User:Robertinventor/Wikipedia minor fixes examples
Edit proposal lead to discussion so far inconclusive
- Wikipedia:Talk:Coral_reef#Reefs_in_the_past_doesn't_mention_coral_reefs - my suggestion was unclear partly because of a glitch in the section title - I meant to type "sponge reefs" not "coral reefs". Would post a comment in clarification.
Other editor reverted edit
- Wikipedia:Talk:WR_104#Not_going_to_hit_Earth_-_pretty_much_certain_now . I added a short sentence summary to the lede of the new tilt measurements mentioned later in the article. Never noticed that another editor corrected my summary to remove mention of the tilt diff. I need to post to the discussion page asking if there is some reason this research shouldn't be mentioned in the lede. Also I have some new cites, see [1] [2].
- Perigean spring tide#Confusing first paragraph - this was a mistake on my part and I agree with the correction.
Other editor said to go ahead and do it (but only noticed after block)
- Wikipedia:Talk:2012_(film)#Most scientifically flawed and absurd science fiction film ever made - that it should mention that NASA voted it the most scientifically flawed film ever made, in a conference held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, in 2011
- Wikipedia:Talk:Goldfish#Perhaps_should_menion:_popular_belief_that_the_common_goldfish_is_the_only_animal_that_can_see_both_infrared_and_ultraviolet_light To mention popular belief about goldfish and that it is incorrect, with cites
- Wikipedia:Talk:Great_Oxygenation_Event#Was_the_great_oxygenation_event_a_mass_extinction? Should mention evidence for a mass extinction is not strong, with cites, similar edit for Wikipedia:Talk:Extinction_event#Was_the_great_oxygenation_event_a_mass_extinction?
Mid discussion - would post another comment or add a new thread to the talk page
- Wikipedia:Talk:Human_overpopulation#Article seems out of date - doesn't mention that population is leveling off naturally as a solution should mention that middle of the range projection of the UN population division is to level off naturally due to prosperity rather than scarcity, and that many countries including Japan already have declining populations. I have many cites we can use for this.[1][2][3][4]
- Wikipedia:Talk:KIC_8462852#January 3 paper in AJ Letters suggested extra para in lede about latest research on Tabby's star.
- ↑ Samir, K.C. and Lutz, W., 2017. The human core of the shared socioeconomic pathways: Population scenarios by age, sex and level of education for all countries to 2100. Global Environmental Change, 42, pp.181-192.
- ↑ World Population Prospects 2017 online graphs of the World Population Division
- ↑ World population to keep growing this century, hit 11 billion by 2100, University of Washington news
- ↑ Gerland, P., Raftery, A.E., Ševčíková, H., Li, N., Gu, D., Spoorenberg, T., Alkema, L., Fosdick, B.K., Chunn, J., Lalic, N. and Bay, G., 2014. World population stabilization unlikely this century. Science, 346(6206), pp.234-237.