User talk:Professor.rick

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Your additions to Semitone
I removed the section you added to Semitone because it did not sufficiently assert the notability of the mathematical constructions and it made several debatable claims without references to back them up. Specifically:


 * "Normally, the human ear can detect a deviation of 1/20 semitones."

needs a reference and


 * "it has been proposed (although unproven) that we do, in fact, base our 12-tone tuning system on the 139/138 harmonic ratio."

definitely needs one. Also, the title "Equal Temperament and Harmonic Ratios Reconciled" is clearly biased towards one point of view, which is not acceptable. —Keenan Pepper 02:10, 26 July 2006 (UTC) Hello, Keenan. I appreciate your comments regarding my contribution. However, I feel the article is worthy of inclusion, and I am prepared to edit accordingly. I will address your concerns: 1. I am not sure what you mean by "it did not sufficiently assert the notability of the mathematical constructions". Could you explain further? Do my mathematical calculations need further explanation or simplification? 2. Citing claims:  The information that the human ear can detect a deviation of 1/20 of one semitone was established by a Wikipedia source, to which I have now provided a link. 3. "It has been proposed (although unproven)..." This statement is not critical to the article, and will be removed. 4. Because you feel the title is biased, I have revised it to read: "Equal-Tempered Semitones and Harmonic Ratios". (However, I fail to see how a bias could exist, when the result of the two systems would be identical to aural perception, and a differentiation far beyond the mechanical limitations of the tuning of any acoustic musical instrument.)

While I appreciate the fact that you have provided reasons for removing my contribution, might I suggest that, should you have further problems with the newly-edited version, rather than simply removing it, you might either undertake revisions yourself, or post your "beefs" here. I will be happy to deal with them. Thanking you in advance, Prof.rick


 * Please indent your replies with a colon and sign with four tildes ( ~ ). See Help:Talk page for more.
 * See Notability (numbers). The notability criteria for mathematical equations are, if anything, more stringent than those for numbers. There are infinitely many true mathematical statements. Truth alone does not guarantee inclusion in Wikipedia.
 * Citing one Wikipedia article as a source for another one is unacceptable, for reasons which should be obvious.
 * It seemed to me that that statement was critical to the section you added. Without it, it is unclear why the ratio 139/138 is being mentioned at all. I personally don't think the ratio 139/138 is musically significant, so if you want to claim that it is, you need a source. If it is not significant, it shouldn't be mentioned.
 * That's a much better title (although only the first word should be capitalized, see Manual of Style (headings)). —Keenan Pepper 20:36, 26 July 2006 (UTC)