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Redundant list[edit]

This list is a subset of the names found in the List of craters on the Moon. To be more beneficial (and less redundant), I'd like to suggest adding in the professions and nation of origin. Perhaps a sortable table could be used? Thanks. — RJH (talk) 21:06, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds a good idea to me. Or failing that, maybe redirect the whole thing to the other article! Lugnuts 08:02, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wilhelm Beer[edit]

Missing. Craters on Moon & Mars, acording to Wilhelm Beer. 94.30.84.71 (talk) 19:37, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Shahrukh Khan[edit]

The news which broke out on 25th Jan 2010 as reported in Times of India regarding a crater being named after Shahrukh Khan -

Laxman, Srinivas. (2010) Star on Moon: Crater named after Shah Rukh Khan - Times Of India. Retrieved December 15, 2012, from [1]

was later proven to be a hoax on 28th Jan 2010

Lewis, Jaison. (2010) No SRK crater on moon! - Times Of India. Retrieved December 15, 2012, from [2] ⚕ Dr. ANK (｡◕‿◕｡) 14:37, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 28 September 2017[edit]

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The result of the move request was: both articles not moved(closed by non-admin page mover) Kostas20142 (talk) 16:57, 5 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

– The form "with craters of X named after them" is awkwardly styled and, alongside the proposed nomination, suggestions are welcome as to other possible title forms. As for the Martian list, it is not one of craters, but primarily of people, analogous to the Lunar list. Both lists need improvement (for instance, I replaced, on the Lunar list, the redlink Nikolai Yakovlevich Ilin with Nikolai Yakovlevich Il'in and added Il'in (crater) and, on the Martian list, the misspelled and unlinked Lomosonov, with Mikhail Lomonosov — Lomonosov (Martian crater). —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 15:24, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Announcement of this discussion appears at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Solar System and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anthroponymy —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 15:24, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose current title is, sorry, better English than proposed. The new title sounds like astronomers were named after craters. In ictu oculi (talk) 16:34, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Would List of people for whom Moon / Mars craters were named be preferable? —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 16:48, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Can I play? List of people with named Moon craters. Randy Kryn (talk) 21:52, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that would be better than namesakes, but the present title is better still. In ictu oculi (talk) 11:25, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose The current titles may not be particularly elegant, but "namesake" is misleading, since it could mean anyone who happens to have the same name as a lunar or martian crater. For example, Janet Asimov has the same name as Asimov (crater). PatGallacher (talk) 23:59, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Namesake technically means "named after", so the craters are namesakes, not the people. Informally the term is used in both directions, but the proposed name sounds like a list of anyone named for a moon crater. StarryGrandma (talk) 15:33, 30 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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