Talk:Glossary of climate change

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This glossary had items that are more applicable to a list of topics. A glossary is "a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions." I have removed entries that do not belong in a glossary. Might be time for a List of climate change topics. -- Alan Liefting-talk- 03:13, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, maybe. The Global Warming box is a good start but not complete. Any more articles in that box would probably be too much. But if we start the suggested List of climate change topics, that would make it the third place (after glossary and global warming box) to collect articles about the subject. That is definately confusing. Splette :) ^{How's my driving?} 21:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I do not see that having three locations for links to articles of a common theme to be confusing. The important thing is to have boundaries for the types of articles added. The Global Warming box would be for the most important, a glossary is for technical terms that need explaining and a List of climate change topics is for all relevant article. Other subject areas have a similar schemes and sometimes include a List of basic (subject) topics. -- Alan Liefting-talk- 23:01, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Other perspectives

Here are some resources which show what others have deemed to be appropriate items for inclusion in a glossary of climate change.

• Glossary Overview: The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• Glossary of Climate Change Terms | Climate Change | U.S. EPA
• The climate change glossary
• BBC News | SCI/TECH | Climate change glossary
• http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/50547/EPA-Glossary-of-Climate-Change-Terms.html
• Climate Change Glossary
• peopleandplanet.net > climate change > glossary
• Glossary: Climate change

-- Wavelength (talk) 22:32, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

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