Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Moons of Uranus

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The list was promoted by User:Matthewedwards 17:47, 13 January 2009 [1].

Moons of Uranus

I am nominating the list of Uranian moons for featured list, because I think all FL criteria are met. This will be the second featured list of planetary moons (after Moons of Jupiter). Ruslik (talk) 18:09, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment while resisting the temptation to make the obvious lowbrow joke - In the image, the second moon from the left looks screwy (half of it appears to be solid grey), is that an error or intentional? It's also a tad wider than I'd like. Imagine what it would look like on small screens. -- Scorpion ⁰⁴²² 18:16, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Intentional, see NASA photjournal. The second moon (Ariel) is actually exactly larger than the third (Umbriel). Ruslik (talk) 18:31, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

"The five major, spherical moons of Uranus compared, at their proper relative sizes and brightnesses." does not need either comma.
"all of which were named" -> "all of which are named" They still have the Pope/Shakespearean names.
"respectively" is not needed in the second sentence.
"the thirteen inner moons" -> "thirteen inner moons". The other two groups listed don't use "the".
"dark small bodies" -> "small dark bodies"
"endogenic resurfacing and tectonics" needs to be wikilinked, explained, or removed.
"is at 1578 km in diameter the eighth largest moon in the Solar System" -> is 1578 km in diameter and the eighth largest moon in the Solar System"
(most being retrograde) -> (mostly retrograde)
"of a further ten inner moons" -> "of ten further inner moons"
"last giant planet with without" -> "last giant planet without"
"but since 1997, nine" -> "but since 1997 nine"
October of 2003 -> October 2003
continuing the "airy spirits" theme -> continuing the airy spirits theme
discoverer, Gerard Kuiper, after -> discoverer Gerard Kuiper after
The Rape of the Lock (a poem by Alexander Pope) — Ariel, Umbriel, Belinda -> *Poems by Alexander Pope ** The Rape of the Lock: Ariel, Umbriel, Belinda To be uniform with Shakespeare
Wikilink albedo
varies in the range 30–50% -> varies in the range of 30–50%
All major moons (except Miranda, which is made primarily of ice) comprise approximately equal amounts rock and ice. -> All major moons comprise approximately equal amounts rock and ice, except Miranda, which is made primarily of ice.
ovoid 'race-track' like -> ovoid race track-like
between Miranda and Umbriel, as well as a past 4:1 -> between Miranda and Umbriel and a past 4:1
eccentric (~0.2), namely: Francisco, -> eccentric (~0.2), namely Francisco,
As of 2008, Margaret's current eccentricity -> As of 2008, Margaret's eccentricity
- Very informative and well-referenced. Reywas92 ^Talk 21:29, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  Thanks, I will fix them tomorrow. Ruslik (talk) 21:56, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  Already got them fixed. Thank you for the copy edit! SkarmCA (talk) 05:04, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  I clarified "endogenic resurfacing and tectonics". Ruslik (talk) 08:05, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  Support Excellent, informative article! Reywas92 ^Talk 17:28, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

"the combined mass of the five major satellites would be less than half that of Triton alone." - You should explain what Triton is, maybe say that it is the seventh largest moon in the Solar System?
"Margaret is the only known irregular prograde moon of Uranus and has one of the most eccentric orbits of any moon in the solar system. As of 2008, Margaret's eccentricity is 0.7979.[31] This temporarily gives Margaret the most eccentric orbit of any moon in the solar system, though Neptune's moon Nereid has a higher mean eccentricity."
Maybe the diagram of the irregular moons should be explained in the caption and not in the text? Well, I dont know.
Otherwise a nice list. --Skizzik ^talk 23:45, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the review. I fixed all issues above. Ruslik (talk) 08:54, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:46, 7 January 2009 (UTC) [reply]

Resolved issues, Dabomb87 (talk)

Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs)

Is there any way to not squash the text in the lead?
"has twenty-seven known moons," "twenty-seven"-->27.
"all of which are named after ~~various~~ characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope."
"William Herschel discovered the first two moons, Titania and Oberon, in 1787, while the remaining spherical moons were discovered in 1851 by William Lassell (Ariel and Umbriel) and in 1948 by Gerard Kuiper (Miranda)." "while"-->and.
"internally driven processes like canyon formation and volcanism" "like"-->such as. Maybe consider inserting em dashes after "processes" and "volcanism".
"eighth largest moon"-->eighth-largest moon
"~~All of~~ Uranus's irregular moons have elliptical and strongly inclined (mostly retrograde) orbits at great distances from the planet."
"Later Herschel thought he had discovered up to six moons (see below) and maybe even a ring."-->Later, Herschel thought he had discovered up to six moons (see below) and perhaps even a ring.
"For nearly fifty years" "fifty"-->50.
"Current IAU practice"-->The current IAU practice
"making Titania the eighth largest moon"-->making Titania the eighth-largest moon
"Uranus is about ten thousand times more massive than its moons." Can we use a numeral here?
"As of 2008 Uranus is known to possess thirteen inner moons." Same here.
"All inner moons are intimately connected to the rings of Uranus which probably resulted from the fragmentation of one or several small inner moons." Comma after "Uranus".
"Two innermost moons"-->The two innermost moons
"They are made of water ice contaminated with ~~some~~ dark material"
"The latter is approximately 73 million km for Uranus." Typo, I think.
"over 10 million to a billion years"-->from 10 million to a billion years
"A past 3:1 orbital resonance between Miranda and Umbriel and a past 4:1 resonance between Ariel and Titania are thought to responsible" Word missing. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. I fixed all issues, except the last one. I can not find missing word. Ruslik (talk) 09:44, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"thought to responsible"-->thought to be responsible Dabomb87 (talk) 13:10, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. I can swear that I read it several times and did not notice! Ruslik (talk) 13:18, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It was already fixed by someone else. I still think either way can be correct, but adding "be" before responsible sounds less awkward. SkarmCA (talk) 14:16, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any reason that conversions to standard measurements are not provided? Dabomb87 (talk) 23:08, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If by standard measurements you mean feet and pounds, conversion to these units is usually not provided in astronomical articles (because these units are never used in the scientific literature). See, for instance, Moons of Jupiter. In addition, the space in the table is a limiting factor: there is actually no space for any conversions. And it would be inconsistent to convert in the text, and not to convert in the table. Ruslik (talk) 09:54, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Having looked over the FL criteria, I think this more than satisfies it. Ruslik and Serendi have done it again, good luck with your task. ₪Ceran →(cheer→chime →carol) 22:05, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Three dab links need to be fixed. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:27, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Ruslik (talk) 16:02, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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