Template talk:Solar eclipses

What's the focus of this navbox?

Right now this navbox seems to be an exhaustive list of solar eclipses and is getting rather big. Someone just added all the eclipses in a between 1979 and 2030 making the box gigantic and full of red. I deleted all the redlinks (because they are not helpful for navigation, which is what this box is for, right?) but that's not really the solution.

I think we need to figure out what the point of this box is, right now it's so full of links it's hard to parse. I think there are too many eclipses listed, exhaustive lists are available in the list articles, this navbox ought to have "Notable eclipses", don't you guys think? Likewise, I think there are too many centuries individually listed. Why not have a lists of solar eclipses by century and then have a link for, say 19th, 20th, 21st century eclipses? Cheers, — sligocki (talk) 05:17, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm the someone who just filled the missing eclipses from 1979-2030. I agree it's not ideal on the long term, but I wanted clarity what eclipses were missing. I'm working on subgrouped solar eclipses in 3-4 year sequences within the saros cycles. For now it was the most convenient place to NAVIGATE what was missing. I'll restore it for now, please! Tom Ruen (talk) 05:29, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

I commented out the wider ranges, pre-2001, and post-2013 where the vast majority of articles were missing. Comment boundaries can be moved, or important ones pulled out, or all pull out during large-scale efforts. Tom Ruen (talk) 06:22, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

UPDATE: I've completed stub articles for events from 1950-2050, and linked here. I added Wikipedia:WikiProject_solar_eclipses to organize this work if anyone else is interested in helping. SockPuppetForTomruen (talk) 23:36, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Split

This enormity really needs to be split. I'm not against having multiple templates under the same header, but in one template it's just too much. --Anime Addict AA (talk) 19:25, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Since the Template already links to eclipses by century and Saros series, I removed all the links to individual eclipses, the template is a reasonable size now. --TimL (talk) 10:41, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Wow, I think this removeal is a very bad idea. The template is closed by default, and seemed like a perfectly good way to access individual eclipse articles. Searching by saros series is useless, and the century tables are very large load/format very slowly. SockPuppetForTomruen (talk) 02:25, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

links at top

Why does the template link Solar eclipses? That makes no sense. See WP:SEAOFBLUE. I am changing. Feel free to revert. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:29, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 May 2019

187.105.219.237 (talk) 01:08, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

See my response below. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 22:39, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 June 2019

187.105.219.237 (talk) 22:34, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

 Not done. It's not clear what exactly you want us to do. Please file a proper edit request with a clear reason next time you want something done. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 22:39, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Correction needed

The template contains an error. The solar eclipse of 20 July 1944 was annular, not total, so it must belong to the section “Annular eclipses,” not “Total/hybrid eclipses.” —Jencie Nasino (talk) 05:43, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

 Done. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 01:23, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Is one missing?

This: Solar eclipse of May 12, 1706, Hi.-- Windino [Rec] 20:34, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

 Done. 🪐Kepler-1229b | talk | contribs🪐 01:20, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 April 2024

The "upcoming eclipse" arrow marker has not been updated yet. 130.85.226.154 (talk) 23:00, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, I was unable to understand your request. Requests must be in the form of "Change X to Y" and therefore it is rejected. Myrealnamm (💬talk · ✏️contribs) at 23:05, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

This is/was a cache issue, which has now been sorted. When a template is date-based it requires a refresh occasionally to make sure the date last passed to the template matches the current date. Primefac (talk) 06:46, 10 April 2024 (UTC)