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Possible inspiration of Kepler's

See Jofrancus Offusius, who was mentioned by Kepler and who used Platonic solids. He might have inspired Kepler himself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.64.208.32 (talk) 12:53, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tycho, Kepler and Cardano mentioned Jofrancus's book, of 1570. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:7C87:4F00:F0C3:26D6:7EE1:A427 (talk) 10:55, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong portrait of Kepler

According to arXiv:2108.02213 this picture does not show Johannes Kepler but most likely his teacher Michael Maestlin. I don't see a good replacement but it seems to me that this picture should not stay on the page! Is it possible to use one of the two more believable pictures from the arXiv article?Paepse (talk) 09:25, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Paepse: File:Portrait of Johannes Kepler.jpg or File:JKepler.jpg. --Thibaut (talk) 13:51, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Paepse and Thibaut: FYI: In the Dutch version this proposed correction is already applied by ChaokangTai on Aug 9 2021, by replacing said portrait with this one by Hans von Aachen. --C04DF16B (talk) 14:44, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Paepse and Thibaut and C04DF16B: for information, I have written a new paragraphe in the de-Wikipedia and fr-Wikipédia about Keplers portraiture. My feeling is : if the Kremsmunsters Kepler-portrait is wrong and became iconic after 2006, it is because Wikipedia has diffused it. So Wikipedia has to recognize this fact and to explain why this image has been taken back. If you agree, I propose you to make the seem in the en-article. A good source-document is for example aryabhata '(de)'. Regards. --Jacques Mrtzsn (talk) 14:50, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t see why not. Thibaut (talk) 16:55, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WP:URFA/2020

I am reviewing this (old or very old) FA as part of WP:URFA/2020, an effort to determine whether old featured articles still meet the featured article criteria. This article does not meet current FA standards. There is considerable uncited text. The "See also" section needs attention: FAs are supposed to be comprehensive, so most items worthy of mention in See also should be already incorporated into the article. Unless someone can bring the article to standard, it should be submitted to WP:FAR. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:31, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've addressed the specific {{citation needed}} tags; one section is still marked as needing improvement overall, but that may actually be more a matter of tone than footnotes (since it's pretty clear that nothing there was named for Bob Kepler of Peoria, Illinois). I've also culled the "See also" back to a more reasonable level. XOR'easter (talk) 19:47, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]