Talk:Silurian
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Since this article is about Silurian time, I changed the subdivision descriptions to reflect this - epoch rather than series (which refers to the rocks) and early/late rather than lower/upper for the same reason. This is also more consistent with other geological time period articles.--Geologyguy 16:56, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] AMK152's Geotimeboxes
AMK152 proposed in edits of 27 December 2006 a geotimebox for this article as follows:
| Eon: | Proterozoic • Phanerozoic • Future |
| Era: | Neoproterozoic • Paleozoic • Mesozoic |
| Period: | Ordovician • Silurian • Devonian |
I feel that the box information that is appropriate for the article is already in the footer, and that other extraenous information, such as previous eras, can be supplied where important, by links from the text. I removed the geotimebox and left the footer, pending discussion. --Bejnar 21:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Pridoli epoch" vs. "Přídolí epoch"
I don't doubt that Přídolí is the proper spelling in Czech of the place after which the Pridoli epoch is named. But can anyone provide a substantial reference for calling the "Pridoli epoch" the "Přídolí epoch" in English? There is plenty of evidence for "Pridoli epoch" in English, see, e.g. The Pridoli, GeoWhen Database, etc. --Bejnar (talk) 13:14, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
- We (Wikipedia) have had pretty good consensus to use the ICS nomenclature... but they are pretty inconsistent in this case! Under the title "GSSP for the Ludlow – Pridolí Boundary" (accent on final i), they refer to the "Pridoli Series" (no marks at all) but use diacritics on the location names such as Požáry Section, then in what appears to be the primary reference for the stage, cite "Přídoli Series" (marks on r and initial i but not final i). I'd say we're on our own on this one, whatever our consensus decides. Personally, I tend to appreciate proper non-English accents and so on in proper names used in English, though I would not get very upset if they were not used. Cheers Geologyguy (talk) 15:20, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
- The USGS appears, and it may only be an appearance, to use Pridoli, without diacritics. "Divisions of Geologic Time—Major Chronostratigraphic and Geochronologic Units" USGS and "Strategraphis Nomenclature and Description" Suggestions to Authors of the Reports of the United States Geological Survey But those usages are in tables. --Bejnar (talk) 20:03, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
