Talk:Phenomenology (particle physics)

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[edit] Proposed merge

Since there are no comments, one could assume that Phenomenology(science) is not going to be merged here. As an entomologist using this approach, I would rather keep the more generic article rather than restrict the meaning to particle physics only. Against merging from the general topic to the restricted topic. Acuster 03:26, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I also oppose the merger, because there is no content in Phenomenology (science) that would be worth adding to this article. HEL 21:38, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

After looking over Phenomenology (science) more carefully, I still oppose the merger. It appears that the concept of phenomenology in science as a whole (what Nancy Cartwright (philosopher) has in mind) is different from particle physics phenomenology. Someone who knows more about the topic than me should expand the Phenomenology (science) article in that direction, and the references to particle physics phenomenology should be shortened and mainly just redirect to this page. I will copy this discussion onto the talk page at Phenomenology (science). If no one else comments, I can take a shot at rearranging the material in Phenomenology (science), but I am not at all an expert in the more philosophical realm. HEL 15:49, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Clearly, these article titles imply that the two articles should be very different. However, some/much of the content of Phenomenology (science) should be copied into this article. linas 00:09, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure that there is much in Phenomenology (science) that would add value to this article. Even though that article starts out with "The term phenomenology in high energy physics...", most of the discussion doesn't really have much to do with what particle physics phenomenology actually is. The way the word phenomenology is used in Phenomenology (science) is very different from what particle physics phenomenologists mean when we use it. HEL 22:18, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

It sounds like the consensus is that both of the articles should be kept (and not merged). Therefore I'm going to remove the merger tags. Thanks! HEL 16:58, 3 February 2007 (UTC)