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October 2016

Hi, thanks for your edit to Teacher in Space Project. I have reverted the edit because you didn't give any references for Barbara Morgan not being an "Educator Astronaut". NASA have referred to her as an Educator Astronaut (eg. in this press release), but that may not have been her official title, and I would really like to find out more! Thanks, Exotropic Snail (talk) 20:50, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

February 2017

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I thought I signed it, but apparently I didn't. Thanks for the feedback! -A lad insane (Channel 2) 17:00, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Bill Paxton

Read below sources

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/26/entertainment/bill-paxton-dead/

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39097834 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rapa123 (talk • contribs) 18:03, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

If you read carefully you can see all the news were published on 26th afternoon mate ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rapa123 (talk • contribs) 18:19, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

IMDB also tells the same http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000200/ I don't know let's wait and see. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rapa123 (talk • contribs) 18:31, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Princess Leia

Please see edit by TAnthony at Princess Leia to explain why I made my edit you reverted. Permission has been given by the Fisher family but there is no source to say any footage will be used Robynthehode (talk) 06:07, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Cleaning up Maryann Keller...

Hello A lad insane: I imagine you saw my post in the "Tea House," and I just wanted to send you a note thanking you for your edits on [Keller]. Editors like you make Wikipedia the tremendous resource it is today! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jalicandri (talk • contribs) 18:07, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

Your signature

Hi, regarding your signature as used in posts like this and this - it goes against WP:CUSTOMSIG in several respects. In decreasing order of seriousness, these are:

1. some of the coloured text does not have good contrast (see WP:SIGAPP): assuming a white background,
   • colour #10aeeb yields a contrast ratio of only 2.54, well below the 4.5 required for WCAG 2 AA Compliance
   • colour #000000 yields a contrast ratio of 21, which is perfect contrast, well above the 7 required for WCAG 2 AAA Compliance
   • colour #ef0000 yields a contrast ratio of 4.5, which is exactly on the threshold required for WCAG 2 AA Compliance but below the 7 required for WCAG 2 AAA Compliance
   • colour #ff00f7 yields a contrast ratio of 3.18, below the 4.5 required for WCAG 2 AA Compliance
2. it is far too long - excluding timestamp, it is 325 characters of code, see WP:SIGLEN
3. it contains the {{#if:}} parser function contrary to WP:SIG#NT
4. it uses a category, contrary to WP:SIG#NoCAT
5. it uses <font>...</font> tags, which is against WP:SIG#Font tags.

Please try to address these problems, I can help if you like. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 15:45, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

The category never was in my signature. It added itself, apparently, but I am fixing it. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 16:07, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

I tried to fix it, code now reads -A lad insane (Channel 2) (I can't get it to display in code) but it won't let me enter it into the signature box, it says "invalid signature". Is there a reason for this? -A lad insane (Channel 2) 16:34, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

To display the code here, try dropping it between <source lang=moin></source> tags, as in

[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64]] &#x1f339; ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]])

don't ask what moin means, I don't remember myself. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 19:57, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Okay, replacement signature reads

[[User:A lad insane|<span style="color:#10aeeb; background:#000000">-A la<span style="color:#ffffff">d <span style="color:#ef0000">insane]] {{small|[[User talk:A lad insane|(Channel 2)]]}}

but it won't let me enter it in the signature box. I suppose I could substitute it if I can't get it to work. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 23:22, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Problems here include: three opening <span> tags with no balancing </span> to close them; it uses the {{small}} template, contrary to WP:SIG#NT. Haven't checked the contrast or length. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 09:36, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

The length is okay, it's 188 characters or similar, but how exactly does using the small font template go against signature rules? -A lad insane (Channel 2) 14:08, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Signature now successfully changed. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 14:37, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

I wrote "contrary to WP:SIG#NT", and that says "Transclusions of templates and parser functions in signatures are forbidden". Anyway, if you still want small text, change <span style="color:#ff00f7; background:#000000">(Channel 2)</span> to <small style="color:#ff00f7; background:#000000">(Channel 2)</small> and that will lengthen it slightly, to 241 chars. As for the contrast, it's all now WCAG 2 AA Compliant or better. Thanks. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:07, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Text size change completed. Thanks for informing me of the violations and helping to correct. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 23:11, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

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Francis Drake posting

Are you still looking into my request for posting on the Francis Drake and New Albion pages? I provided an independent source a few days ago on the COIN page and have not heard back.Ggitzen (talk) 22:20, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks

I just wanted to thank you for your comment; you are correct, I think I saw "declined" as "decided". 331dot (talk) 18:08, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Makes sense... sure, I guess :) -A lad insane (Channel 2) 03:39, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

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Happy holidays

I'm having a merry Christmas and I hope you have a good day today and a happy new year. Thanks for working with me over the past year on the Top 25 Report. Keep up the good work.  SchreiberBike | ⌨  23:02, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Top 50

How can you get different numbers? I'm copy-pasting and adding the commas. Only not all 50 at once because I knew somebody could attempt editing. And Princess Margaret is only assigned to you because I removed your Mayweather write-up, don't know if you'll be interested. igordebraga ≠ 02:43, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

I knew you were American from other reports. Anyway, if you could help finish the tables that make the daily ranking (I had only split them by month, Stormy clouds did two of them), it would be great! igordebraga ≠ 04:27, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

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Editing News subscription

Hi, re this edit - you were subscribed by this edit - MediaWiki message delivery (talk · contribs) follows redirects, and User talk:Paige O. Rogers is a redirect to here. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 12:20, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I've removed myself from the list, now maybe it'll stop cluttering my talk page. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 16:21, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Thank you for pointing out the bias during the Sridevi RD/Blurb debate Manish2542 (talk) 21:26, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Alan Jackson

The user keeps spreading his misinformation among various other articles. He used to claim that AJ only covered one or two rap songs, but more recently he keeps adding to the list of songs supposedly covered. His last sock also vandalized Devo articles. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 02:45, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

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Spoilers in edit summaries

Greetings, fellow WP:TOP25 occasional writer! I just noticed your essay on spoilers and I believe that with some polishing, it would be a worthy addition to WP:SPOIL. Have you considered launching a discussion to add it there? Happy to help if you think that's worth trying. — JFG ^talk 17:38, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

@JFG: Thanks! I've gone through it and fixed a few errors, I think I rewrote it halfway and forgot to fix it before. And no, I haven't considered trying to add it :) although I'd be happy if you want to help with that! -A lad insane (Channel 2) 02:02, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

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Top 25

Finished the table for you, feel free to add the text (or even borrow from what I did in the previous one... after all, I'm guilty of doing the same the same last time you did the report). igordebraga ≠ 04:38, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 15:53, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Since my ping to you led to a claim, here's the list (a fairly boring one IMHO). igordebraga ≠ 13:09, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! -A lad insane (Channel 2) 15:48, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

As a music band guy, wonder if you'd be interested in The Greatest Showman in the Top 50 or if you'll just stick to the pending Avicii write-up and answering the roundtable below. In any case, do whatever you can, whenever you can. igordebraga ≠ 15:39, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

An entertaining user page

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I very much appreciated your sentiment re: new editors. I am a very old editor, but I had not done any work in 15 years, and my edit count was not high. I'm happy to report that people have been perfectly nice to me. I am trying to be nice to everyone else.

Anyway, we are now partners in the Spaceflight Project so I look forward to crossing paths.

Also, David Bowie is awesome. :)

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Thanks :) -A lad insane (Channel 2) 14:31, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

AEW logo.

The AEW logo that you reverted today wasn't uploaded by me, I'm just saying this because I saw your edit summary and I didn't know if you mistook that IP user for me. I don't do IP edits these days. Speedy Question Mark (talk) 20:31, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

@Speedy Question Mark: Thanks for the clarification. I was fairly sure it wasn't you, but in the mess of edits the IP made I didn't have time to check exactly which edit put it in. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 23:39, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

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Anusha Samaranayake

Hi. Thanks for your help with that matter. Much appreciated! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 18:18, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for your Teahouse advice about the circa template! (I always learn a lot from you) :D SunnyBoi (talk) 23:39, 22 April 2019 (UTC)

Neutral content

How publishing statements by the person represented by a Wiki page is violating Wiki neutrality? SelfCritic (talk) 16:53, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

@SelfCritic: Normally, a "controversy" section is okay, but it must be balanced and not an attack page. An article meant to sway the public's opinion by providing a laundry list of negatives, rather than providing balanced facts, is unencyclopedic. Also, "controversy" sections typically are required to be fully sourced. Lastly, your formatting was nonstandard- /big and /u tags should not be used to emphasize negatives in articles. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 17:16, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

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Actually I came to say something kind of similar: there is already a bot auto-archiving stale threads on those boards, and it can be unhelpful to manually archive them while the issues are still ongoing. Like Liz, I appreciate your willingness to contribute effort but I think it's best to put it in other areas (backlogs anyone?). Thanks ;). 173.228.123.207 (talk) 21:56, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

IP, I'm responding on your talk page. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 23:48, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

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I changed the spelling if that word. The meaning changed 100%. Spell check is not always to be trusted! lol Lubbad85 (☎) 14:48, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

@Lubbad85: Ayo, thanks. Can confirm about the spell check! :) - -A lad insane (Channel 2) 15:25, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

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As you are currently one of the 29 most active editors at WP:TH, your name and an image has now replaced that of an inactive host. But because you haven't yet added yourself to the full list of active hosts, I have simply used the default image of a cup of green tea. It would be great if you would now consider doing two things:

1. Check or change the 'featured host' image allocated to you. Edit it at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Host/Featured/29, or undo my changes if you don't wish to be listed there.
2. Create a 'host profile' for yourself, and choose a relevant picture - click the 'Experienced editor?' button in the TH Header to formally sign up to create a separate entry on the full list of all 89 current hosts which new editors can view.

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Your essay

I clicked on your essay after visiting your user page and totally agreed with what your are saying. However, it does relate to this essay that you might want to read if you haven't already. Best wishes, Willbb234 (talk) 21:01, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234: Thanks for the advice- I can see how it would be a bit BEANy, I'm not sure how to tone that down while keeping the same message unfortunately (I can try though). I wrote that from experience (when the most recent Star Wars movie was released, my watchlist was flooded with spoiler-y things) so it wasn't entirely prophylactic. Thanks for the concerns! -A lad insane (Channel 2) 21:12, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Precious

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hourglass figure article edit

re- corsetry: hi, im working on getting an appropriate citation however as most articles on the internet are deliberately sensationalist and poorly researched its going to take time to find something that addresses the issue concisely, and unfortuantly i cant cite books. i'd be happy to leave the false fact removed without my additions in the interim as a compromise?

If you don't mind leaving yours out just until you've got a source, that'd be great! I totally trust you with that, it's just that I tend toward what has a source. Once you've got that you're good to go! -A lad insane (Channel 2) 08:05, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Trout of unknown origin (read: I don't want to search through the history and find out why this was in the middle of the Signpost)

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

WP:ANI

Hello, A lad insane,

As the instructions on the AN and ANI page state, Closed discussions should not usually be archived for at least 24 hours. Please do not archive discussions for AT LEAST 24 hours after they have closed. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:57, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Fellow Aspie

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Discussion at User:Mac_Henni

 You are invited to join the discussion at User:Mac_Henni. Mac Henni (talk) 17:25, 9 September 2019 (UTC) I think you may be interested in my page! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mac Henni (talk • contribs) 17:26, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Lame

This is a very lame post. So while you admit I have a good point, you argue that I "loose" because of minority. What a lousy post. Next time, why not argue with those who are right? Wouldn't that make you feel good? Instead of telling me to shut up? -DePiep (talk) 01:23, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

@DePiep: I am not bringing my opinion into this. All I am saying is that we're quite aware of your opinion; however, the majority of people disagree with it, and your position most likely won't get more support. I'm not going to argue for either side. You are, though, straying into dead horse territory. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 01:33, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Your opinion was, that while my opinion is a valid one, I should shut up because of being a "minority". That's not arguing, that's vote counting. And it is your choice to do so: you opinion. It would be stronger if you'd say to the others: "listen, you loud shouting majority: DePiep has a point, so you shut up". -DePiep (talk) 01:40, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

@DePiep: You're putting words in my mouth - I never used the words "shut up". And it would really help everyone else if you kept the discussion centralized - ie, on ANI (beneath the hat) or on Drmies's talk page. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 01:47, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

"accept defeat and drop the stick" you wrote. -DePiep (talk) 01:57, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Tell you to drop the stick, did he | abequinn^fourteen 02:31, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Those are different. And you're taking that out of context - I didn't phrase that as a command. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 02:02, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

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Could you check the soon-to-be-published Traffic Report

at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/Traffic report. The text before the tables isn't making sense to me. Also pinging @Igordebraga: Smallbones_(smalltalk) 14:22, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

@Smallbones: I see you've fixed it, and I'm not sure if you wanted the one that was originally on the report, that one is here - the first one was a copypaste error by the looks of it, and the numbers larger than 10 are just because the Signpost list is abbreviated from the original 25. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 20:29, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. I think we'll survive in any case. I need to get to know the ins and outs of this column better, but it looks like my guesses were ok. Thanks again. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 20:34, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

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User:A lad insane/sandbox

I just went to petscan and the 2019 list had only at least (the script tends to do �� so they're not counted here) 39 people who died in 2019. That should sum it up. ミラP 01:27, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

I tried to do that, it's faster than what I was doing, but how do I go about using that tool? I can't figure out what the hell to do. -- a lad insane (Channel 2) 02:04, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Go to categories, put Category:2019 deaths into the categories box, go to the Templates&links "Linked from" row and put User:West.andrew.g/2019_Popular_pages in the "All of these pages" box. ミラP 05:43, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! I'll get the sandbox edited and posted now. -- a lad insane (Channel 2) 05:56, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

I'd like this expanded to 39, and I'd like to offer my hand in assistance. ミラP 05:02, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

I have the rest of the list languishing in my sandbox. I'll order the articles and fill in numbers, but if you'd like to do the rest that's be amazing! I should have the order and numbers up in half an hour or so. -- a lad insane (Channel 2) 05:54, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

A goat for you!

Thanks for the help and info. Appreciate the support as a newb (which is sadly lacking from a lot of experienced users)

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Wow

Yeah, WTF is right: Talk:March_15#German_occupation_of_Czechoslovakia_1939. I've closed that nonsense discussion. It appears that someone is WP:NOTHERE. Sorry you got dragged in to it. Toddst1 (talk) 15:59, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

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Didn't even notice...

The responding to my comment at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/CaptainEek. Could have sworn the discretionary range was lowered to between 60-70%. My bad. Kurtis ^(talk) 16:37, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

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South West coast of Madagascar

Hello,

Thank you very much for your help already,

I have added more sources and a little bit more content,

Are you able to see it r will I have to publish my changes for you o see them?

Thanks,

Lslch — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lslch (talk • contribs) 09:25, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

@Lslch: I can see them, and that definitely looks better! I can help with the minutiae like arcane formatting details when I wake up in the morning - it's pretty late where I am - if you'd like. -- a lad insane (channel two) 09:29, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

You will have to explain to me what that is but I am more than happy to receive some help ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lslch (talk • contribs) 09:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

@Lslch: The small details, using the right amount of equals signs in the right places, reference links from the main text to the reference list and whatnot. It's just a bunch of wiki markup, but there's seemingly a squillion rules about when to do what where. I'll work on that in the morning, then! -- a lad insane (channel two) 09:44, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

This is a university project that I will be working on for the next few months, I will continue to add information every week so you're welcome to come have a look at the end of the project ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lslch (talk • contribs) 09:52, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

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The Downlink Volume 2 Issue 1

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Volume 2 — Issue 1
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In the News! The Soyuz MS-17 launched on 14 October 2020, 05:45:04 and docked after a "two-orbit rendezvous flight plan" to the ISS only three hours later at 08:48:47 UTC. The OSIRIS-REx probe successfully makes brief touchdown and collects a sample from the asteroid Bennu at 22:13 UTC on 20 October 2020. Expedition 63 ended on 21 October 2020, 23:32 UTC after 187 days, 21 hours and 38 minutes duration. Expedition 64 began on 21 October 2020, 23:32:00 UTC. With ISS commander: Sergey Ryzhikov, and astronauts: Kathleen Rubins & Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. Soyuz MS-16 landed on 22 October 2020, 02:54:12 UTC after 195 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes in space.
Article of the month. John Glenn John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman and politician. He was the third person and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio; in 1998, he flew into space again at age 77.	Image of the month. Captured on Oct. 20, 2020 during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this series of images shows the SamCam imager’s field of view as the NASA spacecraft approaches and touches down on asteroid Bennu’s surface, over 200 million miles (321 million km) away from Earth.
Members New Members: F.Alexsandr (Joined on the 8th October) Dndlp (Joined on the 18th October) Path slopu (Joined on the 23rd October) Wehwalt (Joined on the 24th October) Whoop whoop pull up (Joined on the 24th October) Josecurioso (Joined on the 29th October) Number of active members: 91. Total number of members: 295.	Article Statistics — This data reflects values from the 31 October 2020 Spaceflight articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 16 2 7 32 FL 4 4 8 FM 92 92 GA 11 22 36 47 116 B 1 46 37 46 130 C 55 157 513 446 5 1,176 Start 37 159 1,121 2,186 367 3,870 Stub 8 249 2,105 223 2,585 List 14 128 76 203 421 Category 1,020 1,020 Disambig 46 46 File 194 194 Portal 54 54 Project 67 67 Redirect 1,132 1,132 Template 485 485 Other 25 25 Assessed 125 536 2,038 5,044 3,121 595 11,459 Unassessed 54 54 Total 125 536 2,038 5,044 3,121 649 11,513 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 43,493 Ω = 4.93
October Launches — All times stated here are in UTC. Antares - NG-14 (October 2nd at 01:16:14) Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L12 (October 6th at 11:29:34) Long March 3B - Gaofen 13 (October 11th at 16:57) Soyuz - ISS 63S (October 14th at 05:45:04) Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L13 (October 18th at 12:25:57) Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L14 (October 22nd at 15:31:34) Soyuz - GLONASS-K (October 25th at 19:08:42) Long March 2C - Yaogan 30-07 (October 26th at 15:19) Electron - In Focus (October 28th at 21:21:27)
November Launches — Launch dates can change. See a current list: here. Atlas V - NROL-101 Falcon 9 - GPS 3 SV04 PSLV - RISAT 2BR2 Long March 6 - ÑuSat 9-18 Delta IV Heavy - NROL-44 Long March 3B - Tiantong 1-02 Falcon 9 - NROL-108 Falcon 9 - SXM 7 Falcon 9 - Sentinel 6-Michael Freilich Vega - SEOSat-Ingenio & TARANIS Falcon 9 - Crew-1 Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L15 Electron - STP-27RM LauncherOne - ELaNa-20 Angara A5 - Test Flight Falcon 9 - Türksat 5A Soyuz - Falcon Eye 2
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The Downlink Volume 2 Issue 2

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		1 November 2020 — 30 November 2020

Volume 2 — Issue 2
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In the News! The ISS has been continuously occupied for the last 20 years! Expedition 1 arrived on 2 November 2000 with the first long-term residents. That’s longer then Wikipedia has existed. Crew-1 successfully launched from LC-39A on 16th November 2020, at 00:11:15 (UTC). Later, on 17th November 2020, 04:00 (UTC) Michael S. Hopkins, Victor J. Glover, Soichi Noguchi and Shannon Walker joined Expedition 64 and the crew of MS-17 on the ISS. Arianespace had a launch failure after liftoff of its Vega rocket on the 17th November. Two satellites were lost due to an integration error of the fourth stage.
Article of the month. Apollo 12 Apollo 12 was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Apollo Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit. The landing site for the mission was located in the southeastern portion of the Ocean of Storms.	Image of the month. This is an image of the ISS from December 9, 2000. Almost 20 years ago, this image is one of a series of 70mm frames taken onboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. With the ISS being continuously occupied for the last 20 years, this shows how the space station has developed over the years.
Members New Members: Springfield2020 (Joined on the 2nd November) Helwr (Joined on the 12th November) Hportfacts5 (Joined on the 28th November) Number of active members: 94. Total number of members: 298. November Launches All times stated here are in UTC. Falcon 9 - GPS 3 SV04 (5th at 23:24:23) Success Long March 6 - ÑuSat 9-18 (6th at 3:19) Success Ceres-1 - Tianqi-11 (7th at 7:12) Success PSLV-DL - EOS 1 (7th at 9:41 Success Long March 3B - Tiantong 1-02 (12th at 15:59:04) Success Atlas 5 - NROL-101 (13th at 22:32) Success Falcon 9 - Crew-1 (16th at 00:27:17) Success Vega - SEOSat-Ingenio & Taranis (17th at 01:52:20) Failure Electron - "Return to Sender" (20th at 01:44) Success Falcon 9 - Sentinel 6-Michael Freilich (21st at 17:71:08) Success Long March 5 - Chang’e 5 (23rd at 20:30:12) Success Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L15 (25th at 02:13:12) Success H-IIA - Optical Data Relay Satellite (29th at 7:25) Success December Launches Launch dates can change. See a current list: here. Soyuz - Falcon Eye 2 Soyuz - Gonets M Falcon 9 - SpaceX CRS 21 Long March 11 - GECAM Falcon 9 - Turksat 5A Soyuz - Progress 77P Angara A5 - Test Flight Electron - The Owl's Night Begins PSLV-XL - CMS 1 Soyuz - OneWeb 4 LauncherOne - ELaNa 20 Long March 8 - XJY 7 Soyuz - CSO 2 Delta 4 Heavy - NROL-44 Delta IV Heavy - NROL-82 Falcon 9 - NROL-108 Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L16 Falcon 9 - SXM 7 SSLV - Demonstration Launch	Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 30 November 2020 Spaceflight articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 7 16 2 7 32 FL 4 4 8 FM 94 94 GA 11 23 36 47 117 B 1 46 38 46 131 C 55 160 517 464 5 1,201 Start 37 158 1,125 2,204 370 3,894 Stub 8 247 2,110 225 2,590 List 14 128 77 207 426 Category 1,023 1,023 Disambig 46 46 File 197 197 Portal 55 55 Project 63 63 Redirect 1,116 1,116 Template 491 491 Other 27 27 Assessed 125 539 2,046 5,089 3,118 600 11,517 Unassessed 39 39 Total 125 539 2,046 5,089 3,118 639 11,556 Monthly Changes Since October, 43 new pages have been added to Spaceflight. There has been 2 more images which have reached FM class, both GA and B classes have 1 more article. 5 more lists have been added to the project. While 25 articles have been improved to C class as well as 24 articles reaching start class and 5 new articles added to stub class.
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