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: Maybe ''this'' is indeed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Linas#A_better_place_for_you.3F a better place for you]... :-) --[[User:Boris Tsirelson|Boris Tsirelson]] 23:24, 1 July 2012 (CEST) | : Maybe ''this'' is indeed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Linas#A_better_place_for_you.3F a better place for you]... :-) --[[User:Boris Tsirelson|Boris Tsirelson]] 23:24, 1 July 2012 (CEST) | ||
+ | ::Thanks. Finding exactly the right combination of editability, accuracy, peer review, etc. remains elusive. Planet-math is not wiki-like enough; there is no effective way to revise existing articles. And its slow... Scholarpedia seems promising, but for the life of me, I have only been able to log on once, and never again. I guess they have technical problems. Wikipedia can be both marvelous and awful. I still remember the time a college student, preparing for an exam, asked me for help on angular momentum in quantum mechanics. I spent hours fixing up the page; he blanked it because he couldn't understand it, and replaced it with nonsense. I've not the patience. The question will be: can EOM attract enough interest. the "critical mass", to move forward? [[User:Linas|Linas]] 00:16, 2 July 2012 (CEST) |
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Hi Linas, welcome aboard here. We definitely appreciate contributions by experienced wikipedians! Maybe you will have fun here with mathjax enhancements. --Ulf Rehmann 21:33, 1 July 2012 (CEST)
- Maybe this is indeed a better place for you... :-) --Boris Tsirelson 23:24, 1 July 2012 (CEST)
- Thanks. Finding exactly the right combination of editability, accuracy, peer review, etc. remains elusive. Planet-math is not wiki-like enough; there is no effective way to revise existing articles. And its slow... Scholarpedia seems promising, but for the life of me, I have only been able to log on once, and never again. I guess they have technical problems. Wikipedia can be both marvelous and awful. I still remember the time a college student, preparing for an exam, asked me for help on angular momentum in quantum mechanics. I spent hours fixing up the page; he blanked it because he couldn't understand it, and replaced it with nonsense. I've not the patience. The question will be: can EOM attract enough interest. the "critical mass", to move forward? Linas 00:16, 2 July 2012 (CEST)
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Linas. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Linas&oldid=27040
Linas. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Linas&oldid=27040