User talk:Галактион

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Please read WP:Talk. Vsmith (talk) 02:34, 22 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Please explain the purpose of your recent edits at Talk:Alkali metal - I'm afraid they might simply be deleted as SPAM. Mix of calculus and chemistry symbols will simply not be appreciated in a chemical article. Materialscientist (talk) 07:37, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The purpose of my recent edits at Talk:Alkali metal is a description of some chemical properties of the mentioned metals. Галактион (talk) 07:49, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * That doesn't answer my question - why mixing calculus and chemistry? Materialscientist (talk) 07:57, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Is "mixing calculus" new name for mathematical logic? Галактион (talk) 08:47, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, mathematical logic signs are widely used in calculus, that is how I and most others know them, but chemists do not use them in describing reactions. It is important on WP to write in a language which is accepted and understood by many. Materialscientist (talk) 08:53, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * If "mathematical logic signs are widely used in calculus", then "mathematical logic signs" may be used in chemical calculus by those chemists who know or learn them. Галактион (talk) 09:11, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Sure they may, but it up to the chemical community whether or not to use them. Most chemists study those symbols in the first 2 years of university, but somehow they don't use them in chemistry. Please think about it. It is perfectly fine to use symbols for yourself, I used japanese hiragana signs to record my math lectures (very efficient). However, I never tried to ask anyone to follow my habits. Materialscientist (talk) 09:16, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I admit that at least one chemist doesn't use "mathematical logic signs" in his or her chemical calculus. That is why I describe some chemical properties of the alkali metals in Talk:Alkali metal. Галактион (talk) 09:26, 22 November 2009 (UTC)