Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Microscopium/archive1


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The article was promoted by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 10:23, 31 May 2015.

Microscopium

 * Nominator(s): Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:38, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Onward and upward - this is the next in a bunch of constellations that are being buffed. Thought it was boring but has some fascinating tidbits. Has had a professional lookover from astronomer and a reasonably thorough GAN from  - so let me know what else needs doing. cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:38, 17 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Support—the article's gone through only minor tweaks since I saw it, and I thought it was up to snuff then (except for some unfortunate sandwiching with the infobox). Curly Turkey ¡gobble! 10:48, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * thx Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:49, 17 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Support: Based on a read through, I think it satisfies the FA criteria. Praemonitus (talk) 03:08, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * thx Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:55, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Comments. As always, feel free to revert my copyediting. - Dank (push to talk)
 * Regarding 'Mic' (with single quotes), my sense is that consensus at FAC, even for non-AmEng articles, is for double quotes except for single letter abbreviations (sometimes) and a few other special cases. See WP:MOS, which applies the principle to phrases like "must see" as well as to quotations. It wouldn't bother me at all if consensus changed at either MOS or FAC, but I haven't seen evidence of that so far. I only mention this once per customer; I don't like to push this point because it might be seen as a pro-AmEng agenda, which it's not. The IAU (at http://www.iau.org/public/themes/constellations/) seems to use italics rather than single or double quotes, which would also be fine. - Dank (push to talk) 21:54, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Support on prose per standard disclaimer. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 22:17, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * thx - my feeling is italics probably as a word-as-word situation. However we have a bunch of other constellation FAs with the single quotes. I think the best thing is a quick RfC and change all constellations at once to preferred version. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:55, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure Cas, works for me. - Dank (push to talk) 15:03, 19 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Support – usual high quality stuff. One thing: "The stars that comprise Microscopium are in a region previously considered the hind feet of Sagittarius, a neighboring constellation." -- Who considerd this?   Cassianto Talk   23:45, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * thx - will double check. source doesn't say but it'd be early celestial cartographers before the 1750s I suspect. This is the logical answer but not stated in source however.... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:55, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem if it doesn't. Perhaps its best to avoid OR even if the answer is obvious.    Cassianto Talk   08:04, 19 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Support. Blue-linking "French" is pushing things a bit, in terms of WP:OVERLINK, and your bibliographic style is not entirely consistent: you tell us that Cambridge and London are in the UK, but we are left in ignorance of the whereabouts of Florida and New Jersey. That apart (and looking just a little askance at "to all intents and purposes") I have nothing but praise for a fine article that is comprehensible even to someone like me, to whom astronomy is a closed book. –  Tim riley  talk    09:04, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
 * oh dear, I unlinked French. I've always done states for north america and australia and countries elsewhere.....thx for support Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:47, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Image review:
 * File:Microscopium IAU.svg - verified CC-BY-3.0
 * File:Constellation Microscopium.jpg - verified CC-BY-SA-3.0
 * File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Sagittarius and Corona Australis, Microscopium, and Telescopium.jpg - verified PD -- Laser brain  (talk)  23:28, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Source review:
 * Some journal titles are linked, some aren't (Popular Astronomy, for example).
 * did that. checking others linked all I could Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:19, 31 May 2015 (UTC)


 * I feel like "self-published" ought to be capitalized. Thoughts?
 * fine by me - done Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:19, 31 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Fn 15 - wrong date? The source says it was published in 2002, not 2003.
 * whoops, fixed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:19, 31 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Fn 25 - can you pipe the link to the journal so "The" is included in the link? Looks awkward.
 * done Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:19, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Otherwise, everything looks good. -- Laser brain  (talk)  23:49, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Ian Rose (talk) 10:23, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
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