Talk:Milky Way

GA Reassessment

Milky Way

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Result: No major edits to the article since posted at GAR, no one has indicated that they want to make the necessary improvements Z1720 (talk) 16:48, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

There are some citation needed tags, unreliable source? tags in the article, The "Appearance" has had an orange "additional sources needed" banner and the "Satellite observations" has had an orange "update needed" banner. Real4jyy (talk) 03:22, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

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Add information to "Other common names" section

Name of the Milky Way in Ukranian is "Chumak Trail" (Ukranian: "Чумацький Шлях"-"Chumats`kyi schliakh") Chumaks were traders who transported goods, notably salt, across vast distances. According to one myth, chumaks marked their ways with salt. Upon noticing their struggles, God took that salt and sprinkled it across the firmament, so that chumaks can find their way at all times. Sources: https://encyclopedia.kyiv.ua/vydaniya/files/use/first_book/part1.pdf

https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/server/api/core/bitstreams/5817ec2e-7b46-4fa0-bbcb-5dc941c8934b/content Langthusiast (talk) 11:18, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. meamemg (talk) 14:07, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Performance / article file size is getting really big.

As title; the article's size is currently sitting at 230KB, and the size is starting to hurt performance, sometimes making it difficult to load the editor.

Since we aim to keep Wikipedia editable by as much users as possible_{"the encyclopedia anyone can edit"}, we might want to try and reduce page size / make this page more easily editable one way or another. I have no idea on how to solve this, though, other than to split the article. 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk} 00:08, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

The byte count is high but the word count (9k) is below the commonly accepted 12k.

I don't know what kind of editor you are using but I rarely load an entire article in to the editor. Mostly I edit a single section.

A quick scan of the article shows that the sections belong here but many have material that should be condensed. (A good clue is sentences outside of History that start with a date). There several inappropriate footnotes with lengthy quotations which should be deleted. I suppose we could split out History or Formation but I would start with the clean up first. Johnjbarton (talk) 00:39, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

How do I get this published?

Galaxy System Spyra 5

Andromeda, Draco Dwarf, Pleiades, Frost Dracona, Solar System ~2026-36525-29 (talk) 04:56, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

To answer your question

©️ if its yours. Or.... ®️™️

Either is correct. But, I still need help changing the Milky Way name. ~2026-36525-29 (talk) 06:23, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Galaxy System Spyra 5

Solar System, Frost Dracona, Andromeda, Pleiades, Draco Dwarf

Ima try to take that out of Local Groups stuff and start a correct one. Ill probly have to call some copyright people. Any suggestions? ~2026-36525-29 (talk) 06:11, 29 June 2026 (UTC)