Talk:Expansion of the universe

	Expansion of the universe was one of the Natural sciences good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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In reference 24 (inline "ref" tag following text "radiation from the Big Bang was demonstrably warmer at earlier times." the URL http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2000/pr-27-00.html should be updated to https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0043/ thanks to link-rot. Sigh. What is thet "U" in "URL" any "URI" supposed to mean? 50.0.193.12 (talk) 06:00, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 19:08, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The last sentence of the following article segment reads thusly:

The spatial and temporal universality of physical laws was until very recently taken as a fundamental philosophical assumption that is now tested to the observational limits of time and space.

Aside from this sentence appearing rather convoluted to me (admittedly not a physicist), it suspiciously relies on the phrases "...was until very recently..." and "...is now [being]..." without providing a source (never mind the fact that, even with a source, I wouldn't know how to interpret the intended meaning of said sentence). As such, I call weasel words on it.

It doesn't seem to add much to the rest of the section, either. And correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the "universality of physical laws" some modern physics teaches us? If so, the sentence is incorrect as well as convoluted (assuming I'm even reading it right).

If the article wasn't locked, I would make a propositional edit and just remove that one sentence. Thoughts? All the best, 155.4.130.19 (talk) 19:54, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above proposed edit really ought to be considered. Anyone? 217.119.171.154 (talk) 10:13, 21 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the sentence: it really didn't add anything to the article, and felt like word salad to me. - Parejkoj (talk) 18:40, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest that the following two sentences from the article be joined: Current version: These problems arise from the observation that to look like it does today. The Universe would have to have started from very finely tuned, or "special" initial conditions at the Big Bang. Proposed version: These problems arise from the observation that to look like it does today, the Universe would have to have started from very finely tuned, or "special" initial conditions at the Big Bang. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris.Jankowski (talk • contribs) 17:29, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest a grammatical correction to this sentence: Is: No field has yet discovered what is responsible for the cosmic inflation. Should be: No field has yet been discovered what is responsible for the cosmic inflation. Chris.Jankowski (talk) 17:33, 18 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]