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| == Requested move 10 June 2024 == | |||
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| The result of the move request was: '''Not moved.''' With 15 opposers and just 3 supporters (including the nom), there is a 5:1 ratio indicating a consensus against the move. This discussion was supposed to close at 5pm on June 17, 2024, but was closed two hours early as there is a ] chance that the change will be successful. <small>(])</small> ] (]) 14:58, 17 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
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| * ] → {{no redirect|The Moon}} | |||
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| – Earth's moon is almost always preceded by the definite article, and ''moon'' without the definite article more likely refers to a natural satellite. Ergo, this seems like a clear-cut case for moving per the first criterion of ]. ] (]) 17:00, 10 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :'''Question''': How do you square this with ] being an example on ] where the definite article should not be used? Leaning support btw but think this needs clarifying. ] (]) 17:31, 10 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::At the risk of ], we'd also need to clarify how the Moon differs from the ], the ], the ], etc. Would the best title be {{-r|The Moon}} or {{-r|The moon}}? (Both currently redirect to Moon.) A compromise would be to move Moon but not Natural satellite, instead moving a suitably modified ] to Moon. ] is unlikely to be the primary topic for the term "Moon", as our article on Earth's moon has nine times more page views and four times more incoming links. ] (]) 18:16, 10 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::@] I think I have a problem with the name of the article ], as planets and indeed stars are also natural satellites. So are (the so far I believe purely theoretical) ]s. I know the article points that out, but still. I think the case for the other objects that you mention, is that there are many other moons that are within our consciousness as humans, whereas other solar systems, suns, and Milky Ways are far more abstract constructs. The reason you call it 'The' Moon, is so that you don't confuse it with some other moon, which there are plenty of relatievly close by. ] (]) 12:02, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::{{talk quote|planets and indeed stars are also natural satellites}} | |||
| ::::That doesn't matter, as they're not usually described in those terms. We don't pick names firstly striving for some level of technical correctness, we pick ] that are clear to a general readership. I'm sorry, but people can only get confused about this if they're trying to confuse themselves on purpose. | |||
| ::::{{talk quote|The reason you call it 'The' Moon, is so that you don't confuse it with some other moon}} | |||
| ::::No it's not! Not at all! We called it The Moon (in English, in other languages where applicable, etc.) well before we were able to fathom moons orbiting other bodies. Here's some of ]'s Old English from 994: | |||
| ::::{{xt|{{lang|ang|<strong>Sē mōna</strong> næfþ nān lēoht būtan of þǣre sunnan lēoman, and hē is ealra tungla niðemest}}}} | |||
| ::::Likely because it's been of a definite, singular importance to our world. I doubt the meaning when we use the definite article has actually strayed from that. | |||
| ::::Anyway, {{xt|Moon}} is the correct article title. ]] 15:37, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::::On the first point, are you suggesting that the term 'natural satellite' is more common than 'moons' when discussing, for example, the ]? | |||
| :::::On the second, are you advocating naming articles based on a 10th century understanding of science? ] (]) 16:54, 13 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::# I'm suggesting that to most people, ''natural satellite'' and ''moon'' are synonyms. | |||
| ::::::# I'm advocating naming articles based on a holistic understanding of human language, with the example meant to demonstrate how our use of language is often invariant or orthogonal relative to our scientific understanding, as opposed to it inherently making scientific claims itself. You made a big assumption of what people mean when they use language; I pointed out it was a big assumption to make. | |||
| ::::::]] 17:00, 13 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::Ok, I'll take the point on 2 (it may not be the original reason for the definite article, but I think today it helps with clarification). On 1, there's some internal incosistency in article name in this case. Should ] etc. and articles like ] be renamed substituting 'moon(s)' for 'natural satellite(s)'? You cite ] but there's no way that 'natural satellite' sees more usage in common parlance than 'moons', and the titling of these other articles seems to reflect that. ] (]) 17:26, 13 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::@] actually, going back to point 1., and as we're looking at literature, I'd like to point you at as a slightly more modern counter to Ælfric of Eynsham. Ignore the fact that the pirates are inexplicably French, and navigate to about 3:30 where Earth's moon is confused with ]. ] (]) 10:25, 14 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::I suppose the breadth of this point isn't clear to me, as the context of this passage is very specific. Ambiguity can always arise in situations sufficiently narrow. ]] 13:57, 14 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::I wouldn't worry about it. Just giving you the benefit of my own experience. ] (]) 14:00, 14 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :'''Oppose''' “Moon” overwhelmingly refers to ''the'' Moon, not ''a'' moon or moons in general. Renaming '''''natural satellite''''' to '''''moon''''' would probably require ''another '' renaming of '''Moon''' to '''Moon (satellite of Earth)'''; and even if we broke with guidelines and renamed it to '''''The Moon''''', it would still be extremely easy to confuse with ]. Tl;dr this is a whole can of worms that doesn’t need to be opened— the current titles are unambiguous, whereas the proposed titles would make it harder to find either topic despite being ]s. ] (]) 19:47, 10 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::'''Oppose'''. ] pretty much sums it up. The current titles are intuitive and sensible. - ] (]) 20:15, 10 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Interesting but ... no''' Credit where it's due; it's true that, when referring to the Moon as a distinct object, English almost always uses the definite article, whereas for other moons this is not so. Still, I'm not convinced that the proper name includes the "the". Intuitively I would say it does not. Also when used adjunctively ("Moon lander", "Moon rock") it is still referring to the Moon in particular, not moons in general, but no article is used. --] (]) 20:44, 10 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Oppose''' basically per Certes: we'd need to apply this same logic to ], ], etc. We don't need to add the "the" here and there's no real disambiguation issue as our moon is clearly the primary topic. ] (] | ]) 22:46, 10 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Support'''. We do always refer to our moon with the definite article, and 'natural satellite' is not the ] for other moons. The very first example given in ] is that using 'the' in a title makes sense in a case like 'the Crown', where 'crown' and 'the Crown' naturally lend themselves to two, separate articles. That's exactly what we have here. (Regarding squaring the circle with the Sun – there are other stars, but there aren't other Suns...) ] (]) 00:46, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *:Well from the perspective of beings on exoplanets those stars are their sun(s). ] (]) 16:44, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Oppose''', per ] and ], uppercased Moon is the proper name (not 'The Moon') per ]. As for 'stars', etc., renaming the natural satellite page ] may work well (please notice that 'Moons' has redirected there since 2004). ] (]) 03:32, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *:Well yes that makes sense per ] as the Earth's moon can't be in the plural just like the Earth's sun. ''']''' (]) 16:55, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Oppose''' per consistency with Sun (not the Sun) and Earth (not the Earth). Moon overwhelming, with long-term significance, refers to the Earth's moon and not moons in general. ] ] 04:26, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *:However, Earth's moon is almost always referred to as ''the Moon'', with the definite article, not ''Moon''. Even other pages, such as ], ] and even ], use the definite article in their titles. ] (]) 05:16, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Oppose''' the definite article is a convention when referring to it, but is not actually part of its name. It's called "Moon" not "the Moon". ] ] 12:38, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::It is actually part of its name, though. --] (]) 17:25, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::Not according to the references in the article. We even have a section on its name that states it's simply "Moon". Do you have references that state that the definite article is actually part of its proper name? ] ] 17:51, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::: doesn't treat "The" as part of the name. ''']''' (]) 17:58, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Subtle but important – all the sources state Moon is its name. None say that it is its only name. The conditions listed in ] do not seem to me require "the X" to be the ''only'' name for something to implement it as an article title. --] (]) 18:01, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::: I think the real difference here is the relative prominence of the articles. Someone typing "moon" in the search box, or linking to it, is overwhelmingly likely to be intending ''this'' article, not the class of objects that includes Io. On the other hand, someone entering "crown" is most likely looking for the type of hat, not details about Britain's unwritten constitution. --] (]) 20:18, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::::: It doesn't directly speak to what I was getting at – it's not that there's no difference '''at all''', but for ], the distinction brought up '''isn't relevant''' – but you make a very good point that the proposed redirects would 'invert' ]. --] (]) 20:57, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Oppose'''. ], not ]. ] (]) 02:40, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Support''': see my arguments above. ] (]) 12:03, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Oppose''': expected and canonical example of where a commonly used definite article is omitted for an encyclopedia article title, à la ], ], etc. ]] 15:42, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Oppose''' per Remsense and others, though I could probably get behind the alternative suggestion of moving ] to ] per ]. ] (]) 15:46, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *:Yep, I like that too. ] (]) 18:26, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *:I don’t think that’s such a great idea— most non-proper noun article titles are usually in the singular— ] and not ], ] and not ], ] not ], etc. ] (]) 20:55, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *::'Most' being the operative word. ] (]) 16:42, 13 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *:::can you provide an example of one that ''isn’t''? ] (]) 13:55, 14 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *::::You wrote most. If you think it's 'all', write 'all'. ] (]) 18:35, 16 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *::::]. ] (]) 18:42, 16 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *:::::I know you were specifically asked for a single example, but a peek at ] may disappoint as concerns how convincing it is. ]] 19:19, 16 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *::::::] is another one. ] (]) 19:54, 16 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *:::::::these examples seem to be talking about categorical types of things— an analogue would be “''frum'' moons” with ''frum'' being a specific type of moon. ] (]) 06:02, 17 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Oppose'''. It should be at ] like with ], ], ], ], ] etc. ] (]) 23:24, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Oppose''', per comments above. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;color:DarkBlue;cursor:help"><span>]</span><sup>(])</sup></span> 04:54, 13 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Oppose''' per Trovatore. ] (]) 21:42, 13 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *'''Oppose'''. Basically, from what I learnt in journalism, titles of articles should omit determiners. Moon is fine and adding "the" is just unnecessary. ] (]) 07:17, 14 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *:That's great, but ]. ] (]) 18:36, 16 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| *::That essay has nothing at all to do with the problem being discussed as far as I can tell. ]] 19:18, 16 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
| * '''Oppose''' per above. Earth's moon is the primary topic for ], and its common name is not ]. ] (]) 20:46, 16 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
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30 times diameter of earth yet next paragraph its one quarter the size of earth???? also isnt the sun a natural orbit of earth as wel as te moon..yet you say the moon is the only natural orbit.81.170.66.75 (talk) 07:58, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- The Moon's orbit is about 30 times Earth's diameter. The Moon's diameter is about 1/4 of Earth's diameter. And no, the Sun does not rotate around Earth so it is not a natural satellite of the Earth. Meters (talk) 08:23, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- got it, thanks 81.170.66.75 (talk) 21:59, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
Mass of the Moon needs to be fixed
5.972168e24 kg (mass of the Earth from the Misplaced Pages entry for Earth)
x 0.0123 (ratio of Moon to Earth, agrees with IAU recommendation of 0.0123000371)
= 7.3457664e22 kg (mass of Moon)
or 7.346e22 kg (keeping the same sig. fig. as is currently on the page)
IAU Division I Working Group, Numerical Standards for Fundamental Astronomy, Astronomical Constants, Current Best Estimates (CBEs) https://iau-a3.gitlab.io/NSFA/NSFA_cbe.html Elert (talk) 11:52, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
- As far as I can tell from both the cited sources and direct calculations like those above, the current stated figure of 7.342 × 10 is indeed just slightly wrong, and was first (I presume accidentally, as a typo) introduced in this 2015 edit. Remsense 诉 18:34, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
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