User talk:PatrickFoucault

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Please see WP:NOTHOWTO. Some of the LIDAR speed detection content is "how to" and should be removed. Thank you Jim1138 (talk) 05:51, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Radar gun
This is a similar topic. You might be able to use the format on the LiDAR article. I did find some manuals on some of the lidar websites. Also, I tagged the two bulleted sections with. Wikipedia articles should generally be prose and not lists. I do like lists btw! Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 08:03, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Jim. I was thinking the same. There are other WP pages on LiDAR in general and I have found some recent specification documents. Appreciate your help.. Foucault (talk) 13:38, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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Note: I have also removed your entirely unsourced addition to Bondi k-calculus. See my comment at Talk:Bondi k-calculus. And please have a look at our relevant policies about wp:verifiability and wp:original research. - DVdm (talk) 18:55, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Your draft
Patrick, by the way, I notice that you are heavily working on Draft:Relativity using k-calculus. If you are planning to submit something like this as a regular article, you might want to know that it will not be accepted. I don't know what the idea is, but please have a look at WP:NOTESSAY and WP:NOTTEXTBOOK. Cheers. - DVdm (talk) 10:27, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of "Draft:Relativity using k-calculus"
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Thank you. DVdm (talk) 13:54, 29 September 2016 (UTC),


 * Patrick, it looks like you have blanked the draft, so I have taken the liberty to file for deletion, as is customary. At your service and cheers. - DVdm (talk) 13:56, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

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