Talk:N-wave

Marginal page
To Sunlitsky and perhaps Beland. During WP:NPP I have checked this page. It is currently just a minor mention with very little information of general use. As such it is definitely a candidate for deletion via WP:AfD if it is not substantially improved. It probably should not have been directly created without being peer reviewed first. Ldm1954 (talk) 00:54, 27 April 2024 (UTC)


 * A brief definition with little other information is exactly what a stub is supposed to be. I generally just let them grow unless there's reason to suspect the topic is not notable or it's only here because of a commercial interest. We certainly don't require peer review before creating new articles; that's what doomed Nupedia. BTW, Notability (academics) is the wrong guideline for notability on this article; it only applies to people doing academic work.
 * That said, this topic was already covered at Sonic boom, which is why I made a redirect there. Is this topic of interest in cases other than sonic booms? -- Beland (talk) 03:03, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * This is why I tagged it. Currently it is just a definition that is already covered elsewhere and of course WP:NOTDICTIONARY applies. It seems that @Sunlitsky felt that your redirect was wrong, but... Ldm1954 (talk) 03:10, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi, and Beland, I changed the original redirect to sonic boom since the topic N-wave is a generic topic in gas dynamics with sonic boom being one situation the N-wave appears. My intention for doing it is that someone else (or myself if I've got time) to develop the article in the future. Sunlitsky (talk) 08:18, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * OK, sounds like a reasonable plan. -- Beland (talk) 17:05, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I am not enthused by this plan. You replaced a link to a well constructed page by a stub that both ignored the sonic boom page and has little useful encyclopedic content for a novice. Since you are knowledgeable about this I think a good approach is to add the few extra sentences needed to make this more than a dictionary, and a topic notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia. Ldm1954 (talk) 17:23, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I agree with Ldm1954. Let's redirect this back to sonic boom. When I have a draft with substantial material, I will change back it back. Sunlitsky (talk) 15:21, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * This also sounds reasonable. Done! -- Beland (talk) 23:22, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Feedback from New Page Review process
I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: You are tagged as creator, although I realize it got changed. I have indicated that it needs work or more.

Ldm1954 (talk) 00:58, 27 April 2024 (UTC)