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November 2015
Wikipedia Admin:
"CULLEN238"
wrote:
Delete Although he is
a prolific writer, his work
is rarely cited, according
to
Google Scholar. I have
been unable to find
significant coverage of
him in
reliable, independent sources. As always,
I am willing to reconsider
if good
sources come
to light.
Cullen328 Let's discuss it
Letter to the Editor,
NATURE , “Climate
Change”, Vol. 360, p. 292;
SIR – The Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and the
earlier struggle for a Convention on Climate Change may serve as a
reminder that the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea has its tenth
anniversary on 10 December. It is not only one of the most
comprehensive and strongest international treaties ever negotiated but
the best possible legal means to protect the global climate. But sadly, there
has been little interest in using it for this purpose. For too long, climate
has been defined as the average weather and Rio was not able to define it at
all. Instead, the Climate Change Convention uses the term ‘climate
system’, defining it as “the totality of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere
and geosphere and their interactions”. All that this boils down to is ‘the
interactions of the natural system’. What is the point of a legal term if it
explains nothing? For decades, the real question has been who is
responsible for the climate. Climate should have been defined as ‘the continuation
of the oceans by other means’. Thus, the 1982 Convention could long since
have been used to protect the climate. After all, it is the most
powerful tool with which to force politicians and the community of states
into actions.
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COMMENT
Wikipedia is an extreme important and helpful tool,
and deserve great support and respect. That requires competent administrators, highest
impartiality, impeccable correctness and a good sense of fairness for judging
complex matters. That applies also in one of the most controversial issues of
modern time, the climate change issue (see WUWT, below), according the
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (abc)
assumtion that
“Humanity has never faced a greater challenge”.
On the other hand the UN Undersecretary-General Satya
N. Nandan (1983-1992)) stated in 1988 (in full HERE) that
“Mr Bernaerts has given to the international community
an invaluable guide to the understanding and implementation of the 1982 United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.”
It is not up to Mr. Bernaerts to explain to Mr. Cullen328 and Mr. Onel5969
specifically
that he regards the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention the most important international legal instrument to organize global
actions to understand ocean impact on climate, and protect, at least minimize, man-made climate
changes by maritime activities, as he has done so in several books, many dozen articles,
uncountable comments and a number of active web-sites, by expressing it
as early as
1992 in a Letter to NATURE, which is mentioned in the Biography (full text in left column or at: whatisclimate).
Given the climate change question, Cullen328 and Onel5969 should
review their decision, while other persons who are interested in this
issue, should make their own judgment. Coinsider the whole
spectrum, presented at this site and discussed
elsewhere.
First Deletion – 06 December 2015
Second Deletion – ca.
05 April 2016
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Discussion about
Competence, Notability, Universality, Impartiality etc.
…..at the
appropriate
time!
Your kind suggestion or contribution is appreciated
and may be considered for being included in
forthcoming discussions.
Ron Clutz discussed
the matter on April 25, 2016 SEE HERE
via email:
dr_arnd(at)yahoo.de
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06 December 2015
Wikipedia Admin:
Onel5969
wrote:
Delete - as pointed out
by Cullen328,
the author
is prolific, but that does not translate into notability.
His most
heavily cited
work only has 31 cites,
the rest are in single
digits. Other
searches
did not turn up enough
to show they meet
notability criteria.
Onel5969
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