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Thanks @Tom Morris:, I'd be happy to join, but unfortunately the membership list isn't compatible with global userpages. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 20:02, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

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Meetups

Lancaster.

Good to see you on board. I have been having a look at the background material-- particularly Manual of Style/mathematics and Help:Referencing for beginners. Not to put too finer point on it neither would pass Ofsted. Rather than cause an earthquake- I have put together a sandbox, where I have tried to gather a few threads together, Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Mathematics/sandbox, I have left copius comments embedded in the page- if you have a few monments could you have a look and make a few surgical comments. The referencing issue is also interesting, there seems to be no consistent terminology for the different approved styles and a lot of confusion caused by this in the discussion. Many maths stubs are tagged for improvement- but seem too short to require inline refs. -- Clem Rutter (talk) 09:27, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi @ClemRutter: working on the MoS isn't really my kind of thing, so I'll watch but probably won't contribute much. I'd generally recommend keeping things short, simple, and not over-prescriptive. And please encourage people to stick with the standard inline referencing system, rather than using one of the more bespoke ones. :-) Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:47, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
I think that was my starting point too! Its not been that easy!-- Clem Rutter (talk) 22:55, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

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another one....Microscopium

I was amused as Patrick Moore had written there was nothing interesting in Microscopium, but there are some weird stars and things. However, I am a bit stumped trying to find out more and write about Microscopium Void as getting my head around large-scale universe stuff is a challenge...and I'd like to get it in somehow. All help appreciated. cheers Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:57, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

@Casliber: Hmm, it doesn't look like the microscopium void is particularly notable. The 'discovery' paper is only referenced 7 times, the latest in 1995 [1]. It might be better as a brief mention somewhere else rather than having its own article. I'll try to have a look at the constellation article later. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 16:55, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks..yeah there's a whole List of voids (queue some Seinfeld joke about a whole lotta Nothing...) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:38, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Nudge nudge.....cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:44, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay, I've posted some suggestions at Talk:Microscopium#Suggestions. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:32, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
No trouble at all - much appreciated! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:19, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for Grosvenor Picture Palace

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Speaking of stars....

Thar's a big 'un a few of us've been workin' on it'd be great if someone professional would look at it...cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:54, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

....Mike? Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:13, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
@Casliber: Sorry for the delay, I'll take a look now. I've also posted a message to a facebook group of professional astronomers asking whether any of them would like to review the article / have any comments: they might leave comments on the talk page, or I'll copy comments over to the talk page from facebook. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:28, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Brilliant! Much appreciated. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:57, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

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Serpens

Hello Mike; I see you've taken a look at several of Casliber's constellation articles in the past and provided useful commentary. One I've been working on for around a year now, Serpens, is incredibly near FAC, I believe; would you mind having a look at it? StringTheory11 (t • c) 16:08, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

@StringTheory11: I'm a bit busy at the moment, but I'll have a look when I get the chance! Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:00, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

d:User:Mike Peel/sandbox

Hi Mike. On the french version of Wikipedia, I create fr:Module:Infobox/Télescope. We speak about that in fr:Projet:Astronomie/Porte des étoiles and fr:Discussion utilisateur:Simon Villeneuve.

We should work togeter to elaborate a common infobox. Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick (talk) 12:48, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

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STV Astrid

You could use {{Cite newspaper The Times}} for that reference. Mjroots (talk) 18:54, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Hmm, shouldn't that template just redirect to {{cite news}}, perhaps auto-filling the 'newspaper' parameter? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:15, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
No, it's a dedicated template for The Times, with parameters that aren't normally used in other newspaper cites. Mjroots (talk) 19:57, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

The only parameter that seems to be different, according to the documentation, is 'day_of_week'. E.g., see the following template calls (the ordering is different, but the information displayed is the same):

Author (1 January 2000). "Title". Section. The Times. No. 1. London. col 1, p. 1. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help) template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
Author (1 January 2000). "Title". Section. The Times. No. 1. London. col. 1, p. 1, pp. 1-2. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)

The conversion between the two seems to be:

Times template News template
articlename title
author author
section department
day_of_week N/A
date date
page_number page
page_numbers pages
issue issue
column at (giving col. N, and p. N or pp. N)
The Times newspaper=The Times
London location=London

Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:19, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

@Mjroots: I've posted a copy of this at Template_talk:Cite_newspaper_The_Times#Merge_with_.7B.7Bcite_news.7D.7D.3F, which might be the better place to discuss this further if you're interested. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 18:58, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

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Postpone the Manchester Meetup?

You may want to comment at meta:Talk:Meetup/Manchester/30#Postponement. Yaris678 (talk) 11:30, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

 Done Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 15:09, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

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