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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 [[User:Robert Tito|Robert Tito]] | [[User talk:Robert Tito|Talk]] 13:49, 2 March 2007 (CST)


==Edit Peaks in April & May==
We have peak number of edits in April and May every year. Any reason for that? [[User:Meg Ireland|Meg Ireland]] 14:15, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
: Maybe Eduzendium activities? Otherwise,  no big idea (and remember, "lies, damn lies and statistics" :)) [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] 14:30, 3 September 2009 (UTC)


== more branches on the tree ==
==Any chance of more recent progress in time?==
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--[[User:David Lehavi|dlehavi]] 15:40, 2 March 2007 (CST)
It appears they end in October 2008. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 18:24, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
: October 2008, indeed. Short answer is, well, yes, I should try it. A longer story is that at some point article listings in the categories on the wiki became quite incomplete. This resulted in inconsistencies in stats so that I had to stop.  Now, I've just checked and it seems that the listings agree with article counts (so it should work). [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] 19:40, 2 October 2009 (UTC)


==logic==
::It certainly would be reasonable to show a "data loss" in the graphs. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 20:09, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
..is unprotected. :-) [[User:Stephen Ewen|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. [[User:Robert Tito|Robert Tito]] | [[User talk:Robert Tito|Talk]] 12:44, 3 March 2007 (CST)
: Now it seems OK and there is no more data loss. Just uploaded a new checklisted articles breakdown and articles by workgroup; for other graphs I have to update a couple of functions to parse the updated design of category pages and dumps... [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] 06:52, 3 October 2009 (UTC)


== Wot?  Wat! ==


== imprted topics list from WP ==
Sending a quick ‘hello’ out to all of you who wanted a weekend write-a-thon.  Also, a nudge, push, and a shove to all those who haven’t made it out in a while. This Sunday, 10th January, is your [[CZ:Monthly Write-a-Thon|Big Chance]].  Party theme is ‘stubs’.  Now, what could be easier?  Write about anything you want!  (At least come on over and say ‘hi’—we’ve all been much too quiet lately and I rather miss everybody.) [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 20:56, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
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.--[[User:David Lehavi|dlehavi]] 11:04, 5 March 2007 (CST)


== Big O notation ==
== thx ==


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)]]. --[[User:D. Matt Innis|Matt Innis]] [[User talk:D. Matt Innis|(Talk)]] 14:15, 25 March 2007 (CDT)
Thanks for your long-time contributions on CZ's statistics. We are all looking forward to some point in the future when the line graph goes up exponentially. ([[User:Chunbum Park|Chunbum Park]] 22:51, 15 October 2011 (UTC))


''Now, I propose
== Thank you, Aleksander ==
* 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? --[[User:D. Matt Innis|Matt Innis]] [[User talk:D. Matt Innis|(Talk)]] 17:05, 25 March 2007 (CDT)
Aleksander: Thank you for your consistent efforts to keep us quantitatively informed about how Citizendium is doing, in your amazing article/page, [[CZ:Statistics]].


As you are a math author, would you consider discussing one of these [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Category:Mathematics_Editors 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? --[[User:D. Matt Innis|Matt Innis]] [[User talk:D. Matt Innis|(Talk)]] 08:13, 26 March 2007 (CDT)
We cannot expect to improve our productivity as a free source of knowledge without having quantitative indexes of productivity trends. [[CZ:Statistics]] is invaluable. &mdash;[[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 03:43, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
: Thanks! Just a little script, but nice to know it's useful.  [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] 16:57, 9 July 2012 (UTC)


Okay, Robert, meet us on my talk page as well. --[[User:D. Matt Innis|Matt Innis]] [[User talk:D. Matt Innis|(Talk)]] 08:51, 26 March 2007 (CDT)
== Nomination for the Management Council ==
Big O is a standard way to solve equations in physics and chemistry by approximation. So only computers or mathematics will not suffice. [[User:Robert Tito|Robert Tito]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;<span style="background:black">&nbsp;<font color="red"><b>[[User talk:Robert Tito|Talk]]</b></font>&nbsp;</span> 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. --[[User:D. Matt Innis|Matt Innis]] [[User talk:D. Matt Innis|(Talk)]] 12:41, 26 March 2007 (CDT)
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The big O notation (and its relatives, such as the little o notation) is quite common in analysis and other parts of mathematics having nothing to do with analysis of algorithms. I believe it was introduced by Donald Knuth as an aide to the analysis of algorithms, but its use has spread well beyond that. [[User:Greg Woodhouse|Greg Woodhouse]] 23:02, 18 April 2007 (CDT)
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: Thanks for the nomination but I guess I'd be unable to handle this... [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] 07:59, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
::I don't see why not. You've been working behind the scenes here for years and we are currently moving towards a new technical solution, so your input would be valued. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 11:43, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
:::Well, it's all about CPU time, the ultimate limited ressource there (my lag is quite large and growing)  :(  [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] 14:27, 25 July 2013 (UTC)


Sorry I didn't respond for so long, Alek ... I agree that an article titled "Big O notation" is a bit weird - it'd be like having an article titled "The f(x) notation". Big O is a way to express certain ideas (in complexity theory, analysis, physics, and so on), and so it can be discussed where those ideas are discussed. - [[User:Greg Martin|Greg Martin]] 17:57, 24 April 2007 (CDT)
== CZ activity page ==


== WP credit ==
Following [[User talk:Anthony.Sebastian#What to be done about this?|this discussion]], [[Citizendium/Activity|this page]] may be of interest to you. Perhaps it can become a base for presenting statistics about CZ. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 15:47, 18 November 2013 (UTC)


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.
== You've been nominated as a candidate in the June 2014 election ==


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.
You've been nominated as a candidate in the [[User:ElectionJune2014|June 2014 election]]. Please visit [[User:ElectionJune2014/Nominations|this page]] to accept or decline the position. No action will also be treated as declining. If you accept, you may choose to write a statement - see the election page for further details. Alternatively, contact me via my Talk page or privately via e-mail. Regards, [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 14:55, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 
[[User:James F. Perry|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. [[User:James F. Perry|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! [[User:James F. Perry|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. [[User:James F. Perry|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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Proctor_compaction_test&diff=118137078&oldid=117954042 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? [[User:Anthony Argyriou|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. [[User:Anthony Argyriou|Anthony Argyriou]] 16:36, 29 March 2007 (CDT)
 
Alexander, a citizen asked me about  [[Pseudoscience]] which had originally been rimmed down from a wp article nad has been extensively edited. It no longer has the wp box checked- I believe that this is becase it no longer needs it, but could kindly check? Thank you, [[User:Nancy Sculerati|Nancy Sculerati]] 18:57, 24 May 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) :-) [[User:Nancy Sculerati|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. [[User:Greg Woodhouse|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. [[User:Daniel Drake|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.[[User:Gareth Leng|Gareth Leng]] 09:01, 17 April 2007 (CDT)
 
== WP text in [[Systems biology] ==
 
Aleksander: If you could direct me me the the WP text, I'll delete and revise as necessary.  I had planned to do that but got busy with [[Life]] and life.  --[[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] [[User talk:Anthony.Sebastian|(Talk)]] 22:35, 18 April 2007 (CDT)
 
== Approved article image on main page ==
 
You know how to make this better formatted so the image appears next to approved? [[User:Stephen Ewen|Stephen Ewen]] 18:43, 24 April 2007 (CDT)
 
== WPAuthor template ==
 
Do you know why the {{WPAuthor}} template does not appear to work as expected at [[Talk:Amber_House]] and perhaps tell me at [[User_talk:Wahib_Frank]]? Thanks in advance! [[User:Wahib Frank|Wahib Frank]] 10:56, 6 May 2007 (CDT)
:Because you stupidly changed the `a' in author to an upper case `A', Frank! Be more careful in future. Should it be three or four tildes, though, when you use this template? [[User:Wahib Frank|Wahib Frank]] 11:01, 6 May 2007 (CDT)
 
== [[Environmental engineering]] ==
 
Can you please check the [[Environmental engineering]] article for use of Wikipedia material from both the same article at WP and the Civil engineering]] article there? Thank you. [[User:Anthony Argyriou|Anthony Argyriou]] 13:59, 25 May 2007 (CDT)
 
== Dublin ==
 
Oops, sorry about including the CZ:Geography template.  Still learning...  Thanks, [[User:Anton Sweeney|Anton Sweeney]] 06:31, 11 June 2007 (CDT)
 
== [[:Template:WPauthor2]] ==
 
Aleksander - I've created a new template for people claiming author credit for Wikipedia articles, at the title link. The primary change is to allow people to specify the wikipedia article name. Please check it out and suggest improvements. I tried to make links, but was unable to - there are complications with multi-word article names.  [[User:Anthony Argyriou|Anthony Argyriou]] 12:55, 22 June 2007 (CDT)
 
== popups ==
 
Hey Aleks, does [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/User:Aleksander_Stos/monobook.js the popups] work for you?  I couldn't get it to work here, but I am no computer wiz!  If you get it to work, can you let me know what I am doing wrong? --[[User:D. Matt Innis|Matt Innis]] [[User talk:D. Matt Innis|(Talk)]] 10:15, 27 June 2007 (CDT)
 
== ''John Steinbeck'' article ==
 
If the ''John Steinbeck'' article is deleted, will that not leave the photo orphaned? If it weren't for that, I would say just delete it. [[User:James F. Perry|James F. Perry]] 12:13, 30 June 2007 (CDT)
 
:In that case a link is placed to the image on the talk page and the talk page retained. Once the article is recreated, a notice about of the image greets the user. &nbsp;&mdash;[[User:Stephen Ewen|Stephen Ewen]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Stephen Ewen|(Talk)]] 17:35, 21 July 2007 (CDT)
 
== Bayesian filtering article? ==
 
Why was that marked external? It doesn't look to me like it's from anoter source. Did I miss something? [[User:Greg Woodhouse|Greg Woodhouse]] 12:13, 30 June 2007 (CDT)
 
== CZ Live ==
 
Aleksander, I'm confused.
 
I thought you wanted to get rid of the CZ live category, so I haven't been including it.
 
Is this wrong?
 
[[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 19:15, 10 July 2007 (CDT)
:Thanks for the prompt reply and the thread link! Cheers [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 21:04, 11 July 2007 (CDT)
 
== WP Author Template ==
 
Thanks for the template, Aleks, I'll be copying and pasting!
 
Do you prefer 'Aleks', 'Alex'...or 'Dr Stos' for that matter?
 
[[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 17:18, 19 July 2007 (CDT)
 
:Okay, understood :)  Replied [[User talk:Aleta Curry#re|here]]      [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 18:05, 20 July 2007 (CDT)
 
== Your question ==
 
Regarding your question [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=CZ%3AShould_we_permit_or_disallow_commercial_use_of_CZ-originated_articles%3F&diff=100137590&oldid=100137582 here], yes, please feel free! &nbsp;&mdash;[[User:Stephen Ewen|Stephen Ewen]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Stephen Ewen|(Talk)]] 17:27, 21 July 2007 (CDT)
 
==Main page==
Looking great. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] [[User talk:Chris Day|(talk)]] 12:20, 25 July 2007 (CDT)
 
== WP Credit ==
 
I notice you have been adding "WP Credit" to articles that I have posted here and also on WP. When I posted them here several months ago, there was a discussion about whether WP credit should be given. The conclusion was that it NEED NOT be given, since I was very much the primary author (and sometimes the only one) of the WP article. The talk page of each of these articles includes a discussion of this situation. For articles where these conditions didn't apply, I tried to always give WP credit. I don't much care whether or not WP is named as the first place this material appeared, but I DO care about consistency, sticking to decisions once made, etc., especially when I jumped through so many discussion page hoops to describe what was going on. [[User:Louis F. Sander|Louis F. Sander]] 14:32, 31 July 2007 (CDT)
:Louis, without having checked which articles Aleksander is adding WP credit to, I do know that in his discussions with me, he's emphasised that if more than about one sentence of a WP article that isn't by the CZ author is re-used here, then the WP credit requirement applies. I've moved a number of articles of mine over, and have had to do some creative editing to remove the parts contributed by others, when I cared to have the WP credit removed from the article. [[User:Anthony Argyriou|Anthony Argyriou]] 15:53, 31 July 2007 (CDT)
::Thanks, Anthony. I'm answering on Louis' talk page (see nice recent criticism by WP). [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] 16:18, 31 July 2007 (CDT)

Latest revision as of 08:55, 2 June 2014


Edit Peaks in April & May

We have peak number of edits in April and May every year. Any reason for that? Meg Ireland 14:15, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Maybe Eduzendium activities? Otherwise, no big idea (and remember, "lies, damn lies and statistics" :)) Aleksander Stos 14:30, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Any chance of more recent progress in time?

It appears they end in October 2008. Howard C. Berkowitz 18:24, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

October 2008, indeed. Short answer is, well, yes, I should try it. A longer story is that at some point article listings in the categories on the wiki became quite incomplete. This resulted in inconsistencies in stats so that I had to stop. Now, I've just checked and it seems that the listings agree with article counts (so it should work). Aleksander Stos 19:40, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
It certainly would be reasonable to show a "data loss" in the graphs. Howard C. Berkowitz 20:09, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Now it seems OK and there is no more data loss. Just uploaded a new checklisted articles breakdown and articles by workgroup; for other graphs I have to update a couple of functions to parse the updated design of category pages and dumps... Aleksander Stos 06:52, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Wot? Wat!

Sending a quick ‘hello’ out to all of you who wanted a weekend write-a-thon. Also, a nudge, push, and a shove to all those who haven’t made it out in a while. This Sunday, 10th January, is your Big Chance. Party theme is ‘stubs’. Now, what could be easier? Write about anything you want! (At least come on over and say ‘hi’—we’ve all been much too quiet lately and I rather miss everybody.) Aleta Curry 20:56, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

thx

Thanks for your long-time contributions on CZ's statistics. We are all looking forward to some point in the future when the line graph goes up exponentially. (Chunbum Park 22:51, 15 October 2011 (UTC))

Thank you, Aleksander

Aleksander: Thank you for your consistent efforts to keep us quantitatively informed about how Citizendium is doing, in your amazing article/page, CZ:Statistics.

We cannot expect to improve our productivity as a free source of knowledge without having quantitative indexes of productivity trends. CZ:Statistics is invaluable. —Anthony.Sebastian 03:43, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Just a little script, but nice to know it's useful. Aleksander Stos 16:57, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for the Management Council

You have been nominated for a seat on the Management Council in the July-August Special Election. The nominator was myself. To accept or decline this nomination, please visit the Nominations page by midnight UTC on July 27th. You may write an election statement for each if you wish (linked from the Nominations page).

The Management Council seat expires on either June 30th, 2014, or June 30th, 2015 (the successful candidate with fewest voting receiving the shorter term). In the event that Referendum 1 is passed, all seats will expire on June 30th, 2014. Thanks! John Stephenson 17:20, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the nomination but I guess I'd be unable to handle this... Aleksander Stos 07:59, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
I don't see why not. You've been working behind the scenes here for years and we are currently moving towards a new technical solution, so your input would be valued. John Stephenson 11:43, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
Well, it's all about CPU time, the ultimate limited ressource there (my lag is quite large and growing)  :( Aleksander Stos 14:27, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

CZ activity page

Following this discussion, this page may be of interest to you. Perhaps it can become a base for presenting statistics about CZ. John Stephenson 15:47, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

You've been nominated as a candidate in the June 2014 election

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