Talk:Mya (unit)
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[edit] To Wiktionary?
(William M. Connolley 15:32, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)) This page is (usefully) linked from a number of wiki pages. Why move it to wiktionary? I would rather it not be moved; but it should go to wacronym, not wiktionary, anyway :-)
- The problem is that the page is no more than a dictionary definition of several related terms, which is what Wiktionary is there for. (See Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not) Simon 19:26, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)
Theoretically, someone could turn it into a list of acronyms used in geology. If that were to happen, however, I would have to recommend they think of a better title than mine. - Vague | Rant 09:22, Mar 19, 2005 (UTC)
- I strongly agree with William H. Connolley that this page should not be moved to Wiktionary. We have articles for other units used in science, as well as time abbreviations like BC, so there is no reason this page should be moved to Wiktionary. —Lowellian (talk) 05:08, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Light years
I believe the Light Years section is somewhat ambiguously mixed with other years and mya, so someone might came to the wrong conclusion that ly is also a unit of time (not quite uncommon to happen!). It should be reorganized somehow or explicitly marked as distance unit, to avoid that possibility. --Arny 20:18, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
- Mention of light years was pointless and irrelevant. It is gone now.
- Urhixidur 22:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Title
The title should be changed to Ma (unit). Outside of the english speaking world nobody uses Mya, the international convention is Ma (mega annum). Now this is an english encyclopedia, but the term used in literature is Ma, because most of the authors are not native in english. Let's stick to the scientific conventions. Woodwalker 10:10, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
On second thought, I suppose this article could better be merged with Annum. I see no additional value. Woodwalker 12:49, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Change title
I agree with woodwalker (comment above). Besides, English-speaking scientists use "Ma" rather than "mya" (e.g., see Gradstein et al. 2004 - A geologic time scale 2004, Cambridge University Press). I never met "mya" in my professional career, so I suppose it is now a word in disuse.
Kaapitone 18:47, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
