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Crater in the name

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Since there is not other article with the name Cabeus, is it necessary to have the (crater) identifier in the name? Cheers! Scapler (talk) 17:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not; that's just been the naming convention for lunar crater articles.—RJH (talk) 20:51, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

depth data from Kurt Fisher database

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[1] gives depth as 5.71 km, citing Kurt Fisher database as its source, however the links appear to be broken. is there a reliable cite for this? partly-recovered link as [2]. probably cite as "Fisher, K.A. 2007. The Third Dimension: Crater Depths from the Apollo Era to the Present. Selenology Today 5:17-61." but needs verification. -- 99.233.186.4 (talk) 05:03, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The web site for Selenography Today is http://digilander.libero.it/glrgroup/ . They appear to be storing back issues in zip files.—RJH (talk) 19:27, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, went there and downloaded the article, which says the data table is available among the supplementary materials in PDF, HTML, and CSV formats, but i couldn't find right file. -- 99.233.186.4 (talk) 22:01, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

image suggestion

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for an image of the crater, suggest cropping relevant area from the map at [3] -- 99.233.186.4 (talk) 06:44, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seem to recognize that as an old air-brushed map of the moon. I hope there will be better images available in the future from the LRO mission.—RJH (talk) 20:52, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Caption, period and complete/incomplete sentences.

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Hi

I have just replaced the period on the caption.

It may be that the "incomplete sentence" has been misunderstood. By my understanding;

Incomplete sentences:

  • Flowers
  • White lilies
  • Small children
  • Cabeus crater

Complete sentences:

  • Two small children playing.
  • White lilies in a vase of water.
  • Flowers in an arrangement.
  • Cabeus Crater (left) as imaged by the Diviner instrument on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

As a litmus test, should that last sentence have a period? If so, the caption is indeed a full sentence. Chaosdruid (talk) 01:34, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (captions)#Wording, I believe not. Regards, RJH (talk) 14:37, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
As I see it the phrase has both a subject and a predicate (the verb being imaged - past participle). In which case it would be a sentence. Chaosdruid (talk) 15:44, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Heh, you're undoubtedly correct then. It's remarkable how much effort we spend on the least important elements, eh? :-) RJH (talk)
We all live and learn - Wikipedia has been the biggest grammar learning curve of my life :¬) Last week I learnt that ellipsis have a space before and after them ("... on the beaches ..."), though to be honest it just made me realise that I have incorrectly edited hundreds of articles ... Chaosdruid (talk) 23:35, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Except at the end of a sentence, of course. ;-) Distributed Proofreaders is another good place for refining proofreading skills. Regards, RJH (talk) 15:00, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have been a member there for several years, though since starting to put more time into Wikipedia I have not really helped there. It is indeed good training but unfortunately as most of the books are pretty old (generally pre 1940) typography and grammar can be a little out-dated. Chaosdruid (talk) 18:17, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]