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Does anybody know if this is the same Nigel Calder who has authored multiple books and hundreds of magazine articles on boating? If so, this profile can be updated with much useful information. He's a recognized expert on boats and boating, with a great deal of technical expertise. Several of his books are considered definitive resources. BUT...I'm not sure this is the same guy. Thoughts?

--TheMadMariner 20:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes I believe he is the same. --PlanetNiles (talk) 15:44, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

deleted unsourced libellous material per BLP policy

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Calder is a long-standing denier of global warming. As early as 1980, he predicted that within 20 years "the much-advertised heating of the earth by the man-made carbon-dioxide ‘greenhouse’ to occur; instead, there renewed concern about cooling and an impending ice age". After his prediction was proven wrong, Calder participated in the polemic documentary film The Great Global Warming Swindle.

He also co-authored The Chilling Stars. Regarding global warming, Calder has said that "Governments are trying to achieve unanimity by stifling any scientist who disagrees. Einstein could not have got funding under the present system."

issues: (1) "denier" is offensive, a term of abuse; (2) this stuff is given undue weight in Calder's career as a science journalist (his contribution to the climate change debate relative to other areas of science such as general relativity, astrophysics, etc. is small; (3) "After his prediction was proven wrong" is unsourced, unargued, and states the POV of the editor. All violations of WP:BLP. My view is that there should be no discussion of his views on climate change until there is a proper context of his biography in which to insert it, otherwise the article becomes a WP:COATRACK. Alex Harvey (talk) 14:36, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Believe it or not, what Calder is known for these days, is one thing: His scepticism on Global warming. (i agree on denier btw, sceptic is appropriate even though the other is correct). To test this i checked on BBC for Calder - and roughly 2/3 (or more) refer to the Chilling Stars and his scepticism. So there is apparently no weight problem. If you want to flesh out the rest of Calder's career - then find reliable sources, and expand the article.

As for BLP - since the article is referring to reliable sources for the information - it doesn't go against BLP. Sorry. BLP is not a blanket dismissal of criticism - but to protect that criticism is adequately sourced. --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 16:47, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

1. The Book of Predictions, 28 years later, Vanity Fair, June 16 , 2008.
2. "Scientists threatened for 'climate denial'". Retrieved 2007-03-12.

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