Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomical objects

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This project was originally formed to coordinate editors' efforts on creating articles related to astronomical objects. The project's original members worked together to develop a category hierarchy and a series of templates, including information boxes, that could be used to improve the articles' appearance and navigability. This page itself links to a series of subpages that contain information on the templates used to create astronomical articles and web-related resources that may be useful for article creation. The talk page has become a forum to seek advice and build consensus for future article edits. Moreover, the WikiProject is also used as a bulletin board to announce maintenance-related issues, such as article and category renames and deletions.

If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page. The astronomy-related articles on Wikipedia are always in need of improvement; just indicate how you would like to help, and the project's members will direct you to pages that need work. Also, feel free to add your name to the membership list at the bottom of this page.

A number of other WikiProjects have been created to work on other astronomy and space-related issues. A navigation box on the right leads to the related projects. For more information on WikiProjects in general, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.

The Membership List shows all of the Wikipedians who have signed up to participate in this WikiProject. Other people who wish to join may simply add their names to the list. Additionally, they can add the WikiProject Astronomical object userbox to their userpage using {{User ASTRO}}.

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• Infoboxes - Most of the articles on individual astronomical objects should have information boxes, or infoboxes. This web page provides information on the various templates used to create the infoboxes.

• Templates - Aside from the infoboxes, a series of other templates are commonly used to create Wikipedia articles on astronomical objects. This page provides additional information on those templates.

• External resources - A few key external web pages contain most of the information that is used by the professional astronomical community for their research. These web pages are also invaluable resources for creating Wikipedia pages and for adding references to existing Wikipedia pages.

• Talk page - The talk page is the main forum for discussion on astronomical object-related topics in Wikipedia. This is a good place to ask questions about the science in articles, to ask for assistance in editing articles, and to receive feedback and build consensus on new proposals (such as renaming articles).

• Rename/Merge/Delete Log - This is a list of the current debates on requests to rename and delete articles; requests to rename, delete, or merge categories; and other maintenance-related activities.

• Worklist - This list contains information on some of the most important articles on astronomical objects within Wikipedia as well as ratings for those pages. This list is a good place to see examples of good Wikipedia articles and to find Wikipedia articles that need to be updated.

Did you know

• 26 Mar 2026 – ZTF J1239+8347 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Nrco0e (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 12 Apr 2026 – 2021 DR15 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kepler-1229b (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
• 03 Apr 2026 – Actaea (moon) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by FaviFake (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
• 02 Apr 2026 – K2-157 d (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Abdullah1099 (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)

Featured article candidates

• 12 Mar 2026 – Black hole (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Shocksingularity (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 07 Apr 2026 – Moons of Neptune (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Double sharp (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Mar 2026 – TOI-1853 b (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Nrco0e (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Feb 2026 – TOI-1338 b (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Dot.py (t · c); start discussion

Featured topic removal candidates

• 09 Mar 2026 – Jupiter (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for FT removal by JHD0919 (t · c); see discussion

Good article reassessments

• 17 Jan 2026 – (809875) 2020 BX12 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Nrco0e (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 18 Apr 2026 – Calvera (X-ray source) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Calvera (neutron star) by SevenSpheres (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2026 – GJ 1214 b (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Enaiposha by GrinningIodize (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 11 Nov 2025 – Quaoar (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Nrco0e (t · c); see discussion
• 12 May 2023 – Fast radio burst (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Rod57 (t · c); see discussion

Astronomical objects pages by quality
Quality
	Total
FA	68
FL	4
FM	76
GA	138
B	155
C	1,146
Start	9,664
Stub	4,629
List	1,822
Category	851
Disambig	24
File	20
Portal	9
Project	18
Redirect	47,347
Template	215
Assessed	66,186
Total	66,186
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 81,419			Ω = 5.15

Categories are a major part of the infrastructure of Wikipedia. They contain lists of related articles and allow users to find articles that are related to each other. Category:Astronomical objects is the main category related to astronomical objects, although most articles should be listed in subcategories. Beginners should use these categories to organize new or existing articles. Advanced editors are encouraged to maintain and edit the category system itself.

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• Quality operations - A bot-generated daily log which lists articles Reassessed, Assessed and Removed.