Talk:Hodges meteorite

Move "Elizabeth Hodges" --> "Ann Hodges"

Most sources, including all of the primary sources I found, such as newspaper articles and the website of the museum which has the Hodges meteorite, give the subject's name simply as "Ann Hodges". Those which say "Elizabeth Hodges" are secondary sources at best.

I propose moving this page to Ann Hodges. Jonathunder 02:02, 2004 Dec 1 (UTC)

• I have completed the page move. Jonathunder 15:01, 2004 Dec 1 (UTC)

Another move

The sources for this article tell us Ms. Hodges was a shy person and was uncomfortable with the publicity she was thrust into as a result of being struck by the meteorite. Wikipedia policy has changed since this article was written, and biographical articles for people famous for only one event, as she was, are now discouraged. It would take only a little revision to make the subject of this article the Sylacauga Meteorite and move it to that title. If there is no serious objection, I will do that. Jonathunder (talk) 23:06, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I have revised the article and moved it to Hodges Meteorite, which is what most sources name it. Little rewriting was needed, as the article was already more about the meteor than the life of the unfortunate woman who was hit by it. Jonathunder (talk) 02:02, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Meteorites names are designed by the Nomenclature committee of the Meteoritical Society. The official name of this meteorite is Sylacauga and it is only slightly less common than Hodges Meteorite. In my opinion the main page should stay on Sylacauga (meteorite) with a redirect from Hodges Meteorite and Sylacauga Meteorite. Basilicofresco (talk) 20:22, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Note that there were several pieces of this space rock that fell over a broad area around Sylacauga, Alabama. The piece which hit someone, and generated so much attention, appears to be most commonly called the Hodges meteorite. A disambiguated name such as "Sylacauga (meteorite)" is less desirable if there is an undisambiguated name in common use which can be used in running text of articles. "Sylacauga (meteorite)" was never the previous title of this article. The former titles have all been variations on the name of the woman hit by the meteorite. Jonathunder (talk) 22:53, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok, so I will stress within this article that Hodges meteorite, this is only a _FRAGMENT_ of the meteorite Sylacauga and I will add a link to the full Sylacauga (meteorite) article. Please note that "Sylacauga Meteorite" is not correct, it's like to say Ferrari Cars instead of Ferrari. Basilicofresco (talk) 07:41, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Fork

I forked the article:

1. in Hodges meteorite I left everything about the fragment that hits Mrs Hodges and the consequences of this event
2. in Sylacauga (meteorite) I put everything about the meteorite fall from a scientifical viewpoint

In my opinion this is the best solution. Basilicofresco (talk) 10:34, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

• I'm not sure this topic is large enough to warrant two separate articles - this is actually a stub now, after all. I've proposed the merger of this article and Sylacauga (meteorite) since I feel the scientific and cultural/historical infomation can easily exist in one article under two different headings. Syncopate (talk) 22:35, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I don't see enough for two articles. The other fork should be merged back here. Sylacauga (meteorite) is a rather awkward name. Jonathunder (talk) 22:53, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

In my opinion Sylacauga (meteorite) and Hodges meteorite can coexist and there are no strong reasons to merge them. Neverless, if enough people feel merging necessary, Hodges meteorite (a fragment of Sylacauga) should be inserted as a section within Sylacauga (meteorite) article and not vice versa. About the awkwardness of the main article name... well for example even Jupiter (mythology) is a bit awkward, but it is required by wikipedia guidelines in order to disambiguate it. (Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Page naming conventions) -- Basilicofresco (talk) 12:22, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

External Link

Hello, there is an article here, http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1280, that might be useful as an external link. Thanks, Justin --Duboiju (talk) 17:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! --Basilicofresco (msg) 22:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)