User talk:Serendipodous

Do you think you could do me a BIG favour?

Sorry to rush things, but I think it's time we started thinking of converting List of spherical astronomical bodies in the Solar System to a sortable table with the values along the top, rather than along the side as they are now. I have no idea how to do this, and was hoping you could pitch in, because User:Dojarca is on the verge of starting an edit war with me again and I would prefer not to have to go through another dispute resolution. Thank you. Serendi^podous 15:11, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

I basically didn't understand exactly what you are trying to tell me, apart from the fact you want to convert that table to a sortable table. I am pretty busy with real-life work now, but you are obviously free to look at how the sortable table I drafted is made, and convert it. Syntax is basically the same of normal tables. I'll jump in ASAP but don't know when. As for the edit war, what's the deal? --Cyclopia (talk) 16:17, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

What does it mean "values are listed horizontally"? It is a table: it has two directions. Do you mean that the same kind of value (e.g. diameter) is on a row instead of a column? However my table has values vertical (I don't even known if horizontal sortability is possible) so I really don't know how it can satisfy the other editor. --Cyclopia (talk) 16:47, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, I am all for values being the columns and planets being the rows, personally: so if you need to be backed up on this, let me know. --Cyclopia (talk) 19:46, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

(undent; biased against trafficking in colons) I can alter the table if you want. Also don't overlook the comment below Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 14:07, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

If aligned as you wish, it would have to be broken up into 2 or even 3 tables. See User:Ling.Nut/page6. Don't look at how misaligned the data is; just look at how long the top row is & how far it goes off the page. Still want it? Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 16:01, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Uranus/climate_subpage

This page was created as draft of Uranus article long ago. Do you need it? Ruslik (talk) 13:41, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

FAR notification

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Santa

No worries. Should have stopped back earlier. No stopping you folks with Solar System bodies! Marskell (talk) 16:19, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Horizontal Tables

Sorry that I haven't gotten back to you. Been busy. The one quick suggestion I would make is to create a row template as part of any conversion to a horizontal table. You can also see an example of that at List of colors, and Template:Colort/Color. The reason for using a row template is two-fold, one is it is much easier to see on the line exactly what you are editing since all the fields. As for making the list sortable check out meta:Help:Sorting and meta:Help:Table#Sorting. Hope this helps. PaleAqua (talk) 18:31, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Hello...

Thanks for the note... don't worry, all is well. I've emailed you. Cheers. --Ckatz^chat_spy 19:53, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: things spherical, am I really one of the main contributors? I didn't see my name in the list at all. --Ckatz^chat_spy 21:44, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Halo

In answer to your question: No - the halo planets are nearer to us than the Oort cloud although both were formed by being thrown out of the main solar system.

The full article is reprinted here: http://2012.tribe.net/thread/02187fb6-1e41-4ce7-8af0-701227a9963f

The relevant part of the article appears in the article as a sidebox (you know magazines like putting lots of boxes in articles rather than having one long stream of prose.)

In the reprint this box appears at the bottom: "The planets thought to be the missing half of the solar system are unlikely to have been thrown as far as the long-period comets. But they are still going to be a long way out, anything between 25 to 250 times further from the sun than Pluto." Delaszk (talk) 08:56, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Alan stern is also mentioned in the New Scientist article, and he seems to have been the first to suggest this idea. See this Boston Globe article: Solar system may contain 1,000 planets, astronomer says. Delaszk (talk) 09:19, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Jupiter topic

I think collaborating might be more efficient. Anyways, I will probably get really busy for a while which means I will be working only now and then. Still, I will try to spend some time and finish up the work - at least the exploration one seems GA-able fairly easy. Nergaal (talk) 20:06, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Opals on Mars Reveal Planet's Long Wet Past

• Opals on Mars Reveal Planet's Long Wet Past
• Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 13:25, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

• Interesting news story (above)... Hey, I'm dropping off Wikipedia.. perhaps only for a couple months, but perhaps permanently. This puts things in perspective. I wonder if you would mind adding my name as co-nom to the Scattered Disc FAC? I think it's OK to just go back and add it (but see below about edit summary)... I think I probably did enough to warrant it... if you agree that I deserve to be a co-nom, be sure to put "as per Ling.Nut's request" in the edit summary, so that no one will give you grief... thanks! Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 01:11, 31 October 2008 (UTC)