Talk:NORSAR

Either precise or concise

 * ``NORSAR was one of the two first non-US sites included in ARPANET in 1973.``


 * It's totally up to you or anyone to be precise and/or concise to talk about anything. Exactly so is language in principle. So problematic it is, however, in practice. To be concise, you could only mention NORSAR; to be precise, however, you should mention UCL as practically the first European ARPANET/Internet node as practically the most epoch-making. Otherwise, whoever mentions NORSAR only misleads the whole world. You are beaten as far as I am not beaten. --KYPark (talk) 04:04, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Edit request: remove Norwegian Seismic Array as name of the organisation.
The current text states "NORSAR or Norwegian Seismic Array" as two valid names for the institute. This is not correct. The name NORSAR does come from the original project name "Norwegian Seismic Array" but this is a relic from before NORSAR was an independent research foundation. The project was initiated in 1968 to install a large seismic array in Norway (now currently known as NOA). However, the institute now only uses the name "NORSAR" or "Stiftelsen NORSAR". "Stiftelsen" means "The foundation" because since 1999 NORSAR has been an independent research foundation. The Norwegian version of this Wikipedia page is more accurate: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORSAR

I suggest the text is changed to state "The research foundation NORSAR was established in 1968 as part of the Norwegian-US agreement for the detection of earthquakes and nuclear explosions. The name NORSAR originates from the initial project name, which was "The Norwegian Seismic Array"."

Since I have a conflict of interest, I will not make this change myself. 128.39.12.138 (talk) 11:54, 21 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Observation. https://www.norsar.no/about-us/ refers to the institute solely as NORSAR. —C.Fred (talk) 11:56, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I have tweaked the wording of the intro, including making it consistent with the "subject is..." styling preferred in the lead sentence. —C.Fred (talk) 12:02, 21 September 2023 (UTC)