Talk:Milky Way

List of names for the Milky Way was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 27 March 2024 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Milky Way. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Semi-protected edit request on 18 September 2024

hihi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Froggyqwertyui (talk • contribs) 04:47, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ‹hamster717🐉› ^{(discuss anything!🐹✈️ • my contribs🌌🌠)} 15:14, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 23 October 2024 (2)

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Sorry, the spelling error is in reference 21, not 22. Change "Lausten" into "Laustsen". I could not figure out how to edit my previous request. AstroOgier (talk) 12:19, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done M.Bitton (talk) 12:32, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 21 November 2024

The idea that the bright sky in summer "can obscure" the Milky Way in Scandinavia and Northern Europe is funny. The sky does not become dark at all in the summer months, and Milky Way (like almost all stars in the night sky) is not visible in summer. 88.148.150.166 (talk) 17:31, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 15 December 2024

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Attach hyperlinks for “voids” and “super clusters” to their respective articles Baschaa (talk) 19:22, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done I added a link to Void (astronomy) and there is already a link to supercluster. cyberdog958^Talk 11:46, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Milky Way

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Result: No major edits to the article since posted at GAR, no one has indicated that they want to make the necessary improvements Z1720 (talk) 16:48, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are some citation needed tags, unreliable source? tags in the article, The "Appearance" has had an orange "additional sources needed" banner and the "Satellite observations" has had an orange "update needed" banner. Real4jyy (talk) 03:22, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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