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redirect List of names for the Milky Way to Milky Way (mythology)

More room, more material can be preserved. Serendi ^podous 23:29, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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? 35.139.154.158 (talk) 22:51, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. - FlightTime (open channel) 23:49, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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

This also 202.51.89.223 (talk) 02:07, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 September 2024

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

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Reference number 22 contains a spelling error: The last name of the first of the Danish authors is "Laustsen", not "Lausten". AstroOgier (talk) 12:06, 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]

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 Reference number 22 contains a spelling error: The last name of the first of the Danish authors is "Laustsen", not "Lausten". [[User:AstroOgier|AstroOgier]] ([[User talk:AstroOgier|talk]]) 12:06, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
+== Semi-protected edit request on 23 October 2024 (2) ==
+{{edit semi-protected|Milky Way|answered=no}}
+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)