Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of nearest stars

List of nearest stars edit

seems like a pretty good list to me. Mlm42 20:01, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - very nice, and I have made some minor changes, but there are still a few wrinkles - (i) Most importantly, there are no references (towards the end, in a section entitled "References"). The catalogue notes and some of the external links may be such, but need to be in a "References" section. (ii) I know the text explains this, but it would be useful to have a visual key explaining that colours approximate the colour of the star's spectral class (OBAFGKM) (iii) What epoch are the RA and Dec? B1950? J2000? (iv) It may be neater to use the {{note}}/{{ref}}} format for the list of sources. (v) More categories (Astronomy? Lists? Stars?)? -- ALoan (Talk) 20:55, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - What qualfies as a near star? One could argue that near means 2 billion light years. The article needs to define the word near. Tobyk777 21:17, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Answer - The first line says out to a maximum of 5 parsecs (16.2 light years). Mark ¹ 13:40, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Looks fairly good list. However, I'd use less dark gray background color for the red and white dwarfs, now the text may be difficult to read. Spectral classes may be somewhat cryptic for those who are not familiar with them, and the article has no images, so I recommend adding some sort of icons for different star types. Otherwise, I'm ready to support this article.--Jyril 01:16, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support, excellent list. I'm a little concerned about using red to show unconfirmed figures; don't we have a guideline that colours should not be used to show information not otherwise displayed (for those on monochrome screens or with colour blindness)? The other uses of colour in the article are fine as the information contained in the colour is also shown in the text.-gadfium 22:24, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]