Talk:List of years in science

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Article title suggestion: no quotes[edit]

I like the idea, but I suggest that we drop the quotes (as was done for List of years in literature) rename this page List of years in science. The quotes render badly in the URL and aren't really necessary in any case. --Lexor 09:50, 26 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Done. --Lexor 09:55, 26 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Entry ranges/intervals[edit]

How many singular year entries are useful (1600-present) or (1700-present) etc. Before that time it is probably sanest to go by decade (or maybe century). What do others think? Maximus Rex 05:08, 24 Oct 2003 (UTC)

The earliest page that links here is 1643, so I'd say individual years back to 1600.Gentgeen 07:29, 24 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Why? Almost without exception every year article in the 17th and 18th centuries are stubs and will probably be very short for a long time. So why then does it make sense to break off the science? Not much science there either, BTW. --mav 09:38, 22 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Dates before year 1500[edit]

What is the rationale behind not having dates before the year 1500? Inaccuracy? Certainly I think that it would make sense to consolidate the years before 1500 into, say, centuries or groups of 50 years or at worst decades -until- there is enough content to expand them, the same goes for the 1500 to 1600 period, but certainly -some- science and technology events happened prior to the year 1500... --Tchalvak

The scientific method was "invented" and used from 17th century and beyond. Obviously, pre-scientific method information may be collected by year, but this can trigger a discussion about what is science or not. emijrp (talk) 18:54, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Arrgh! Science ≠ Technology![edit]

Note: the following text has been copied to Talk:2005 in science in order to facilitate a discussion happening somewhat sooner/quicker than would otherwise seem likely, judging by the history of contributions. --Wernher

Oh well, here we go again... In this "List of years in science" article and the "Year in science" articles pointed to, as well as in many other science-related articles, science and technology are bandied about as if they were identical concepts. This misleading mix-up/misunderstanding should really not be present in a serious encyclopedia.

I wonder if we should try and get some wiki developer to automagically rename the affected articles to "List of years in science and technology", "Year in science and technology", and so forth? --Wernher 12:30, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Proposal: Reinstate the "Years in science" WikiProject[edit]

The Years in science WikiProject has been marked defunct for 6 years. I think there is benefit in having the project available as a place to discuss future evolution of the "YYYY in science" pages.

If you have thoughts, please join the discussion in the WikiProject Years in science talk page.

Metawade (talk) 18:50, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]