Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects

This project was originally formed to coordinate editors' efforts on creating articles related to astronomical objects. The project's original members worked together to develop a category hierarchy and a series of templates, including information boxes, that could be used to improve the articles' appearance and navigability. This page itself links to a series of subpages that contain information on the templates used to create astronomical articles and web-related resources that may be useful for article creation. The talk page has become a forum to seek advice and build consensus for future article edits. Moreover, the WikiProject is also used as a bulletin board to announce maintenance-related issues, such as article and category renames and deletions.

If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page. The astronomy-related articles on Wikipedia are always in need of improvement; just indicate how you would like to help, and the project's members will direct you to pages that need work. Also, feel free to add your name to the membership list at the bottom of this page.

A number of other WikiProjects have been created to work on other astronomy and space-related issues. A navigation box on the right leads to the related projects. For more information on WikiProjects in general, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.

The Membership List shows all of the Wikipedians who have signed up to participate in this WikiProject. Other people who wish to join may simply add their names to the list. Additionally, they can add the WikiProject Astronomical object userbox to their userpage using {{User ASTRO}}.

• Infoboxes - Most of the articles on individual astronomical objects should have information boxes, or infoboxes. This web page provides information on the various templates used to create the infoboxes.

• Templates - Aside from the infoboxes, a series of other templates are commonly used to create Wikipedia articles on astronomical objects. This page provides additional information on those templates.

• External resources - A few key external web pages contain most of the information that is used by the professional astronomical community for their research. These web pages are also invaluable resources for creating Wikipedia pages and for adding references to existing Wikipedia pages.

• Talk page - The talk page is the main forum for discussion on astronomical object-related topics in Wikipedia. This is a good place to ask questions about the science in articles, to ask for assistance in editing articles, and to receive feedback and build consensus on new proposals (such as renaming articles).

• Rename/Merge/Delete Log - This is a list of the current debates on requests to rename and delete articles; requests to rename, delete, or merge categories; and other maintenance-related activities.

• Worklist - This list contains information on some of the most important articles on astronomical objects within Wikipedia as well as ratings for those pages. This list is a good place to see examples of good Wikipedia articles and to find Wikipedia articles that need to be updated.

Today's featured articles

• 18 Jun 2024 – Planet (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb

Articles for deletion

• 12 Jun 2024 – 2013 PDC-E (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Jontesta (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 10 Jun 2024 – IC 4000 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by C messier (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 10 Jun 2024 – IC 3786 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by C messier (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 07 Jun 2024 – NGC 6789 (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Anonymy365248 (t · c) was closed as keep by OwenX (t · c) on 14 Jun 2024; see discussion (8 participants)
• 07 Jun 2024 – NGC 6503 (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Anonymy365248 (t · c) was closed as keep by OwenX (t · c) on 14 Jun 2024; see discussion (8 participants)
• 07 Jun 2024 – NGC 7077 (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Anonymy365248 (t · c) was closed as keep by OwenX (t · c) on 14 Jun 2024; see discussion (8 participants)
• 07 Jun 2024 – Pisces B (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Anonymy365248 (t · c) was closed as keep by OwenX (t · c) on 14 Jun 2024; see discussion (7 participants)
• 07 Jun 2024 – Pisces A (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Anonymy365248 (t · c) was closed as keep by OwenX (t · c) on 14 Jun 2024; see discussion (7 participants)
• 06 Jun 2024 – LEDA 1026855 (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by WxTrinity (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 13 Jun 2024; see discussion (6 participants)

Redirects for discussion

• 26 May 2024 – IRC +10414 (talk · edit · hist) →IRC −10414 was RfDed by SevenSpheres (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 11 Jun 2024 – Supernovae in fiction (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TompaDompa (t · c); start discussion

Featured article reviews

• 24 May 2024 – Sun (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by 750h+ (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 14 Jun 2024 – Rhea (moon) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Cremastra (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 14 Jun 2024 – 90482 Orcus (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Orcus (dwarf planet) by Renerpho (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Jun 2024 – Moon (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to The Moon by JohnCWiesenthal (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Jun 2024 – 225088 Gonggong (talk · edit · hist) move request to Gonggong (dwarf planet) by ArkHyena (t · c) was moved to Gonggong (dwarf planet) (talk · edit · hist) by BilledMammal (t · c) on 13 Jun 2024; see discussion
• 06 Jun 2024 – 50000 Quaoar (talk · edit · hist) move request to Quaoar by ArkHyena (t · c) was moved to Quaoar (talk · edit · hist) by BilledMammal (t · c) on 13 Jun 2024; see discussion
• 06 Jun 2024 – 90377 Sedna (talk · edit · hist) move request to Sedna (dwarf planet) by ArkHyena (t · c) was moved to Sedna (dwarf planet) (talk · edit · hist) by BilledMammal (t · c) on 13 Jun 2024; see discussion

Articles to be split

• 26 May 2023 – List of NGC objects (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Modest Genius (t · c); see discussion
• 12 May 2023 – Fast radio burst (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Rod57 (t · c); see discussion

Categories are a major part of the infrastructure of Wikipedia. They contain lists of related articles and allow users to find articles that are related to each other. Category:Astronomical objects is the main category related to astronomical objects, although most articles should be listed in subcategories. Beginners should use these categories to organize new or existing articles. Advanced editors are encouraged to maintain and edit the category system itself.

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