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Talk:Shannon's source coding theorem

message: I suggest the 'Shannon noiseless source coding theorem' article be merged with this 'Source coding' article. 
--Hpalaiya 22:54, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: this is a separate large article. maybe a summary of this article might be appropriate on the source coding page - strong disagree
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.104.79.141 (talk • contribs) 16:18, 21 December 2006
Merge carried out, having first:
* renamed article from source coding to Shannon's source coding theorem
* redirected source coding to point to data compression
* moved material on variable length codes to variable length codes
* removed tag suggesting merger with entropy encoding
Some more clean-up to do, to blend the presentation of the two theorems more closely.  (Detailed editing not yet started). 
-- Jheald 22:00, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reorganised/Merged 

message: Applying the Jensen's inequality for the expression 
 \sum_{i=1}^n p_i \ log_2 (a^{-s_i}/p_i) 
we can have a direct proof without using any q_i's:
:
\sum_{i=1}^n p_i \log_2 \frac{a^{-s_i}}{p_i} \leq \log_2 \sum_{i=1}^n a^{-s_i}
Using the Kraft's inequality  \sum_{i=1}^n a^{-s_i} \leq 1 on the right side:
:
\begin{matrix}
&& \\
\sum_{i=1}^n p_i \log_2 a^{-s_i} + \sum_{i=1}^n p_i \log_2 \frac{1}{p_i} &\leq& \log_2 1  \\
&& \\
\sum_{i=1}^n p_i s_i \log_2 a - \sum_{i=1}^n p_i \log_2 \frac{1}{p_i} &\geq& 0 \\
&& \\
\mathbb{E}(S) \log_2 a  - H(X) &\geq& 0. \\
&& \\
\end{matrix}
--Vamos (talk) 20:12, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  An alternative proof for the symbol code case 

message: As far as I can see, Source coding theorem for symbol codes is wrong or at least is not accurate. Here is the counterexample: let \Sigma_1=\Sigma_2=\{0,1\}, f(\epsilon)=0, f(0)=\epsilon, f(x)=x for other x (\epsilon is the empty word), X is 0 or 1 with equal probability. Then, it is clear that f is decipherable code, but \mathbb{E}S=0.5<H(X)=1. There is also a counterexample that does not use the empty word.  Could someone help to state this theorem more accurate? Alexei Kopylov (talk) 17:30, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source coding theorem for symbol codes is wrong? 

message: Why is no practical example included for the less mathematically inclined? I often find a practical example can greatly help to illustrate abstract concepts, and I think this would greatly enhance the usefulness of the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.18.212.47 (talk) 08:31, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Practical example 

message: Shannon's original version is 100% reliable.
Source sequences that are not typical can be encoded with longer code words.
That does not hurt the approximation much, because the probability of atypical sequences is so small.
Wstomv (talk) 22:00, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why not drop "with negligible probability of loss"?
Talk:Lotus Exige

message: "The Lotus Exige was also available with a turbocharged 2.0l 4 cylinder engine producing around 400 bhp"
Not from the factory. The only engine options on production cars have been the normally aspirated Rover K-series 1.8 for the series 1 and the Toyota 2ZZ-GE 1.8 in both normally-aspirated and supercharged versions for the series 2. Sharm 22:56, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  400 hp? 

message: What are the units for efficiency?
--Rod lavor 12:39, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There are no units for efficiency. It's a ratio of output/input. e.g. a 100W filament bulb typically gives 3W of light. Therefore its efficiency is 3W/100W = 0.03 or 3% (rubbish) (The watts cancel out). LewisR 20:57, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Units 

message: Suggesting in the panel that similar cars are Mazda Miata (MX5) and Honda S2000 must be somebody having a joke and demonstrates a complete misunderstanding. They all have four wheels and 2 seats sure, but that's where the similarity ends. Neither the Miata or the S2000 are mid-engined. They are also equipped for comfort and are much heavier. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.18.73.199 (talk • contribs) 12:28, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Similar cars 

message: That's a picture of a GT1 Elise, not a GT3 Exige —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.99.76 (talk • contribs) 22:07, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong picture 

message: The E in 265E stands for Ethanol, not Experimental.  LewisR 21:06, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exige 265E 

message: Its use in racing is not trivia. It is a planned entry in a professional American motorsports league that is broadcast on television. 76.126.15.78 (talk) 22:26, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It is trivia because there is no significant involvement in racing and it does not significantly affect the sales or popularity of the vehicle.  One car that happens to be raced does not justify a racing section.  The page you linked also mentions the Volkswagen Jetta.  Does that need a racing section too?  A very large number of different cars have been used in some form of racing. swaq 22:42, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Racing 

message: The union jack Exige is trivia and does not belong on Wikipedia, at least in its current form. Perhaps creating a cultural references section and listing it there would be appropriate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.160.92.198 (talk) 15:32, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Union Jack
Talk:Bark Along with The Young Snakes

message: sorry i was tired of the pc... please give a little quality to my poor article. capi 23:00, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: sorry
Talk:Indian Administrated Kashmir

message: Its very strange that despite such a controversial topic, there is no discussion on this page... Has it been redirected elsewhere? Lost 05:49, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I'd like to see discussion as well. One particular user's personal dislike of the page (see my comments below) is not really a sufficient excuse of continuous blanking of the page. I'd request the user  to discuss his actions properly and reach a consensus. --Ragib 05:54, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

message: Should this article redirect to Jammu and Kashmir? 
* This region referred to is exactly the same as the J&K article.
* The title is inherently POV.
* Any content of the article that is not covered by the J&K article will be a POV fork from History of the Kashmir conflict, which is not allowed.
* The opposing arguments do not talk of the validity of this article, but of the alleged perfidies of other Indian editors elsewhere on Wikipedia. That is not a valid argument.  
— Ravikiran 14:06, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *Redirect. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:12, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

text: *I don't know that there's much to merge (everything covered here seems at least recapitulated in the J&K article), so I too would support a redirect (of course, if we don't merge anything, we'd not need to preserve the history per the GFDL and could delete the page altogether, although it's eminently possible that one might search for this title, and so a redirect is probably better, even as the title as given, notwithstanding its POVish nature, contravenes the MoS [should be Indian-occupied Kashmir, IMHO]).  Joe 01:06, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Page histories can be merged. =Nichalp «Talk»= 10:58, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  You mean that is a feature in Mediawiki?? — Ravikiran 13:30, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, not mediawiki. This can be done by admins. Very few admins actually carry this out because the action is irreverible and involves a lot of fixing of content. Usually only experienced admins do this. =Nichalp «Talk»= 09:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

text: I totally agree with Ravikiran. But would like to hear Siddiqui's reasoning to oppose. Infact, for a while, we had two articles before Ravikiran again redirected Indian Occupied Kashmir to Indian Administered Kashmir When do we finally take a decision on this Lost 11:05, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  RFC
Talk:Actigraphy

message: Article merged: See old Actimetry talk-page here.
Article merged: See old Actigraph talk-page here.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hordaland (talk • contribs) 02:33, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I would encourage the commercial vendors adding links to their products to note Wikipedia's spam policies. — ceejayoz talk 23:16, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link spam 

message: However, in last 5 years or so, technological innovations have lead to an explosion of "actinography" type devices or capabilities;  i.e., "wearables" (fitness trackers, such as Fitbit, UP, etc.) and also non-worn (iPhone 5S at later, etc.) devices with existing accelorameters.  This article does not address any of the mass-market penetration / cross-over of these personal devices into the realm of actinography.  Would perhaps be a useful subtopic to be added OR (more probably) linked to existing Wikipedia articles on them.  I haven't had time to look into such;  I'll try to look at it if I find time.  Or, I would encourage anyone else interested to take a stab at it.  Cynthisa (talk) 17:35, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revise/expand article to reflect boom in wearables?
Talk:MOS Technology 6522

message: It's nice to point out that a newer part has it fixed, but it would be nice to know the nature of the bug.
:Agreed - section tagged as requiring expansion. Simon Brady (talk) 21:53, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Need details of famous shift register bug

message: Link or image would make a good addition to the article.
http://visual6502.org/images/pages/MOS_6522.html
--Ferzkopp (talk) 03:31, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Die Shot
Talk:Dublin Senior Football Championship

message: Currently the crest are far too small to be seen easly . I'd have two suggestions 
*1 remove them
*2 increase to 40px 
The trouble with  40px is that it upsets  the whole table . My vote would go to removing them .(Gnevin 21:58, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Having looked at National Football League (Ireland) it would appear the quality of these pictures is the issue here as the logo's look fine at the nfl page. Still need to do something about the artical (Gnevin 22:24, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crests 

message: I'd suggest moving this artical or atleast the 2006 championship details too Dublin Senior Club Football Championship 2006(Gnevin 21:14, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Move
Talk:Aridity index

message: Re-wrote this page to include more background and information on AIs, add references, and remove the stub pointer. --Michel M Verstraete 23:39, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Note: The table at the bottom of the page comes from an earlier version of the page. Since I don't have a copy of the relevant UNEP publication (1992), I can't attest of the accuracy of these figures. Also, this particular publication has since been updated and the second edition (dated 1997) may well include different figures. --Michel M Verstraete 23:52, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Don Burrows

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Jreferee 22:25, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: Just in regards to someone deleting that Burrows studied at the Sydney Conservatorium in the 1940s. This is mentioned in several sources, but if you have additional information it would be great to share it. Some sources: Jazz Journal obituary (2020), Jazz In Australia (2015). Jimmyjrg (talk) 05:33, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, now I have my doubts too. Per DON BURROWS: THE GENTLE COMMUNICATOR (Eric Myers & Adrienne Lamb, 1978), Burrows didn't complete school and the article seems to suggest he learnt everything in clubs. In Don Burrows At 80 Years of Age (Andrew Ford, 2008), Burrows goes into more detail. It says he was part of a school band and then started playing around. So I'll make the change to the main article. Jimmyjrg (talk) 05:50, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Talk:Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duel Academy

message: I removed the cheats written on this page. This is a brief information sequence for the game, not a complete guide. Plus, it stretches the page.
Exscuse me, but could someone give me Jaden Yuki's deck Recipie for Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Beginning of Destiny? I would really appreciate it, I'm trying to make everyones deck. And I need Jadens recipie so I can put the right cards in the deck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tosho boy (talk • contribs) 10:32, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cheats removed
Talk:Far Away (Nickelback song)

message: Today, I did the following, in order to properly disambiguate the page:
*Moved this page from Far Away to Far Away (Ayumi Hamasaki song).
*Moved Far Away (song) to Far Away (Nickelback song).
*Changed the redirect created from the move of the original Far Away (now Far Away (Ayumi Hamasaki song) page to point to Far Away (Nickelback song).
*Added  to the top of Far Away (Nickelback song).
*Created Far Away (disambiguation) to disambiguate between these two, and future songs called "Far Away".
*Cleaned up all double-redirects made by my actions.
*Noted this on all talk pages and watched all pages.
I did this because I believe that the song by Nickelback is better-known than the one by Ayumi Hamasaki. This is so because the Nickelback song was on the charts in the UK, US, Australia and Canada, and in the top ten in most of those. By comparison, the Ayumi Hamasaki song was only popular in Japan, during 2000. Please let me know on my talk page or one of these talk pages if you disagree, and feel free to make the redirect Far Away point to Far Away (disambiguation). Thanks, WerdnaTc@bCmLt 23:49, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation 

message: "The single was only released in Europe and Australia,and was released in Canada in June 2006." Can someone explain that sentence to me please? --Stretch 07:30, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Release
Talk:Frangula purshiana

message: This web page was created by a mathematician. It desparately needs attention from a botanist. Tom Lougheed 23:49, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done - MPF 10:35, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Grateful thanks Tom Lougheed 20:59, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have restored the "offensive language" that anonymous user 204.16.231.98 removed from the article Rhamnus purshiana:
:Cascara Sagrada means "sacred bark" in Spanish. It was long used as a laxative by Native American groups of the northwest Pacific coast, and its much more pertinent regional name chitticum means "shit come" in Chinook Jargon; chittam comes from the Chinook Jargon phrase chittam stick = "laxative tree" which is similarly from the English word "shit".
However uncomfortable 204.16.231.98 may feel about the word "shit", it is wrong to censor a word where it appears appropriately in this article, considering that the word is the source of the Chinook Jargon names "chittam" and "chitticum", it belongs in the article. Tom Lougheed (talk) 03:49, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restored "offensive language". 

message: So personally, I say "herbal" with a silent H, but I have heard it pronounced with the H. In the US, it's usually silent——and that's what I think makes the most sense, given this is a plant found only in North America. Conifer (talk) 00:32, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you've got many more problems with this article than whether or not whether the "h" in "herbal" is silent. For instance, consider this: , namely too-close paraphrasing and original research. The source to which that is attributed make no such explanations or recommendations, and it is not in any case Wikipedia's place to make recommendations on dosing.  Eric Corbett 00:51, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Well then, that sentence can be removed. Do you have an opinion on the matter at hand, which is the grammar of the article? Conifer (talk) 01:47, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Other than it's poor do you mean?  Eric Corbett 02:14, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: And the grammar is poor in what way? Conifer (talk) 02:32, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "A" vs. "an" 

message: Thanks, Ben-Yeudith (talk) 07:35, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  An Evergreen tree? 

message: The redirect Chittem has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  J947 † edits 08:36, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Chittem]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Computer and video game clichés

message: *Comment. Wikipedia says The original motivation for the no original research policy was to combat people with personal theories, such as cranks and trolls, who would attempt to use Wikipedia to draw attention to their ideas and to themselves. The rule is ok, however it is very generalized. While this rule is important for 'serious' topics such as politics, biography, theories, society, science etc, I see no evil in less important topics such as computers games. IMHO this article is just observation. It may never have been published before. So what? Play the games and you will verify that A LOT of them feature exploding barrels. Pictureuploader 20:56, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment made after AfD closed
Talk:Far Away

message: Today, I did the following, in order to properly disambiguate the page:
*Moved this page from Far Away to Far Away (Ayumi Hamasaki song).
*Moved Far Away (song) to Far Away (Nickelback song).
*Changed the redirect created from the move of the original Far Away (now Far Away (Ayumi Hamasaki song) page to point to Far Away (Nickelback song).
*Added  to the top of Far Away (Nickelback song).
*Created Far Away (disambiguation) to disambiguate between these two, and future songs called "Far Away".
*Cleaned up all double-redirects made by my actions.
*Noted this on all talk pages and watched all pages.
I did this because I believe that the song by Nickelback is better-known than the one by Ayumi Hamasaki. This is so because the Nickelback song was on the charts in the UK, US, Australia and Canada, and in the top ten in most of those. By comparison, the Ayumi Hamasaki song was only popular in Japan, during 2000. Please let me know on my talk page or one of these talk pages if you disagree, and feel free to make the redirect Far Away point to Far Away (disambiguation). Thanks, WerdnaTc@bCmLt 23:50, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe it is better to just point Far Away to the disambiguation page (or much better, make Far Away a disambiguation page), and include similar results (Far and Away, in example). In any case, someone should have to fix all the redirections that have been created. I also noticed some people have been reverting articles here and there (like making Far Away (Nickelback song) a redirect to Far Away). -- ReyBrujo 18:53, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation
Talk:George Murray (general)

message: ”In 1715, Atholl adopted the same approach. James Murray, later 2nd Duke of Atholl, took the government side. He wrote letters to his three sons forbidding them to participate in the Rebellion, which he later produced as evidence of his loyalty.[7] ”
This could hardly be James Murray later 2nd duke of Atholl, who in 1715 had no sons but must be his father John 1st duke of Atholl writing to his three sons William, Charles and George. 
James Murray, later 2nd duke of Atholl did take the government side though. 83.248.144.245 (talk) 00:10, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The wrong duke?
Talk:Red Thunder Cloud

message: ". . . if he spoke the language after all of the native speakers died out, and nobody else could do so, then SC can't see what's wrong with identifying him as the last speaker of the language prior to his death. If the author seriously means that only people who are genetically related to the original language group count as ‘speakers of a language’, then it's impossible to distinguish between speech and race. Given that SC has friends of a variety of races whose English is uniformly better than their command of their ancestral languages — many of which they have only learned in school — your host thinks that this opinion is ludicrous. Aside from legitimizing crude ethnic slurs (like insinuating that people of Asian ancestry can't keep their ls and rs straight), this implies that there is something false or inferior about people learning to speak a language that wasn't spoken in their home growing up. SC thinks this is patronizing and bigoted . . . ." 
—Tamfang 00:19, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, his competence in the language is seriously doubtful, reading Goddard's account. While he did claim to speak the language, it appears that he was really stretching the definition of what it means to speak a language: In two or three hours of elicitation he obtained a couple of dozen Catawba words and somewhat fewer numbers, covering slightly more than three pages of a small exam book. His recollection years later was that Red Thunder Cloud knew considerably more than this, "between 100 and 250 words, ... numeral count up to ten, and occasional short expressions." That's a very generous standard. I wouldn't count anyone as a speaker of a language, not even a half-speaker, at best a rememberer, if all they can do is chucking out a couple of dozen words, numbers and perhaps short expressions, but no morphosyntax, which is necessary to productively use a language and lead at least conversations on simple topics – which apparently even John Davey was able to do in Cornish, although he's not usually credited as a speaker; at the very least, he was able to reproduce words and phrases, and at least one text not known from any other source, the rhyme. West didn't even know any coherent texts in Catawban, apparently. Also, it's unclear where West acquired his (extremely limited, according to my standards) knowledge of Catawba from. If he really gleaned the words from books, rather than learning them from other native speakers, I could be the last speaker (or even last native speaker, if we loosen our standards like that) of a helluva lot of languages thought to be long extinct very quickly and easily. So, learning a language means learning a couple of words and perhaps stock phrases by heart? Not even coherent texts, much less grammar/morphosyntax or productive use? Standards this low are doubtless the reason for the proliferation of polyglots. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 20:51, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  impostor?