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What, no Tony Hayward?
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) Consulting Geologist, Arizona and New Mexico (USA)
WS Pitcher obituary: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0716-02082004000200012&script=sci_arttext Pete Tillman 07:17, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
I've removed Chris Walley from the list, as he is not a prominent geologist. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Walley Pete Tillman 07:27, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
John C. Branner strikes me as pretty minor for this list.
Also
Arthur L. Day. I'm considering deleting both.
Comments?
Pete Tillman
22:57, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm also proposing deleting
Harry M. Woodward from this list.
Pete Tillman
05:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm adding
V.V. Beloussov to the possible drop-from-this-list list <G>.
Comments, anyone?
Pete Tillman
14:52, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
Paul Güssfeldt, recently added, seems to be known mainly as a mountaineer/alpinist, secondarily as a geologist. No geologic publications per Google Scholar. Proposed for deletion as insufficiently notable as a Geologist. Pete Tillman 19:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
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)
"The following is a list of famous or notable geologists." notice the word "famous" is in bold font, this line comes directly from the List of geologists page and at no point is it alluded to that the geologist in question must be real, although he may not be notable Randy Marsh is famous therefore he belongs on this list. Zakhebeone 21:35, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
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)
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).
Oops, sorry! Pete Tillman 22:13, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
On reconsideration, Green appears (marginally) notable enough to retain. Other opinions? Cheers, Pete Tillman 19:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Duh, see
Paul Güssfeldt in first para. Proposed deletion.
Pete Tillman
19:50, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Doing periodic maintenance work & copyediting, Pete Tillman 19:50, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Propose deletion of Jim Berkland as insufficiently notable. Doing periodic maintenance work & copyediting, Pete Tillman ( talk) 20:09, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
A quarter (51/213) of the people on the list are Canadians, who represent 0.5% of the world population. Is this expected or are not all Canadians listed really famous? Afasmit 08:33, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
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)
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]
Charles Darwin isn't here, because he's not tagged as a geologist. Cheers, Pete Tillman ( talk) 01:44, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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What, no Tony Hayward?
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) Consulting Geologist, Arizona and New Mexico (USA)
WS Pitcher obituary: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0716-02082004000200012&script=sci_arttext Pete Tillman 07:17, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
I've removed Chris Walley from the list, as he is not a prominent geologist. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Walley Pete Tillman 07:27, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
John C. Branner strikes me as pretty minor for this list.
Also
Arthur L. Day. I'm considering deleting both.
Comments?
Pete Tillman
22:57, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm also proposing deleting
Harry M. Woodward from this list.
Pete Tillman
05:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm adding
V.V. Beloussov to the possible drop-from-this-list list <G>.
Comments, anyone?
Pete Tillman
14:52, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
Paul Güssfeldt, recently added, seems to be known mainly as a mountaineer/alpinist, secondarily as a geologist. No geologic publications per Google Scholar. Proposed for deletion as insufficiently notable as a Geologist. Pete Tillman 19:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
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)
"The following is a list of famous or notable geologists." notice the word "famous" is in bold font, this line comes directly from the List of geologists page and at no point is it alluded to that the geologist in question must be real, although he may not be notable Randy Marsh is famous therefore he belongs on this list. Zakhebeone 21:35, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
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)
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).
Oops, sorry! Pete Tillman 22:13, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
On reconsideration, Green appears (marginally) notable enough to retain. Other opinions? Cheers, Pete Tillman 19:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Duh, see
Paul Güssfeldt in first para. Proposed deletion.
Pete Tillman
19:50, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Doing periodic maintenance work & copyediting, Pete Tillman 19:50, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Propose deletion of Jim Berkland as insufficiently notable. Doing periodic maintenance work & copyediting, Pete Tillman ( talk) 20:09, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
A quarter (51/213) of the people on the list are Canadians, who represent 0.5% of the world population. Is this expected or are not all Canadians listed really famous? Afasmit 08:33, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
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)
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]
Charles Darwin isn't here, because he's not tagged as a geologist. Cheers, Pete Tillman ( talk) 01:44, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
The image Image:Tharp & Heezen.jpg is used in this article under a claim of fair use, but it does not have an adequate explanation for why it meets the requirements for such images when used here. In particular, for each page the image is used on, it must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Please check
This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. -- 08:06, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)