User talk:DmacG

I removed your Signalling diagram: no labels and nothing about it in the text -- useless for an intro article. But please put it back with an explanation! "alyosha" (talk) 22:37, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Ok, where are we, first year? The diagram is explained in lenght in the body of the article. It is not easy to understand visually unless you have a solid understanding of the mathematics and statistics (econometrics) that it requires and demonstrates. As long as each axis is lableled (and I even went so far as to give direct examples) it gives a clear illustration of the conditional variables and the system as a whole.

This isn't some high school test where you get marks for putting a title on your graph.

I took the time to draw that in MSPaint.exe(which sucks) and gave it free to the public domain along with creating the article itself. I had it proofread by a fellow Phd student, please, don't ever arbitrarily remove things that you don't understand. It's an insult to me, and you do a great disfavour to anyone who visits the page from now on.

Otherwise:

OK it IS terrible, so why don't you do us all a favour and replace it with a much better one. In fact this is what I would like to see. I'm sure a better one can be done but the knowledge contained therein is the only substance by which it should be judged.


 * First, there's no need to be insulting. Second, this article is for people who want to learn the basics of signalling (like me), not for people who "have a solid understanding of the mathematics and statistics (econometrics) that it requires and demonstrates". So your diagram may be terrific but it doesn't work for the audience. (Some of WP appears to be down at the moment, but there are helpful documents re what WP is for as a general reference encyclopedia.) Third, i think it's great that you created it, and don't mean to disparage that. Fourth, i don't need to (be able to) create a better diagram to see that this one is unexplained. Fifth, if you look at all the textbooks you learned from, you'll see that they explain what the terms/abbreviations in such diagrams stand for. They *never* leave the terms a mystery, as you have. This doesn't mean your diagram isn't good in a lot of ways -- just that as a helpful addition to an introductory article, it's incomplete.


 * I'm a very tolerant editor. I give my service/thanks to WP by making quick and easy and obvious changes. For this reason i am very seldom reverted. Other people quite justifiably remove material that fails to meet higher standards, but i defer more to the authors, as i'm happy to do in your case. But for now, there's no question that your diagram is unexplained. Undefined terms are not acceptable in an introductory context, be it an encyclopedia or textbook. To repeat in conclusion: no offense intended, and i honestly think it's great that you went to the effort. I'd be happy to see your diagram stay. Please just add definitions/explanations for "W*" and "C(h)" and so forth, and i'll be content. As a gesture of respect, and since you are clearly attached to your contribution, i'm making the request here before editing the article again. Best to you, "alyosha" (talk) 18:32, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

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