Talk:Doldrums
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Removed Redirect to ITCZ[edit]
Doldrums should not redirect to ITCZ. The doldrums are particular areas of the atlantic and pacific oceans (and maybe other oceans, but at any rate not any land mass) which has a particular weather pattern perhaps caused by the ITCZ but with particular history, cultural significance and maritime relevance. To explain the term "doldrums" in an encyclopedia purely by reference to this physical, technical description of its meteorology seems to me to miss something pretty significant. For example, the sense of the doldrums conveyed by Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. I have had a stab at fleshing this out and have hyperlinked into the ITCZ article. ElectricRay (talk) 23:10, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'd agree with the you. It's a colloquial expression referring to emotion or personality, but the term's original usage was to describe a region of the seas which had great significance for the old seafarers. A "see also" for ITCZ would be appropriate, but I can see people looking this topic up on its own, and the two aren't linguistically identical. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad (talk) 16:25, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
The psychological term preceded the maritime usage. I've removed the derivation in the other direction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KSONeill (talk • contribs) 21:38, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Do not redirect to ITCZ[edit]
On the contrary, the ITCZ should be redirected to Doldrums, since the convergence of northern and southern hemisphere trade winds does not exist, because doldrums avoid this convergence. Not only trade winds, also hurricanes cannot cross the equator.--Fev 05:34, 17 May 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fev (talk • contribs)
Move discussion in progress[edit]
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:The Doldrums (album) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 03:30, 1 January 2018 (UTC)