User talk:Doctormatt/Archive 1

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Tire iron article

Hello. Why did you add a "wikify" tag to the tire iron aricle? What layout changes do you think need to be made to the page? I'm new here, but it looks okay to me. Thanks.Doctormatt 06:26, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I am still a new user :-) Perhaps I added the {{wikify}} tag to the wrong article. Have you seen the Recent changes list? It seems that Wikipedia receives dozens of edits a second, and for that reason, I have to get used to editting the right article. But thats my fault. Sorry. NOVO-REI 06:29, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Flowers for Algernon

Yeah, sorry, I had forgotten that I had added it before. (If you want a whole story-like explanation, just ask me, but I think that is all you really care about.) Cbrown1023 20:49, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Oxnard Airport

Being a public website owned by the county there should be no copyright issuss seeing how its a public goverment website. I have taken many flights out of Oxnard to LA and there is a cat there named Mindie, or at least thats what everyone at the airport told me the cats name was and that it had lived there for many years. --Kylehamilton 05:11, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Jesus fine ill call them in the morning and ask --Kylehamilton 05:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Derivative

Thank you for your note, Professor Matt (as I hope that I have correctly inferred from your User name). I feel honored to have earned a personal reply, my (possibly) second of the day from a (possible) mathematician. (The first is immediately above yours, and possbly not without independent interest.) Still, its content suggests that you not have had a chance to peruse the Talk Page for the above (last section [before[ the the bottom [section] where I responded to someone else who also alluded to my Edit). I did suggest an Edit there if anyone would be unclear about the reference in the link. I hope that the last section there might also catch your eye. Sincerely, Thomasmeeks 19:55, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I did light edits above in [square brackets] to reduce ambiguity. As I care about your edit (& mine), I would be grateful for any response by you. If I don't hear from you in say 3 days, I hope you would not mind my editing your edit of my edit. Thomasmeeks 21:18, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

P.P.S. Thx for your quick comment on above TP. Well, I did [c]ite a dictionary use of 'represent' that does not seem overly complicated. I'll assume you prefer TP of Derivative unless you indicate otherwise. To paraphrase Quine quoting Sherwin-Williams, cover the surface and you cover all. Translating, I'm simple but not overly so. So, please don't look for depth when such is not intended. On the other hand I hope nothing is overloked in informal discourse that we all use. The missing link is what edited out of the article as to the Wiktionary definition #6, which is referred on TP. That definition seems unproblematic to me. Thx. Thomasmeeks 00:23, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

(Corrected spelling of 'cite' above.) Thomasmeeks 01:19, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Flowers for Algernon references

Please don't refer to honest contributions as "hacks". Mackan 08:59, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[reply added here and on Mackan's talk page] Hack: "to cut or shape by or as if by crude or ruthless strokes". To me, this is what your edit appeared to be. You cut most of the entries, leaving a few apparently at random, and without explanation. Whether it was "honest" or not, your edit appeared crude and without justification. Sincerely, -- Doctormatt 18:00, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Fagin

I went to the page for Fagin and noticed that someone with the IP address 84.68.60.135 vandalized the page on 6 December 2006, deleting all that was there and substituting his own text in its place. 71.234.133.42 19:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. I've reverted the page. Cheers, Doctormatt 20:08, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Glove gun

I have nominated this article for deletion. I noticed that you have made several edits to the page, which is why I am notifying you of the nomination. Nick Graves 22:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Stubs and Context

Got your message. I will put the context tag on long articles where I can not make any sense of the introduction. --- Safemariner 05:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

piecewise

Although you are absolutely right that the "pieces" in a piecewise definition need not be intervals, nonetheless a function is not called "piecewise linear" or "piecewise continuous" or "piecewise differentiable" unless the pieces are intervals. I've added that to the article. Michael Hardy 04:59, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Cardioversion

Sorry, Doctormatt. I didn't realize that using the revert function is considered to be a rather harsh action when I reverted your previous edit. I've read the Wiki page explaining proper etiquette, and it's clear I should have discussed my concerns with you on the talk page. I'm still relatively new here. Regards, MoodyGroove 17:57, 11 January 2007 (UTC)MoodyGroove

exponentiation

Hello Doctormatt. You improved the drawing in exponentiation. Thanks. Please consider including base 1, base e^(-1) and base 0.1 . The drawing actually belongs in the subsection Exponentiation#Real_powers_of_positive_real_numbers. Bo Jacoby 00:29, 14 January 2007 (UTC).

WP:BAND

"Has written a song or composition which has won or placed in a major music competition." Is that a US usage, because it's not UK, so it reads oddly and if anything would be interpreted in the UK as won "any place" i.e. maybe 5th place, which I take it is not the intent. The obvious solution then is simply to say "had won or come second in a major music competition." Does that work for you? Tyrenius 00:04, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

OK, I've made a change and posted on WP:WEB talk page. Tyrenius 00:48, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

ikiru

all pre-1953 japanese movies are pd, see kirawawa talk page[1]

on circle

Conventional-boring is in the books, here all should be not so... what is important is that I am not wrong... and, well maybe only in the bad links ... and for casual readers: as they come-they go. I think that -here in wk- we have the opportunity to begin to correct the way as people see and think about the precise-concepts of math. Wrong words produce bad inferences and lot of misunderstandings, here is where the layers' benefits are.... Greets and don't be so square :)--kiddo 00:29, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Think globaly and act localy. The little context (therein circle) is anyway about topology... and for interior and exterior there are only one possible meaning. And about the links, it just that we have to begin something like bounded and unbounded sets, as we do in math... greets, mathematician--kiddo 20:12, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

If you should read carefully this:

In Euclidean geometry, a circle is the set of all points in a plane at a fixed distance, called the radius, from a fixed point, the centre. Circles are simple closed curves,......

-which is at the begining- you would notice that is about math an not everyday f-coloquial-talking. And I will not erase that in the discussion page of circle , I believe is transcendental for the precise contents of en:wiki--kiddo 00:36, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

can...

you tell us how many en:wiki-articles in math are yours?... just for fun--kiddo 00:57, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I assume this is related to the circle discussion, which I do not wish to continue with you. Good bye. -- Cheers, Doctormatt 01:39, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Anne Sullivan

In this instance, I have no problem with a revert. I was working on the Twain article, and came across this rather poorly done one on Sullivan, and tried to quickly give it a bit more balance. However, your points are probably valid, and I have no heartburn about a revert, although I appreciate you contacting me first. That work was a bit quicker and not as thorough as I prefer to do; tired at the end of long night is my only other explanation. Mark Vaoverland 21:28, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

I'll let you know if I can source the Twain quote. Mark Vaoverland 23:18, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Here is a good link American Foundation for the Blind - Anne Sullivan Macy: Miracle Worker which I think is a credible source to cite, and should also be listed in our WP article under External Links if it isn't already. Apparently, it was Twain who dubbed her with the moniker "Miracle Worker" which IMHO is a much better piece to add in improving her article than the quote I had used. And of course, that became the name of the famous film The Miracle Worker which should be mentioned in the article upgrade. In 2003, Anne was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. The organization honors in perpetuity women "whose contributions...have been the greatest value for the development of their country."

I am very busy with Jamestown 2007-related articles, so perhaps you could take time to enhance this one appropriately? Let me know, and I will help if I can. Vaoverland 16:20, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Algebra

Thanks for your recent revert at Algebra. Since I don't work on that page very often, I wasn't sure what to do. I can't believe that the history of mathematics is not part of mathematics. EdJohnston 01:52, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Cassini Ovals

Which program did you use to draw these nice curves? Does it support SVG export, that would be nice. Additionally: It is possible, to add a curve with b^2 = 1,5 to show a "dented" oval to show this case also? Thanks a lot. --89.49.235.13 12:32, 26 February 2007 (UTC)(de:Benutzer:RokerHRO)

Hi

Hi Matt. I was wondering if you were aware of our mathematics project? It is quite a robust project with an excellent group of editors. If you are interested you might want to add your self here. In any case the project's talk page is a good place to address issues involving Wikipedia's mathematics content. Regards, Paul August ☎ 20:17, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, yes, I am aware of the project. I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do here on WP. The project's talk page has been on my watchlist for some time. Cheers, Doctormatt 00:44, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Critical Mass

What's NPOV about saying that it has a reputation for vandalism/agressive behavior? It's stated explicitly in the article I cited, and I could throw up 3 or 4 more at the drop of a hat. CHeck the article talk page where I cite some. I'd rather not get into some sort of edit war.Chunky Rice 18:35, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Rose

Thanks for those graphs. They look great. By the way, what program(s) do you use to create such nice-looking pictures? VectorPosse 16:54, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Mandelbrot set - lemniscates

If Abs(z)=1 the one gets circle of radius 1 centered at the origin . Mandelbrot set has a point c=-2 so it is out of that circle. IMHO proper definition should be Abs(z)=EscapeRadius where EscapeRadius>=2. Am I right ? (Adam majewski 16:00, 19 April 2007 (UTC))

Doctormatt, here are my source for Abs(Zn)=EscapeRadius :
| Wolfram
other source ( I think that it is wrong definition) :
2D curves
Cheers, (Adam majewski 17:30, 19 April 2007 (UTC))

Adam, thanks for those references. I put a longer reply on [Talk:Mandelbrot_set]. Cheers, Doctormatt 20:14, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

hello doctormatt re sean kelly

here doctor matt i made a right mistake with that sean kelly article, i thought i could use some of the lines in the cyclingnews article to order to be as accurate as possible but as you pointed out its a copyrighted article. what i would like to do is put sean kellys final classics win in some more context in terms of the story... or would that be irrelevant considering the general jist of the story is there already? EugeneDillon

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Thanks

Hi Doctormatt. I see you pop up a lot on my watchlist reverting vandalism and keeping track of math articles. Well, a sincere thank you from a fellow mathematician. :) Keep on doing the good work. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 01:29, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Mathematics CotW

Hey Dr. Matt, I am writing you to let you know that the Mathematics Collaboration of the week(soon to "of the month") is getting an overhaul of sorts and I would encourage you to participate in whatever way you can, i.e. nominate an article, contribute to an article, or sign up to be part of the project. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks--Cronholm144 21:11, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

P.S. When I rate articles, I rate pretty harshly, hopefully people will respond by editing the article, then the rating. Anyway thanks for checking up on me and I agree with you. I added a comment to the page to clarify my feelings.--Cronholm144 03:08, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Locus (Mathematics)

Hello, you obviously know that the image added also depicts a more complex locus than some of the examples given in the article, maybe I can add the locus to the bottom of the list and change the caption as suggested.Gregorydavid 03:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Incorrect Vandalism Warning

Could you please explain your vandalism warning on my talk page? I was actually the one who reverted the edit. Please make sure you select the right user when checking the recent changes page. Stealthrabbit ^{Say it, baby, say it!} 01:27, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Please see your talk page for my response. Doctormatt 04:03, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Revision

I was actually trying to revise/undo an edit by another anonymous IP adress. I didn't vandalize the page. I was trying to revert the vandalism. It must have been an error, check backlog. This is not a practical joke, considering you're talking to someone from AfD Patrol and CVU. I wouldn't do that type of thing. Stealthrabbit ^{Say it, baby, say it!} 22:04, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Edit Summaries

Alright, I didn't know how to do that at all. Thanks for the suggestion. StatisticsMan 06:23, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar for Experimental Music

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		Thanks for your discerning maintenance of the experimental musicians list, and the ExpMusic page itself. Zeno Izen 17:30, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Perfect number and Kühnel ref

You recently added [2] a reference to Kühnel in the perfect number article, which has been removed.[3] Were you right in making that reference or was the anon right in removing it?

I haven't heard of this paper and wasn't able to find a copy of it so I couldn't check.

CRGreathouse (t | c) 18:40, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I've read both the Touchard and the Holdener papers, and they do certainly prove the result mentioned. (Holdener proves it more elegantly, but Touchard has 50-year priority over Holdener.) I thought that someone (on Talk?) mentioned that the Kühnel paper proved this result first, though.

CRGreathouse (t | c) 19:51, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Sounder

Hi, sorry I didn't explain since I thought it was a standard usage. I added split because it has both a film and a novel on the same page. It's pretty awkward to have two infoboxes like that and we've been doing it on pretty much every film/novel page like Devdas / James Bond / etc. I think I will do the split now so you can see what I meant. gren グレン 19:52, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Anne Frank

I guess I didn't notice it because "See also" should be down at the bottom. "Please be more careful in the future" isn't really a very nice way to phrase what you meant. Badagnani 17:54, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Moodswinger

Hello Dr.Matt, Excuse me for my English, I'm from Holland. I saw your addition "sources" on the article Moodswinger. I've written this article and I'm using it for teaching at universities and highschools, so I'm very pleased if people like you are critical about my work. Can you specify which source exactly is missing?

About Lee Ranaldos Guitar. It wil be handed over in august 2007. His instrument is different from the Moodswinger and I'll add info on Wikipedia about his instrument after august 2007. I can imagine people consider my additions as self-promotion, so feel free to cut back text which isn't objective or worth wikipedia. I want this article to be as scientific correct as possible. Earlier someone suggested a merge with 3rd Bridge, but I don't think this is a good idea towards the other similar, but also different instruments like the Pencilina of Bradford. What do you think is the best way to improve the topics Prepared guitar, 3rd Bridge, Pencilina, Moodswinger? Best, Yuri Landman

Moodswinger - Conflict of Interest and Sources

>Clearly, there is a conflict of interest (see WP:COI): you should not edit articles that have close connections to yourself. Your editing here all appears to me to be self-promotion, which is not allowed on Wikipedia.

Hi, Thanks for your reply. Okay, your vision is correct about (see WP:COI):. I'm will pay more attention to this. The way I'm working now is indeed different. I'm trying to explain as clear as possible how the instrument works (some readers didn't believe it is actually creating any sound at all, because they didn't know what resonance was). So when people add questions or citation labels, I try to solve these incorrections in the article.

>The issue with sources is that information placed on Wikipedia must be verifiable by readers. If sources are not given, the information may be removed at any time. Please see WP:VERIFY and WP:CITE for more information.

Okay. But I don't know where to give sources about. About the existing overtones at harmonic positions? All those technical info is available on other articles at wikipedia. (Harmonic for instance)

>Finally, I would encourage you to make more extensive use of edit summaries (see Edit_summary for more information). They help other users understand your edits.

Very good suggestion, thanks, I will do that.

>"What do you think is the best way to improve the topics Prepared guitar, 3rd Bridge, Pencilina, Moodswinger?" >To address this specific question: the best way would be to add verifiable information to the articles. In the case of Moodswinger, you should not be editing the article at all (at least that's my opinion).

Okay, I will follow. I shall not edit Moodswinger to give this article it's natural evolution. Is it a good idea for me to work on the discussion page of the Moodswinger? People can ask me questions at that place and I will give answer but not edit this in the article. Is that a correct solution to you?

Cheers, [[Houtlijm 19:31, 10 June 2007 (UTC)]]

Joseph Merrick

Generally it's a pretty good article, I just noticed a few deviations from the WP:MOS guidelines. The thing that first caught my attention is several instances of quotation marks where they probably could be eliminated within the Incorrect Name subheading. Normally I wouldn't be terribly nitpicky about such things but it seems to make the article feel convoluted. It's entirely a conformity issue, spelling and grammar both look fine. Trusilver 01:56, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

That looks a lot better, thank you and have a good day. Trusilver 14:18, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Polvo

I don't know how to put in sources, but objectivity and subjectivity aren't in arts as clear as for instance in maths, you can never measure music as good or hard or soft or bad or noise. Polvo is according to VH1 noisy, dissonant, atonal, matrock, experimental. Polvo is according to Epitonic similar to Sonic Youth, The Ex, Unwound, all three of them are noise rock, so what is Polvo? Here the 2 refs.

• http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/polvo/bio.jhtml

One of the most popular and accomplished bands in the arty, noisy indie rock offshoot dubbed math rock, Polvo touched on many of the style's hallmarks: dissonant, intricately layered guitars that often employed alternate tunings; odd, off-kilter rhythms; an emphasis on dense sonic texture; and unorthodox song structures that, nonetheless, were often unconventionally melodic. Additionally, their music had a pronounced Eastern feel that came not only from the Indian and Middle Eastern-style drones in their compositions, but actual Asian instruments as well; that helped set them apart from other post-Sonic Youth/Slint guitar experimentalists.

• http://www.epitonic.com/

Polvo The members of Polvo (drummer Eddie Watkins, singer/guitarist Ash Bowie, bassist Steve Popson, and singer/guitarist Dave Brylawski) came together in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1990. From the very beginning, Polvo's atonal melodies and nontraditional song structures made them sound different and fresh. Their songs all sound like they're on the verge of falling apart, and yet they manage not only to remain together but also to be oddly catchy. Similar Artists: Unwound, The Ex, Blonde Redhead, Sonic Youth, Rectangle, Rose of Sharon, Boyracer, Little Champions, Lefty's Deceiver, Automaton Adventure Series, The Wild Stares, Pilot To Gunner, The Marinernine, Spatula, Lenola, Lo Magnifica, The White Octave, Helium

Mandelbrot Set

The way to do the coloring is «the big secret» that nobody usually likes to disclose... Because it enables everybody to make pictures as beautiful as ours.... But, in the spirit of Wikipedia, I decided to tell my secret! Cheers... and thanks for the comment!Tó campos 15:44, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Anne Frank

Hi. I moved the paragraph down to a more logical place. Source: An Associated Press report of June 25, 2007 —

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070625/ap_on_re_eu/anne_frank_archive;_ylt=AuIwaDLhuqy73uSPt3kiAll0bBAF

— I'm not quite sure how to handle this as a citation by Wiki standards. Can you show me by fixing it in the article? Thanks. Sca 18:41, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Fulfilled your request

In case you aren't watching them, I just wanted to let you know I've added an example per your request to strange loop and discussed it at Talk:Douglas_Hofstadter. Regards, PaulTanenbaum 12:36, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Helen Keller Jokes

What the hell dude. Why was it so hard for me to try to contact you. Anyways, why did you delete the section I wrote about the jokes. You obviously might not understand Helen Keller jokes, but I and alot of young people do. That section deserves to be on there even if you don't think those jokes are funny. Face it: people love them, and you can't do anything to stop that. I wanted to start that section because I was taking matters into my own hands, having noticed that there isn't an appropriate section for that topic. And by the way, the jokes I mentioned are pretty common, so there's no need to cite them. Think about it: theres a Chuck Norris Jokes section in the Chuck Norris article. And also, Helen Keller's dead. She won't mind it if young people know her name, albeit in an odd way.

Copeland-Erdos constant

Let me answer to your question. Read the second proof of Theorem 138 on Hardy-Wright's book. You should be able to see that the result is derived from the assumption there always exists a prime of s digits, for any positive integer s. I think you could see that my claim is correct. 218.133.184.93 09:19, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Your [Genderfuck] deletions

To me, it seems you're determined to remove anything from this article that doesn't meet a standard that should be reserved for articles that are more developed. This is a stub class article and I find your edits more harmful than helpful. The article needs expanding not removal of any idea that doesn't meet a strict WP standard n o matter how technically correct. I'm finding it hard to see your edits as constructive rather than disruptive.

The LGBT wikiproject writes:

"The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to bring it to A-Class level. It is usually very short, but can be of any length if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible. Possibly useful to someone who has no idea what the term meant. May be useless to a reader only passingly familiar with the term. At best a brief, informed dictionary definition. Any editing or additional material can be helpful."

An article in its genesis needs more help for a general reader to relate to it not less. Annie Lennox, David Bowie and pop music icons are a good resource point for general readers to be able to understand what the article is talking about. The [Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence] are certainly genderfuckers so even if the resource has not yet been unearthered hardly means the very suggestion should be enpunged. This article is now five sentences thanks to your diligent effort. Benjiboi 17:22, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Syntractrix

Hi Matt. I see Syntractrix is on your To-do list. I added some pictures and a reference, but the text itself still needs to be expanded, in particular to make the connection to the the Tractrix. If you have any comments about the graphs, let me know (here). Cheers, Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 18:14, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Oleg, thanks for letting me know you added those pictures. It appears to me that your figures are for the curve defined by an equation with $y^{2}$ in the denominator inside the logarithm, i.e. for this equation:

$x+{\sqrt {b^{2}-y^{2}}}=a\ln {\frac {b+{\sqrt {b^{2}-y^{2}}}}{y^{2}}}$

Note that the equation given in the article is undefined (or at least non-real) for negative values of $y$. Thanks for adding the link to Salmon: I actually just returned my copy to our library - it's nice to have it available like this. Cheers, Doctormatt 19:04, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Good point, I will modify the picture soon. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 03:28, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I fixed this. The funny thing is that the software I used for plotting did not notify about taking the log of a negative number, that's why the other branch was showing up. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 04:08, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Amélie

I'll try - I was aware when I did it that it would need a source - both of the facts I mentioned are pointed out by Jeunet on the DVD, though I'm not sure how to list this as a source (not very experienced with wiki code, etc) - is this OK? Will2710|^Talk! 00:51, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey, I've done it as best I can - I'm only just beginning to get to grips with citing and so on, so it may not be perfect, but see what you think if you like. Hope it's OK! Will2710|^Talk! 20:56, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

AfD nomination of List of songs featuring a theremin

An article that you have been involved in editing, List of songs featuring a theremin, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of songs featuring a theremin. Thank you. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 03:14, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Mandelbrot Set

Instead of just claiming my recent contributions to this article was confusing, could you please explain what exactly you don't understand? This way I can re-write the points I believe are important to this article in a manner that is less confusing. Don't you think the onus is on you to explain your actions since you did the reverting? - Shiftchange 08:51, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Not so:

Wikipedia policy is quite clear here: the responsibility for justifying inclusion of any content rests firmly with the editor seeking to include it. —Wikipedia:Tendentious editing

—Piet Delport 23:18, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Death Pact International

Hi, I've added in some references and was wondering if you'd check the Death Pact International entry for notability. Personally I think I've established it enough for now but since you flagged t I'd prefer you to remove the notability tag. Cheers Prenna 04:36am, 21st July 2007 (UTC)

truel

Hi, I have made further comments on Truel- what do you think? Abigailgem 14:48, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

André_Éric_Létourneau

If it wasnt clear, I removed the tag because I decline to delete it as an admin on checking the speedies, and gave a reason in the edit summary. Having been deleted by speedy before is not a reason for deletion. I think there was a weak assertion of notability, but that it was insufficient. Speedy can not be used if there is an assertion of notability, even if the notability is most likely not enough to establish an article. Previous admin have apparently disagreed, but I also felt that considering it has been recreated twice, the thing to do is to take it to AFD, where it will most likely be deleted, and then further attempts at insertion can be removed by G4, or even by salting the page if necessary. I am reverting your reinsertion of a speedy. Please just use afd. DGG (talk) 19:28, 31 July 2007 (UTC) (I see I had not put it in the edit summary for this one--I had it all written out in my head--sorry about that--you are quite right what I had said was unclear. )DGG (talk) 19:38, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Noise rock

Hi, thanks. I don't know how to edit the table font, sorry. It's a copy from a classical music timeline. It also has automatic links in it too, I've noticed. But that's accidentally not really a problem, I think. I will take a closer look at the exact font data of the table, maybe I can find it.Houtlijm 18:01, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

51 etc amendments

Thanks for your comments on my first efforts at contributing to this incredable encyclopedia, I am a wikinovice as you have probably deduced. I will return to you on your comments and I am very grateful for your kind offer of help. I do have a great interest in the structure of composite numbers and finite aliquot sequences. You are course quite right about my misapplication of σ(n) and I am grateful to you for your correction. σ(n)-n is a little cumbersome and so I will remove my references to σ(n). I prefer the term "biprime", rather than "semiprime" , and use the former usage when refering to simple (p.q) composites. "Discrete" is applied merely to distinguish (p.q)composites from prime squares. I hope this is not too heterodox. On aliquot-trees I will return. Regards Tean Butcher

Harsch Noise

Hi, No problem with removing the timeline on Harsch Noise. best,Houtlijm 06:17, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Nontransitive dice

Thanks for your note. The points I am trying to make are the following:

• The introduction of this article is utterly insufficient. A simple example to highlight this would go like such:

Article title: Non-gobblepoodlative otchowarter

Introduction: "A non-gobblepoodlative otchowarter is an otchowarter that is not gobblepoodlative."

The point is that the introduction should be as descriptive as possible since this is the part that the curious reader looking for a quick understanding will read. The current intro doesn't achieve this.

• Rather than simply revert changes you disagree with, I would suggest that you contemplate for a few days what the editor intended. Even if the change is for the worse (which of course will be subject to interpretation), it is better in my view to try to find an alternative wording to get to where the original edit intended to go.

Suppose for a moment that the wording that I chose in an attempt to improve the article is inaccurate, unsubstantiated, wrong, etc. Given the intention of the edit, is there a better way of improving the article than a quick revert? Would you perhaps be losing an opportunity for an improvement by reverting?

At any rate, the article I feel is not as important as the principles expounded here. I'm not attached to any wording in any article but would be looking for ways of cooperation rather than avenues leading to war. Petersburg 00:50, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

External Link to Determinant/Triangle

My apologies for adding external links without consulting the guidelines (my first post!). I added them as I saw that the other Online tool was also showing the ads on its web page. When I compare my tool with it, I thought mine was giving more elaborated information on the subject matter (Determinant), specially to a newcomer or high school level kit. Anyway, I respect your knowledge on this, so it is fine with me GrewalWiki 18:30, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Noise rock

Well, "The following is a list of noise rock bands with Wikipedia articles" is a self reference, which are to be avoided wherever possible. And at any rate, the criterion for whether a band should be in the list ought to be that it's truly a note-worthy example of the genre, not that it has an article on Wikipedia. Some very non-notable bands often have articles, and on the other side of the coin, it's not unheard of for Wikipedia to be missing an article on an important topic. So it's pretty clear from the Manual of Style which wording is preferred by the community. Frankly, the comments barring the inclusion of redlinks are a violation of WP:OWN. Redlinks and external links in the form of footnotes are allowed as with any article. If other editors deem them unfit for the list, they can remove them on a case by case basis. I imagine Noise rock is a frequently edited page, and that a lot of the bands that get added are probably junk, but it is bad editing policy to discourage editing. As such, I am removing the comments. — Swpb^talk|edits 15:35, 30 July 2007 (UTC) 20:17, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletions request a minor edit?

Good point. It's actually the default behavior for WP:TWINKLE, the tool I use to mark speedies, but you are correct that it is certainly not a minor change. It seems to be a tunable setting, so I changed my setting to not mark them as minor, assuming I got the edit to my monobook.js correct. - Fordan (talk) 12:08, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

hula hoop edit

DoctorMatt, I fully understand why you removed the superhooper link from the hula hoop page. I would love to rectify this situation though. I would simply like it to be noted that I created the first hoop that combines fire and LED technology. Would it be fair to use my name (Barry Clement) as opposed to my business (superhooper)? No spam was intended, honest, I'm new to wiki and figured a reference was appropriate. Barry.clement 02:41, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

27

Thanks for the suggestion, duely adopted. One not being a prime will make life a lot easier! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tean Butcher (talk • contribs) 22:09, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Formulae/Formulas

Hi. I thought I would make the change since 'formulae' is the correct plural of the Latin word 'formula' and 'formulas' is only a word due to its popular (mis)usage, as you can see here. I hope I don't sound rude or pompous, but I feel Wikipedia should advocate correct grammar. asyndeton 16:46, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

I would be happy to discuss this with you but I should say now that, when it comes to good grammar, I'm probably not going to be that open minded. If you want to discuss this on the talk page of one of the articles I changed, please tell me as I don't actually watch any of those pages. Thanks. asyndeton 18:14, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm not that familiar with wiktionary either, but from what I can see there are no sources provided, at least for the 'English' section. asyndeton 18:17, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Hello Doctormatt, thanks for your help on the biomusic article I just created. I’m not that good at proofreading my own writing I guess. I just looked at your talk page and was pleased to see we share an interest in experimental and noise music.I wonder, would you be interested in a proposed project, WikiProject Contemporary music which I’m trying to set up? It was originally proposed here under a different name. In any case, good to meet you! --S.dedalus 05:52, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Re: Jeff Talman

Hi,

Thanks for your suggestions for the Jeff Talman page. I've finally updated it and would like to know if I've provided adequate information for notability.

Any more suggestions you could give would be helpful.

Thanks, g

Re: Jeff Talman

Hi,

Thanks for your suggestions for the Jeff Talman page. I've finally updated it and would like to know if I've provided adequate information for notability.

Any more suggestions you could give would be helpful.

Thanks, Galyse 04:50, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Pronounciation of Maria Gaetana Agnesi

Maybe I can help:

Agnesi would be pronounced like:

an-yay-zee

Gaetana would be proniunced as:

gah-ay-tah-nah

Hope that helps

Gagueci (talk) 17:53, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Asymptote

See Talk:Asymptote#Error in the definition 83.5.233.32 (talk) 12:19, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Nardcore

Please don't change what you don't know anything about. The Doug Moody part is relevant to the article, How dare you remove it? He did help promote the scene. Know of what you write before you do it, ok? Thank you. Maluka (talk) 05:35, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Non-notable(?) identity about 5

I'm sorry you deleted a curious identity in 5_(number). It was written there because it seemed interesting enough when it appeared. It involves a harmonic number, an approximation to e and a small integer. Maybe it should go under Mathematical coincidence... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.58.205.56 (talk) 20:19, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

The test for inclusion on Wikipedia is not whether something is "interesting enough". Please see WP:OR and WP:VERIFY for more information about how Wikipedia works. The statement I removed made the claim that 5 was the only integer satisfying the relation. Such a claim needs to be verifiable by the general reader. Cheers, Doctormatt (talk) 22:42, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

I have no doubt that this statement is verifiable by you and some other skilled people who possibly would like to see it without having to look through the history of this article. Wouldn't it have been more appropriate marking it as a -true- fact that needs a citation? Cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.32.203.50 (talk) 09:40, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

The requirement for inclusion in wikipedia is verifiability, not truth (see WP:VERIFY). While some can verify your identity, the general reader cannot. That's one reason why it needs a citation. If you have one, please add it; if you don't, I'm guessing this is original research, which is not allowed on wikipedia (see WP:OR). If it is not original research, but something you read somewhere, and you can't remember where, I suggest asking on the talk page if anyone else can provide a citation. Thanks for communicating. Cheers, Doctormatt (talk) 16:24, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Finally I understood the point, thanks a lot for your patience and getting me reading OR and VERIFY. As a joke, maybe I should register as OriginalResearcher. You guessed it. But... it was cool, wasn't it? Maybe you can understand that formula much better than me... I think two hints are the gamma function and Wilson's theorem... Cheers!--195.235.199.101 (talk) 12:38, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Oxnard demographics

No one in their right mind says "European Americans". Do you live in Oxnard, know anything about it? I didn't think so. Just what is your problem with everything, it seems. Maluka (talk) 04:01, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

You seem to be suggesting I know nothing about Oxnard. Is that correct? Is that your assertion? I really don't know what would make you come to that conclusion. Cheers, Doctormatt (talk) 21:18, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm not suggesting, I'm stating. Your edits are too diverse for you to know anything about Oxnard. Cheers to you too.Maluka (talk) 05:04, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

This is all very silly. The edits you seem to have a problem with were only two. The first was to Nardcore, and the problem was an uncited claim: all uncited claims on Wikipedia that are contested need citations (see, WP:VERIFY, all you have to read is the nutshell). This has nothing to do with any particular content knowledge. The other edit was to Oxnard, regarding "white" versus "European american". If you had not immediately insulted me with your comment above, I would have taken the time to tell you there was a glitch in the loading of that page, and that link ("white") appeared temporarily as a red link. That was why I reverted it. Not a big deal. Neither of these edits have anything to do with particular knowledge of Oxnard. Now, your claim that my edits are diverse is a great compliment, yet it makes no sense: some people have diverse knowledge, plus many, many edits to Wikipedia involve things like grammar correction, citation patrol, vandalism reversion, etc., that do not require specific content knowledge. I have made many edits to pages whose content is not well known to me; Oxnard and Nardcore are not among those pages. I'm sure you know more about these topics than I, but to say I know nothing about Oxnard is a hilarious, (once again) unsupported claim. But, enough. I won't be editing those pages in the foreseeable future (because mean-spirited human interaction of this sort makes me sick), so feel free to ignore me as much as I will ignore you. Cheers, Doctormatt (talk) 23:22, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Just Curious

Where'd you get file:Asymptote02.png anyway? 98.164.197.169 (talk) 02:05, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I made it using gnuplot, I think. Cheers, Doctormatt (talk) 04:12, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

If you could post the source somewhere or a link or reference to info about curves intersecting their asymptotes (particularly infinitely many times), I'd be grateful.Morganw (talk) 19:47, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

I edited the summary of file:Asymptote02.png to include equations for a very similar curve. As to a reference about curves intersecting their asymptotes, take a look at some calculus books. Stewart's Calculus, for instance, gives examples of this phenomenon. A simple, commonly found example of a curve intersecting its asymptote infinitely many times is $y={\frac {\sin x}{x}}$. Cheers, Doctormatt (talk) 18:20, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

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