Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy

Proposed deletion

• 4 Jul 2009 – Map of the Night Sky (talk) has been deleted.
• 17 Jun 2009 – PROD tag removed from 3621 Curtis (talk).
• 19 Apr 2009 – PROD tag removed from Darryl Leiter (talk).

Articles for deletion

• 30 Jun 2009 – 7528 Huskvarna (talk) nominated for deletion by Icalanise; see discussion.
• 21 Apr 2009 – Neutrino Array Radio Calibration (talk) was kept; see discussion.
• 21 Apr 2009 – Darryl Leiter (talk) has been deleted; see discussion.
• 19 Apr 2009 – Traditional Chinese star names (talk) was kept; see discussion.
• 19 Apr 2009 – Saul Adelman (talk) was kept; see discussion.

Categories for deletion

• 2 Jun 2009 – Category:European Space Agency images (talk) was kept.
• 2 Jun 2009 – Category:Lunar images (talk) was kept.
• 2 Jun 2009 – Category:Images of moons (talk) was kept.

Featured article candidates

• 17 Jun 2009 – Magnetosphere of Jupiter (talk) is promoted to FA status.
• 28 May 2009 – Gamma-ray burst (talk) is promoted to FA status.
• 13 May 2009 – 243 Ida (talk) is promoted to FA status.
• 19 Apr 2009 – GRB 970508 (talk) is promoted to FA status; see discussion.

Featured article reviews

• 23 Jun 2009 – Open cluster (talk) is demoted.
• 9 Jun 2009 – H II region (talk) retains FA status.
• 3 Jun 2009 – Comet (talk) is demoted; see discussion.

Good article nominations

• 2 May 2009 – Diffusion damping (talk) is promoted to GA status; see discussion.

Good article reassessment

• 24 Jun 2009 – Asteroid (talk) has been demoted; see discussion.
• 13 Jun 2009 – University of Illinois Observatory (talk) retains GA status; see discussion.
• 23 May 2009 – Inflation (cosmology) (talk) has been demoted; see discussion.

Peer review

• 25 May 2009 – Peer review for Magnetosphere of Jupiter (talk) closed.
• 19 Apr 2009 – Peer review for 243 Ida (talk) closed.

Today's featured article

• 25 Jun 2009 – White dwarf (talk) was featured on the main page.
• 6 Jun 2009 – Astrophysics Data System (talk) was featured on the main page.
• 6 May 2009 – Haumea (dwarf planet) (talk) was featured on the main page.

In the news

• 14 May 2009 – A news event involving Herschel Space Observatory (talk) appeared on the main page.
• 14 May 2009 – A news event involving Planck (spacecraft) (talk) appeared on the main page.
• 22 Apr 2009 – A news event involving Gliese 581 e (talk) appeared on the main page.

Did you know

• 1 Jul 2009 – A fact from Frank J. Low (talk) appeared on the main page.
• 30 Jun 2009 – A fact from SN 2002cx (talk) appeared on the main page.
• 25 May 2009 – A fact from PSR B1937+21 (talk) appeared on the main page.
• 19 May 2009 – A fact from Gotha Observatory (talk) appeared on the main page.
• 19 May 2009 – A fact from Minimum orbit intersection distance (talk) appeared on the main page.
• 15 May 2009 – A fact from Aerial telescope (talk) appeared on the main page.
• 15 May 2009 – A fact from GRB 050709 (talk) appeared on the main page.
• 9 May 2009 – A fact from Firehose instability (talk) appeared on the main page.
• 2 May 2009 – A fact from SN 2005gj (talk) appeared on the main page.

Other news

• 29 June 2009 – A compilation of Academic Journal has been generated from the |journal= parameter found in citation templates, identifying the 500 most cited journals, and 500 most cited journals without articles.
• 18 June 2009 – A new database dump is available. The cleanup listings from WolterBot should be updated.
• 15 June 2009 – A new edition of the Wikipedia Signpost is out.
• 30 Apr 2009 – WikiProjects can sign up for Announcements & Milestones, listing the milestones of a particular projects (such as 10th FA, etc...). The list is managed by LivingBot.

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Requests

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• Requested photographs of astronomical bodies

Stubs

• Astronomy stubs
• Astronomer stubs
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• Galaxy stubs
• Minor planet stubs
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• Star stubs
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Former featured articles

• Black hole demoted 19 November 2006

Article ratings

This table is automatically updated by Oleg Alexandrov's WP 1.0 bot. See Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Astronomy articles by quality log for the latest changes.

Astronomy articles Importance Top High Mid Low None Total Quality FA 20 34 17 1 72 FL 3 1 3 7 A 1 1 GA 2 7 32 28 12 81 B 11 32 29 15 40 127 C 4 23 49 39 53 168 Start 31 155 417 1537 2140 Stub 1 5 69 15346 1780 17201 List 2 1 14 2098 80 2195 Assessed 40 134 368 17945 3505 21992 Unassessed 3 1 9 453 466 Total 40 137 369 17954 3958 22458

Assessment categories Assessment categories Importance→ Class↓ Top High Mid Low NA ??? Rated Total FA 7 23 12 0 0 0 72 72 FL 0 0 3 1 0 1 6 7 A 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 GA 2 7 25 28 0 11 70 81 B 10 29 28 13 1 37 91 128 C 4 20 44 37 0 49 120 169 Start 0 31 154 128 0 363 1,783 2,146 Stub 1 5 68 15,304 3 1,775 15,429 17,204 List 2 1 14 9 6 73 2,127 2,200 Template 0 0 0 0 25 43 34 77 Category 0 0 0 0 118 11 170 181 Disambig 0 0 0 0 8 7 8 15 Image 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 NA 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 6 Redirect 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 80 Unassessed 0 3 1 9 55 545 -72 473 Assessed 40 134 370 17,950 297 3,438 19,998 22,371 Total 40 137 371 17,959 352 3,983 19,926 22,844

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1. User:kerimariedavis love astronomy and everything about it
2. StarfoxRoy 00:57, 12 August 2008 (UTC) Glad to help with online/computer astronomical programs (Google Maps, Virtual Earth)
3. Geremia (talk) 19:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
4. Kushan I.A.K.J (talk) 09:53, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
5. Exodio 14:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
6. Jake200493
7. Dr. Submillimeter 19:11, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
8. Stebbins 19:25, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
9. Mike Peel 23:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
10. Miraculousrandomness 20:31, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
11. Aerobird 21:41, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
12. Anonymous Dissident 15:31 19 January 2007 (UTC) Interested in astronomy, here to help!
13. mikeu 19:04, 4 February 2007 (UTC) Also working on the astronomy learning project at wikiversity
14. Oldfield 10:00, 6 Febrary 2007 (UTC)
15. Icez 19:33, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
16. Rursus 19:33, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
17. Branson03 21:48, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
18. WilliamKF 20:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
19. Jet123 10:43, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
20. IvoShandor 14:03, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
21. Greg Woodhouse 20:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
22. Rwboa22 21:19, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
23. NealMcB 03:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
24. Pulsar 14:44, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
25. Retiono Virginian 15:54, 22 April 2007 (UTC). Love space and the universe.
26. Clh28800 Chris H 23:37, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
27. GhostTrain 23:31, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
28. WilyD 14:20, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
29. Goutham787 08:44, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
30. GalacticExplorer 18:48, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
31. FeanorStar7--FeanorStar7 12:34, 6 July 2007 (UTC); will help where I can (mainly proofreading)
32. GalaxyHound 20:14, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
33. Raddick 19:42, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
34. DMeyering 14:02, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
35. Madkayaker 02:43, 7 September 2007 (UTC) Willing to help wherever I can, am interested in astronomy
36. Nojika 04:07, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
37. Cosmo0 16:18, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
38. Poison the Well 04:22, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
39. HunterTruth 20:40, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
40. Orcahuman (talk) 03:30, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
41. Oth (talk) 17:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
42. Cam (complaints/Discussion) 04:24, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
43. Wwheaton (talk) 20:44, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
44. Coolgyingman (talk) 15:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
45. Ginogrz (talk) 06:58, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
46. JoshuaKuo (talk) 11:04, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
47. ASHill (talk) 02:32, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
48. Razorflame 15:10, 8 May 2008 (UTC) assessing articles
49. Sapphire Flame (talk) 16:24, 9 May 2008 (UTC) Willing to help however I can.
50. Neffyring I',m very interested in astronomy. Hope my knowledge helps.
51. Proxima Centauri 2 Please check my edits. I'm an amateur astronomer.
52. AtheWeatherman (talk) 08:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC). Loads of stuff on Astronomy. Hope I can help.
53. Jepetto armature extraodinaire!
54. Scapler (talk) 16:56, 7 June 2008 (UTC) expanding and categorizing articles
55. Pico del Teide (talk) member of the British Astronomical Association.
56. Ketsuekigata (talk) 23:57, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
57. Jdrewitt (talk) 16:59, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
58. NuclearVacuum 22:16, 1 July 2008 (UTC): I am primarily working on extrasolar planets
59. Henryodell
60. Gr8opinionater (talk) Fascinated by the universe in general, im an Amateur astronomer with my own telescope.
61. Olaf Davis | Talk Beginning PhD student interested in astronomy (of course) and also public outreach.
62. friendlystar (talk) 15:35, 30 July 2008 (UTC) Mostly dealing with astronomical images
63. Keflavich PhD student studying massive star formation
64. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 02:00, 19 September 2008 (UTC); astronomer.
65. PoizonMyst (talk) Wikifairy who loves astronomy.
66. RJH (talk)—Lifetime astronomy enthusiast.
67. Vuerqex (talk) 03:37, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
68. User:CielProfond (talk) Ciel profond means Deep Sky in French; it's my favorite part of astronomy, but I also like planetary observation, and will be glad to help in any way
69. Starstriker7 (talk) As if my name didn't already give it away. Lol.
70. User:Myrecovery/Template:Myrecovery ::Date : 2008-11-01
71. Albertgenii12 (talk) 22:27, 18 November 2008
72. Vegasbri (talk) 17:25, 25 November 2008 (UTC) Astronomy major in college; amateur observer now. :)
73. Autarch Autarch (talk) 22:41, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
74. Jjnishiyama (talk) 04:42, 10 January 2009 (UTC) Amateur observer - primarily in the radio spectrum.
75. Jehochman ^Talk 16:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
76. Cryptod i really like astronomy
77. Anthony Rushton I study high energy astrophysics and radio astronomy 11:23, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
78. B00P (talk) 23:54, 24 January 2009 (UTC) On Objects & Constellations already
79. Raydekk (talk) 18:05, 26 January 2009 (UTC) I'm working on a 3D map of the Milky Way, the Orion Arm with the possibility of viewing all known stars and planets (of certain catalogs).
80. Jose A. Fadul I was a Science Education Specialist; I am an amateur astronomer who once in a while shares with others my telescopes, some of which I myself constructed. I also have photographs of the moon, the planets visible to the naked eye, star clusters, some recent comets, sunspots, and solar and lunar eclipses.
81. LaughingReaper (talk) 21:54, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
82. Terry0051 (talk) ...researching topics in history of astronomy
83. Micasta (talk) 11:26, 28 February 2009 (UTC) I don't do stargazing, but I sure would love to contribute to theoretical side of astronomy.
84. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 02:20, 31 March 2009 (UTC), I take the class, so why not join the project
85. Astrojon (talk) 11:21, 17 April 2009 (UTC) Former astronomer, now a medic, but would like to see articles well-kept
86. Aldaron (talk) 5:42, 30 April 2009 (UTC) Exoplanets and astrobiology.
87. --T'Shael MindMeld 04:44, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
88. Some Old Man (talk) I am just Some Old Man who likes his cane, rocking chair, and rational thought.
89. Pradeep (talk) Working in articles related to Indian astronomy and space.
90. Jayhawke (talk) 01:33, 29 May 2009 (UTC) I guess I'll do whatever strikes my fancy!
91. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 21:48, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
92. Marasama / CarpD, starting to read AJ papers again and will update if I notice issues.
93. Marx01 (talk) 06:02, 24 June 2009 (UTC) I'm a huge fan of astronomy, and hope to actually make a career out of it!!!!!
94. Arlen22 (talk) 14:11, 24 June 2009 (UTC) I have a small retractor on an Equatorial mount.

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