User talk:Aleksander Stos

Tasks: start a new article • add basic, wanted or requested articles • add definitions • add metadata • edit new pages

Welcome to the Citizendium! We hope you will contribute boldly and well. Here are pointers for a quick start. You'll probably want to know how to get started as an author. Just look at Getting Started for other helpful "startup" links, our help system and CZ:Home for the top menu of community pages. Be sure to stay abreast of events via Twitter. You can test out editing in the sandbox if you'd like. If you need help to get going, the forum is one option. That's also where we discuss policy and proposals. You can ask any administrator for help, too. Just put a note on their "talk" page. Again, welcome and have fun! David Tribe 03:20, 28 February 2007 (CST)

Ahem. A mathematician with wit I see. A very warm welcome indeed to that. David Tribe 05:56, 28 February 2007 (CST)

in computers it MUST be a top subject due to its importance and as part of security I would prefer to see that imoportance reflected in maths as well Robert Tito | Talk 13:49, 2 March 2007 (CST)

more branches on the tree

Hi, by all means - add/cut-off redundancies as much as you can. I stopped only because I have tons of other stuff to do--dlehavi 15:40, 2 March 2007 (CST)

logic

..is unprotected. :-) Stephen Ewen 01:07, 3 March 2007 (CST)

Alex, sending a request to constables@citizendium.org might be faster as we do all have different time zones, and some might be in yours. Robert Tito | Talk 12:44, 3 March 2007 (CST)

imprted topics list from WP

Hi Alex, the lie groups list seems decent. The geometry list seems like a mishmush of redundent, good, dictionary, and I don't know what else.--dlehavi 11:04, 5 March 2007 (CST)

Big O notation

Alex, I see your request to move Big O notation to Big O notation(computer science). Are we looking to make another as well, Big O notation(mathematics)? Do we have a plan for disambiguation for Big O notation or just redirect to Big O notation(computer science). --Matt Innis (Talk) 14:15, 25 March 2007 (CDT)

Now, I propose

• moving "Big O notation" to "Complexity of algorithms" (would appreciate comments from computer workgroup members). Just look at "see also" section at the bottom the article - "complexity theory" is where it really belongs in.
• deleting the resulting redirect "Big O notation". This will be something different.

Okay, if I move this to Complexity of algorithms, would you be the one to clean it up, or do we need to get a computer science member involved now? --Matt Innis (Talk) 17:05, 25 March 2007 (CDT)

As you are a math author, would you consider discussing one of these two guys to see if they have a problem with your idea. If they don't respond, I will go with your suggestion for Big O. Then I will ask User:Robert Tito as a computer science editor to join us in the discussion for the Complexity of algorithms. Sound good? --Matt Innis (Talk) 08:13, 26 March 2007 (CDT)

Okay, Robert, meet us on my talk page as well. --Matt Innis (Talk) 08:51, 26 March 2007 (CDT) Big O is a standard way to solve equations in physics and chemistry by approximation. So only computers or mathematics will not suffice. Robert Tito |  Talk  12:13, 26 March 2007 (CDT)

AlekStos, I performed the move to Complexity of algorithms and deleted the redirect from Big O notation though I suppose you could have done that. Do please, add some content befoer someone nominates it for deletion in any cleanup function! Thanks for you patience in making sure everyone was on the same page. --Matt Innis (Talk) 12:41, 26 March 2007 (CDT)

WP credit

The articles Tycho Brahe and Joan of Arc were listed by yourself as needing the WP credit. The Tycho article already had a WP credit. Recently, I removed the last remaining WP material from the Joan of Arc article so it should not require such credit.

There is a WP credit on Timeline of Joan of Arc which should be removed as all content here on CZ was written by myself. I tried to remove the WP credit by unchecking the WP box, but that didn't work.

James F. Perry 13:02, 28 March 2007 (CDT)

Thanks for the list of "similitudes" in the JoA article. I will deal appropriately with them. Especially the Kelly DeVries sentence does not belong in any encyclopedia article. Now if I can just find it! And thanks for the tip on how to remove the WP credit.

The WP credit on Tycho Brahe was entered in a non-standard way because the WP template did not exist at the time. That would be really hard for a program to pick up. James F. Perry 13:52, 28 March 2007 (CDT)

I just dealt with the one paragrpah which contained 4 of the 5 WP leftover remnants. Near as I can figure, I had slated that passage for elimination, probably previewed it, but forgot to save the changes. There is now only the one sentence about Joan's parents to be revised.

The comparison script is fantastic! James F. Perry 11:04, 29 March 2007 (CDT)

The Timeline of Joan of Arc article was written by myself, originally posted to WP. Since my original posting, only a couple of changes (not all of which were merited) were made. They were then removed before bringing the article over here to CZ. So the CZ article was written by myself. I will leave a note on the Talk page of the article explaining that. This type of situation may be another problem for your script. Also in this category are Kilt, Kilt accessories, Amber Neben, Mari Holden, and others to follow. James F. Perry 13:23, 29 March 2007 (CDT)

Aleksander - the matieral on the Proctor compaction test article is entirely my own work; see the WP article history. After essentially completely rewriting the article for WP, I decided to contribute it here. Also, you mentioned "8 sentences" on the Irish dance article; I believe I wrote those, too, but failed to provide the diff. Can you tell me which are the 8 sentences? Anthony Argyriou 15:09, 29 March 2007 (CDT)

I don't mind at all that you've done what you did - it's not obvious what I did, and I failed to provide sufficient information, particularly in the Proctor compaction test article for anyone else to figure it out. Your answer to the eight sentences question will give me a lead on either finding the diffs to show it's my own work, or to remove/rewrite those sentences which are not mine. Anthony Argyriou 16:36, 29 March 2007 (CDT)

Cantor's diagonal argument and other math articles

I know this is annoying, but for those of us who have forgotten, could you provide a glossary of symbols at a bottom section? I've forgotten what a lot of the symbols, including the Greek letters are, and so I can't read much of this, and I want to. I don't mean a whole explanations just a simple: Greek letter=theta Math symbol=union kind of thing.

Thanks for your patience in helping the unforgiveably ignorant (such as myself) :-) Nancy Sculerati 08:12, 31 March 2007 (CDT)

copy editing

I've been staring at the Complex number and Prime number articles for so long that another set of eyes for copy editing would be most welcome. Greg Woodhouse 10:57, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

Galileo credits

Thanks for installing the Author template on the talk page. Now I know what to do on the next article. Daniel Drake 15:11, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

==Journal of Neuroendocrinology Hi Alex. This article was written here by me and copied to Wikipedia by David Goodman. The WP disclaimer should therefore be eliminated.Gareth Leng 09:01, 17 April 2007 (CDT)