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Want to learn something from you

@Lithopsian Sir, I want to understand how to reference the Starbox table because everytime i do it happens some time other time it straight up show error. Example of that are EK Draconis and 47 Tucanae X9. And thanks for finding SIMBAD Page for 47 Tuc X9. Abdullah1099 (talk) 02:31, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you link to a revision of some page that shows the sort of errors you see? Or set it up in your sandbox? References in the starbox shouldn't really be any different from anywhere else, but if you miss a closing tag of some sort then the whole page will be mangled. Lithopsian (talk) 13:06, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I will see it Abdullah1099 (talk) 14:39, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mosa

Just wanted to let you know that you don't need to note the entry with "multiple people" since it seems redundant to do so. Logoshimpo (talk) 06:55, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you very much for correcting my errors @Lithopsian Abdullah1099 (talk) 13:32, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Obsolete pre ISO DIN sizes

Acording to this reference both M1 and M1.1 existed Peter Horn User talk 02:06, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could be. I was trying to second-guess what that row was meant to say. There was a lingering decimal point, but nothing after it, and a plain M1.0 was clearly incorrect. Any better ideas? M1.2? M1.3? Should the whole section be renamed/re-purposed to reflect a specific standard instead of just "obsolete"? Lithopsian (talk) 12:59, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see you've dropped the "obsolete" section header already. However, I think it is misleading to have a table of obsolete DIN sizes in the "Preferred sizes" section. Perhaps push it down to the bottom of the article, but still in its own section? Maybe not using the word "obsolete"? Also, should DIN 13 be listed in List of thread standards? Lithopsian (talk) 13:05, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lead Image

Hi, @Lithopsian I know most stars on wikipedia tend to use the constellation map and it provides good encyclopedic value but I was inspired by the Proxima Centauri article to do this and decided to WP:BEBOLD and change the image. The reasons you gave for undoing were reasonable but I wonder, why can Proxima Centauri's lead image be the star but the image I selected for Sirius can't? Is there some informational value in that image that I'm missing, which justifies keeping it instead of replacing it with a constellation map? WhatADrag07 (talk) 21:31, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That wouldn't be my first choice for a lead image, just another bright dot on black, and not a particularly attractive one. Meaningless. Adding a location chart for Proxima would be more tricky than for a naked-eye star, but there is at least one image that shows its position relative to α and β Centauri, which IMO would be more useful even if most people aren't going to go out side and look up at it. Lithopsian (talk) 19:56, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A cookie for you!

Hey dude your greatǃ Welches2012 (talk) 02:03, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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