Talk:Hockey Stick

(William M. Connolley 22:27, 14 Oct 2003 (UTC)) Hmm, well, here we go again... anyway: apart from other stuff, I've:


 * removed the claim that skeptic scientists coined "hockey stick". AFAIK the terms was invented by Daly, not scientists. But if you know better...


 * revised the wording to remove the implication that the graph is patched together from 2 different sets of stats. AFAIK there is no such break: different obs/proxies go in as available, of course.


 * reworded the idea that the graph is used to *bolster* the IPCC's view: this is grossly POV: as far as can be told from the reports, the Mann work forms most of the basis for the conclusion, rather than it being used to support a pre-made conclusion.


 * re the switch from one graph to another: my recollection is that the crude graph was in '90 (not 95 as Daly says) but I could be wrong & will need to dig it out of my office in a day or two. I've added what I remember to the page anyway.