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I propose that this category should be renamed to "Volcanoes by age". I think that would be a simpler and more widely understood name for this category. Any comments? -- GeoWriter ( talk) 21:41, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
This category was renamed as "Volcanoes by geological period" after the following at
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The result of the discussion is that my suggestion was rejected without any stated reason, and an alternative was implemented without any stated rationale. That does not seem to me like a discussion. Why was my proposed name for this category rejected?
The new name for this category (Volcanoes by geological period) is problematic because "period" has a specific meaning in geology. Where does that leave sub-categories of volcanoes by geological eons, eras and epochs, which are also included in this category? GeoWriter ( talk) 14:22, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
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I propose that this category should be renamed to "Volcanoes by age". I think that would be a simpler and more widely understood name for this category. Any comments? -- GeoWriter ( talk) 21:41, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
This category was renamed as "Volcanoes by geological period" after the following at
[1]:
The result of the discussion is that my suggestion was rejected without any stated reason, and an alternative was implemented without any stated rationale. That does not seem to me like a discussion. Why was my proposed name for this category rejected?
The new name for this category (Volcanoes by geological period) is problematic because "period" has a specific meaning in geology. Where does that leave sub-categories of volcanoes by geological eons, eras and epochs, which are also included in this category? GeoWriter ( talk) 14:22, 27 March 2012 (UTC)