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January 2009

Richard, you appear to have been edit warring on Energy economics. That your position may be correct would not prevent you from being blocked for edit warring. Please seek consensus, do not simply reassert prior text, but attempt to find compromise. If faced with intransigence, get help. As a minor issue, you seem not to be properly signing contributions. You should use four tildes at the end of your edit, which the software will automatically convert to links to your user name, your talk page, and a datestamp. That's "~~~~." Thanks for your participation in Misplaced Pages, it's appreciated. --Abd (talk) 12:50, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Abd. Richard Tol 13:33, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Richard Tol (talk) 13:35, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

I now fixed my signature. There is extensive discussion on the energy economics talk page. I do tire of repetition, though.Richard Tol (talk) 13:38, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Richard. Don't consider yourself obligated to reinvent the wheel. Yes, it can be tiring. Don't worry, even if you did nothing more, what you've argued will be considered. Just do what's easy, trust the process and the other editors. And remember to have fun. Thanks for writing on the Disputes page. I edited it to make it impersonal. What I aim for on that page is something we can all say to, "Yes, these are the issues." Without other editors having to read reams of argument. I think you can mostly sit back and watch, kibbitz from time to time, and help us out as you see fit. --Abd (talk) 02:35, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Non-economists versus experts

Hello Professor Tol,

In the article The economics of global warming, and section 'Criticism of aggregate costs', I noticed that you changed the word 'experts' to 'non-economists':

'Some experts are critical of how economic studies aggregate costs of climate change damage.'

The papers I referred to in writing the above sentence included economists, so I think the distinction you made is incorrect.

Kind regards Enescot (talk) 05:07, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

A study on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies

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Experts

I've noticed that appeals to editors' credentials, or the lack thereof, provoke a strong negative response here at WP. "She has not identified herself as any authority in any field, nor is there an obvious link between Skip and an academic authority" is giving Skip ammunition. CRETOG8(t/c) 12:11, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

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Significant coverage

Hmmm, the bars aren't being moved, at least not from my side. My focus has been on the weight of the issue, specifically when there is significant coverage.

My analysis goes a bit like this:

• Monckton letter => fringe. ie. No one seems to have taken it seriously
• Telegraph COI claims => has been copied in some other media and some opinion columns/blogs (including one by you), most notably the Australian.
• Telegraph TERI story => may turn into something for the TERI article - but for now it is a story on accounting problems.

The story simply hasn't gained any real traction (yet?)--. For a story that potentially has this enormous news-value, i would have expected other large british media to have commented, as well as the US ones (German?), as well as something that i could read in the Danish news.. Though it may still gain that traction, after all the weekend just ended. Compare these news-bites with the coverage of Pachauri in general >3000 articles in last month alone, and it fades to almost nothing.

To be specific: For now it looks like the Telegraph has a thorn in the side of Pachauri (perhaps even for good reasons), but it hasn't evolved into significant coverage yet. --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 21:40, 18 January 2010 (UTC)