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hyphen versus long-dash

Without any RM revisit, maybe there should be a brief blurb in the article that the IAU refers to the comet as Hale-Bopp ... ? That might put some of the concerns to bed without renaming the article/changing MOS. 50.111.24.158 (talk) 14:45, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The next Great Comets

This would make a logical next section! Grassynoel (talk) 09:53, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No, it would be way off topic for this article as it would have nothing to do with Hale-Bopp. -- Kheider (talk) 16:21, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]