Talk:Water thread experiment

Merger proposal
I've just noticed that there appear to be two articles dedicated to the same experiment, done at different times by different people. I'm proposing that they be merged, since they in essence cover the same topic. However, I don't know which should be merged into what, or what has precedent over what. So, I'll simply note the two pages, the related info, make a humble suggestion and let the community decide how to handle it. Mgmirkin (talk) 07:23, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Recently, there was an article on Physorg: Water forms floating 'bridge' when exposed to high voltage. That apparently prompted an article on Wikipedia to cover it: Floating water bridge. However, a prior Wikipedia article already existed: Water thread experiment. That prior article was based upon an experiment [WASSERFADDEN (WATER-THREAD)] covered in an article by the popular hobbyist site run by William Beatty. 1 & 2. The question now becomes how to resolve this issue of two WP articles based on two distinct articles on the same topic (albeit the Beatty article mentions using a string between the beakers to initiate the water bridge prior to the string getting sucked from one beaker into the next, leaving only the water-thread between the beakers)? Mgmirkin (talk) 07:23, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I've suggested a merger. However, I don't know which takes precedent. The Beatty material is obvious the senior source of the two on account of having been published in 1996, whereas the Physorg piece was not published until 2007. That gives the Beatty piece nearly a decade's headstart, chronologically. However, Physorg is the more "mainstream" / "reliable" source. However, the fact that Physorg has essentially "validated" the Beatty piece, lends the original article credence of mainstream authentication. Beatty's site is popular and relatively notable in its own right within the electrical hobbyist and non-mainstream science communities. Mgmirkin (talk) 07:23, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

My humble suggestion is to nix both the titles Water thread experiment and Floating water bridge titles, and merge the information from both articles into a new namespace such as Wasserfadden experiment, giving precedent/acknowledgment/official namespace to the 9-years senior experiment / article (the actual original experiment for Wasserfadden may have been considerably earlier). Both prior namespaces Water thread experiment and Floating water bridge would then point to the new namespace. I hope that's an amicable solution and not unreasonable. Anyway, discuss amongst yourselves, and have a good one. Mgmirkin (talk) 07:23, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

New post

I actually suggest against this. Beyond being based on water flows resulting from possible structure induced by electric current, the two experiments differ significantly. One is within fluid flow. The other is not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.15.131.251 (talk) 20:46, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

"has been known for decades " - undocumented
"This mechanism has been known for decades and has been applied for stabilization of liquid films and oil liquid bridges in the past."

is undocumented. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.247.177 (talk) 09:28, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

"then a high-voltage positive electric charge is applied"
I would love to see a clarification of whether switched power or linear power supply is used.

Meaning of "thread"
The current opening sentence: The water thread experiment is a phenomenon that occurs when two containers of deionized water, placed on an insulator, are connected by a thread, then a high-voltage positive electric charge is applied to one container, and a negative charge to the other. What is meant by "connected by a thread" - is it some sort of fiber connecting the two vessels before applying voltage, or does it mean "a thread-like water formation"? In the latter case, the sentence is misleading. 91.212.132.36 (talk) 18:47, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Request removing this ("Water Bridge") redirect then renaming what is currently named "Water thread experiment" to "Water Bridge".
See "full proposal" at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Water_bridge#Request_removing_this_%28%22Water_Bridge%22%29_redirect_then_renaming_what_is_currently_named_%22Water_thread_experiment%22_to_%22Water_Bridge%22

Clearly I'm not the 1st to recognize that these pages should be changed.

2601:1C1:C100:F420:C855:3E58:1C4E:EAF4 (talk) 05:51, 23 August 2021 (UTC) Wants to remove "Water Bridge" redirect