Talk:Solar Saros 136

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The move to lowercase saros has been reverted for three reasons:

1. Saros is shown to be a proper noun by NASA in the external link,
2. To promote consistency in {{Solar eclipses}}, and
3. Redirects may be cheap, but they do not work in templates, i.e., the topic will not be in bold in a template on the topic page if the item in the template is a redirect. – Paine Ellsworth ( CLIMAX )  20:03, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NASA may do good science, but they are apparently no expert when it comes to grammar. Saros is not a proper noun in any dictionary and the term "Saros cycle" they use is redundant as a saros is by definition a cycle. However when referring to a particular saros series, e.g. Saros 136, I think capitalization is fine. TimL • talk 14:45, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Redundancy is everywhere. I'm told that "sahara" in Arabic means "desert", so "Sahara desert"? <grin> – Paine (Climax!)  00:48, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PS. Thank you very much, TimL, for illuminating the grammar of it!

Your very welcome! I should visit the Sahara someday. ;)

This article is lacking in detail and context. Intro says: Solar Saros 136 is currently producing the longest total solar eclipses. So, what is Saros? is it an artificial satellite? Is it a natural occurring phenomenon? If you have never heard of it (as I haven't) you have no idea what it is or how it relates to solar eclipses. -- Alexf^(talk) 20:40, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So you type in Saros in the search box and find out. I see the problem. The first paragraph should not be in the lead but in the body of the article. TimL • talk 14:50, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Since there are a lot of saros, it would be quite a task to include a definition in all of these articles. If the curious keep looking, however, they find the answer in the Navbar at the bottom of the page. The bottom of the first section of the Navbar contains the "saros cycles", with a link to the Saros (astronomy) article, where an explanation can be found. – Paine (Climax!)  01:11, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]