Welcome to WikiProject eclipses, the WikiProject that aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage on
solar eclipses and
lunar eclipses. It encompasses articles on individual lunar and solar eclipses, lists of eclipses and series of eclipses, and articles related to the broader understanding of eclipses.
You don't have to sign up to help out, and you don't necessarily have to help out to sign up. If you have an interest in eclipses but don't know if you can help out, feel free to sign up. It's good for the project to know which Wikipedians are interested in Eclipses.
A. Please add your name below at the end of the
next section. Type '#' hash symbol and just sign your name.
B. (Optional) It would be very helpful to the project to state your specific interest in the project and any specific goals you have for the project, if any.
C. (Recommended) Add {{User WPEclipses}} to your user page.
NASA's Eclipse website More info than you can shake a stick at. The project relies heavily on the information provided here, which is in the public domain, and provides an immense amount of information on eclipses.
Improving articles
The easiest thing to do is to assess an article. If you think an article is important, you can rate it Mid, High or Top by modifying the Eclipses template on the talk page. If unsure how to do this, just let us know on the talk page what articles you think are important or have major issues. You could also leave a note on the talk page, but it will get quicker attention if you leave a note to the
Discussion page for this project. If need be, your concerns will be moved to the article in question. Assigning an article an importance level it will help the project determine which articles need to be focused on. Articles that are Mid to Top importance but lower than B class should be our focus for now. See Assessment table above.
My main goal is to expand the article about the August 2017 eclipse, and especially to provide plenty of simulations about that eclipse. Furthermore, I woul like to add images of recent lunar eclipses.
To help provide context and provide relationships between eclipse related articles by adding articles as necessary and adding not merely links to other articles but providing additional context to existing articles with links to other useful articles.
To provide information on eclipses that are related to other eclipses for reasons that might not be immediately apparent (geography, periodicity, unique properties of eclipse, etc.)
To improve articles related to the understanding of eclipses.
My second goal is to expand verbal descriptions of events from the chart and table.
My third goal is to expand uploaded photos of historical eclipses by emailing photographers on the web for permission to include on Wikipedia. My fourth goal is to research published information about each historical eclipse for their individual cultural or scientific significance.
A FINAL goal would be to expand historical information in the
Solar_eclipse#Historical_eclipses article on significant recent solar eclipses, linking to the individual articles. I'm unsure how far my patience will last beyond my primary goal, but hopefully it'll inspire others to continue expanding historical eclipses.