Talk:Marsquake
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It's still an earthquake - on Mars
editThe term earthquake is not based on the name of the planet Earth, it's based on the fact, that the earth is shaking, based on the movement of tectonic plates. So, this article should be either be a part of the article Earthquake or be renamed to Earthquakes on Mars. --212.184.199.26 (talk) 18:04, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
Magnetic Striping
editThe article does not give any reference for the existence of magnetic striping on Mars, it just links to another article which explains magnetic striping on Earth.
Actually, the striping that some authors believe to see is mainly a map projection artefact and vanishes if the projection is changed to one which does not stretch the poles into lines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.247.247.239 (talk) 11:24, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Requested move 15 October 2019
edit- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Calidum 02:57, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
Marsquake → Earthquake on Mars – See #It's still an earthquake - on Mars above. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 18:15, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
Support move but to Mars earthquakes.Cheers, Rowan Forest (talk) 18:43, 15 October 2019 (UTC)- Oppose - Changed my mind above. I see the media has been using the scientific term, so it is safe to say that "marsquake" is both the scientific term and the common term. Rowan Forest (talk) 19:36, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose We have to defer to the reliable sources, not the shower thoughts of Wikipedia visitors. And the sources use the term marsquake often, including Scientific American and and BBC News. Even NASA has used such terms, like moonquakes. It is an established scientific term.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 19:55, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose. The term "marsquake" is used by reliable publications: [1]. The sole basis for the noms request seems to be the random thoughts of an anon editor. PC78 (talk) 08:30, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose, per above. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:47, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose. If you watch much of NASA's videos, they refer to them most often as marsquakes. YouTube: First Likely Marsquake Heard by NASA's InSight, YouTube: The First Possible Sound of a Marsquake on This Week @NASA – April 26, 2019. Most other institutions on YouTube seemed to have done the same. The Amazing Matt (talk) 06:01, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose, per above. Drbogdan (talk) 19:54, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.