Talk:Halley's Comet/Archive 5
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Western vs Oriental
The article refers to the last year for which "oriental records were better than western" records. Shouldn't one compare oriental to occidental, or eastern to western records? This reads as grammatically confused. 216.163.246.3 (talk) 21:55, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
- Point taken. Serendipodous 23:57, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
Does halley's comet exist in 2024?
If , so then you can surely edit this Wikipedia article for Halley's comet existing in 2024? 121.74.164.184 (talk) 04:43, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
684 CE depiction?
The table of apparitions claims that the comet is depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle, which for some time was thought to be the oldest depiction of a comet. This claim, which was popular since the 1960s,[1] has been disproven in 1989.[2] I don't know why it is in this Featured Article, and with a source from 1985![3] Renerpho (talk) 06:00, 29 June 2024 (UTC) Renerpho (talk) 06:00, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- I removed both mentions of it. Renerpho (talk) 19:09, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
References
- ^ Ley, Willy (October 1967). "The Worst of All the Comets". Galaxy Science Fiction. p. 99.
- ^ Olson, R. J. M.; Pasachoff, J. M. (1989). "Is Comet p/ Halley of 684-A.D. Recorded in the Nuremberg Chronicle?". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 20 (3/OCT): 171–173. Bibcode:1989JHA....20..171O.
- ^ http://www.ianridpath.com/halley/halley6.html
ref label b?
In "Structure and composition" is "[b]" which seems to do nothing. Anyone know what this is for or how to fix it? Al Begamut (talk) 22:47, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Al Begamut: This has been the case since the article was vandalized on 8 March 2010, 14 years ago.[1] The edit was partially, but not completely, reverted 12 minutes later,[2] by what may well have been the same editor who originally vandalized it (both were made by unregistered IPs). The page syntax has been broken ever since. It should work again now.[3]
- I have never seen a Featured Article that had such blatant vandalism stand for so long. Renerpho (talk) 06:35, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- I appreciate very much your detailed explanation; as an editor with limited range of experience, this insight is helpful to me. Al Begamut (talk) 13:12, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Al Begamut: This is now listed at Wikipedia:Wikipedia records#Vandalism, as the longest undetected vandalism on a featured article. Thanks again for bringing it to our attention! Renerpho (talk) 19:08, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Wow, all right then. Pleased to have helped! Al Begamut (talk) 12:50, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Al Begamut: This is now listed at Wikipedia:Wikipedia records#Vandalism, as the longest undetected vandalism on a featured article. Thanks again for bringing it to our attention! Renerpho (talk) 19:08, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- I appreciate very much your detailed explanation; as an editor with limited range of experience, this insight is helpful to me. Al Begamut (talk) 13:12, 29 June 2024 (UTC)