Why past tense if it isn't extinct (that we know of)? Also, every other page for (star name)-an (something) directly presumes that it's from that star, why split hairs here? See: Altair water, Aldebaran shellmouth, Aldebaran serpent, Aldebaran mud leech... -- 149.159.1.199 04:05, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Past tense is due to our point of view policy. Everything is to be written in the past tense, except for those things we know will survive. Which, strictly speaking, isn't anything to be perfectly honest. :) -- Sulfur 04:16, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
However, standard POV for "natural" things (species, planets, stars, etc) is in present tense (it is also thus on Wikipedia). Here are some semi-random pages to show this: Altair, Gorn, Quatal Prime, animal, trilithium. Also, my point stands about just saying it's from the Altair system. -- 149.159.1.199 04:20, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- First off, this isn't wikipedia. Second off, some of those pages will have to be corrected then. Thanks for pointing them out. :) -- Sulfur 04:21, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Present-tense POV for "definition"-type entries (as opposed to "historical record") is in place for the vast majority of those articles on MA, as I believe they should be. Check for yourself (for example, with the four articles I linked to in my first statement). -- 149.159.1.199 04:24, 24 March 2007 (UTC)