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Hi - I just reviewed Ackermannviridae, and I'm afraid I cut out a section of it because it was basically word-for-word the same as the source. It's really tricky when you're working from a single source to come up with your own phrasing, and I didn't want to attempt a redraft myself because I don't have the requisite subject-matter knowledge to come up with appropriate alternative language, but I thought I'd better let you know. You can find out more about our copyright policy at COPYVIO. Thanks GirthSummit _(blether) 19:52, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

List of virus species

I appreciate the enthusiasm on List of virus species. However, I reverted your changes as the viruses you added are not currently accepted as species at the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, which is the source listed in the citation for the list. It doesn't mean they are bad articles or aren't 'real' viruses, just that they shouldn't be on the list. I know that the ICTV members are voting on the updated taxonomy now, and will ratify and publish it soon. When that happens, the list here should be updated with the new information and will likely have some of the new species you are interested in. Cheers! --awkwafaba (📥) 19:09, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

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March 2020

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SDSS J140821.67+025733.2 moved to draftspace

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Guidelines for adding new planets

I noticed you added 4 planets to List of exoplanets discovered in 2020. While all of these are planets previously not reported in wikipedia lists, several points are need to be addressed to improve the quality of your contributions:

• Planets in question should be actually added to another page - List of exoplanets discovered in 2019
• Too many non-significant digits - leave a maximum of 3 (or 2 if any significant digits exist) of non-significant digits, especially in calculated distances
• Place proper references to planet data - reference to top page of exoplanet catalog is not useful
• Use wikipedia template cite arXiv|eprint= for arxiv references instead of raw hyperlink. The template will be automatically expanded by wikipedia bot.
• Be careful while reporting semi-major axis of planets discovered by microlensing - due to limitation of method, usually exist 2 widely separated solutions for semi-major axis, while summary exoplanet databases usually publish only one, sometimes arbitrarily selected. I advice to check original discovery papers for all microlensing events before reporting semi-major axis.

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Taxonomy errors

Some recent edits at Template:Taxonomy/Mimiviridae appear to have caused errors ("Lua error in Module:Autotaxobox at line 156: attempt to index a nil value") at:

• Catovirus
• Chrysochromulina ericina virus
• Hokovirus
• Indivirus
• Klosneuvirus
• Mimiviridae

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UY Scuti

Please don't remove references from articles, especially with no explanation, as you did at UY Scuti. And please don't then edit the data without providing a new reference. You edits could be interpreted as disruptive, especially when repeated across multiple articles. Lithopsian (talk) 19:00, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

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For what it's worth, contrary to your user page statement, you do not have autopatrolled rights. See here. Tarl N. (discuss) 18:20, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

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List of largest known stars

Consider this your final warning for the List of largest known stars; this edit summary makes it sound like you didn't even read the source, let alone the fact that it was in the correct section. Continue reverting without actually checking things and you will be blocked from editing the page. Primefac (talk) 17:09, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

I did read the source and I had mistaken it for the Milky Way section and I did realise that it was after that although I couldn't change the edit summary, it is that simple. Also, I'm not trying to vandalise Wikipedia and I am trying to improve it. Another thing is that it does not make sense to call it my "final warning" because this is only my first warning for this page ever (at least on my user talk). SpaceImplorerExplorerImplorer (talk) 17:13, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

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LMC/SMC + M31/M33 red supergiants

Did you email the authors of [1] to obtain the full tables? Could you send them to me? VY Canis Majoris (talk) 08:45, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

All the stars are in the article. For the lower luminosity stars go to pages 29-32 and for the higher luminosity stars go to pages 34-35 (in the arXiv version). SpaceImplorerExplorerImplorer (talk) 09:15, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

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Regarding the 90,000 Lsol estimate for Stephenson 2 DFK 1

This estimate is not accurate, it only considers a small range of fluxes (12-25 μm). This luminosity as well as the 630,000 Lsol one get the value from integrating the spectral energy distribution, which basically means the area under the curve of the flux as a function of wavelength. Since the 90,000 Lsol estimate only considers a narrow range of wavelength space, it only encapsulates a small fraction of the total area, and hence underestimates the luminosity. Pretty sure the 630,000 Lsol value also uses the same IRAS photometry, but also considers the full wavelength range so does not underestimate the luminosity. VY Canis Majoris (talk) 19:50, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

I am not underestimating the luminosity. I was quite sure it was not so accurate, but it was the best one I could find. Read what I stated in the talk page. SpaceImplorerExplorerImplorer 12:08, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

The 90,000 Lsol value is still an underestimate even if it seems more plausible, it cannot be used. Even assuming the star is foreground its kinematic distance only reduces to 5.1 kpc, reducing its logL to 5.57 or 5.69 for Humphreys' estimate. VY Canis Majoris (talk) 15:46, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

I do agree that it is an underestimate (and I don’t use that luminosity anymore). The distance is still uncertain and the star not well studied. The 277,000 L_☉ calculation I mentioned was only based on an assumed extinction. I would therefore say that a logL of 5.57-5.69 is possible but the star needs further research for there to be higher certainty and if it is a red supergiant, the logL is somewhere in the range of 5 to more than 5.6SpaceImplorerExplorerImplorer 16:00, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

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Addressing the spectral types of VY Canis Majoris and radius regarding them

I see that on the VY Canis Majoris page, you stated the value of 2,069 solar radii for VY Canis Majoris is based off an effective temperature inconsistent with its spectral type.

However, VY Canis Majoris is said to have spectral types of M3, M4.5, M2.5, and M5e Ia.

The different spectral types would affect the temperature, and therefore the radius.

We know for certain it's an irregular pulsating variable star.

While the radius of 1,420 solar radii falls within the current theoretical limit for a star's radius in our theory of stellar evolution, pulsations mean the radius changes and that's more true for radial pulsations.

Whether its size ranges from 1,300 to 1,540 (in addition to the margin of error for its calculated radius) or up to 2,069 solar radii (in addition to cool-end of estimates adopted temperature of 2,800 K and a luminosity of 237,000 x that of the Sun) in its pulsations, very little detail was explained in your statement with hardly anything addressed.

The explanation for the edit was somewhat confusing though, just saying. Eric Nelson27 (talk) 10:31, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

The original paper in with 2800 K in 1996 does still have extremely low and obsolete effective temperatures for many stars and includes enormous luminosities. It is better to use a physically possible one, rather than an outdated and spurious one. SpaceImplorerExplorerImplorer 10:58, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

I see and agree. Eric Nelson27 (talk) 14:28, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

List of largest known stars

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. You have reverted my edit at List of largest stars, because you thought my edit was breaching the WP:SYNTHESIS rule. Although using two different sources to calculate a radius seems to violate the Synthesis rule, it actually doesn't.

A WP:SYNTHESIS violation happens only to original research by synthesis, not to synthesis per se. See Wikipedia:What SYNTH is not#SYNTH is not just any synthesis. Calculating a radius of a star using its angular diameter and radius is not considered original research, because simple calculations (it is a simple calculation that can be easily made using a template) are not original research per WP:CALC. Therefore, if it is not original research (according to WP:CALC), it is not WP:SYNTHESIS.

Thanks! InTheAstronomy32 (talk) 19:57, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

A statement by you does not make something true. WP:SYNTHESIS applies to the use of "facts" from two different sources to derive a third "fact", even if the calculation is trivial. Hence, a radius derived using a distance from one source and an angular radius from a different source violate WP:SYNTHESIS, even though the calculation is trivial. If you feel differently, take it to a wider audience such as e project talk page. Lithopsian (talk) 17:31, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

It appears that you are misinterpreting this rule. First of all, WP:SYNTH doesn't necessarily refer to using two or more sources:"Similarly, do not combine different parts of one source to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by the source". Then, all articles that have calculated radii from a luminosity and effective temperature (common in Star-like articles) would be breaching WP:SYNTHESIS, but it doesnt, because routine calculations are not considered original research, hence are not WP:SYNTHESIS. The radius can be calculated using {{Solar radius calculator}} or the equation Diameter (AU) = AD (arcsec) × Distance (pc). InTheAstronomy32 (talk) 12:07, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

It only violates the letter, not the spirit of the policy. The WP:No original research policy was made to make all content in the articles verifiable, and the radius itself is verifiable. InTheAstronomy32 (talk) 12:10, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Radius of UY Scuti

Where i can find the radius of UY Scuti (909 R_☉) in the Healy et al. 2023 reference? In your edit summary, you said the data can only be accessed in the Github table ([2]), but in this link there are several files and folders, which make it difficult to find which one is correct. InTheAstronomy32 (talk) 19:49, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Go to data/Final_RSG_Catalog_8_10_2023.csv. SpaceImplorerExplorerImplorer 20:47, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. The GitHub file is practically unreadable because it is in .csv format, so I downloaded it and put it in a spreadsheet editor that automatically converts csv files to tables. InTheAstronomy32 (talk) 22:15, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I uploaded the spreadsheet at Mega (https://mega.nz/file/Dbw1zSbS#DkSsykTYmCDEWrFZbQHEaGKSLjDsQQuHFq3SKo-yVmY). While the authors of the paper don't place data at VizieR it will be useful. InTheAstronomy32 (talk) 22:58, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

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