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I just made some major changes to the article. The most notable of which are:
There are a few parts of this article that I still feel lacking, such as the description of individual bodies or some subsections in "General characteristics". What do you think about the article as it is? CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 08:12, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
I've restored the comparison with extrasolar systems section. It made no sense to take a perfectly good descriptive title and rename it withe the meaningless "overview".
I've also restored the location section. Celestial neighbourhood does not belong in a section called general characteristics of the solar system. Fdfexoex ( talk) 07:03, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Also I just fixed picture placement. CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 15:57, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 4 March 2024 and 2 May 2024. Further details are available
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The infobox for this article has an atrociously poor level of citation, and is utterly inadequate for an FA-class article. I think it should be draftified until the citation issue is resolved. Praemonitus ( talk) 14:25, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Praemonitus, why do you think that galleries disrupt the flow of text? CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 12:51, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
I don't think that a lot of readers care about stuff in the general characteristics section and would much prefer read about the things that is inside the Solar System. Should I put that section below "Boundary area and uncertainties" section? CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 04:26, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
What is the justification of the new lead image? Small text is practically useless, and previous image (without the text, but with a caption) in the infobox was imho a better choice. Artem.G ( talk) 19:03, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
well, there was no discussion for the infobox image change, and though some editors like it, some (myself included) prefer the cleaner version without any (poorly readable) text. I'm replacing the image with the previous one, please discuss this change here if you strongly disagree and prefer image with text. Artem.G ( talk) 12:50, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
Over the last month, this article has been completely rewritten from the ground up, without discussion or peer review. I think we need to take stock of what has happened. Perhaps bring in a disinterested party. Serendi pod ous 12:33, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
Asteroids within the asteroid belt are not covered. Serendi pod ous 22:50, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
In some spots, distances in AU are presented without conversion, while others convert it to miles and km. It's inconsistent. The size of an AU is well defined at the start of the "Distances and scales" section. Do you think we can use AU thereafter without the intermittent conversions? An example is the Asteroid belt section, where the inner and outer radius from the Sun is converted, then AU is used for orbital distances without conversion. The benefit of the AU in this context is that it provides a convenient scale. There shouldn't be a need to keep converting it; that just adds clutter. Praemonitus ( talk) 18:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
I'm unclear why this section is needed. It discusses spaceflight maneuvering, rather than the properties of the Solar System. The previous section already mentions the history of exploration via spacecraft. This discussion can be better handled via a link in the "See also" section. Praemonitus ( talk) 13:31, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
A factual issue: this article states the Solar System creates a bow shock within the surrounding ISM, whereas the Heliosphere#Bow_shock article-section states this has been determined to be not the case. The Heliosphere page's applicable reference is more recent than that of this article. 98.1.3.105 ( talk) 17:48, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
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I just made some major changes to the article. The most notable of which are:
There are a few parts of this article that I still feel lacking, such as the description of individual bodies or some subsections in "General characteristics". What do you think about the article as it is? CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 08:12, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
I've restored the comparison with extrasolar systems section. It made no sense to take a perfectly good descriptive title and rename it withe the meaningless "overview".
I've also restored the location section. Celestial neighbourhood does not belong in a section called general characteristics of the solar system. Fdfexoex ( talk) 07:03, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Also I just fixed picture placement. CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 15:57, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 4 March 2024 and 2 May 2024. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
Jgleana (
article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by Jgleana ( talk) 03:47, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
The infobox for this article has an atrociously poor level of citation, and is utterly inadequate for an FA-class article. I think it should be draftified until the citation issue is resolved. Praemonitus ( talk) 14:25, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Praemonitus, why do you think that galleries disrupt the flow of text? CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 12:51, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
I don't think that a lot of readers care about stuff in the general characteristics section and would much prefer read about the things that is inside the Solar System. Should I put that section below "Boundary area and uncertainties" section? CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 04:26, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
What is the justification of the new lead image? Small text is practically useless, and previous image (without the text, but with a caption) in the infobox was imho a better choice. Artem.G ( talk) 19:03, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
well, there was no discussion for the infobox image change, and though some editors like it, some (myself included) prefer the cleaner version without any (poorly readable) text. I'm replacing the image with the previous one, please discuss this change here if you strongly disagree and prefer image with text. Artem.G ( talk) 12:50, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
Over the last month, this article has been completely rewritten from the ground up, without discussion or peer review. I think we need to take stock of what has happened. Perhaps bring in a disinterested party. Serendi pod ous 12:33, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
Asteroids within the asteroid belt are not covered. Serendi pod ous 22:50, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
In some spots, distances in AU are presented without conversion, while others convert it to miles and km. It's inconsistent. The size of an AU is well defined at the start of the "Distances and scales" section. Do you think we can use AU thereafter without the intermittent conversions? An example is the Asteroid belt section, where the inner and outer radius from the Sun is converted, then AU is used for orbital distances without conversion. The benefit of the AU in this context is that it provides a convenient scale. There shouldn't be a need to keep converting it; that just adds clutter. Praemonitus ( talk) 18:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
I'm unclear why this section is needed. It discusses spaceflight maneuvering, rather than the properties of the Solar System. The previous section already mentions the history of exploration via spacecraft. This discussion can be better handled via a link in the "See also" section. Praemonitus ( talk) 13:31, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
A factual issue: this article states the Solar System creates a bow shock within the surrounding ISM, whereas the Heliosphere#Bow_shock article-section states this has been determined to be not the case. The Heliosphere page's applicable reference is more recent than that of this article. 98.1.3.105 ( talk) 17:48, 28 June 2024 (UTC)