Template talk:Andromeda (constellation)

Unknown objects?

I couldn't find anything about two objects in this template:

M31V J004437.99+412923.6

M 1-1

While the first is a totally mysterious object, the second could be from Rudolph Minkowski's catalogue of planetary nebulae, but I still don't find anything about it using Google. Should I remove them or do you have any information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Psyluke (talk • contribs) 16:32, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 3 February 2019

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. 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.

Moved, per Netoholic's alternative proposal. Don't worry, I'll sort out the right links. bd2412 T 20:32, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

• Template:Stars of Andromeda → Template:Constellation of Andromeda
• Template:Stars of Antlia → Template:Constellation of Antlia
• Template:Stars of Apus → Template:Constellation of Apus
• Template:Stars of Aquarius → Template:Constellation of Aquarius
• Template:Stars of Aquila → Template:Constellation of Aquila
• Template:Stars of Ara → Template:Constellation of Ara
• Template:Stars of Aries → Template:Constellation of Aries
• Template:Stars of Auriga → Template:Constellation of Auriga
• Template:Stars of Boötes → Template:Constellation of Boötes
• Template:Stars of Caelum → Template:Constellation of Caelum
• Template:Stars of Camelopardalis → Template:Constellation of Camelopardalis
• Template:Stars of Cancer → Template:Constellation of Cancer
• Template:Stars of Canes Venatici → Template:Constellation of Canes Venatici
• Template:Stars of Canis Major → Template:Constellation of Canis Major
• Template:Stars of Canis Minor → Template:Constellation of Canis Minor
• Template:Stars of Capricornus → Template:Constellation of Capricornus
• Template:Stars of Carina → Template:Constellation of Carina
• Template:Stars of Cassiopeia → Template:Constellation of Cassiopeia
• Template:Stars of Centaurus → Template:Constellation of Centaurus
• Template:Stars of Cepheus → Template:Constellation of Cepheus
• Template:Stars of Cetus → Template:Constellation of Cetus
• Template:Stars of Chamaeleon → Template:Constellation of Chamaeleon
• Template:Stars of Circinus → Template:Constellation of Circinus
• Template:Stars of Columba → Template:Constellation of Columba
• Template:Stars of Coma Berenices → Template:Constellation of Coma Berenices
• Template:Stars of Corona Australis → Template:Constellation of Corona Australis
• Template:Stars of Corona Borealis → Template:Constellation of Corona Borealis
• Template:Stars of Corvus → Template:Constellation of Corvus
• Template:Stars of Crater → Template:Constellation of Crater
• Template:Stars of Crux → Template:Constellation of Crux
• Template:Stars of Cygnus → Template:Constellation of Cygnus
• Template:Stars of Delphinus → Template:Constellation of Delphinus
• Template:Stars of Dorado → Template:Constellation of Dorado
• Template:Stars of Draco → Template:Constellation of Draco
• Template:Stars of Equuleus → Template:Constellation of Eridanus
• Template:Stars of Fornax → Template:Constellation of Fornax
• Template:Stars of Gemini → Template:Constellation of Gemini
• Template:Stars of Grus → Template:Constellation of Grus
• Template:Stars of Hercules → Template:Constellation of Hercules
• Template:Stars of Horologium → Template:Constellation of Horologium
• Template:Stars of Hydra → Template:Constellation of Hydra
• Template:Stars of Hydrus → Template:Constellation of Hydrus
• Template:Stars of Indus → Template:Constellation of Indus
• Template:Stars of Lacerta → Template:Constellation of Lacerta
• Template:Stars of Leo → Template:Constellation of Leo
• Template:Stars of Leo Minor → Template:Constellation of Leo Minor
• Template:Stars of Lepus → Template:Constellation of Lepus
• Template:Stars of Libra → Template:Constellation of Libra
• Template:Stars of Lupus → Template:Constellation of Lupus
• Template:Stars of Lynx → Template:Constellation of Lynx
• Template:Stars of Lyra → Template:Constellation of Lyra
• Template:Stars of Mensa → Template:Constellation of Mensa
• Template:Stars of Microscopium → Template:Constellation of Microscopium
• Template:Stars of Monoceros → Template:Constellation of Monoceros
• Template:Stars of Musca → Template:Constellation of Musca
• Template:Stars of Norma → Template:Constellation of Norma
• Template:Stars of Octans → Template:Constellation of Octans
• Template:Stars of Ophiuchus → Template:Constellation of Ophiuchus
• Template:Stars of Orion → Template:Constellation of Orion
• Template:Stars of Pavo → Template:Constellation of Pavo
• Template:Stars of Pegasus → Template:Constellation of Pegasus
• Template:Stars of Perseus → Template:Constellation of Perseus
• Template:Stars of Phoenix → Template:Constellation of Phoenix
• Template:Stars of Pictor → Template:Constellation of Pictor
• Template:Stars of Pisces → Template:Constellation of Pisces
• Template:Stars of Piscis Austrinus → Template:Constellation of Piscis Austrinus
• Template:Stars of Puppis → Template:Constellation of Puppis
• Template:Stars of Pyxis → Template:Constellation of Pyxis
• Template:Stars of Reticulum → Template:Constellation of Reticulum
• Template:Stars of Sagitta → Template:Constellation of Sagitta
• Template:Stars of Sagittarius → Template:Constellation of Sagittarius
• Template:Stars of Scorpius → Template:Constellation of Scorpius
• Template:Stars of Sculptor → Template:Constellation of Sculptor
• Template:Stars of Scutum → Template:Constellation of Scutum
• Template:Stars of Serpens → Template:Constellation of Serpens
• Template:Stars of Sextans → Template:Constellation of Sextans
• Template:Stars of Taurus → Template:Constellation of Taurus
• Template:Stars of Telescopium → Template:Constellation of Telescopium
• Template:Stars of Triangulum → Template:Constellation of Triangulum
• Template:Stars of Triangulum Australe → Template:Constellation of Triangulum Australe
• Template:Stars of Tucana → Template:Constellation of Tucana
• Template:Stars of Ursa Major → Template:Constellation of Ursa Major
• Template:Stars of Ursa Minor → Template:Constellation of Ursa Minor
• Template:Stars of Vela → Template:Constellation of Vela
• Template:Virgo → Template:Constellation of Virgo
• Template:Stars of Volans → Template:Constellation of Volans
• Template:Stars of Vulpecula → Template:Constellation of Vulpecula

– It would make much more sense to change the scope of these navboxes to encompass not only just stars in a constellation, but all deep sky objects and miscellaneous objects and astronomical events in a constellation. Some of these templates, such as {{Stars of Carina}} and {{Stars of Cygnus}} already do so, but do not reflect such in their names. The scopes and names of all of these templates should all be standardised and harmonised to this new approach as well. – PhilipTerryGraham (talk · articles · reviews) 04:48, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

• Oppose and move instead to match the associated main articles - for example, Template:Andromeda (constellation) (per Andromeda (constellation)) and Template:Ursa Major (per Ursa Major). per WP:CONCISE and WP:NATURAL. -- Netoholic @ 05:26, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

@Netoholic: So, you're actually supporting a move, but to a different naming scheme than originally proposed. I wouldn't mind this naming scheme per the guidelines you cited. – PhilipTerryGraham (talk · articles · reviews) 06:03, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

Eh, I fully oppose the original move proposal, nor any other move except my alternative, so no and you should de-bold the misleading implication of support. -- Netoholic @ 11:54, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

@Netoholic: Your proposal is to move "to match the associated main articles", so you do support my proposal to move the templates to a more appropriate name. I proposed that the names be "standardised and harmonised" in some way, not specifically proposing any name. An oppose would be wanting to keep the status quo. This is why I'm begging you to change to the more appropriate "Support the move, but to a different title", which is a more accurate description that's less likely to lead to people who didn't actually read your argument opposing the move citing you. – PhilipTerryGraham (talk · articles · reviews) 23:20, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

• Comment: perhaps the first discussion should be whether the scope of these templates should be expanded to cover non-stellar objects within each constelation, and then the best name will be more apparent. Some of the templates have been expanded already (eg. {{Stars of Cygnus}}, some have not (eg. {{Stars of Taurus}}. I find the expanded versions, at least for some constellations such as Cygnus, to be very large and intimidating. It isn't clear if there is a real benefit to expanding them. Do readers about a star, for example, want to quickly go and read about galaxies in the same constellation? Just to come back to the renaming question, even though I said I didn't want to yet, the templates that have already been expanded have also been re-titled, for example to Cygnus Constellation, which might serve as a guide to the template name. Lithopsian (talk) 14:30, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

@Lithopsian: I'd say out of pure convenience it would be better; naturally people would like to know the kind of objects one can find in a constellation, not just exclusively stars. Most navboxes that do already have a merged scope don't have that many non-star objects to begin with; for example, {{Stars of Norma}} has only five articles on non-star objects and {{Stars of Crux}} only has three. Having completely seperate navboxes for lists of only three, five, or a similar small number of articles would be quite the joke, in my opinion. You may find {{Stars of Cygnus}} large and intimidating because it is completely overloaded with redlinks, which really shouldn't be in a navigational box, since those articles don't exist. Guidelines on this topic state that "Red links may be used on navigation templates with links to existing articles, but they cannot be excessive." This is how the navbox ideally should look like, with much cleaner grouping and only links to actual, existing articles on Wikipedia. – PhilipTerryGraham (talk · articles · reviews) 02:59, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Perhaps it would help to make the template auto-collapsed if we're going to make them all twice the size? I realise that this is not the original move discussion, but the move question is probably moot if there is no desire to expand the templates in the first place. Lithopsian (talk) 14:19, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

@Lithopsian: No, the discussion is on changing the scope mainly, so you're right to discuss it. most of the navboxes won't be twice the size. As mentioned above, some of the navboxes will only gain as little as three or five wikilinks. Even then, {{Navbox}} naturally autocollapses if there is a second navbox on the page. One can also set any normal {{Navbox}} to state=autocollapse if an editor feels that it is unnecessary to have it expanded, i.e. in a stub article where it is the only navbox on the page. – PhilipTerryGraham (talk · articles · reviews) 00:08, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

• Support: the proposed template names are more representative of their actual purpose and are closer to the template titles. Praemonitus (talk) 15:04, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
• Support: the templates include non-stellar astronomical objects so the current title is factually incorrect. Both PhilipTerryGraham's original proposal or Netoholic's alternative proposal implements the important part of this RM, the factual fix, I can see a debate based on WP:CONSISTENCY v.s. WP:NATDAB over the two, but that's an aside. Changing "Stars" to "Constellations" is the main thing. SITH (talk) 10:22, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

  At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I must point out again that some of these templates have been updated to include non-stellar objects, and the visible titles (bot not the article/template) have been changed to match as described. Others are still "original" and contain only stellar objects, and are still titled "Stars of ...". Lithopsian (talk) 16:28, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

• Oppose renames as proposed. "Constellation of name" is unNATURAL. Support Netoholic's counter-proposal... Template:name (constellation). --В²C ☎ 18:26, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
• Oppose renames as proposed. "Constellation of name" is unNATURAL. Support Netoholic's counter-proposal... Template:name (constellation). Although template names are not very relevant as long as their purpose is agree and understood somehow. Dicklyon (talk) 04:21, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
• Netoholic, В²C, Dicklyon, anyone want to compile what new titles this would actually result in? Otherwise that's a lot of research for the closer. Dekimasuよ! 19:35, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
  •  Done #Counter-proposal list. --В²C ☎ 19:51, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Counter-proposal list

• Template:Stars of Andromeda → Template:Andromeda (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Antlia → Template:Antlia (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Apus → Template:Apus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Aquarius → Template:Aquarius (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Aquila → Template:Aquila (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Ara → Template:Ara (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Aries → Template:Aries (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Auriga → Template:Auriga (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Boötes → Template:Boötes (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Caelum → Template:Caelum (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Camelopardalis → Template:Camelopardalis (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Cancer → Template:Cancer (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Canes Venatici → Template:Canes Venatici (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Canis Major → Template:Canis Major (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Canis Minor → Template:Canis Minor (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Capricornus → Template:Capricornus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Carina → Template:Carina (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Cassiopeia → Template:Cassiopeia (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Centaurus → Template:Centaurus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Cepheus → Template:Cepheus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Cetus → Template:Cetus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Chamaeleon → Template:Chamaeleon (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Circinus → Template:Circinus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Columba → Template:Columba (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Coma Berenices → Template:Coma Berenices (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Corona Australis → Template:Corona Australis (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Corona Borealis → Template:Corona Borealis (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Corvus → Template:Corvus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Crater → Template:Crater (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Crux → Template:Crux (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Cygnus → Template:Cygnus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Delphinus → Template:Delphinus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Dorado → Template:Dorado (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Draco → Template:Draco (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Equuleus → Template:Eridanus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Fornax → Template:Fornax (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Gemini → Template:Gemini (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Grus → Template:Grus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Hercules → Template:Hercules (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Horologium → Template:Horologium (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Hydra → Template:Hydra (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Hydrus → Template:Hydrus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Indus → Template:Indus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Lacerta → Template:Lacerta (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Leo → Template:Leo (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Leo Minor → Template:Leo Minor (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Lepus → Template:Lepus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Libra → Template:Libra (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Lupus → Template:Lupus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Lynx → Template:Lynx (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Lyra → Template:Lyra (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Mensa → Template:Mensa (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Microscopium → Template:Microscopium (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Monoceros → Template:Monoceros (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Musca → Template:Musca (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Norma → Template:Norma (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Octans → Template:Octans (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Ophiuchus → Template:Ophiuchus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Orion → Template:Orion (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Pavo → Template:Pavo (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Pegasus → Template:Pegasus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Perseus → Template:Perseus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Phoenix → Template:Phoenix (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Pictor → Template:Pictor (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Pisces → Template:Pisces (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Piscis Austrinus → Template:Piscis Austrinus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Puppis → Template:Puppis (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Pyxis → Template:Pyxis (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Reticulum → Template:Reticulum (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Sagitta → Template:Sagitta (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Sagittarius → Template:Sagittarius (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Scorpius → Template:Scorpius (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Sculptor → Template:Sculptor (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Scutum → Template:Scutum (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Serpens → Template:Serpens (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Sextans → Template:Sextans (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Taurus → Template:Taurus (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Telescopium → Template:Telescopium (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Triangulum → Template:Triangulum (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Triangulum Australe → Template:Triangulum Australe (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Tucana → Template:Tucana (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Ursa Major → Template:Ursa Major (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Ursa Minor → Template:Ursa Minor (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Vela → Template:Vela (constellation)
• Template:Virgo → Template:Virgo (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Volans → Template:Volans (constellation)
• Template:Stars of Vulpecula → Template:Vulpecula (constellation)

--В²C ☎ 19:51, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

• @Born2cycle: - only those templates that match with disambiguated article should be disambiguated. For example, the Ursa Major template should be Template:Ursa Major. -- Netoholic @ 20:16, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
  • (post-closure) I was wondering about that. Thanks. Closer says we need not worry. Whew! --В²C ☎ 21:28, 13 February 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. No further edits should be made to this section.

Navbox design

@Lithopsian: I wouldn’t mind a clarification on what made the new version of the navbox a “mess”, and why a version of the navbox which has dozens and dozens of redirects to List of stars in Andromeda, has many wikilinks that do not share the article titles, has entire rows dedicated to only one to three links that could be better consolidated into larger groups, and is missing a number of unlinked stars and deep-sky objects, is somehow better. – PhilipTerryGraham (talk · articles · reviews) 15:51, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

If objects are missing, then by all means they should be added. I apologise if I removed such objects, but there didn't seem to be a reliable way to undo the widespread changes except as a single block. As for merging naked-eye BS stars into "other", etc., it is unhelpful because the whole navigation box is sorted in a rough order of "noticeability": Bayer -> Flamsteed -> Variable star designation -> BSC -> HD, etc. This used to be consistent across all the constellation navigation templates. It is now getting progressively broken for no good reason that I can see. If there is just one entry in a group then so be it. The redlinks were present for a reason, and if there were so many that they were overwhelming the readability of the article, then they should have been commented out individually. Essentially all of them are present in the related list articles, and redirects to those lists would be more helpful than simply removing whole swathes of notable stars. If you don't understand what a navigation template is doing, it might be best to ask around a bit before mangling it. At the very worst, a complete overhaul of the entire navigation template system for a project deserves some discussion at that project, ie. Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Astronomical_objects. Lithopsian (talk) 15:11, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

@Lithopsian: We're already having a discussion on this page, so we might as well continue here. Ultimately the purpose of a navigational template is to navigate between articles on Wikipedia, and a navbox fails its goal if it has numerous links to articles which simply don't exist, whether red links or redirects. The guidelines on navboxes state that "red links and redirects should normally be avoided unless they are very likely to be developed into articles." It has been years and most of the non-articles that either currently occupy or had occupied this template in the past were either deleted due to notability concerns or were never created in the first place. If these are supposedly "notable stars", why are there no articles on them, and why should the burden be on the navbox to include red links or redirects in their place only for no article to be created for years and years to come, much like the red links and redirects that used to occupy this template for many years prior. Editors should ideally write the article first before linking them, and the guidelines on redlinking state not to "create red links to articles that are not likely to be created and retained in Wikipedia". It also doesn't make sense that certain links in this template say it links to a page titled one thing, and then leads them to a page with a completely different title. For example, a link to a page named HD 221246 should not be linked as "HR 8925" as it is currently. This is another failure to provide navigation between articles on Wikipedia, as the reader is being actively misled. Again, the burden should not be on the navbox if there is a hierarchy of star designations that are not being enforced on the articles themselves – more productive resolutions for this would be either a mass move proposal or bold page moves if you believe that pages such as "HD 221246" should instead be named "HR 8925". Rather than confusing readers trying to navigate between said articles by renaming them only through navbox wikilinks, rename the articles themselves. These navigational templates should not be serving as proxies for articles such as List of stars in Andromeda and opinions on star names, they should be serving their intended purpose as navigational tools for existing articles on Wikipedia as titled. – PhilipTerryGraham (talk · articles · reviews) 00:36, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

What's your objection to having a wider discussion before changing 88 templates? If the reasons are so compelling, then there will be a clear consensus and then you can change every template with no complaints. You never know, people might come up with even better ideas that can be incorporated. Lithopsian (talk) 13:24, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

@Lithopsian: You're putting words into my mouth. I never said I objected to a wider discussion. I've left a notice at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomical objects pointing to this discussion if that satisfies you. – PhilipTerryGraham (talk · articles · reviews) 14:17, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

• Comment: If we want to provide more consistency, we should be using a higher level Constellation NavBox template to standardize the layout. Perhaps we should try an experiment with a draft template? I agree with culling the numerous red links; if a new star article is created, we can always add it back in. Praemonitus (talk) 16:30, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
• Comment: I feel like I should comment here, because lately I've been expanding the constellation navboxes so that they include non-stellar objects. I wasn't the one to start this: StringTheory11, who is now retired, started it but stopped at the C's, and I've picked up since. So obviously my view is that the constellation navboxes should include non-stellar objects as well, since I don't really see a reason why a navbox would limit itself to just stars. As for the problem of excessively large infoboxes: I have noticed this before, especially with one like {{Dorado}}, which includes a large number of NGC objects that are open clusters. Because the standard of shortening NGC objects to just their numbers only applies for galaxies, it makes the open cluster section extremely large. However, I don't see it as a reason to not expand the navboxes. My personal view is that it's an NGC problem: the NGC notability guideline is (IMHO) too lax anyway, and results in many boring articles along the lines of "NGC xxx is a galaxy in the constellation X". Loooke (talk) 22:59, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
• Comment 2: Let's keep this discussion separate. I thought the set indices and lists were supposed to be next to the "Stars" category, which was why I started moving some of them (like [right here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Aquarius_(constellation)&diff=prev&oldid=913593069]). But I am not sure which option is the best: having the lists at the top, bottom, or next to the "Stars" category. I'm willing to redo all the changes I've made here. Loooke (talk) 22:59, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

I've decided to act upon Praemonitus's idea of a standardised navbox template that these constellation navboxes can use in order to enforce some design consistencies across a group of very inconsistently-designed navboxes. The result is called {{Constellation navbox}}, and I'm moving this discussion to Template talk:Constellation navbox#Design! – PhilipTerryGraham (talk · articles · reviews) 03:25, 7 September 2019 (UTC)