Talk:extinct volcano

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extinct volcano

Supposedly discussed before, but I cannot find it. -- Liliana • 14:18, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

• The previous discussion you're referring to may be the 2006 RFD for active volcano. Anyway, delete; this is clearly extinct (“no longer actively erupting”) + volcano. —Caesura^(t) 14:54, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

  Did we not copy that discussion? Active volcano is back. DAVilla 23:17, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

  Oh never mind, it wasn't deleted. Well, hopefully we can come to the same decision on all three. DAVilla 23:37, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

• The definition introduces "thought to be". Introducing modality when it is of no special salience to the definition does not make the definition any less SoP, IMO. Delete DCDuring TALK 15:57, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
• Keep, as the sense of "extinct" with respect to which "extinct volcano" is a semantic sum of parts is specific to volcanoes. --Dan Polansky (talk) 11:08, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
• Delete. What's the difference in the use of extinct between "extinct fire" and "extinct volcano"? Also, because you can say "This volcano is active, but that one is extinct.", this is not a set phrase. --WikiTiki89 11:51, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

  An extinct fire has been put out and is no longer a fire; it cannot restart. It is also a metaphorical concept specific to Buddhism. An extinct volcano could become an active volcano by erupting, and in fact extinct is only used with volcano in vulcanology, as far as I know. --EncycloPetey (talk) 00:10, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

• Delete. Ƿidsiþ 07:56, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
• Keep as a historically used term. As for active volcanos, they are not necessarily active in a nonacademic sense and worth having an entry. Geologists no longer use the terms extinct volcano and dormant volcano, because they have found the distinction meaningless; they use inactive volcano or non-active volcano now. — TAKASUGI Shinji (talk) 07:26, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
• Delete. Extinct covers this, and it’s not only used with volcano; the following are citable: extinct caldera, extinct hotspot, extinct stratovolcano, extinct shield volcano, extinct cinder cone, extinct lava dome, extinct vent. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 18:59, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Deleted. bd2412 T 13:14, 12 August 2013 (UTC)