[WikiEN-l] A definite version of WP:CRYSTAL

[Jay Litwyn]

I consider synthesis in mathematics to be almost inevitable. In Physics, it 
is less so, because you hav to estimate error and you are more reliant on 
experimental results. It is also harder in Physics to be sure that you are 
being reasonably complete; that there is no cold fusion. There is still 
value in explaining what feeds into an equation. So, yes, it is hard to 
place this one outside of wikipedia. I think the occasional exception holds, 
and it holds better with a basis and explanation. Unless I miss my guess, 
there are prerequisites to really understanding this one.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Gray" <shimgray at gmail.com>
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] A definite version of WP:CRYSTAL


> 2008/11/13 Jay Litwyn <brewhaha at edmc.net>:
>
>> Since I believe in global warming and I see a contest between it and
>> economics, I see a very hot dispute that really should be off-loaded. 
>> There
>> are so many other places for volatile information to go. In other words, 
>> if
>> someone did [[global warming]], I think they should expect to end up on
>> another site, unless the article is restricted to history.
>
> I think this is going to end in tears - where do we draw the line? Do
> we just not talk about global warming; do we talk about it as
> something that is believed to have happened up to and including last
> week; do we talk about it and imply it may continue to happen; do we
> talk about it in general terms in the future but give no numbers?
>
> I'm not sure this approach is helpful; it tries to deal with a small
> set of specific (percieved) problems by applying a draconian general
> rule. I mean, take cosmology. We'd be a shoddy encyclopedia if we
> didn't talk about the [[heat death of the universe]], a very
> well-known concept... but it's entirely hypothetical, it exists as a
> paper theory with some substantiating numbers, and it's several
> billion years ahead.
>
> -- 
> - Andrew Gray
>  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk
>
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