User talk:Doodlebugger

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Thank you for your contributions to brachistochrone curve. I would just to let you know that as a general rule, proofs are not really encouraged on Wikipedia, see WikiProject_Mathematics/Proofs and the math style manual. This is an encyclopedia, not a scientific paper, and most of the time proofs can be complicated and distract from the actual article contents. I would myself somehow prefer a sketch proof at brachistochrone curve illustrating the most important ideas, rather than a complete proof. What do you think? Oleg Alexandrov 01:45, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for welcoming me Oleg. I am new to all this and I am not even sure this is the right way to reply! I saw the French version of the brachistochrone curve where there was a specific section for the proof which was left blank. So I filled it in, and later moved to the English page. I also wrote in the proof for the tautochrone curve in the French page. Don't know if I should translate it in English as well. What do you think? Cheers. (Doodlebugger 14:57, 21 August 2005 (UTC))


 * If the proof is simple and provides value to the article, then go ahead. That is, a proof is good if it serves to illuminate something about the concepts, and not being there just for its own sake. It is up to you to decide if the proof you wish to translate will bring value to the article and make it a better encyclopedic article or not. I hope you like it here. Oleg Alexandrov 22:54, 21 August 2005 (UTC)