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[edit] Example request

Comment: Great work on setting up this page, but 'dense atmosphere'? We don't even know if the planet has an atmosphere at all, let alone a dense one. Just thought I'd mention it... Cop 633 03:04, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Sorry this wasn't clear but, I meant this as an example, and so just grabbed some arbitrary bits from the Gliese discussion. I forget who thought it was likely to be a super-Venus, but.. pretty sure it was some one. That said - I'm hoping some experts will come along , replace this one and get some real informed requests up here. Just so everyone knows - I'm a biologist with graphics skills, rather than an astronomer, so I shouldn't be making the requests :-) Debivort 03:10, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Also, it would be good to keep the request / review page clear of comments, so I've moved your comment and my reply here. Hope that's OK. Debivort 03:12, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Cool, sorry about that! :) Cop 633 03:16, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
No worries - I should have been clearer in my above preference: I'd suggest the review page stay clear of procedural/meta-comments. Comments about the images are exactly what we want! Debivort 03:28, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Important Question

How do I offically join the project? Fusion7 00:20, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, I dunno - consider yourself a member! Do you have a request in mind, or would you like to illustrate a request? I am an illustrator and hope we get some requests soon.. Debivort 01:41, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Concern

My concern about this project is that drawing unseen extrasolar planets is just a lot more speculative than drawing dinosaurs species we have fossils for. Imagine trying to reconstruct T. Rex based with no more knowledge than that it weighed 7.5 tons. And, even with all of the knowledge we have about T. Rex, our user-created image looks like this. While I can appreciate the efforts that go into elaborately rendered surfaces, I wonder if as an encyclopedia we might be better served with a more intellectually modest, schematic style.--Pharos 20:05, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I see your perspective. I'd suggest requesting or making images with your ascetic guidelines enumerated, but I think the image review page is a fine place to do that too. By the way, I think a more appropriate anology would be drawing T-rex with the information that it weighed 7.5tons (mass), was a therapod (i.e. a jupiter), and was 12 meters long (orbital radius). That said, details would be speculative. Also, this is what a wikipedian's illustration looks like of an otherwise unillustrated therapod. Debivort 20:25, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Approved Images

Noticed somebody cleared the oldest review. According to the analogy with WP:DINO, I created Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Image Review/Approved Images and linked to it from its parent page. Glycerinester 02:54, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

FYI - the dino approved image page went stagnant when we realized it was simpler just to archive away the review page. Debivort 09:15, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Huh. All I know is this edit seemed to call for some sort of preservative action.
What do you think we should do? Glycerinester 09:52, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
No strong opinion, the approved page could work just fine, it will just require a bit more upkeep. The archiving done to the dino page generally means it gets very long at the end of the month, and short at the beginning of the next. Debivort 18:04, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
I like that idea. By the way, I said in my edit summery that I removed the oldest request. I had posted the image up, and it was taking up a bit of room. Sorry if I wasn't supposed to. Fusion7 18:17, 28 May 2007 (UTC)