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Barred Spiral Galaxy

My recollection is that the Milky Way Galaxy was determined to be a barred spiral galaxy in the relatively recent past (maybe even in the current century), but there is nothing about this either in this article or in the article on barred spiral galaxies. I think something should be included about the time period when this was discovered. I putzed around a while in the notes trying to find a date or a source, but I couldn't locate one right away. Shocking Blue (talk) 11:05, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Perspective bias

Should not the lede the article correctly be worded as: "The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains Earth's Solar System." rather than "our Solar System."? The use of our presumes the reader lives in said Solar System, which in in conflict with WP:BIAS. → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 22:29, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]