Talk:Vulcan (Star Trek planet)

This article was nominated for deletion on 27 May 2008. The result of the discussion was keep.

Water on Vulcan

Shouldn't the article mention that, although Vulcan lacks oceans as found on Earth, it has however several small scattered seas ? 161.24.19.82 11:53, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Atmosphere on Vulcan

The article says "It is much hotter, and has stronger surface gravity than Earth. Therefore, its atmosphere is thinner than that of Earth. " I don't think that necessarily follows. Titan (the real-life moon of Saturn) has much lower gravity than the Earth, but its atmosphere is 1.5 times as thick, albeit Titan is also much colder than Earth. Venus is an example of a planet with nearly the same gravity as the Earth, but its atmosphere is orders of magnitude thicker and its surface temperature is much hotter. Gliese 581 c is a (real-life) example of an extra-solar planet which has higher gravity and a thicker atmosphere and a higher temperature than the Earth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.13.43.15 (talk) 13:33, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the article to remove the spurious causal link. There is no need for the article to become a dissertation on planetology - a simple description which lists the factors which explain why humans tire out more easily than Vulcans suffices. The article now reads: " It is much hotter, it has a stronger surface gravity than Earth, and its atmosphere is thinner than that of Earth. As a result of these factors, humans tend to tire out more...."

What reality is alternate?

I propose a rewrite of the article to begin with "Vulcan was the home planet of the Vulcans until it was destroyed".

Then, in a less significant position, we could have an "Original reality" section saying the old Vulcan was never destroyed.

After all, the current Star Trek film is what we have now.

CapnZapp (talk) 11:50, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]