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Discussion on date format
Hi! I have recently opened up a discussion on the date format of the article for Kalpana Chawla. You can find it on the Talk page. Would like to see people's perspectives on it. Thank you! Spookyaki (talk) 22:36, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Leonid Kadeniuk#Page move due to misspelled name
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Leonid Kadeniuk#Page move due to misspelled name that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Feeglgeef (talk) 17:34, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
Busted Discord Link
Hey, all - anyone know if the Project Spaceflight discord is still active? Seems like at least the link on the main project page has been deprecated. Feels like it should be either be refreshed with a new link if it is still active or removed if the discord no longer exists! :) XFalcon2004x (talk) 19:28, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
- Okay, I did some digging - the WP:Spaceflight thing is a subgroup inside the main Wikimedia Commons discord, but for whatever reason, that link has expired on the main page. I'll see if I can update it! XFalcon2004x (talk) 15:17, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
Category fixing and notable works set on Mars?
See Wikipedia_talk:Categories_for_discussion#Works/Fiction_by_setting_(space). TL;DR if you can think of articles about non-fiction Category:Works set on Mars, it would be good to save it from deletion. Ditto for Category:Works set on the Moon (should be easier). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:45, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
Inconsistent dates - dmy vs. mdy
Looking across articles that pertain to American space projects and vehicles, there is an extremely mixed bag when it comes to the date template that has been applied. Many articles have the "Use dmy dates" template, and yet MOS:DATETIES states that articles with strong national ties should match the date system of those nations. MOS:DATERET also makes it clear that it is superseded by DATETIES. This makes sense as the purpose of DATERET was to settle arguments over articles where the proper date system to use was not otherwise clear. To quote the policies (bold mine):
MOS:DATETIES:
In articles without strong ties to a particular English-speaking country, the choice of date format ...
- is controlled by WP:DATERET;
- is unrelated to the topic's ties to particular countries; and
- is independent of, and unrelated to, the national variety of English used in the article.
MOS:DATERET:
Retaining existing format
- If an article has evolved using predominantly one date format, this format should be used throughout the article, unless there are reasons for changing it based on the topic's strong ties to a particular English-speaking country.
I see no reason why space articles should be an exception to the MOS, so can we mass-change the U.S.-centered articles to the "Use mdy dates" template? --Iritscen (talk) 18:44, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
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