Talk:Eris (dwarf planet)

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Caption[edit]

Hi. Maybe someone here can edit the infobox image caption. My edit failed. -SusanLesch (talk) 21:19, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You changed the alt text but not the caption. I don't think that's a photo, so I changed both to 'image'. — kwami (talk) 01:17, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

3rd symbol[edit]

A 3rd astrological symbol for Eris that's really for Proserpina might seem like trivia, but people will see it and not realize the implied claim (of an astrological prediction confirmed by astronomy), and it might be proposed to Unicode as a symbol for Eris (thankfully that didn't happen when the two current symbols were proposed), so IMO it should be checkable here. (And NASA's used the hand-of-Eris symbol, so these aren't just astrology.) — kwami (talk) 01:05, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress[edit]

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Can I please change the image to something new. In my opinion, it's better than this one. Kortana Jose Matez (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 02:19, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

infobox image[edit]

I just reverted an infobox image change because the caption no longer matched the image. The (current) image is a photograph from Hubble, the image I removed is an "artists impression" (i.e., painting). Certainly the requested image is more interesting, the question is whether an artists impression is better suited to an infobox than an actual photograph. Tarl N. (discuss) 19:46, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

AFAICT consensus has long been that we use single (best?) or composite natural-color photos when available for the infobox. Color-enhanced, artificial color (e.g. UV and IR composite) and B&W photos would be second choice. Artistic impressions, if sourced to a RS and not outdated, so they agree as closely as possible to current knowledge, are fine for the text, just not the info box, because they invariably introduce fictitious elements. — kwami (talk) 00:56, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Kwami. Wasn't sure what the policy was, sounds like we are where we need to be. Tarl N. (discuss) 07:08, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I asked at WP astronomy. I'd expect it's spelled out somewhere, but I have no idea where. Could be an informal consensus. — kwami (talk) 07:36, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Tarl N.: Addressed at WP:ASTROART. — kwami (talk) 18:35, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The images in question:

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