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Some background re current thinking

http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2014/04/08/waving-good-bye-to-the-stadium-wave-model-about-that-global-warming-hiatus/

Confusing sentence in lead

The following sentence in the third paragraph of the lead is confusing.

"The slowdown had now ended, and there had been record temperatures in 2014 and 2015.[18] "

While the warming trend might have been updated a bit, the year 2015 was warmer than previous years. This is shown in one of the figures in the lead. More generally, I find sentences in this section, using "had been" rather than "has been" confusing (though I know that other editors might disagree with this). Isambard Kingdom (talk) 14:30, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The content is mostly OK but the writing style is a mess -- in other words, this is a typical Wikipedia article. Whatever you can do to clarify is fine. Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 14:34, 24 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I took this sentence out, moved citation to SciAm up within paragraph. Note that 2015 is discussed in last paragraph of lead, so we don't this sentence anyway. Isambard Kingdom (talk) 13:16, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that the article shouldn't even exist, because there never actually was a hiatus. 207.98.198.84 (talk) 04:11, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The claims of "hiatus" have been proven to be in error.

This has been the case for a few years now. And yet the bulk of this article still reads as if the hiatus were a real event, rather than a misconception. 207.98.196.125 (talk) 17:34, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of 1941-1975

The first paragraph defines a hiatus generically, but the rest of the article focuses on the 1998-2013 misconception while leaving out the very real 1941-1975 period when temperatures were stable. HotdogPi 01:08, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The 1998-2012 period is what is commonly referenced as the global warming hiatus that is the subject of this Wikipedia article. To call the 1941-1975 period a "hiatus" is equally deceptive, and doesn't warrant separate mention. It's neither notable (in references) nor valid (scientifically). Temperatures were not "stable"; only cherry-picking an early high point versus a later low point form such an alleged "hiatus". —RCraig09 (talk) 01:42, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]