User talk:PhilipTerryGraham

NASA's InSight lander and MarCO craft launch in new mission to Mars

Congratulations, your article was published. I did have a few comment for you on the collaboration page, mainly about the lede paragraph. Cheers, --SVTCobra 17:05, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

@SVTCobra: Hey there, thanks for the review! I am disappointed, however, that there was a lack of discussion before major edits to the article were made. In particular, I strongly oppose the title. NASA didn't launch it, ULA did. A better title would have been something along the lines of "NASA's InSight lander and MarCO craft launch in new mission to Mars", if NASA really need to be part of the title. PhilipTerryGraham (talk) 17:10, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

I did struggle a bit with it, but ultimately concluded that ULA was just a contractor used by NASA to launch InSight. I've asked another reviewer to look at it and noted your objection. --SVTCobra 17:19, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Also, I should note, there was not a lot of time for back-and-forth discussion as this is the final day we'd be able to publish. Once the UTC clock ticks over to May 8, we'd consider it stale news. Cheers, --SVTCobra 17:21, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

@SVTCobra: ULA were contracted to launch it, correct. Therefore, they launched it. The Atlas V doesn't belong to NASA, after all, it belongs to ULA, and the launch was managed completely by ULA. PhilipTerryGraham (talk) 17:30, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I get your meaning. For what it's worth, NYT felt fine with a similar title. Let's see what Pi zero says. --SVTCobra 17:41, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

It felt odd enough, to me, to justify an earnestly requested rename; figuring, if it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly. --Pi zero (talk) 18:08, 7 May 2018 (UTC)