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Re-runs

G'day coords, just wondering if there are any criteria coalescing around the justification for re-runs, or any indication of how often it is happening? I have a handful of 2013/14/15 FACs that are still in pristine nick. None attracted more than 50K views, but still... Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 12:13, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

No standards other than only run once, five years have passed, and I think not more than two in a week. Personally, I try to run one in a month. Suggest putting them up at TFA/R. The RfC that authorized us to run articles a second time said that the community could give us additional standards for when to, but this did not happen.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:38, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, will do. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 15:01, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Once in 800 years !

What a shame that we missed this, when we have four related FAs !

• https://www.foxnews.com/science/christmas-star-is-coming-jupiter-saturn-double-planet-800-years

We have FAs,

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Ganymede (moon)
• Titan (moon)

and maybe more ... I haven't checked. These are the kinds of things for which I wish we could make last-minute adjustments at TFA, which is now scheduled so far in advance. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:27, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Is the current article listed, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, relevant for that date? We've made last minute changes to get in more relevant TFAs before... I think date relevant articles should always be prioritised over randomly picked articles... FunkMonk (talk) 17:31, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Not sure, @Kaiser matias: ... perhaps he won't mind if we swap it out. Have we ever had a four-way TFA? @Serendipodous: SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:33, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Not at all. I don't see anything particular, and I would hate to be the one to get in the way of something like this. Kaiser matias (talk) 17:35, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

What a gem :) I pinged Serendipodous, astronomy editor. If others think this is viable, I will ping the WikiProject in. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:40, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

I would be willing to switch in Jupiter or Saturn (or both) if they were fit to run. Just looking at Jupiter I see uncited matter and at least one "out of date estimate tag". I handle all the months in which a solstice or equinox occurs, and I do often put in an astronomy article on that date, but there was no available article when I scheduled (one has been promoted since and I think I saw it is slated for January).--Wehwalt (talk) 17:50, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

First I have heard of it ... spotted on Facebook. So, should I ping in the WikiProject for improvements? Don't want to do that prematurely. I pinged Serendipodous, but will now email as well. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:53, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

I need the "day after tomorrow FA" on WP:ERRORS to point to the right blurb so if something's ready for prime time on the 18th, I'll switch it. I think it would be a good thing for such an important article, or articles, to be cleaned up, and am happy to give the little incentive I can of a main page appearance. I didn't see it either until today. I imagine the conjunction has been known for some time but it didn't catch the media's attention until now.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:01, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Cool beans ... I pinged the talk page of WP:URFA/2020 (all hands on deck), and will ping next the WikiProjects. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:03, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

I may have time this weekend to improve the climate section of Titan. It needs updating and can do with more high-quality sources. Femke Nijsse (talk) 18:59, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Awesome. I left lists at three of the four (see WikiProject Astronomy talk), so please see the lists on other pages for Titan, which is more of same. Jupiter is in the worst shape, while a lot of the others have what seem (to a non-astronomer) to be mostly cosmetic ... the image sandwiching is out of control everywhere. If significant people engage, I can help with the cosmetic cleanup. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:35, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

update

Wehwalt keeping you updated. There has been very little progress on these Astronomy articles, but perhaps the weekend will see some activity.

On the other hand, the Pfizer vaccine is launched in the UK, and announced for launch in the US, and the Immune system update has come together nicely. There are only a few page numbers on sources missing, and it should do just fine. Will let you know for sure next week. Thanks for the extra effort to make these happen! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:00, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Got it. Ping me when you know.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:04, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Wehwalt, you mentioned you needed to know by the 18th; we are four days away, six days after raising the possibility, and there has been NO action at either Jupiter or Saturn, so ... we tried ... should the necessary improvements still happen, I think we'd be cutting it too close on making sure any revisions are up to snuff and all the issues are addressed, so perhaps we should at this late stage stick with the User:Kaiser matias article. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:31, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Immune system 30 Dec

Immune system, on the other hand, is ready. I will work on filling in the minor instances of page numbers still needed (recall that until recently, page numbers were never required on journal article sources for medical articles at FAC, but we have the source now to fill in the less than a handful needed).

Here is the blurb approved on talk; thank you for switching this re-run in on 30 December, allowing the main page to feature timely content related to the COVID vaccine. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:31, 14 December 2020 (UTC)