Talk:A-type main-sequence star
Latest comment: 11 years ago by BDD in topic Proposed move
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The name
editI think we should ke this artical from confusing with white dwarfs. But I would like to see it also match it's buddies (i.e. yellow dwarf, red dwarf). But I had an idea, what if we call the title White dwarf (MKK); the MKK means Yerkes spectral classification. I thought this could work. What do you think? — HurricaneDevon @ 11:16, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
- That would be needlessly confusing, "white dwarf" has a particularly specific meaning. "White main sequence star" is the best description we have for these: the distinction between dwarfs and giants is less well defined for the earlier star classes anyway. Do you have any evidence in the scientific literature (i.e. papers) to indicate that the term "white dwarf" is used for A-class main sequence stars? Chaos syndrome 17:47, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
- I think this article lacks notability, but may yet survive for a while. The relevant facts are in Stellar classification, but it might IMHO be reasonable to erect A-type stars, B-type stars, etc. like S-type stars, maybe. But S-type is a special case, since it is an intermediary from Oxygen star to Carbon star. Said: Rursus (☻) 09:02, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
- It should be possible to expand this article, per the example at B-type main sequence star.—RJH (talk) 17:41, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Proposed move
edit- The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the proposal was moved. --BDD (talk) 17:59, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
- A-type main sequence star → A-type main-sequence star
- B-type main sequence star → B-type main-sequence star
- O-type main sequence star → O-type main-sequence star
– "Main sequence" is a compound modifier. The rationale the mover used was the title of main sequence which of course, like African American, is a noun. Were Armbrust not blocked, I'm sure he would support this move. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 22:35, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support – these titles would be better with the clarifying normal punctuation. Like in most scholarly papers. Dicklyon (talk) 06:38, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
- Strong support — These titles should be properly punctuated. --JorisvS (talk) 08:04, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
- Support. Another example is Large-cell lung carcinoma. Ruslik_Zero 08:47, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.