Talk:Geologic temperature record

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[edit] Created

I recently created this page to give a deep time perspective to fluctuations in Earth's temperature history. Right now it is quite qualitative and not at all well documented. I intend to continue to improving this page over time, but it may be a while before I have ample opportunity to do so. Dragons flight 06:59, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Paleoclimatology

I believe you should merge this with Paleoclimatology, as that is the term for old climate. You apparently created this page by thinking of "temperature record" over "time scales used in geology". However, this page may be suitable for the paleoclimate records which have been extracted from rock and geologic deposits. — SEWilco 19:12, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

(previously posted reply from Talk:temperature record) I had forgotten about that page. I'm probably not impartial, but the paleoclimate page is rather icky right now with things that don't belong and material that should be there which isn't. In my opinion, wikipedia could tolerate both a well-written page on paleoclimatology (including methodology, forcing factors, and an outline of past climate) and a more focused page, such as I have tried to start, that just goes back and tries to describe climate changes through geologic time. However, I am willing to entertain other opinions, such as merging the two, or whatever. Dragons flight 08:54, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)

It looks like a lot of this material fits in the existing structure of Paleo. Merge them, then deal with restructuring. Some subgrouping usually becomes apparent during a merge. — SEWilco 22:11, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I will keep paleoclimatology in mind, but I think I am probably going to make additional refinements to this page in its current location before deciding what to do long term. Dragons flight 22:37, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)