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: The point of the article is to ''describe'' carbon dating, including its limitations.  I believe that it does that reasonably well.

: The point of the article is to ''describe'' carbon dating, including its limitations.  I believe that it does that reasonably well.

: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 04:06, 14 January 2009 (EST)

: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 04:06, 14 January 2009 (EST)

I agree that the article describes carbon dating reasonably well and I understand that the target is a high school level audience. My point is that by not explaining how scientists attempt to cover the limitations of carbon dating Conservapedians highlighting these limitations may be caught off guard by the introduction of an unknown resource, for instance, reservoir correction tables. Conservapedian: "Carbon dating is limited by factors such as variable rate of intake." Liberal: "Not if you use reservoir correction." Conservapedian:"???" If you like, I will come up with something for your review.

I agree that the article describes carbon dating reasonably well and I understand that the target is a high school level audience. My point is that by not explaining how scientists attempt to cover the limitations of carbon dating Conservapedians highlighting these limitations may be caught off guard by the introduction of an unknown resource, for instance, reservoir correction tables. Conservapedian: "Carbon dating is limited by factors such as variable rate of intake." Liberal: "Not if you use reservoir correction." Conservapedian:"???" If you like, I will come up with something for your review.[[User:CWood|CWood]] 10:50, 15 January 2009 (EST)