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Please see Talk:Mya (unit) for ongoing discussion re this article. LeadSongDog 16:55, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
The usage of "present" here conflicts with the similar and very often confusing usage in radioactive dating, where "present" is fixed to 1950 "AD". Thus, we today would live in the year 64 "after (that simplistically defined) present". Regrettably, too many writers are unaware of that conflict. 93.199.20.131 ( talk) 06:12, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
i found http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/22/2/article/i1052-5173-22-2-28.htm at the same site, but haven't found anything (pertinent) by Mozley. TheNuszAbides ( talk) 10:16, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
This brief article is somewhat confusing in its current form and seems to contain some unsourced musings Geopersona ( talk) 17:56, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
I fully agree. I am italian and I do not dare to judge an english text, but the first statement of the debate section seems the result of a mis-editing.
The statement
Where "myr" is seen in geology it is usually "Myr" (a unit of mega-years). In astronomy it is usually "Myr" (million years).
is confusing because one expects a difference and finds an equality
Due to the noted capitalization problems, the symbol should never start a phrase. E.g. "Myr is deprecated" should become "The symbol myr is ..." (or "The symbol Myr is ..." since I do not know which is the correct one). The reference 1 cannot be accessed. 151.29.189.70 ( talk) 16:34, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I just came to this article from /info/en/?search=Template_talk:Human_timeline and thought to contribute by suggesting that charts like these are added to the article since they give a sense of perspective over the units. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6000:1605:2298:998C:FB42:3ACF:782E ( talk) 03:46, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. ( closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 ( talk) 16:07, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Myr →
Million years ago – (not opposed to
Mya (unit) alternative) Feels obvious why this title is inadequate, but just in case: "mya" "million years ago"
gets twice the Google Scholar hits of "myr" "million years ago"
, and
mya (unit) and
million years ago impressively already channel
80% of the views here.
Hameltion (
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04:39, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
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![]() | On 25 February 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Myr to Million years ago. The result of the discussion was moved. |
Please see Talk:Mya (unit) for ongoing discussion re this article. LeadSongDog 16:55, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
The usage of "present" here conflicts with the similar and very often confusing usage in radioactive dating, where "present" is fixed to 1950 "AD". Thus, we today would live in the year 64 "after (that simplistically defined) present". Regrettably, too many writers are unaware of that conflict. 93.199.20.131 ( talk) 06:12, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
i found http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/22/2/article/i1052-5173-22-2-28.htm at the same site, but haven't found anything (pertinent) by Mozley. TheNuszAbides ( talk) 10:16, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
This brief article is somewhat confusing in its current form and seems to contain some unsourced musings Geopersona ( talk) 17:56, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
I fully agree. I am italian and I do not dare to judge an english text, but the first statement of the debate section seems the result of a mis-editing.
The statement
Where "myr" is seen in geology it is usually "Myr" (a unit of mega-years). In astronomy it is usually "Myr" (million years).
is confusing because one expects a difference and finds an equality
Due to the noted capitalization problems, the symbol should never start a phrase. E.g. "Myr is deprecated" should become "The symbol myr is ..." (or "The symbol Myr is ..." since I do not know which is the correct one). The reference 1 cannot be accessed. 151.29.189.70 ( talk) 16:34, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I just came to this article from /info/en/?search=Template_talk:Human_timeline and thought to contribute by suggesting that charts like these are added to the article since they give a sense of perspective over the units. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6000:1605:2298:998C:FB42:3ACF:782E ( talk) 03:46, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. ( closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 ( talk) 16:07, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Myr →
Million years ago – (not opposed to
Mya (unit) alternative) Feels obvious why this title is inadequate, but just in case: "mya" "million years ago"
gets twice the Google Scholar hits of "myr" "million years ago"
, and
mya (unit) and
million years ago impressively already channel
80% of the views here.
Hameltion (
talk |
contribs)
04:39, 25 February 2024 (UTC)