Template talk:Odlist

Two GJ designations

Is it currently possible for the template to display two different GJ designations? If not, can it be modified? Lithopsian (talk) 18:37, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Lithopsian: I added a GJ2 entry. Will that work or should it be called something else? Praemonitus (talk) 17:11, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I can't remember why I asked now :( I'll see if anything in my contribution history around that date jogs my memory. Lithopsian (talk) 16:55, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like I was prompted by HD 202628. At a guess there will be others. What I've learned is that GJ numbers above 9000 are by Woolley (1970), but are only given for stars not in the original 1957 GJ catalogue which uses numbers below 1000. However, there was a second GJ catalogue which assigned numbers with a decimal point and sequence number (eg. 875.2 for HD 202628) and also a third catalogue which used numbers above 1000. Such stars have both the lower number by Gliese+Jahreiss and the higher number by Woolley. GJ2 seems like a reasonable name for this. Lithopsian (talk) 17:15, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I've also run into stars with more than one GJ identifier. Praemonitus (talk) 19:08, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I've added an F2 as well, there are a number of stars with two Flamsteed designations, generally in different constellations. Lithopsian (talk) 18:21, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

AAVSO

SIMBAD variable star entries typically include an AAVSO designation, and this has been added to some articles. Should this be added to the template? Praemonitus (talk) 17:12, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Auto-add categories?

I have a question: would it be a good idea to make this template also automatically add the appropriate categories tags, together with the sortkey? So e.g. if a HD code is input, a [[Category:Henry Draper Catalogue objects|######]] is automatically added. Slovborg (talk) 22:28, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In theory it's a decent idea. I'm not sure what would happen when the category already exists in the article. I.e. would it flag an error and/or have a sort conflict? Praemonitus (talk) 16:08, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, I don't know. I'm new to actively editing Wikipedia & those are just thoughts I get while getting used to how it works. Should I try it in a sandbox first? Removing (maybe just hiding with comment tags?) redundant categories eventually sounds like it could be a task for a bot. Slovborg (talk) 17:50, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Me either. But I think the HD index will need to be zero padded to the left, for numbers less than six digits. Praemonitus (talk) 18:13, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Templates should not add content categories to articles, so... no. Primefac (talk) 14:11, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]