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This article is wrongs.jkx;iuiydggiyc igyc gycqgygciyfgerfgcefyguefcueygfcurygfuygcouyg be expanded to "North America", also scope unclear, how far down to include partiality of total eclipses, or further. Tom Ruen ( talk) 01:21, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
I added the total solar eclipse of July 20, 1963, with its world graphic from that eclipse's Wikipedia page. Its Path of Totality went across the states of Alaska and Maine, and I believe was partially visibile from the entirety of the rest of Maine and the other 47 contiguous states, if I understand the graphic correctly. When I made the edit, I explained what I did but forgot to sign off, so I'm adding it here along with my signature. I think I changed the graphics table well, but feel free to change it if needed (or remove the eclipse if I'm wrong about where it was viewable). Prosandcons ( talk) 07:19, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
July 10, 1972 seems to be missing ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.252.130.37 ( talk) 00:56, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
This list is inconsistent. It includes some of the eclipses visible as partial from the USA, but not all. Some of those that were total eclipses elsewhere but the path of totality does not pass through the USA are also included. Ordinary Person ( talk) 01:18, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
In the first section, the eclipses are mentioned by city but the paths of their totalities, annularities, and partialities, are not shown. Also important to note is that not every state is represented. Only the most populous cities are, and even then the most populous city from each state is not mentioned. In the preceding sections, they are not mentioned by city and the paths of their totalities, etc. are shown. Is there a reason for this, and if so can changes be made to reflect more consistent formatting? Keebruce ( talk) 21:18, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
It is beyond incomplete to the point of being misleading. It should be removed completely and begun fresh with more specific goals of what visibility means here.
A more useful definition would be that the eclipse must be underway while the Sun is above the horizon from that city and partial vs. total or annular visibility from that city should be called out. MadeYourReadThis ( talk) 16:38, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Update: March 27, 2024 at 15:19 UTC: With the (now closed) deletion discussion in mind, I completely restructured the article to organize by state instead of by city. And only included eclipses in the 200 year period between 1901 and 2100.
By all means, please continue to improve and build upon this, if there are any errors in this, by all means correct them. I know there aren’t a whole lot of links, if you want to add them, you can. I did (for a while anyway) had under construction templates on there when the delete debate was happening. Those [under construction] tags may be needed again. 2601:5C5:4201:68B0:7CD6:EBEE:595E:F8EC ( talk) 19:51, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
The entire article should be rewritten in a way that provides more detail. Maybe even nix the state sections in their entirety. Also, partial eclipses should be listed maybe in the recent past (maybe since 2010 or 2015) and about 20-30 years into the future. 2601:5C5:4201:68B0:F474:42D5:8FB9:4325 ( talk) 15:16, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
Any other states missing? luckymustard ( talk) 16:39, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Remember, when listing the date of the eclipse on this list. We want to use local time; NOT UTC time. Since most people in the United States are not going to care about the UTC date, but the local date. West Virginia WXeditor ( talk) 00:36, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
@ Weatherman4064; you took a big load of work off of me when it comes to that list. Thank you. West Virginia WXeditor ( talk) 21:19, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
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This article is wrongs.jkx;iuiydggiyc igyc gycqgygciyfgerfgcefyguefcueygfcurygfuygcouyg be expanded to "North America", also scope unclear, how far down to include partiality of total eclipses, or further. Tom Ruen ( talk) 01:21, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
I added the total solar eclipse of July 20, 1963, with its world graphic from that eclipse's Wikipedia page. Its Path of Totality went across the states of Alaska and Maine, and I believe was partially visibile from the entirety of the rest of Maine and the other 47 contiguous states, if I understand the graphic correctly. When I made the edit, I explained what I did but forgot to sign off, so I'm adding it here along with my signature. I think I changed the graphics table well, but feel free to change it if needed (or remove the eclipse if I'm wrong about where it was viewable). Prosandcons ( talk) 07:19, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
July 10, 1972 seems to be missing ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.252.130.37 ( talk) 00:56, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
This list is inconsistent. It includes some of the eclipses visible as partial from the USA, but not all. Some of those that were total eclipses elsewhere but the path of totality does not pass through the USA are also included. Ordinary Person ( talk) 01:18, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
In the first section, the eclipses are mentioned by city but the paths of their totalities, annularities, and partialities, are not shown. Also important to note is that not every state is represented. Only the most populous cities are, and even then the most populous city from each state is not mentioned. In the preceding sections, they are not mentioned by city and the paths of their totalities, etc. are shown. Is there a reason for this, and if so can changes be made to reflect more consistent formatting? Keebruce ( talk) 21:18, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
It is beyond incomplete to the point of being misleading. It should be removed completely and begun fresh with more specific goals of what visibility means here.
A more useful definition would be that the eclipse must be underway while the Sun is above the horizon from that city and partial vs. total or annular visibility from that city should be called out. MadeYourReadThis ( talk) 16:38, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Update: March 27, 2024 at 15:19 UTC: With the (now closed) deletion discussion in mind, I completely restructured the article to organize by state instead of by city. And only included eclipses in the 200 year period between 1901 and 2100.
By all means, please continue to improve and build upon this, if there are any errors in this, by all means correct them. I know there aren’t a whole lot of links, if you want to add them, you can. I did (for a while anyway) had under construction templates on there when the delete debate was happening. Those [under construction] tags may be needed again. 2601:5C5:4201:68B0:7CD6:EBEE:595E:F8EC ( talk) 19:51, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
The entire article should be rewritten in a way that provides more detail. Maybe even nix the state sections in their entirety. Also, partial eclipses should be listed maybe in the recent past (maybe since 2010 or 2015) and about 20-30 years into the future. 2601:5C5:4201:68B0:F474:42D5:8FB9:4325 ( talk) 15:16, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
Any other states missing? luckymustard ( talk) 16:39, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Remember, when listing the date of the eclipse on this list. We want to use local time; NOT UTC time. Since most people in the United States are not going to care about the UTC date, but the local date. West Virginia WXeditor ( talk) 00:36, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
@ Weatherman4064; you took a big load of work off of me when it comes to that list. Thank you. West Virginia WXeditor ( talk) 21:19, 8 June 2024 (UTC)