Talk:June solstice

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Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was moved. --BDD (talk) 18:11, 10 December 2012 (UTC) (non-admin closure)[reply]

Northern solstice → June solstice
Southern solstice → December solstice

– The solstice occurs in the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, and the references say "June solstice" 70.24.250.110 (talk) 00:45, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Survey[edit]

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.

Support. I have only heard it called the Northern solstice, but google disagrees. Apteva (talk) 05:04, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Move proposed titles are much clearer and less confusing, but the existing ones should remain as redirects. Ego White Tray (talk) 13:45, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support, makes sense. Keep the old titles as redirects per EWT. --213.196.210.189 (talk) 13:47, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion[edit]

Any additional comments:

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more precise Solstice and Equinox times[edit]

The English speaking world seems to be limited to approximate Solstice and Equinox times, to about the nearest minute.
The French offer a more precise, to the second, master table:

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Solstice-%C3%A9quinoxe

2013 	20 	11:01:55 	21 	05:03:57 	22 	20:44:08 	21 	17:11:00
2014 	20 	16:57:05 	21 	10:51:14 	23 	02:29:05 	21 	23:03:01
2015 	20 	22:45:09 	21 	16:37:55 	23 	08:20:33 	22 	04:47:57
2016 	20 	04:30:11 	20 	22:34:11 	22 	14:21:07 	21 	10:44:10
2017 	20 	10:28:38 	21 	04:24:09 	22 	20:01:48 	21 	16:27:57
2018 	20 	16:15:27 	21 	10:07:18 	23 	01:54:05 	21 	22:22:44
Références :   mars • juin • sept. • déc.
Institut de mécanique céleste et de calcul des éphémérides

Most WP readers do not care about this -- but some might like access to the more accurate times. How can we provide such access in a good way? Would we ever want to replace our template master table with a more-precise master table of times? -71.174.188.32 (talk) 19:16, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]