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A link to this article was placed at Pluton under the misapprehension that this article talked about a third competing geological theory. In reality, the word Vulcanism historically was an alternative name for Plutonism, so the link here was removed.--Rfsmit (talk) 13:39, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
Someone has added a tag suggesting that this article be merged with the volcano article. Admittedly there is not much here at present, but I think what we have can very much be improved, and the two articles should be complementary. Volcano should focus on the landforms themselves, supplemented with some broad information about causes, distribution, eruptions, etc, whereas the volcanism article should cover all of these but focus most on causes and patterns of volcanism (over space and time). --Avenue (talk) 08:54, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
I added a bunch of stuff - hope that fits with what people were intending, feel free to flesh it out and rewrite it (and give references). It's about as far as I can take the page.
Cheers EdwardLane (talk) 11:17, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Should perhaps add some more stuff for geothermal energy or Geothermal_(geology) but both those articles seem tied up with geothermal power with no real mention of geysers and hot springs - found the section Hydrothermal vent which looks to cover those and fumaroles
Maybe also add section for climate change as effected by volcanic winter, Prediction of volcanic activity, Earthquake prediction — Preceding unsigned comment added by EdwardLane (talk • contribs) 22:56, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
ok I've dealt with some of that - but I notice I've not covered ignimbrites or Lahars yet. EdwardLane (talk) 18:10, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
looks like I've also missed out on Caldera, Maar, Volcanic Crater and there should probably be some mention of Large igneous provinces and orogeny - so perhaps a volcanism impact on landforms section? EdwardLane (talk) 14:15, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
I've redone a bit - seems "celestial body" was overdone and better as non-gaseous planets, moons and Earth. The article needs references, but seems the recently added lecture notes page from Cornell likely wouldn't pass WP:RS. Vsmith (talk) 23:02, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
I think that this article should be moved to "Earth's volcanism", and there should be a new article that explains what volcanism is from a more general point of view. Earth's volcanism is only one aspect that we earthlings know best, but it cannot be a substitute for all forms of volcanisms in the Solar System and farther out.--Sae1962 (talk) 15:53, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
There is not a lot information, specifically in "driving forces of volcanism" and other products of volcanism that can be added to the article. More references to the information in the article could be used aswell. Louycee (talk) 17:51, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
Voice concern 41.216.73.23 (talk) 19:34, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
Since this page mainly refers to Earhly volcanoes, with only a brief foray into volcanoes anywhere else, I think it should be renamed ‘Volcanism on Earth’. I already did this but somebody else reverted it.
Edit: As for the reverter (Volcanoguy), well this is clearly an Earth-centric article, it is literally almost all about volcanoes on Earth, and the only section which discusses extraterrestrial volcanism is basically just a link to the dedicated pages for volcanism on other worlds, and contains little useful information (or none, depending on what you already knew). This Earth centrism shows in the definition of lava, magma, when volcanoes on other worlds can erupt water vapor and ammonia. CoastRedwood (talk) 00:12, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
CoastRedwood, why did you revert my edit of 15:57, 22 March 2024? (My edit had summary text: "source reference ":2" (Melosh "Volcanoes") - added details of the book; removed web page url because it might be a possible copyright violation - see WP:COPYLINK"). GeoWriter (talk) 17:16, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
CoastRedwood, the fact that a file has not yet been deleted from the web does not support its possible inclusion in Wikipedia. A web link's existence on the web is irrelevant to Wikipedia ignoring the web link i.e. if Wikipedia does not cite the web link, then that web link is not Wikipedia's problem. On Wikipedia, a weblink of problematic copyright status is worse than no link.
You have cited a source reference "Volcanoes" with a web link to a PDF version of a chapter from book.
In source reference citations, editors do not have to provide a web link to the text of a published book because the source can be reasonably obtained by other methods e.g. buying the book or borrowing/reading the book in a library. Therefore, the publication details of the book are entirely sufficient for a book-related source citation. A web link is merely an optional courtesy to ease the verification process.
The web link you have used in a citation is part of an academic's webspace at a university. This academic is neither the author nor the publisher of the book chapter. The PDF file was downloaded (by the academic or an associate) from the book publisher's website and is stored as a publicly accessible web page of the university's website, i.e. the file can be read and/or downloaded by anyone with an internet connection and a web browser. I think that the public accessibility aspect of this file storage possibly violates the terms and conditions of the publisher (https://www.cambridge.org/core/legal-notices/terms), possibly negatively impacting the web link's copyright status, and there is also no visible indication of permission from the copyright owner (the author). In terms of copyright violation, I think inclusion of this link is too risky to be worth any potential legal problems for editors of Wikipedia articles.
WP:COPYVIOEL, which is part of the WP:EXTERNAL guideline states: "For policy or technical reasons, editors are restricted from linking to the following, without exception: Policy: material that violates the copyrights of others per contributors' rights and obligations should not be linked, whether in an external-links section or in a citation. External links to websites that display copyrighted works are acceptable as long as the website is manifestly run, maintained or owned by the copyright owner; the owner has licensed the content in a way that allows the website to use it; or the website uses the work in a way compliant with fair use. Knowingly directing others to material that violates copyright might be considered contributory copyright infringement. If there is reason to believe that a website has a copy of a work in violation of its copyright, do not link to it. Linking to a page that illegally distributes someone else's work casts a bad light on Wikipedia and its editors."
WP:COPYLINK, which is part of the WP:COPYRIGHT policy states: "... if you know or reasonably suspect that an external Web site is carrying a work in violation of copyright, do not link to that copy of the work without the permission of the copyright holder."
WP:OWNWORDS, which is part of the WP:VERIFY policy states: "Do not link to any source that violates the copyrights of others per contributors' rights and obligations. You can link to websites that display copyrighted works as long as the website has licensed the work or uses the work in a way compliant with fair use. Knowingly directing others to material that violates copyright may be considered contributory copyright infringement. If there is reason to think a source violates copyright, do not cite it."
Your edit removed almost all identifying information from the citation, which I think actually makes the PDF file web link version of the cited source less, not more, verifiable (especially if the questionable PDF copy of book chapter is eventually removed from that website) because the PDF web file is not presented in any easily identifying context - it has only a file name "Melosh_ch_5.pdf". I was only able to identify which book the chapter came from because I own a copy of a book written by Melosh and I was able to confirm that the PDF chapter is from that book. I was then able to add the publication details of the book to the source citation.
I think that the PDF file web link should be removed from the citation and it should be replaced with the sufficient conventional publication details (book title, author, date, publisher, doi). GeoWriter (talk) 13:58, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
The article has little to no detail on explosive sulfur and mud volcanism or lack thereof, and of magma differentation. Also the occurrence section could do with some revision as well CoastRedwood (talk) 07:23, 24 March 2024 (UTC)