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Why does it have to be stated that these are essential for life? This topic isn't discussed further in the article. As such, it is quite an abrupt ending to the sentence. It does not feel relevant to what is being discussed and more like somebody trying to stir up fun-facts for people reading Wikipedia articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Limitlez1 ( talk • contribs) 02:23, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
User Kwamikagami recently changed all occurrences of "Charonian" to "Charontian". Affected articles were:
This change is completely unjustified. There are many uses of Charonian on the internet and in books identified by the Google Books ngram server. There are no uses of Charontian. Most dictionaries don't include either form, but a few ([ Collins], [ dictionary.com]) do include Charonian. None include Charontian.
All I can think is that this is an attempt to change which word people use, which is absolutely not what Wikipedia is for. Unless I hear a compelling argument against, I'll revert all of these changes tomorrow night. Dan Bloch ( talk) 04:21, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
I think we should add the fact Charon is tidally locked with Pluto into the lead, its one of the more notable features about the satellite. MaximusEditor ( talk) 16:40, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
That passage already has been tagged, but the pressure at the height of the summer must be a virtual vacuum - is this an astro-physics definition of "significant"? HammerFilmFan ( talk) 22:14, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
Christy wrote the forward to Clyde Tombaugh & Patrick Moore (2008) Out of the Darkness: The Planet Pluto. On p. 12 he writes,
— kwami ( talk) 23:08, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
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Why does it have to be stated that these are essential for life? This topic isn't discussed further in the article. As such, it is quite an abrupt ending to the sentence. It does not feel relevant to what is being discussed and more like somebody trying to stir up fun-facts for people reading Wikipedia articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Limitlez1 ( talk • contribs) 02:23, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
User Kwamikagami recently changed all occurrences of "Charonian" to "Charontian". Affected articles were:
This change is completely unjustified. There are many uses of Charonian on the internet and in books identified by the Google Books ngram server. There are no uses of Charontian. Most dictionaries don't include either form, but a few ([ Collins], [ dictionary.com]) do include Charonian. None include Charontian.
All I can think is that this is an attempt to change which word people use, which is absolutely not what Wikipedia is for. Unless I hear a compelling argument against, I'll revert all of these changes tomorrow night. Dan Bloch ( talk) 04:21, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
I think we should add the fact Charon is tidally locked with Pluto into the lead, its one of the more notable features about the satellite. MaximusEditor ( talk) 16:40, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
That passage already has been tagged, but the pressure at the height of the summer must be a virtual vacuum - is this an astro-physics definition of "significant"? HammerFilmFan ( talk) 22:14, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
Christy wrote the forward to Clyde Tombaugh & Patrick Moore (2008) Out of the Darkness: The Planet Pluto. On p. 12 he writes,
— kwami ( talk) 23:08, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
Hello! This is to let editors know that File:Charon in True Color - High-Res.jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for October 27, 2023. A preview of the POTD is can be edited at Template:POTD/2023-10-27. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Aviafanboi ( talk) 06:36, 24 October 2023 (UTC)