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WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - August 2021
Thanks, Ajpolino (talk) 02:29, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Importance assessments
I'm finding some of your assessments of importance in electronics articles a little strange. You put antimetric electrical network, an obscure concept in analysis, as "mid" but two-port network, a very widely used concept, as "low". Slotted line gets "mid", even though it is obsolete and its importance was only ever in the microwave fieled when it was current, yet waffle-iron filter (a microwave device I believe is still used) and double-tuned amplifier (widely used in IF stages of analogue radio and TV) both get "low". The "low" for mechanical-electrical analogies is also at least arguable. What test are you using to assess importance? SpinningSpark 12:32, 8 August 2021 (UTC)


 * @Spinningspark Sir, I don't have a test yet, but how I assess is constantly evolving. This is wikipedia, so you, being more knowledgeable on electronics, can change it to whatever you deem appropriate. I do enjoy electronics, but being only 16 years old, I don't know nearly as much. Most of my "expertise" is in fire and EMS, as I am working on my Associates in Fire Science. If you would like to help teach me more about electronics, and assessing the articles, I will eventually (maybe a week later) answer. Thank you. Prairie Astronomer Contributions 23:18, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Most, if not all, of the articles I looked at were written by me. I do not think it appropriate to assess one's own work.  The electronics Wikiproject has a guideline on assessment at WikiProject Electronics/Assessment including a section on the importance scale.  But if you don't have familiarity with a topic I would suggest that you stick to just assessing the quality.  The importance of a topic is not always clear from reading the article alone.  In fact, that can be downright misleading. SpinningSpark 12:17, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

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