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Dividing "mythology" subsection to a "In culture" section at the end

Currently we have "mythology" inside "Etymology", which makes sense for English, but not overall. I think that it would be better if we add a "In culture" section at the end, as it happens with planets, where mythology could be included. I can proceed with this, but I would like to hear more opinions. Theklan (talk) 16:45, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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hihi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Froggyqwertyui (talk • contribs) 04:47, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ‹hamster717🐉› ^{(discuss anything!🐹✈️ • my contribs🌌🌠)} 15:14, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry, the spelling error is in reference 21, not 22. Change "Lausten" into "Laustsen". I could not figure out how to edit my previous request. AstroOgier (talk) 12:19, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done M.Bitton (talk) 12:32, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The idea that the bright sky in summer "can obscure" the Milky Way in Scandinavia and Northern Europe is funny. The sky does not become dark at all in the summer months, and Milky Way (like almost all stars in the night sky) is not visible in summer. 88.148.150.166 (talk) 17:31, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Attach hyperlinks for “voids” and “super clusters” to their respective articles Baschaa (talk) 19:22, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done I added a link to Void (astronomy) and there is already a link to supercluster. cyberdog958^Talk 11:46, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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+== Dividing "mythology" subsection to a "In culture" section at the end ==
-== Size ==
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-Milky Way Galaxy size, every recent paper from Gaia research <ref>https://sci.esa.int/web/gaia/</ref> and various other academic and science sources. <ref>https://www.sciencenews.org/article/astronomers-have-found-edge-milky-way-size</ref><ref>https://www.astronomy.com/science/supersize-me/</ref> <ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/galaxy-may-be-way-bigger-we-thought-180954532/</ref> In most cases Galaxy is quoted to be between 120 to 200 000 light years across,<ref>https://www.sci.news/astronomy/science-milky-way-galaxy-may-be-larger-than-thought-02587.html</ref> <ref>https://www.astronomy.com/science/supersize-me/</ref>not what this wiki article postulates 87000 light years. Data for this article dates back to 1990s, so it is very much out of date and no actual link to research but reference to some article, this isn't sufficient to to considered definitive or even accurate data. The fact that wiki has locked this article against editing ensures this data can't be disputed or corrected unless you're an editor on Wikipedia. Another reason why I never give money to Wikipedia.  <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/195.26.122.240|195.26.122.240]] ([[User talk:195.26.122.240#top|talk]]) 21:27, 29 December 2023 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+Currently we have "mythology" inside "Etymology", which makes sense for English, but not overall. I think that it would be better if we add a "In culture" section at the end, as it happens with planets, where mythology could be included. I can proceed with this, but I would like to hear more opinions. [[User:Theklan|Theklan]] ([[User talk:Theklan|talk]]) 16:45, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
-Scholarly article postulates based on Gia observation, disk starts at 95.7% at 31pcs or 100 000 lightyears away from the center of the galaxy giving the Milky Way Galaxy a radius of 200 000Ly~<ref>https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2018/04/aa32880-18/aa32880-18.html</ref>  <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/195.26.122.240|195.26.122.240]] ([[User talk:195.26.122.240#top|talk]]) 03:33, 7 January 2024 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
-{{reftalk}}
+== Semi-protected edit request on 18 September 2024 ==
-:'''Declined''' - I'm sorry but we will not accept this request.
+hihi  <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Froggyqwertyui|Froggyqwertyui]] ([[User talk:Froggyqwertyui#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Froggyqwertyui|contribs]]) 04:47, 18 September 2024 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
-:The Gaia article that you have cited uses disk stars as the limiter. But here is the thing: major astronomical surveys do not use this definition of size. This definition is restricted to Local Group galaxies, largely on Andromeda and the Milky Way, because tracing faint disk stars becomes impossible at distances beyond the Local Group.
+:[[File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done''': it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a [[WP:EDITXY|"change X to Y" format]] and provide a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]] if appropriate.<!-- Template:ESp --> <span style="color: #000065; font-size: 5; font-family: monospace">‹[[User:Hamterous1|hamster717🐉]]› <sup>([[User talk:Hamterous1|discuss anything!🐹✈️]] • [[Special:Contributions/Hamterous1|my contribs🌌🌠]])</sup></span> 15:14, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
-:Galaxy sizes in surveys like 2MASS, RC3, and SDSS uses either the D<sub>25</sub> standard or variations of the [[half-light radius]] (see [[Galaxy#Physical diameters]] section for context) to measure the diameters of galaxies. This is widely regarded as standard (see [https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/PROPERTIES/dog.html this] NED/IPAC document) for astronomy and so we should follow this definition. In the case of the Milky Way, the latest paper that uses this definition is [https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998Obs...118..201G Goodwin (1998)], which made a figure for the diameter at 26.8 ± 1.1 kiloparsecs (87,400 ± 3,600 light-years) using D<sub>25</sub>.
+== Semi-protected edit request on 23 October 2024 (2) ==
-:See also [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2022 August 2#The size of the Milky Way Galaxy]] for the in-depth discussion about this topic. [[User:SkyFlubbler|SkyFlubbler]] ([[User talk:SkyFlubbler|talk]]) 03:16, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
-{{reftalk}}
+{{Edit semi-protected|Milky Way|answered=yes}}
-== Mass ==
+Sorry, the spelling error is in reference 21, not 22. Change "Lausten" into "Laustsen". I could not figure out how to edit my previous request. [[User:AstroOgier|AstroOgier]] ([[User talk:AstroOgier|talk]]) 12:19, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
+:{{done}}<!-- Template:ESp --> [[User:M.Bitton|M.Bitton]] ([[User talk:M.Bitton|talk]]) 12:32, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
+== Semi-protected edit request on 21 November 2024 ==
-Stated Mass is entirely incorrect and confusing readers.
+The idea that the bright sky in summer "can obscure" the Milky Way in Scandinavia and Northern Europe is funny. The sky does not become dark at all in the summer months, and Milky Way (like almost all stars in the night sky) is not visible in summer. [[Special:Contributions/88.148.150.166|88.148.150.166]] ([[User talk:88.148.150.166|talk]]) 17:31, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
-Mass is not 1.15 x 10^12, but 2.06 10^11.  Any recent article references the Milky Way to be 200 billion suns in mass.  This is especially apparent when viewing articles discussing dark matter, where the visible mass is pinned at 60 billion suns, and dark matter occupying the remaining 140 billion solar masses.  Dark Matter in the Milky Way having ubiquitously having a mean ratio of 2:1 over ordinary matter; historically 2.3:1, most recently 1.81:1.  Now if we can at least agree that either way, your 1.15 x 10^12 figure is way off so that someone can investigate something that reflects reality and not confuse the viewers and readers.  I myself was confused when looking at the mass because I was looking at the 1.81:1 dark matter to matter ratio and saw a figure of 60 billion mass.  '''You are causing mass confusion.  Fix this.'''
+== Semi-protected edit request on 15 December 2024 ==
-I am outraged that the mass has not be updated.
+{{edit semi-protected|Milky Way|answered=yes}}
-Outraged.
+Attach hyperlinks for “voids” and “super clusters” to their respective articles [[User:Baschaa|Baschaa]] ([[User talk:Baschaa|talk]]) 19:22, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
+:{{done}}<!-- Template:ESp --> I added a link to [[Void (astronomy)]] and there is already a link to [[supercluster]]. [[User:Cyberdog958|<span style="color:navy;">''cyberdog''</span><span style="color:orange;">'''958'''</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Cyberdog958|<span style="color:teal;">Talk</span>]]</sup> 11:46, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
-https://www.observatoiredeparis.psl.eu/IMG/pdf/pr_op-psl_mass_milky_way_en_v3def.pdf [[User:Tted3286|Tted3286]] ([[User talk:Tted3286|talk]]) 00:59, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
-== redirect [[List of names for the Milky Way]] to [[Milky Way (mythology)]] ==
-More room, more material can be preserved. <b>[[User:Serendipodous|<span style="color: #00b;">Serendi</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Serendipodous|<sup><span style="color: #b00;">pod</span></sup>]]<span style="color: #00b;">[[User talk: Serendipodous|ous]]</span></b> 23:29, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
-== Semi-protected edit request on 15 August 2024 ==
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-Futher to the most recent edit, even more is warranted.  Please just remove the sentence "Beyond a radius of roughly 40,000 light years (13 kpc) from the center, the number of stars per cubic parsec drops much faster with radius.[113]" from the Contents section.  1) The source doesn't back this up; it's talking about certain stars and doesn't talk about overall density.  2) It doesn't seem to make a claim like this anyway, and 3) it's just plain nonsensical -- "... the number of stars per cubic parsec drops much faster with radius." drops faster than what?  [[Special:Contributions/35.139.154.158|35.139.154.158]] ([[User talk:35.139.154.158|talk]]) 22:51, 15 August 2024 (UTC)