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Delaware Diamond was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 24 July 2014 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Ursa Major. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Photograph for article[edit]

I tried to integrate this photograph into the article but it caused trouble with the text around the ursamajor-guide image. I hope someone in the future can find a way to integrate this into the article with out it causing damage to the article. Triddle 23:46, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Ok, nice photo. How's it look now? I put it in the notes field of the infobox. If it could be cropped on the right, it would make the fainter stars look better. -Wikibob | Talk 00:18, 2005 Apr 1 (UTC)

Nice! Thanks =) I cropped the photo to just Ursa Major now and it sure looks better. Triddle 04:16, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Pronunciation[edit]

Is the given IPA pronunciation British? I ask because it doesn't have any R sound in it.

I had assumed that it would be Oor-sah My-or. If you're going to speak Latin, well, speak Latin! WHPratt (talk) 16:36, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mythology - Javanese[edit]

Mythology section, listing Javanese name as Bintang Kartika, further mentions Sanskrit origin krittika कृत्तीका. Can someone verify this. In Indian astronomy, Saptarshi (Ursa Major) and Krittika Kṛttikā (Pleiades) are two different constellations.

The history section[edit]

What should qualify to be included in this section by virtue of mentioning the constellation? I'm removing the reference by a 2009 rock band album that seems wildly out of place; in general I feel that the significance of a mention is heavily determined by its age. Otrebus (talk) 20:29, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"84 Ursae Majoris" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect 84 Ursae Majoris and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 January 7 § 84 Ursae Majoris until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. PopePompus (talk) 21:31, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]