Talk:List of geologists

message: What, no Tony Hayward?
;)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.190.158.6 (talk) 19:08, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed Addition

message: I've removed a number of names that are unsourced and are unfamous. This page needs work! -- and I'll come back to it when I have time and references at hand. Pete Tillman 06:48, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No objections, so I'm deleting the lot. Pete Tillman 19:11, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed Deletions

message: Randy Marsh, was deleted but should be put back into the list, he is extremely popular as well as famous, and on countless occasions they refer to him directly as a "Geologist" at no place on this page does the criteria claim the geologist in question can not be fictitious. Zakhebeone 21:06, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It also says they contribute to the science of geology. Fictional characters do not. Geologyguy 21:42, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fictional characters

message: No objection (I came into this page late), but I wonder if the page is supposed to be a "List of Geologists" per the title, or "list of famous geologists" per the introduction.  The former would seem silly to me if Wikipedia articles on geologists are properly categorized, and the latter would seem like a more useful list.  Seems like your editing tends to make it more like the latter (fine with me), so I wonder if the title should be "List of famous/important/etc geologists".  Cheers and thanks - Geologyguy 19:24, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point. Added to "think-about" list... <G> Cheers, Pete Tillman 05:03, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The title seems Wiki-standard per Lists of scientists, but I've revised the opening statement to clarify the purpose of the list. Pete Tillman 18:57, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Great, that certainly works for me. Thanks! Geologyguy 19:05, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Title and Purpose of Page

message: Alexander Henry Green (1832-1896), England --doesn't seem to be especially notable; OTOH, he was a FRS & won a major award. Maybe he's better known in UK? Comments? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tillman (talk • contribs) 21:32, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Deleted Gussfeldt as insufficiently notable -- see above. Pete Tillman 01:29, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

text: More periodic maintenance, checking recent additions, Pete Tillman 01:29, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: More Proposed Deletions

message: As User:Geologyguy points out above, the list is getting a bit unwieldy. In addition to pruning, we might consider adding a subcategory of Outstandingly notable/influential geologists, to be listed in boldface. This would include such geologists as Georgius Agricola, Charles Darwin, Victor Goldschmidt, Charles Lyell -- the true giants of the field, who would be perhaps 5% of the full list.
We did this for another list I help maintain, the List of science fiction editors, and it seems to work well there.  What do you think? Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 21:22, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We'll probably have (at least) discussions as to which ones are really "outstanding" but if your experience with the science fiction list is that consensus was reached amicably, I'd say go for it. Cheers Geologyguy (talk) 21:53, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm traveling, moving and involved in another project now, so it may be awhile.... Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 16:47, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Huh -- I'd completely forgotten about this. I'll put it back on the to-do list. Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 04:21, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Outstandingly notable geologists

message: Per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Geology/List_of_pages_by_number_of_page_views_%28March_2008%29, the most-viewed geologists are:
[of roughly the top 500 geology articles]
#Alfred Wegener
#Charles Lyell 
#James Hutton
#Dead Clade Walking
#(List of geologists) 
#Walter Alvarez
#Charles Doolittle Walcott, who only slightly beats out
#Ahu Tongariki
Charles Darwin isn't here, because he's not tagged as a geologist. Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 01:44, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting. Given the number of times I've reverted vandalism on Alfred Wegener, I'd bet that he's the most vandalized geologist on Wikipedia too. Cheers Geologyguy (talk) 01:50, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Most-viewed Geologists on Wikipedia

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replies: text: Added a FUR during periodic maintenance, apologies for delay. Pete Tillman (talk) 19:13, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Tharp & Heezen.jpg

message: I've been reviewing some of the lesser-known (to me) geologists and adding significant honors (FRS, NAS, Logan medal etc) where we only have a generic "micro-bio". In general, better to list a specific accomplishment, but we can't always devise a meaningful one-line bio....  See what you think. We've actually done pretty well on keeping the list to famous or extra-notable geologists. --Pete Tillman (talk) 02:17, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding awards to some listees 

message: I suggest that nationality (demonym) should given for each person on this list, not their country, and not their demonym-and-country. GeoWriter (talk) 22:46, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, and we should use the demonym from the relevant article. Mikenorton (talk) 22:55, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality or Country? 

message: I have added Ferdinand von Hochstetter for his early work in New Zealand as Julius von Haast was on the list and the two of them worked together to map New Zealand. I have found Hochstetter the more famous of the two in geology circles. The most famous New Zealand geologist may, however, not rate a mention on this page, in which case please delete along with Haast.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dushan Jugum (talk • contribs) 22:36, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The only requirements are that he be a geologist and have a Wikipedia article (or there are sources that could be used to create an article). So he can stay. RockMagnetist(talk) 23:06, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: New Zealand geologists

message: Lists need an inclusion criteria that can be clearly articulated. "Notable" is easy enough. What is "especially notable"? This needs to be defined beyond offering examples of people, awards, etc. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 22:19, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion criteria 

message: Please arrange the list based on the time period rather than alphabetically. Thank you very much 160.202.146.230 (talk) 20:12, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category