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Some suggestions for Category:Astronomical observatories

Notability

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See Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) for general rules
Independently notable
  • ancient observatories
  • notable historic buildings that were observatories - add technical info as necessary
Definitely notable
  • historically important
e.g. - Yerkes
  • large scope, multiple scopes
e.g. - KPNO, CTIO, WIRO
Probably notable
  • any observatory producing data that has been used in refereed publication
perhaps with a minimum article count - search in [SAO/NASA ADS http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html]
e.g. - Rosemary Hill (active), Black Moshannan (defunct)
  • productive minor planet-searching observatories
meets a high minimum count and there's enough information available that a minimal article can be developed
Probably not notable unless proved otherwise
  • minor planet-searching observatories
ones with a below-minimum number of discoveries should be in a list
  • university-owned teaching/outreach observatories w/o significant research use
should go in university article
  • primary/secondary school-owned observatories
should go in school or school system article
  • amateur astronomy association observatories
observatories should be listed an association article, or a list
  • home/personal observatories
  • planetarium/science center observatories
should be in planetarium/science center article
Not observatories - should not be classified as an astronomical observatory
  • star party sites
  • other observing sites w/o permanent telescopes
  • institutions (universities, schools) with an observatory, notable or otherwise
  • non-astronomical observatories (duh)
Debatable classification
  • telescope networks - each site?
e.g. - ROTSE
  • astronomical research organizations that call themselves observatories but don't actually have any telescopes
e.g. - Arcetri Observatory has no meaningful scope on-site and never has.
  • astronomical research organizations that call themselves observatories but have telescopes at sites that are observatories
e.g. - MDM Observatory has 2 telescopes at KPNO, which manages the site but not the MDM scopes. Is it an org. or obs.?

Article outline

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Infobox (not labeled) - mandatory

fill out as much as possible
don't overload telescope list with wikilinks
use metric for size

Introduction (not labeled) - mandatory

History - optional
sub-sections as necessary
Telescopes (or instruments) - mandatory
  • bulleted list of items here or in subsections
  • should include size in meters (inches), type (refractor, Cassegrain, etc), name if it has one, installation date
  • entries for major scopes with their own articles should be brief
former telescopes (or instruments) - optional subheader
future telescopes (or instruments) - optional subheader
Research - optional
sub-sections as necessary
other sections - as needed
sub-sections as necessary
Visiting - optional
should stick to neutral, non-advert language
Gallery - optional
pics of observatory, telescopes, or taken by telescopes
In popular culture - optional
applies to only a dozen or so obs.
See also - mandatory
  • optional - nearby telescopes, similar telescopes, but not more than 4
  • mandatory - List of observatories
References - mandatory
use reflist - references should be inline using ref and cite
External links - mandatory
  • mandatory - homepage again
  • optional - alternate homepage, other
  • optional - clear dark sky

navboxes (not labeled) - optional

parent institution (caltech), or telescope type (radio), or country (Chile)

categories (not labeled) - mandatory

astro obs in state/country
build/struct in state/country
others

stubs (not labeled) - if appropriate

Observatory-stub
state/country stubs - not necessary if a state/country project project template is placed on talk

interwikis (not labeled) - optional

take a minute to look if it's a major observatory in a non-English-speaking country