18:1018:10, 8 May 2023diffhist−476
2019 in spaceflight
I've redone the infobox montage for better balance between countries and infobox montages in preceding and succeeding "_ in spaceflight" articles. I've replaced the Crew Dragon and Orion images as they are already featured in later inboxes for more notable achievements, and put in images representing the New Horizons and Chandryaan-2 missions to illustrate an achievement in deep space exploration, and to illustrate an important event in Indian spaceflight.Tag: Reverted
17:3617:36, 8 May 2023diffhist−120
2021 in spaceflight
I've removed the Tiangong image from the infobox, as it is already featured in the following year's infobox; trying to avoid repetition and/or oversaturation here.
3 March 2023
10:5710:57, 3 March 2023diffhist+113
STS-116
I've restored the image in the infobox that was previously here, as it better illustrates the mission.
10:5510:55, 3 March 2023diffhist+128
STS-84
I've replaced the infobox image of a generic launch view with a view that better illustrates the mission.
09:4809:48, 3 March 2023diffhist−164
STS-51-J
I've replaced the common launch image in the infobox with a unique image of the mission to better distinguish it.
09:4109:41, 3 March 2023diffhist−171
STS-41-D
I've replaced the infobox image with a unique highlight from the mission, rather than a generic launch photograph, to better distinguish the mission.
09:3609:36, 3 March 2023diffhist−137
STS-8
I've replaced the infobox image with one that better illustrates the mission. There had been 34 night launches in the Space Shuttle program, so a simple image of its launch is not enough to distinguish the mission from the other 33 night launches in the program.
13:4713:47, 12 January 2023diffhist−9
2021 in spaceflight
I've done up the infobox collage to make Ingenuity and Zhurong more legible in the thumbnails. In the interest of highlighting a significant Russian spaceflight event, I have replaced Tianhe with Nauka and Prichal, as China is already represented here with Zhurong, and Tiangong is already the feature image in the following year's collage as a completed station. I have also replaced the image of SN20 with an actual image of SN15, and the image of James Webb with an artwork depicting it in full.
9 January 2023
07:5207:52, 9 January 2023diffhist+105
2022 in spaceflight
I've tried this again, with a better crop of the Tiangong image to serve as top billing to help reduce the size of the infobox. In its old place, I've switched the Juno image of Europa to a 1:1 version that matches the 1:1 ratio of the DART animation in the row. The Artemis 1 image has been moved to the bottom per the previous editor's suggestion.
00:2100:21, 9 January 2023diffhist−22
Asteroid impact avoidance
I've replaced the lead image with the DART animation to better depict the mission for the purpose of illustrating kinetic impactors as one of the main subjects of the article.
00:1000:10, 9 January 2023diffhist+86
2022 in spaceflight
I've redesigned the infobox image collage to make the Artemis 1 mission the prominent item, to better illustrate the DART mission using a ground-based view of the impact that would also work alongside the 1:1 aspect ratio of the Tiangong image in its row, and to replace the Starliner flight with Juno's historic Europa flyby, as human spaceflight would otherwise be over-represented here.Tag: Reverted
04:0804:08, 12 October 2022diffhist−346
Dimorphos
→Characteristics: In the interest of yet again cutting down on repetition, I've removed the passage about the impact and dust plume from the section entirely, and migrated the citations to already-existing sentences in the "Exploration" section.
03:5403:54, 12 October 2022diffhist−427
Dimorphos
→Exploration: I've rewritten this section to make it shorter and a lot more concise. For example, two entire sentences each talking about the orbital period of Dimorphos – one clearly written before the result of the impact came out and one after – have been dispensed in favour of a single sentence fragment that simply details how much the orbital period was shortened by. Imprecise citations of entire Twitter pages have also been removed (
WP:TWITTER).
17:2317:23, 28 September 2022diffhist−25
65803 Didymos
I've removed the fixed image size from the inbox to allow for readers to display the image at the size per their user preferences. As outlined in
MOS:IMGSIZE, image sizes should not be defined in pixels anyways, unless under special circumstances, which this is not.
17:1617:16, 28 September 2022diffhist−4
Dimorphos
I've made a second attempt at restructuring the article, after my first attempt was reverted without explanation in clear violation of the
WP:BRD cycle, where an explanation needs to be given.
17:0917:09, 28 September 2022diffhist−33
Dimorphos
I've slightly rewritten the introduction. I've cut out operator names to make sentences more concise and added a new point from the article body about its characterisation as a rubble pile.
27 September 2022
06:0806:08, 27 September 2022diffhist0
Dimorphos
I've restructured the article body to place information on the asteroid's characteristics ahead of its observational history, making it more immediate to readers. I've also merged paragraphs of only one or two sentences in length together.
05:4805:48, 27 September 2022diffhist−201
Dimorphos
I've rewritten the introduction to be more concise. Citations and over-explanatory information, if not already repeated in the article body, have been migrated to wherever appropriate in the article body.
20:0320:03, 12 July 2022diffhist+13
Stephan's Quintet
→Gallery: I've rewritten the captions to make the wavelength distinctions clear, and noted which instruments took the images. I've also cut a repeated link to the JWST article (
WP:DL).
02:3302:33, 1 January 2022diffhist−573
LICIACube
I've reverted the errenous use of the location row in the infobox to shove in a template that repeats information above it. I've also removed an external image box, since this adds no value to the article. It does not help illustrate any content in this article, let alone aid the reader in understanding said content (
MOS:PERTINENCE).
02:2402:24, 1 January 2022diffhist−1,375
Zhurong (rover)
I've reverted the errenous use of the travelled row in the infobox to shove in a template to basically repeat, in a very unconcise way, information already presented to the reader in a much more concise way in the rows directly above it.
02:1702:17, 1 January 2022diffhist0
Ingenuity (helicopter)
I've placed the "Mars Helicopter" logo in the miscellaneous images category for now, since I literally have no idea where to put this rather unencyclopedic image that doesn't really illustrate anything significant in the article (
WP:GALLERY) in a way that will not break the article like the bloated infobox + this image directly below it did.
02:1302:13, 1 January 2022diffhist+54
Ingenuity (helicopter)
I've moved the extraneous information on Ingenuity's dimensions out of the infobox and into the lead section, in lieu of a proper place in the article to put these. A more simplified value for the entire spacecraft body has been kept behind.
02:0502:05, 1 January 2022diffhist−447
Ingenuity (helicopter)
I've removed the vehicle class row from the infobox, as "NASA Mars helicopter" is no an actual vehicle class, e.g. "Space Shuttle", "Boeing Starliner", "Crew Dragon", ect.
06:0306:03, 26 December 2021diffhist+15
James Webb Space Telescope
I've truncated the name of Ball Aerospace & Technologies in the infobox, since the company is more commonly known, and referred to on Wikipedia in prose as, simply Ball Aerospace.
06:0206:02, 26 December 2021diffhist−8
James Webb Space Telescope
I've taken the date out of the start date template in the infobox, as there does not seem to be any support for displaying the date in front of the time. In addition, we do not need to detail the time in seconds; hours and minutes should do.
02:4302:43, 24 December 2021diffhist+203
James Webb Space Telescope
I've once again replaced pixel image scaling with upright image scaling, as this is the endorsed method of image scaling (
WP:IMGSIZE). I've also added editors' notes to discourage pixel image scaling.
18:1018:10, 8 May 2023diffhist−476
2019 in spaceflight
I've redone the infobox montage for better balance between countries and infobox montages in preceding and succeeding "_ in spaceflight" articles. I've replaced the Crew Dragon and Orion images as they are already featured in later inboxes for more notable achievements, and put in images representing the New Horizons and Chandryaan-2 missions to illustrate an achievement in deep space exploration, and to illustrate an important event in Indian spaceflight.Tag: Reverted
17:3617:36, 8 May 2023diffhist−120
2021 in spaceflight
I've removed the Tiangong image from the infobox, as it is already featured in the following year's infobox; trying to avoid repetition and/or oversaturation here.
3 March 2023
10:5710:57, 3 March 2023diffhist+113
STS-116
I've restored the image in the infobox that was previously here, as it better illustrates the mission.
10:5510:55, 3 March 2023diffhist+128
STS-84
I've replaced the infobox image of a generic launch view with a view that better illustrates the mission.
09:4809:48, 3 March 2023diffhist−164
STS-51-J
I've replaced the common launch image in the infobox with a unique image of the mission to better distinguish it.
09:4109:41, 3 March 2023diffhist−171
STS-41-D
I've replaced the infobox image with a unique highlight from the mission, rather than a generic launch photograph, to better distinguish the mission.
09:3609:36, 3 March 2023diffhist−137
STS-8
I've replaced the infobox image with one that better illustrates the mission. There had been 34 night launches in the Space Shuttle program, so a simple image of its launch is not enough to distinguish the mission from the other 33 night launches in the program.
13:4713:47, 12 January 2023diffhist−9
2021 in spaceflight
I've done up the infobox collage to make Ingenuity and Zhurong more legible in the thumbnails. In the interest of highlighting a significant Russian spaceflight event, I have replaced Tianhe with Nauka and Prichal, as China is already represented here with Zhurong, and Tiangong is already the feature image in the following year's collage as a completed station. I have also replaced the image of SN20 with an actual image of SN15, and the image of James Webb with an artwork depicting it in full.
9 January 2023
07:5207:52, 9 January 2023diffhist+105
2022 in spaceflight
I've tried this again, with a better crop of the Tiangong image to serve as top billing to help reduce the size of the infobox. In its old place, I've switched the Juno image of Europa to a 1:1 version that matches the 1:1 ratio of the DART animation in the row. The Artemis 1 image has been moved to the bottom per the previous editor's suggestion.
00:2100:21, 9 January 2023diffhist−22
Asteroid impact avoidance
I've replaced the lead image with the DART animation to better depict the mission for the purpose of illustrating kinetic impactors as one of the main subjects of the article.
00:1000:10, 9 January 2023diffhist+86
2022 in spaceflight
I've redesigned the infobox image collage to make the Artemis 1 mission the prominent item, to better illustrate the DART mission using a ground-based view of the impact that would also work alongside the 1:1 aspect ratio of the Tiangong image in its row, and to replace the Starliner flight with Juno's historic Europa flyby, as human spaceflight would otherwise be over-represented here.Tag: Reverted
04:0804:08, 12 October 2022diffhist−346
Dimorphos
→Characteristics: In the interest of yet again cutting down on repetition, I've removed the passage about the impact and dust plume from the section entirely, and migrated the citations to already-existing sentences in the "Exploration" section.
03:5403:54, 12 October 2022diffhist−427
Dimorphos
→Exploration: I've rewritten this section to make it shorter and a lot more concise. For example, two entire sentences each talking about the orbital period of Dimorphos – one clearly written before the result of the impact came out and one after – have been dispensed in favour of a single sentence fragment that simply details how much the orbital period was shortened by. Imprecise citations of entire Twitter pages have also been removed (
WP:TWITTER).
17:2317:23, 28 September 2022diffhist−25
65803 Didymos
I've removed the fixed image size from the inbox to allow for readers to display the image at the size per their user preferences. As outlined in
MOS:IMGSIZE, image sizes should not be defined in pixels anyways, unless under special circumstances, which this is not.
17:1617:16, 28 September 2022diffhist−4
Dimorphos
I've made a second attempt at restructuring the article, after my first attempt was reverted without explanation in clear violation of the
WP:BRD cycle, where an explanation needs to be given.
17:0917:09, 28 September 2022diffhist−33
Dimorphos
I've slightly rewritten the introduction. I've cut out operator names to make sentences more concise and added a new point from the article body about its characterisation as a rubble pile.
27 September 2022
06:0806:08, 27 September 2022diffhist0
Dimorphos
I've restructured the article body to place information on the asteroid's characteristics ahead of its observational history, making it more immediate to readers. I've also merged paragraphs of only one or two sentences in length together.
05:4805:48, 27 September 2022diffhist−201
Dimorphos
I've rewritten the introduction to be more concise. Citations and over-explanatory information, if not already repeated in the article body, have been migrated to wherever appropriate in the article body.
20:0320:03, 12 July 2022diffhist+13
Stephan's Quintet
→Gallery: I've rewritten the captions to make the wavelength distinctions clear, and noted which instruments took the images. I've also cut a repeated link to the JWST article (
WP:DL).
02:3302:33, 1 January 2022diffhist−573
LICIACube
I've reverted the errenous use of the location row in the infobox to shove in a template that repeats information above it. I've also removed an external image box, since this adds no value to the article. It does not help illustrate any content in this article, let alone aid the reader in understanding said content (
MOS:PERTINENCE).
02:2402:24, 1 January 2022diffhist−1,375
Zhurong (rover)
I've reverted the errenous use of the travelled row in the infobox to shove in a template to basically repeat, in a very unconcise way, information already presented to the reader in a much more concise way in the rows directly above it.
02:1702:17, 1 January 2022diffhist0
Ingenuity (helicopter)
I've placed the "Mars Helicopter" logo in the miscellaneous images category for now, since I literally have no idea where to put this rather unencyclopedic image that doesn't really illustrate anything significant in the article (
WP:GALLERY) in a way that will not break the article like the bloated infobox + this image directly below it did.
02:1302:13, 1 January 2022diffhist+54
Ingenuity (helicopter)
I've moved the extraneous information on Ingenuity's dimensions out of the infobox and into the lead section, in lieu of a proper place in the article to put these. A more simplified value for the entire spacecraft body has been kept behind.
02:0502:05, 1 January 2022diffhist−447
Ingenuity (helicopter)
I've removed the vehicle class row from the infobox, as "NASA Mars helicopter" is no an actual vehicle class, e.g. "Space Shuttle", "Boeing Starliner", "Crew Dragon", ect.
06:0306:03, 26 December 2021diffhist+15
James Webb Space Telescope
I've truncated the name of Ball Aerospace & Technologies in the infobox, since the company is more commonly known, and referred to on Wikipedia in prose as, simply Ball Aerospace.
06:0206:02, 26 December 2021diffhist−8
James Webb Space Telescope
I've taken the date out of the start date template in the infobox, as there does not seem to be any support for displaying the date in front of the time. In addition, we do not need to detail the time in seconds; hours and minutes should do.
02:4302:43, 24 December 2021diffhist+203
James Webb Space Telescope
I've once again replaced pixel image scaling with upright image scaling, as this is the endorsed method of image scaling (
WP:IMGSIZE). I've also added editors' notes to discourage pixel image scaling.