User talk:Zazby

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DVdm (talk) 16:45, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

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The above "reason" is nonsense ! How on earth can one discuss improvements to the topic without discussing the topic ? If there is a misleading statement in the topic article then in order to explain how it should be improved it is obviously necessary to make some sort of statement about the topic itself ! What I added can hardly be called a "discussion" by itself as it is a short set of statements pointing out discrepancies between what the article says and what Einstein has actually written in his seminal paper, which I reference with a link. If instead of a knee-jerk reaction of deleting anything with the slightest hint of criticism, rather a moment's attention was paid to the (very simple) math in Section 3 of the linked paper together with the straightforward point I am making, it would be quite clear that the suggestions I made are perfectly valid.

For goodness' sake, the mathematics and reasoning in the crucial Section 3 are easily within the grasp of bright sixth-form school science students, so it's really inexcusable to reject and block a few brief comments without providing ANY cogent reason at all why they are not the intended refinements to the article.

Just dismissing them as "philosophical musings" without checking against the linked paper is not only inaccurate but somewhat arrogant and as un-scientific an attitude as could be imagined !

When constructive criticism is banned without reason then the fundamental motivation of Wikipedia is effectively dead. Zazby (talk) 16:48, 23 September 2010 (UTC)


 * User Zazby (Mike Greene, 195.194.10.178), please note that:
 * your identical objections were already thoroughly discussed (and dismissed by 4 different authors) in this collapsed discussion on the talk page of another article,
 * apart from the first question, the entire discussion was off topic (i.e. not about the article, but about the subject) in the context of that article as well,
 * personal remarks or interpretations of some external source resort under original research and synthesis of published material,
 * the remarks you are trying to make, could only be on topic on the talk page of a (non-existing) article titled The interpretation of a section of Einstein's paper and its repercussions on what we think about the one-way speed of light but they are not on topic on the talk pages of One-way speed of light or Special relativity,
 * you made similar personal attacks when that inappproriate discussion was closed,
 * Please take some time to acquaint yourself with our basic policies -- see the pointers on top of your talk page. Thank you. DVdm (talk) 18:47, 23 September 2010 (UTC)