Talk:American Association of Variable Star Observers

Proposed Deletion
The article was proposed for deletion for lack of external references. I added a few to the external link section. It is difficult to find external references because the AAVSO is a trade organization of members. Thus, most publications are by members and staff about other topics. They almost never write about the AAVSO itself. There is a book about the AAVSO History currently in production and scheduled to be published by Cambridge Press during the AAVSO's centennial in 2011. I recommend editors visit the AAVSO web site to see some of the activity. The AAVSO even publishes its own Journal, which is peer-reviewed and accepted by the Astrophysics Data System - the central repository of astronomy research journals. The AAVSO is very well known in the world of stellar astrophysics and amateur astronomy. --Aaronp808 (talk) 01:57, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * If 3rd party references aren't available then the subject may not be notable. If the Journal is frequently cited by scholars or others, it may be notable.  Perhaps this article should be moved to focus on the journal with the association as a section of that article?--RadioFan (talk) 12:24, 20 August 2009 (UTC)


 * The association generates the data published in the Journal, the data is what makes it notable. The data is generated by the association. 76.66.192.144 (talk) 09:21, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

AAVSO categories on Wikipedia
A couple of AAVSO categories on Wiki: Category:AAVSO light curves on the English wiki and Commons:Category:AAVSO light curves on Commons. These categories contain light curves generated using the Light Curve Generator (LCG) at http://ftp.aavso.org/lcg -- Kheider (talk) 21:32, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Creative Commons
Can light curves generated by the AAVSO Light Curve Generator (LCG) at http://ftp.aavso.org/lcg be uploaded to Commons as a Creative Commons release? I am curious what the rule on this is? -- Kheider (talk) 21:51, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Early history of AAVSO needs to be reexamined
A book covering the history of the AAVSO in great detail was published recently (2011) and seems to correct many misinterpretations about the early days of the AAVSO (Williams & Saladyga, "Advancing Variable Star Astronomy", see complete reference in the main article). I corrected some erroneous statements about the location of the AAVSO HQ based on this book. However, this book contains a wealth of material that could be used to enrich the wiki article on the AAVSO. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BikemanWiki (talk • contribs) 00:45, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

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