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I'd reckon that at least one people see this talk page every day. If that person is you, please tell me:

• What do you like about this article?
• What do you don't like about this article?
• What is something that you wish this article would talk more about?

I want to get some ideas for improvement, because the Mars article as it is right now is great, but not amazing. I want to turn this into an amazing article. Readers, anonymous editors and registered editors, feel free to make a comment! CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 12:17, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

I think the main issue is the sources: some are just old (see 1 (1994), 3 (2000), 6 (2007), 8 (1998), ... 85 (2000), 86 (1999), 222 (1998), etc.). Some of them are certainly fine, but they are all from before the Curiosity and Perseverance missions, and who knows how well these sources have aged. The second issue is with press releases, which should be avoided for a scientific article, and now we have the Guardian (67, 121, 192), BBC (63, 109, 146, 156, 181, 256, 264), The New York Times (6 sources), etc.; and some pop-science books (like 218). Scholarly textbooks like 'Mars: An Introduction to its Interior, Surface and Atmosphere' (used only three times) are more appropriate, but of course, harder to use.

One example is refs 28, 29, 30 - all three are press-releases about the same article, though neither WP nor these sources have a link to the real paper (though 28 is paywalled, so maybe it has the link).

Please note that I did not check all the refs I've mentioned; I just think that for an FA the sources are not great and can be improved. Artem.G ( talk) 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hmm, it seems that improving the references will be necessary to make this article meet modern FA standard. CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 02:21, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply

It’s a great article with tons of information. My take - it won’t hurt to add additional multimedia to make the article more robust. For example, the Perseverance rover recorded the first sounds from Mars a few weeks ago. These were the first sounds ever from another planet. Fairly significant. Things like that would definitely help the youth who connect with this article who probably cannot immediately relate to all the scientific figures in the Infobox Thistheyear2023 ( talk) 18:05, 19 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Few years ago* Thistheyear2023 ( talk) 18:11, 19 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Thistheyear2023 I just recently reformatted media in Solar System article based on another suggestion and will work through each planets' articles. Thank you for your suggestion! CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 08:15, 20 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Thanks - know that the article has to adhere to the guidelines but I think it'll only help, especially given Mars unique status from a possible human exploration standpoint in the coming years Thistheyear2023 ( talk) 14:15, 20 April 2024 (UTC) reply

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In April of 2024 a New Species of Spider has been Discovered as Well as an Ancient Incan City Cmills68stang ( talk) 22:10, 25 April 2024 (UTC) reply

In April of 2024 a New Species of Spider has been Discovered on Mars as Well as an Ancient Incan City Cmills68stang ( talk) 22:11, 25 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Ignoring the sensationalist language above, what really happened was some spider-like features were discovered near Angustus Labyrinthus, also known as "Inca City". A few sources: ESA, CBS News. I'll leave it to the resident editors of this page to decide how it should be integrated, though I think it would probably better to put this information on the Angustus Labyrinthus article to avoid going into unnecessary detail. Liu1126 ( talk) 22:53, 25 April 2024 (UTC) reply