User talk:Oysterofamerica

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Style notes
Hi. I have a few suggestions. First, it is good to use the preview button and put in an edit summary when you contribute, so that others can track your contributions easier.

Second, you should not force formulas to show up as images, so $$x$$ should be left the way it is rather than made into $$x.\,$$ That's per the math style manual.

Welcome! Thank you for the new Kolgomorov's inequality article. You can reply here if you have comments. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 16:31, 19 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Please take heed of the style advice given above. I have reverted your edits to Taylor's theorem as a result of this. Regards, (aeropagitica) 18:05, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Request for edit summary
When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this: The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. – Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 16:30, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Style again
I think it was mentioned to you at least twice before. Please do not force math formulas to show up as images. Please leave $$(f_n) $$ like that rather than making it into $$(f_n) \,\!$$. See the math style manual for as to why.

If you really like formulas to show up as images, you can tweak your preferences to that effect. Thanks. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 16:32, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Proofs
On Wikipedia proofs are not very encouraged, see again the math style manual. The proof you put in at Arzelà-Ascoli theorem is very large and very technical. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a textbook. I will leave your proof in for now, but please do not attempt to add proofs to other articles. It is a lot of work on your part, but such contributions are not very desirable and may be deleted.

You can reply here if you have comments. Thanks. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 16:36, 20 January 2007 (UTC)