On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:16:45 +0200, Daniel Ploss <daniel.ploss(a)csem.ch> wrote:
Dear Sir or Madam,
On that link to the rayleigh scattering coefficient ks is a mistake in
the power of pi. Pi should be to the power of five and not to the power
of six.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh_scattering
Please check this again. Thank you.
Best regards,
Daniel Ploss
Daniel: hard though it is to believe, wikipedia is founded on not just
the idea, but the practice, that anybody can edit any article. So to
correct this mistake, you need only to click the link labelled "edit
this page" near the top of the screen, and find the appropriate part
of the text to change. Then, when you click "Save page", the article
will be changed. No review is needed, your new version will become the
'official' version of that page instantly.
I haven't made the change myself, because I have no experience or
reference for the subject in hand - and also because I want you to see
just how easy and satisfying it is to improve the content of
Wikipedia. [Note that the formula is written in "TeX" so that it
displays nicely, but it's fairly easy to find where each part is
described.]
For more information on how the project works, how we would very much
welcome your help, and why it doesn't all break down into complete
anarchy (as well as what we hope it *will* become) please take a look
at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Welcome%2C_newcomers and
have a look around.
--
Rowan Collins BSc
[IMSoP]