Talk:International Ocean Discovery Program

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Can we objectively say what is the most successful earth science collaboration? (no)

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Looking at the lede: "Together, these programs represent the longest running and most successful international Earth science collaboration.[3][4]"

I really don't think this can be stated as fact. Certainly the "successful" bit is subjective. The citation goes to a 2013 nature news article where the author poses the question "how to pay for what is arguably the most successful international research collaboration ever". With "arguably" of course being famously the most successful weasel word of all time.

Anyway, unless somebody wants to contest this, I'm going to change it. Robbie Mallett (talk) 14:49, 21 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Agreed, and I also changed the lede tense to past since the project's website says it concluded in 2024. Arlo James Barnes 12:51, 8 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Can we objectively say what is the most successful earth science collaboration? (no)