databox star system}} has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.246.142 (talk) 03:55, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
Do these pages have any merit?
I indefblocked a vandal, CP -84 1219 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log) (see user talk page for context). I am not able to judge the merit of some star articles created by this user, could you have a look at it and tag them with {{db-g3}} if they are not ok?
Thanks! Geschichte (talk) 16:15, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
Solar system
I have nominated Solar System for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.Cinadon36 15:42, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
Position of star location chart within the starbox
The vast majority of star articles that include a chart showing the star position place it in a starbox image template at the top of the starbox. In the interests of full disclosure, I created a fair proportion of them. Recently, a considerable number of location charts have been created in a starbox image template at the end of the starbox. It would probably be good to be consistent. Where seems best? Lithopsian (talk) 17:40, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
- At the top before the more arcane location data would probably be best as it is more accessible to most readers. Praemonitus (talk) 19:08, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
Starbox templates
In accord with the {{Astro talk}} template placed on the Starbox series of templates, there are two discussions that have resulted from edit requests that may need attention from AO interested editors. Your help and guidance would be appreciated very much! P.I. Ellsworth - ed. put'r there 23:57, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
- See the discussions at Template talk:Starbox begin. StarryGrandma (talk) 00:09, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you, SG, and apologies for not linking. The specific two talks are:
- P.I. Ellsworth - ed. put'r there 02:44, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like
- John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (
John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.
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and turns it into something like
- John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.
The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.
Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.
This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
90377 Sedna - featured article review
I have nominated 90377 Sedna for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Renerpho (talk) 05:48, 3 May 2022 (UTC)