[AstroPy] volunteers sought for astropy wikipedia entry

[RayS]

And from his talk page, the reviewer appears to have an itchy finger.
I added the "under construction" which should prevent him from actual deletion.
I agree that notability is important for software 
listings. I think a list of notable important users would be next.
Would the list of 30 colloborators in The Astropy 
Collaboration  in 
http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2013/10/aa22068-13/aa22068-13.html
be appropriate? They are certainly users, and themselves notable in the field.

- Ray S


At 10:47 AM 11/4/2013, Ries, Paul A (3265-Affiliate) wrote:
>And unfortunately, after a mere 12 minutes of 
>existence, the astropy wikipedia article has 
>been nominated for deletion by a new page patroller:
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Astropy>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Astropy
>
>
>
>For better or for worse, the key to a page 
>surviving its first few days on wikipedia is 
>establishing notability.  So the key to getting 
>the page kept is adding references that establish notability.
>
>The "official" guideline for notability:
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG#General_notability_guideline>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GNG#General_notability_guideline
>
>An essay (i.e. less official, but still useful) 
>regarding notability for software:
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(software)>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(software)
>
>I think that pretty much the best way to achieve 
>inclusion on wiki would be to establish that 
>it's widely used in the astronomical 
>community.  The best way I can think of is if 
>there exist course pages from universities about 
>using the software for astronomical 
>purposes.  Those should be added as 
>references.  Without those, though or something 
>like them, it's likely the article will be 
>deleted.... basically, the sources have to be 
>independent of the astropy project pages and 
>major contributors.  If you can find such 
>sources, they can be added to the article using 
><ref>[http://www.university.edu/the/page.html]</ref>....
>
>Source: experienced wiki editor with votes in over 80 deletion discussions
>
>----Paul
>
>On Nov 4, 2013, at 9:46 AM, RayS wrote:
>
>>At 08:12 AM 11/4/2013, Perry Greenfield wrote:
>>>Is someone out there willing to take up the 
>>>task of creating a wikipedia entry for astropy?
>>
>>Stub:
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astropy
>>You really don't need to worry about editing as 
>>a main contributor; it is only the content (and 
>>importantly, supporting links and references) 
>>that matter. Further discussion of the entry 
>>could mainly be on the Talk Page 
>>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Astropy&action=edit&redlink=1
>>
>> >From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction
>>"Don't be afraid to edit – anyone can edit 
>>almost every page, and we are encouraged to 
>><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold>be 
>>bold! Find something that can be improved and 
>>make it better­for example, spelling, grammar, 
>>rewriting for readability, adding content, or 
>>removing non-constructive edits. If you wish to 
>>add new facts, please try to provide 
>><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_referencing/1>references 
>>so they may be 
>><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability>verified, 
>>or suggest them on the article's 
>><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_talk_pages>discussion 
>>page. Changes to controversial topics and 
>>Wikipedia's main pages should usually be discussed first.
>>
>>Remember – you can't break Wikipedia; all edits 
>>can be reversed, fixed or improved later. 
>>Wikipedia is 
>><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy>allowed 
>>to be imperfect. So go ahead, edit an article 
>>and help make Wikipedia the best information source on the Internet!"
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