Talk:Soil type

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Contents 1 why the redirect 2 something i haven't seen yet on soil 3 gimme something on soil i haven't seen yet 4 removed soil class link 5 Generally accepted uses for the term soil type 6 Wikirage

[edit] why the redirect

Why does soil texture now redirect to this page? Not all soil types are based on texture. Not all soil textures translate to soil typiness. Soil texture classes are not synonymous with soil types. In my opinion, redirecting soil texture to soil type is misleading at best. Paleorthid 22:55, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Have you left a message over at User talk:Daniel Collins? —Viriditas | Talk 23:11, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't see any history of any article at soil texture, and a redirect seems to me better than nothing. If you want to start the article in place of the redirect, just click on the link at redirected from under the title when you go there through the redirect, click edit this page and start writing. Gene Nygaard 23:44, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

The first two paragraphs of this article talk about soil texture, and they are the most informed content in this stub - and yet there was no soil texture article. It didn't look to me like this stub was making a distinction, so I made the page and redirect. Cheers, Daniel Collins 03:23, 7 February 2006 (UTC).

[edit] something i haven't seen yet on soil

[edit] gimme something on soil i haven't seen yet

how come there's no information on soil that i can understand

[edit] removed soil class link

 However, "soil type" in the broader sense refers to a 
 pedological classification of the natural 
 (or human-influenced) soil. Then, it is more correct to 
 speak of soil class.

Unfortunately the article that soil class links to, soil classification, addresses textural "soil types" as if they were synonymous with soil classes, the opposite of what is implied by the link context.

The soil section seems to be peculiar to US soils. Why no mention of the standard soil classification used everywhere in the world apart from US. ISO 14688.

Also it should distinguish between agricultural soils and engineering soils.

[edit] Generally accepted uses for the term soil type

Soil type, in its simplest form, refers strictly to mechanical characteristics. That is, to soil texture. [1], [2],

Generally accepted uses for the term soil type go on beyond texture, and so should this article.

• List of vineyard soil types: includes alluvial soils, Terra Rossa
• FAO soil types: same as soil taxonomic classes. [3]
• Public outreach efforts: commonly same as soil series or soil map units. [4], [5]
• Plant disease: texture, chemistry, color relevant to plant disease Encyclopedia Britannica article
• Seismology: Typing based on texture, profile, setting and parent material, as relevant to hazard. [6]
• Geographic Encyclopedia Britannica article

The article should be expanded to encompass the generally accepted uses for the term. -- Paleorthid (talk) 18:37, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikirage

Wow. This tiny article made it into wikirage. Go figure. -- Paleorthid 22:27, 2 December 2007 (UTC)