Some suggestions for Category:Astronomical observatories
Notability edit
- See Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) for general rules
- Independently notable
- ancient observatories
- notable historic buildings that were observatories - add technical info as necessary
- Definitely notable
- historically important
- e.g. - Yerkes
- large scope, multiple scopes
- e.g. - KPNO, CTIO, WIRO
- Probably notable
- any observatory producing data that has been used in refereed publication
- perhaps with a minimum article count - search in [SAO/NASA ADS http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html]
- e.g. - Rosemary Hill (active), Black Moshannan (defunct)
- productive minor planet-searching observatories
- meets a high minimum count and there's enough information available that a minimal article can be developed
- Probably not notable unless proved otherwise
- minor planet-searching observatories
- ones with a below-minimum number of discoveries should be in a list
- university-owned teaching/outreach observatories w/o significant research use
- should go in university article
- primary/secondary school-owned observatories
- should go in school or school system article
- amateur astronomy association observatories
- observatories should be listed an association article, or a list
- home/personal observatories
- planetarium/science center observatories
- should be in planetarium/science center article
- Not observatories - should not be classified as an astronomical observatory
- star party sites
- other observing sites w/o permanent telescopes
- institutions (universities, schools) with an observatory, notable or otherwise
- non-astronomical observatories (duh)
- Debatable classification
- telescope networks - each site?
- e.g. - ROTSE
- astronomical research organizations that call themselves observatories but don't actually have any telescopes
- e.g. - Arcetri Observatory has no meaningful scope on-site and never has.
- astronomical research organizations that call themselves observatories but have telescopes at sites that are observatories
- e.g. - MDM Observatory has 2 telescopes at KPNO, which manages the site but not the MDM scopes. Is it an org. or obs.?
Article outline edit
Infobox (not labeled) - mandatory
- fill out as much as possible
- don't overload telescope list with wikilinks
- use metric for size
Introduction (not labeled) - mandatory
- History - optional
- sub-sections as necessary
- Telescopes (or instruments) - mandatory
- bulleted list of items here or in subsections
- should include size in meters (inches), type (refractor, Cassegrain, etc), name if it has one, installation date
- entries for major scopes with their own articles should be brief
- former telescopes (or instruments) - optional subheader
- future telescopes (or instruments) - optional subheader
- Research - optional
- sub-sections as necessary
- other sections - as needed
- sub-sections as necessary
- Visiting - optional
- should stick to neutral, non-advert language
- Gallery - optional
- pics of observatory, telescopes, or taken by telescopes
- In popular culture - optional
- applies to only a dozen or so obs.
- See also - mandatory
- optional - nearby telescopes, similar telescopes, but not more than 4
- mandatory - List of observatories
- References - mandatory
- use reflist - references should be inline using ref and cite
- External links - mandatory
- mandatory - homepage again
- optional - alternate homepage, other
- optional - clear dark sky
navboxes (not labeled) - optional
- parent institution (caltech), or telescope type (radio), or country (Chile)
categories (not labeled) - mandatory
- astro obs in state/country
- build/struct in state/country
- others
stubs (not labeled) - if appropriate
- Observatory-stub
- state/country stubs - not necessary if a state/country project project template is placed on talk
interwikis (not labeled) - optional
- take a minute to look if it's a major observatory in a non-English-speaking country