Talk:Astrophotography

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I'm planning on doing considerable expansion here, along the lines of a "how-to" guide. Anyone who wants to help is more than welcome at User:JohnOwens/Pet Projects/astrophotography. --John Owens (talk) 19:54, 2005 Apr 2 (UTC)

Isn't a "how-to" contrary to Wikipedia's policy? WP:NOT 69.72.93.219 05:11, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] How to

I have cleaned up the page and removed whole sections on "How-To". How-Tos are specificaly listed as not being encyclopedic (please see Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information---> Instruction manuals). I took it on my self to add the deleted information to WikiHOW. It can be seen (and edited) at How to Photograph the Night Sky (Astrophotography). Other sections were re-worded to make them more descriptive and less "How-To". Halfblue 02:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External links

I have cleand up links to conform with WP:EL and added a notice. Links should lead to websites that have further information on Astrophotography in general (i.e. describe Astrophotography). Links should not lead to sites about "how-to" conduct Astrophotography, or sites of your, or other peoples Astrophotographs (see: WP:NOT#HOWTO, WP:COI, and WP:EL). 69.72.2.70 16:20, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

it is a great page.I learnt so many new things through this page.so thank you very much.JAYANTI BISWAS> From INDIA------- NEW DELHI

[edit] This article needs work

I have added a "refimprove" tag. What is "astrophotography"? Is it a field of hard science that has since become a hobby? The article seems to state that since it describes little science. I don't know if "astrophotography" is even discussed as a serious subject in scientific circles. We need some sources that better describe what astrophotography is all about (and NOT "how to" sources). Maybe there should be another article with a name along the lines of "Astronomical imaging" that better describes the current state of the art in the professional field. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 13:00, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The "how to" corral

How to links fall under WP:NOT#LINK - They are not "content-relevant links" since articles do not contain "how to" or "instruction" content. This is also stated at WP:EL, links to be avioded, statement Number 1. Even if we allow "How To", what do we link? Wikipedia is not a linkfarm, so the linked "how to" would have to have a lot of relevant "how to" and other information. The "how to" I just removed is about a very narrow topic with no other information and is even about a single news related event. I am moving current and previous "how to" links here (Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 13:00, 27 March 2008 (UTC)):