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Normalized frequency
Hi there, the linking you are putting in to filter articles for normalization to normalized frequency (digital signal processing) is not really correct. The sense it is being used in is as in normalization to a prototype filter. This is not really the same thing. I am going to revert some of these edits.  Sp in ni ng  Spark  01:00, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that. I just stumbled on that orphan page and couldn't resist trying to help it out... :) Incidentally, now we have two problems: the page is still orphaned and normalized frequency is ambiguous. Do you think normalization to a prototype filter could be added to the normalized frequency disambiguation page? As for the orphan problem, that page seems to duplicate a lot of the material in Nyquist frequency, now that I think about it. I propose merging Normalized frequency (digital signal processing) to a section in Nyquist frequency and adding a redirect to that section to the normalized frequency disambiguation page.


 * For clarification, the reason all of this came up in the first place was my exploration of MATLAB digital filter commands for a sophomore-level Electrical Engineering course. The functions require the cutoff frequency parameter to be normalized, and the documentation didn't make it clear that the normalization factor was the Nyquist frequency, so my first instinct was to find out what a "normalized frequency" was. That's why I would like some kind of link drawn between Nyquist frequency and normalization. Unless MATLAB was simply being obtuse and this isn't actually a notable use of "normalized frequency", in which case it's not our problem and we should probably just delete the page. I can do all of this myself since you seem to be busy, but since you've got a lot more experience in the field I wanted to ask your opinion on what to do next. Publicly Visible (talk) 19:46, 20 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Apologies for not replying straight away, I have been offline for a few days. I agree that it would be sensible to disambiguate normalized frequency to prototype filter.  The only problem with that is that the term is not actually mentioned in the article, making a dab link confusing.  The whole prototype filter article is written from the point-of-view of scaling a prototype to a desired implementation, rather than taking a specific implemetation and normalizing it to a prototype.  Normalizing can be viewed as the reverse process of scaling.  Note that this applies to other parameters as well as frequency.  However, it would be a small effort to add a sentence or two to that effect.
 * Not sure about merging normalized frequency (digital signal processing) with Nyquist frequency, while they are very obviously connected they are most definitely not the same thing. I don't have any strong feelings on it either way, but personally, I would tend to just add links to connected articles.  If you are not able to immediately work it into the article text, you can always just add it to the "See also" section.  In actual fact, that was the original purpose of "see also".  Other connected articles in this group are, Nyquist rate, sampling rate and Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem.
 * By the way, I wouldn't set any great store on my experience. I am just somebody who was very comfortable in the stone age but is now struggling to understand how all this bronze technology is supposed to work.
 *  Sp in ni ng  Spark  15:09, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

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Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Satan's Harvest
There is a general opposition, perhaps even a consensus, to Prodding aged articles, so I have migrated it to AfD. Hope this does not offend you. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 19:57, 5 December 2023 (UTC)


 * That's sensible, thanks! What would you say is the maximum age? Maybe 5 years, if that? Publicly Visible (talk) 20:07, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I tend to worry when something is over a couple of years old.
 * I note you have changed your mind and now wish to keep the article. I think it worth letting the discussion run a while, though I'm perfectly happy to withdraw the nomination at any time. Please do not feel embarrassment for changing your mind. Had you done so before I declined the PROD only a very few folk would have noticed, and we have all embarrassed ourselves here, me more than once! 🇺🇦  Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 20:11, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I think your instinct was good, the article is worlds better now. From 1 to 15 sources...next time I'll use a cleanup tag. I'm always at a loss for those, what would you have used? Publicly Visible (talk) 10:47, 7 December 2023 (UTC)