Talk:Zeta (disambiguation)

Contested move request

The following request to move a page has been added to Wikipedia:Requested moves as an uncontroversial move, but this has been contested by one or more people. Any discussion on the issue should continue here. If a full request is not lodged within five days of this request being contested, the request will be removed from WP:RM. —Stemonitis 12:06, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

• Zeta (letter) → Zeta - Since the Greek letter is prominent enough that the term "zeta" should go there instead of a disambiguation page. --Yath 22:05, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

• I would regard this as controversial. Not as if the disam page is tiny. :) I'll let others chime in. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 09:36, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
• I agree that this is not controversial (this is usually the case for determining primary usage). There are several topics usually known as "Zeta", although it's entirely possible that the Greek letter will turn out to be the main meaning. --Stemonitis 12:06, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Astronomy

The reference to a couple of stars called Zeta+constellation could apply to any of the many stars referred to as Zeta. The names of these stars are not particularly notable so far as i know. Is there a way to resolve this? Nineteenthly (talk) 08:46, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Seems like there are two broad solutions: add all the other stars whose names begin with "Zeta," or remove the ones that are there.

There are at least 19 such articles, which seems like a lot to add -- both because it's a pain to do, and because it would kind of turn this into the "stars that begin with 'Zeta'" page.

A more automated and compact way to do this might be to link to the "Z" section of the "Stars with proper names" category. It's a quick hack, with a couple of minor flaws: "Zubenhakrabi" and "gaffias" come along for the ride, and it depends on all the stars named "Zeta" being properly categorized, but it's close to the right list. It also benefits from the coincidence of "Zeta" being alphabetically near the end of this category -- maybe there's already a template to provide a very specific slice of a category list, or one could be created, similar to {{lookfrom}} ?

The hybrid solution would be to delete the "Astronomy" section, and add "{{lookfrom}}" to the "See Also" section. If none of these stars is actually ever known as just "Zeta", that might be the most strictly WP:MOSDAB-compliant answer.--NapoliRoma (talk) 16:02, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

The stars whose names begin with "zeta" bear no relation to each other, and none of them are known simply as "Zeta". Such stars are all named using a scheme consisting of a sequential Greek letter followed by the constellation they appear in: e.g. Alpha Orionis, Beta Orionis, Gamma Orionis, etc. Zetawoof (ζ) 05:31, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

OK, pretty much what I thought. Then I would go with the "hybrid" change mentioned above.--NapoliRoma (talk) 16:11, 5 January 2011 (UTC)