User talk:Thorsten Alteholz

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--Matt Innis (Talk) 10:01, 7 June 2007 (CDT)

Welcome, Thorsten--thanks for the articles on astronomical topics. --Larry Sanger 14:28, 16 September 2007 (CDT)

NGC vs. Messier vs. English name

Have you discussed naming conventions for astronomical objects with anyone, Thorsten? I think you should.

I think we should use common English names for things when available, as part of article titles. But if Astronomy editors wish to do otherwise, I'll respect their wishes. For example, I'd like to see Crab Nebula or Crab Nebula (NGC 1952), not simply NGC 1952. The latter is simply not as findable for most people who are looking for information about the Crab Nebula. --Larry Sanger 13:12, 22 October 2007 (CDT)

hmm, the redirection Crab nebula to NGC 1952 was deleted :-( Thorsten Alteholz 13:06, 23 October 2007 (CDT)

Did you notice that you redirected some of these names to pages without "NGC" (e.g., to 1976)? Please fix that.  :-) --Larry Sanger 12:56, 23 October 2007 (CDT)

oops, it is too late :-) Thorsten Alteholz 13:06, 23 October 2007 (CDT)

Redirect tool

Hi there. I moved your re-direct tool to User:Thorsten_Alteholz/Control_ngc_messier_ic and out of article space where it does not belong. You might want to place a link to it somewhere at CZ:Astronomy_Workgroup where others can find it useful. I'd add it there myself but just don't know enough astronomy to do it as well as you would. :-) Stephen Ewen 15:08, 28 October 2007 (CDT)

Also, you might place a link to it at various relevant talk pages. Just an idea. Stephen Ewen 18:23, 28 October 2007 (CDT)

Ceres & Orion Nebula

I've sent you a couple of emails. Better late than never! - Ro Thorpe 20:12, 31 October 2007 (CDT)

Message for you

Hi Thorsten, nice to see you active. Please see: Talk:List of NGC objects 1-199‎. Naming convention stuff. --Larry Sanger 10:46, 3 November 2007 (CDT)

ok, is there an easy way to move the List...-page to a catalog-subpage?

Bot?

Hi Thorsten, either you're running a bot or you've set new wiki editing speed records... Could you, please, explain what your bot does? Actually, it would be nice if you did so on citizendium-tools (see CZ:Communication for a link). --Larry Sanger 11:39, 18 November 2007 (CST)

Great, so I have got my first record. Truly, there is no bot running, I just prepared these articles offline and now just cut and paste the contents. Thorsten Alteholz 11:53, 18 November 2007 (CST)

And I thought I was the fastest =[. --Robert W King 11:56, 18 November 2007 (CST)

I am sorry, I practised alot :-). BTW, is it possible to automatically create the talk and approval pages? I start to hate typing 'subpages' on any talk page ...

It's in the plans somewhere in the ether to make the creation of the clusters "one click"... --Robert W King 12:04, 18 November 2007 (CST)