Talk:Neptini

Source for Neptini planets

Because one was requested, here is a source defining Neptini planets (it does appear to be an obscure term):

• https://astrobites.org/2022/06/16/astrobites-at-aas-240-day-3/

Mrfoogles (talk) 17:48, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Hey there @Mrfoogles. Thanks for posting this after my probably-over-speedy reversion. Do you think that blog post alone is enough of an RS to verify that this term is used in that way? If so, per Wikipedia:DABABBREV, "If an abbreviation is verifiable, but not mentioned in the target article, consider adding it to the target article and then adding the entry to the disambiguation page." Jonathan Deamer (talk) 18:50, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

I think the blog post is enough of an RS to determine that it exists, especially given that it's not an exceptional claim: "Person X said (plausible thing)" is unsurprising. The blog is also sponsored by the AAS and run by graduate students. The about page mentions an "Editorial Committee" that among other things "[helps] the scheduler assign editors", so there is some amount of editorial review, though it may just be copy-editing. I suspect they don't just publish anything.

I'm not sure that the term is major enough to put in the target articles, though, especially given there are two of them, and it's not clearly defined. The only place I can find it online is that blog post, and another (very much not a reliable source) blog I originally found it in. Mrfoogles (talk) 23:45, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Update: here's the original presentation where she uses the term. Mrfoogles (talk) 23:57, 8 October 2024 (UTC)