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Talk:Guiding center

message: This article is very confusing. The fluid and particle pictures are mixed up. The diamagnetic drift is not a particle drift in a straight and homogeneous B field. it is merely a fluid drift. Read chapter 7 in Goldston rutherfor introduction to plasma physics...... 
Article should at least include remarks about guiding centre theory and gyro center theory...
:The fluid picture is only used where the diamagnetic drift is mentioned. That is only twice, and both times it is pointed out that it should not be confused with a guiding center drift. What elements of guiding center theory are missing? Are you using "gyro center theory" to mean something different than "guiding center theory"?
:The article is very dense, but I don't immediately see how the material can be presented more clearly without making it much longer. Concrete suggestions are welcome. Better yet, try to improve it yorself! --Art Carlson 15:16, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion 

message: :\vec{v}_{\nabla B} = \frac{\epsilon_\perp}{qB} \frac{\vec{B}\times\nabla B}{B^2}
This is ambiguous, because the second vector of the cross product (\nabla B). I'd change it myself, but the reason I came to this page was to check a formula from my class notes. The expression I have is
:\vec{v}_{\nabla B} = \frac{2\epsilon_\perp}{q} 
\frac{\vec{B}\times\vec{\nabla}|\vec{B}|}{B^2} 
I guess the cross product is right, but I'm scrounging around for the numerical factors now: I'm not sure where my extra 2B comes from. Warrickball (talk) 14:14, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Grad-B Drift Formula

message: I wonder if some book contains a direct derivation by perturbation expansion of the drift terms on the generalised first-order equation of the particle dynamics in the case witha a Lorentz force:
m \frac {\operatorname d \vec v}{\operatorname dt} = \vec F + q \vec v \times \vec B  
at the present time in this page as I found in some introductory books like Freidberg's one there is only a list that doesn't show which ones are the zero order ones, which ones the first order, and so on. For convenience, I purpose to do this by putting it in the elementary form:
\frac {\operatorname d \vec v}{\operatorname dt} + \vec \omega_c \times \vec v = \vec a  
where a is the acceleration and ωc is the Larmor frequency. --79.52.61.80 (talk) 19:55, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Derivation of the equation
Talk:Guarantee

message: The article doesn't appear to cover the notion of personal guarantee even though the term is widely used (even in Wikipedia):
Agreement that make one liable for one's own or a third party's debts or obligations. A personal guarantee signifies that the lender (obligee) can lay claim to the guarantor's assets in case of the borrower (obligor) default. It is equivalent of a signed blank check without a date. The obligee is generally not required to seek repayment first from the obligor's assets before going after guarantor's assets. The lender's actions are usually based on whose assets are easier to take control of and sell. Once signed, a personal guarantee can only be cancelled by the obligee.
An arrangement in which a person becomes liable for the debts of another party, in case the other party fails to clear their dues on time. Can be regarded similar to a blank check that has been signed, but does not have a date.
Possible other uses:
:"On Monday, current President Waheed told the BBC that he would personally guarantee free elections." 
:"Protesters say that corrupt elements of Mr. Akayev's government intercepted earlier payments and that the new president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, gave his personal guarantee that the compensation money would be paid in full." 
pgr94 (talk) 19:32, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal guarantee
Talk:Kursk submarine disaster

message: The past form of the auxiliary verb "may" is "might". We do not say "I thought you may be tired", because "thought" describes a past time and "may" a present time.  There is a notion among weak English students that "might" is somehow an ungrammatical form, owing to its incorrect use as a present form in expressions such as "I might go with you tomorrow."
Now, we can correctly say "I think you may have erred", as the "may" refers to a present, not a past, uncertainty. One such expression has been left in the text of this article. The other three usages of "may" to describe past uncertainties were wrong and have now been corrected. Please do not revert these corrections.Chenopodiaceous (talk) 03:00, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  May/might differences 

message: In this section it states that it is unlikely that any Russian or foreign vessels could have reached Kursk in time to rescue survivors - citng a source published December 2000, before the salvage, and counter to earlier post-salvage analysis in the article, including the possibility that survivors could have lived up to 3 days (well within reach of Norwegian-British rescue). 2A00:23EE:13B0:87B1:9BFB:AB4D:6151:75D4 (talk) 00:32, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It is correct that there is an apparent contradiction between this section and the fact that the British/Norwegian assistance arrived the day after President Putin accepted. But it is not clear whether the resources needed for that help had been moved much nearer the sinking site in the period between the initial offers and the date of acceptance. Without that information, it isn't clear whether arrival would have been within 3 days of the sinking. Sbishop (talk) 12:42, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death of survivors
Talk:Lisa's Substitute

message: Hello! I made a couple of changs to reflect the fact that Lisa's teacher did in fact not contract lyme disease -- she merely imagined that she did. When she returns, she explains it away by calling it "psychosomatic", even though it was actually a case of hypochondria (and NOT a psychosomatic illness). Thomas76.113.104.88 (talk) 01:03, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for fixing it. CTJF83 GoUSA 20:10, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ms. Hoover didn't actually have lyme disease 

message: the article states that this episode was Fox's third highest rated show of the week in it's opening paragraph and towards the end of the article says that it was Fox's highest rated show of the week  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.32.135.162 (talk) 10:04, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice catch. I checked the source and it was no. 1 for Fox that week (beating Married.. with Children), so the problem is now fixed. --Maitch (talk) 10:11, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  highest rated 

message: They re-recorded it, but it was still not in the same key as the guitar-playing.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.77.60.53 (talk) 20:26, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Singing out of tune
Talk:Jacks

message: I have a set of jacks here (of which I may manage to provide a photograph), but I've never played.  I note that, of the six points of each jack, four have balls on the end, and two (opposite) are more pointed.  This suggests to me (and experiment confirms) that the jack can be spun on a smooth level surface, but this isn't mentioned in the description of the game.  Is there some variant that uses this property? Bovlb 14:40:11, 2005-08-05 (UTC)
This is completely anecdotal and un-encyclopaedic, but when we were young my brother and I 'spiced up' the game by requiring the playing to set the jacks spinning and scoop them up before they stopped moving.  --Adam Brink 18:50, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Spinning jacks

message: Shouldn't this be merged with the Knucklebones article? François (talk) 11:08, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know which direction the merge should take, as both seem to be valid, widely-used names (It may be an ENGVAR thing), but I concur with the idea of a merge. The Jacks article includes "knucklebones" as an alternate name, while the description of a modern knucklebones playing piece is exactly the same as a jack. It's pretty obvious that they are the same game, or at least variations on the rules. There's no need for separate article, though I would like to discuss which way to merge, which comes down to WP:COMMONNAME.oknazevad (talk) 18:23, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Merge per → WP:UCS. Regards, Krenakarore (talk) 02:51, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: There's a type of barrier (road or otherwise) that looks a lot like the metal jacks piece, usually with barbed wire strung between. What is it called? SharkD  Talk  04:18, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Similar looking barrier
Talk:Blood and Bones

message: Apologies, I did not know the correct way to write the author's name and found several different spellings on the internet, more even than the three I listed. Being a fan of eastern cinema doesn't necessarily mean you can speak the language! I'm guessing that these are anglicised or "romanised" interpretations of the author's name, but at the same time there is probably some agreed spelling convention for names of which I'm totally unaware. I'm sure someone will correct it...
As for the pic, I used one of about 5 different sleeves I saw scattered around the net. Don't know which version this is, but it seems to be neither the standard Japanese nor the Korean cover. However this same pic was used on promotional posters and it looks pretty nice, so I chose this one. I have no objections to people changing it for an alternative cover if they wish.
Gram 14:40, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Author & Pic
Talk:Q-switching

message: Even with pulse-pumped lasers (such as flashlamp-pumped) you use a Q-switch to reduce the length of the pulse (You pump it for several milliseconds, then use the q-switch to get a pulse of only 10-50ns or much shorter).  Talking about it in only the context of CW lasers is misleading.
JohnFlux 14:45, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

message: Definition = (Quality switch) An optical valve in a laser that prevents light from transmitting outside the resonating cavity. The Q switch allows for the build-up of energy before it is switched open to allow light to move out.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.152.32.30 (talk • contribs) 01:19, 9 April 2009 
:"Optical valve" doesn't really appeal to me as a description. A Q-switch works just the opposite of what you have described: It does not prevent light from transmitting outside the cavity. Rather, it removes light from the cavity, preventing any light from building up there. Since the light can't build up, there is nothing to de-excite the electrons in the gain medium. As the gain medium is pumped, more and more electrons become excited, and the optical gain increases, reaching a much higher level than it would if there were light in the cavity. When the Q-switch is turned off, light begins to build up. Because of the much higher than usual gain, the light builds up very fast, to a much higher intensity than usual. It quickly depletes all the excited electrons, so the laser produces a relatively short, intense pulse.--Srleffler (talk) 03:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. --70.240.146.164 (talk) 18:32, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article is confusing and poorly worded for simple concept 

message: This article is too technical. I'm a college educated person and I find several things are totally unexplained in this article.
Some examples:
used in a double pass manner to half its thickness (Active Q-switching section). Excuse Me?
distinguish between ingoing and outgoing pulses. What ingoing pulse?
What is 'Jitter' (Variants section)?
Crusty007 20:38, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See Jitter for the latter.--Srleffler 22:33, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Too Technical

message: I removed the following from the active q-switching section. It is unclear, and doesn't really seem to concern active Q-switching per se, but rather other applications such as cavity dumping, regenerative amplification, etc.--Srleffler 22:41, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Paragraph removed
Talk:Georg Wittig

message: CH3C(-)H-P-Ph3 +  PhCHO  → PhCH=CHCH3 + Ph3PO
    
Ylide (or betaine) +  Aldehyde ->    Alkene
Those chemical equations up there were in the middle of the article. They did not make any sense being there at all. Was there a reason? I assume they're something Georg had something to do with, so I moved them here. --Phroziac (talk) 14:55, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, they represent the Wittig reaction, although it's odd that no-one gave them any context back in '05. Tomásdearg92 (talk) 20:48, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:British Bulldog

message: I have removed the entry for British Bulldog (band), as they don't have an article.  Any useful information about them (other than the fact that they existed) would be there, but since they are seemingly not notable enough to have one, there is no point having a broken link cluttering the Wanted Articles listing.  leevclarke (talk) 22:20, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: British Bulldog (band)
Talk:Diu (Cantonese)

message: I fail to see exactly what is inappropriate about the tone of this article. It's serious and descriptive - its only real flaw is it doesn't go into enough detail. If the objection is to the subject matter I suggest you check out fuck which no one is complaining about.
202.161.1.156 15:05, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

message: Nearly none of the content of this article is, in my opinion, verifiable. Could the main contributor, or anyone else, please provide sources for information? Otherwise, I think we'll need to clean up most of the article. Thanks JSIN 06:39, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: the "Five Great Profanities of the Clan Door" can probably be removed. The examples from classical texts were added by me, I guess they are not inverifiable...--K.C. Tang 09:42, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  verifiability 

message: In the Ming Dynasty, the character 丢 was used in literature for this word. This should be mentioned in the article. 24.93.190.134 02:27, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Original character

message: I don't think we use 𨳒 in Hong Kong. Derekleungtszhei (talk) 04:43, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: ??
Talk:2003 invasion of Iraq

message: Really, France, Sweden? Slatersteven (talk) 14:47, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, surely we only label countries as supporting in cases when they provide material assistance to one side of a conflict? I get that these countries have publicly opposed the invasion, but I'm skeptical you could find many reliable sources stating all of those countries outright supporting Iraq in this war. Most of the listed countries had absolutely abysmal relations with Iraq in 2003. Fanatizka (talk) 00:22, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: "Oppoed to" and supporting are not the same thing. Slatersteven (talk) 12:00, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Slatersteven Agreed that it shouldn't be listed as "support." The question is whether it could merit inclusion in the article if simply listed as opposed invasion? Could be helpful for readers to quickly glean some information on the diplomatic situation at the time. Fanatizka (talk) 15:00, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not in the infobox. Slatersteven (talk) 15:16, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

text: I agree🤣🤣🤣 Parham wiki (talk) 15:12, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

text: Russia should stay, the rest should be removed. Parham wiki (talk) 15:12, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Iraq Supported by: 

message: The page is currently over at Draft:Outline of the Iraq War, for anyone else interested in contributing to this. XTheBedrockX (talk) 19:53, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Created a draft outline page for the Iraq War 

message: www.npr.org/2023/03/29/1165581083
Senate votes to repeal unwarranted 2003 War authorization...
encyclopedia sup/m e.o r g/iraqtragedy /=re 102.64.169.160 (talk) 11:46, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: What do you want us to do? Slatersteven (talk) 11:54, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

text: What do you expect us to do? Slatersteven (talk) 13:46, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Illegal Iraqi war since 2003, only now senate recognizes... tsk tsk tsk... 

message: Hi, I feel like Bush's condemnation of Iraq is very relevant to the 2003 invasion of Iraq article.
It's not a freudian slip. he says 'Iraq too' afterwards. this needs to be in there somewhere. It's highly relevant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUEr7TayrmU CalfRaiser150 (talk) 13:16, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Problem is, do any RS think this? Slatersteven (talk) 13:17, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: who is rs CalfRaiser150 (talk) 13:20, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

text: wp:rs, read it please, ohh and wp:or. Slatersteven (talk) 13:25, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Youtube video of the Telegraph is not reliable? CalfRaiser150 (talk) 13:26, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Clearly Bush said this and clearly it is relevant, so please help me add it instead of just breaking down. I'm new to wikipedia. CalfRaiser150 (talk) 13:29, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It is you saying it was not a slip up, and that he thinks this, the source does not say that. Slatersteven (talk) 13:30, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you watched the clip? he says 'Iraq too'. That is the admission. CalfRaiser150 (talk) 13:32, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bush's condemnation of the invasion
Talk:CEOs of major corporations

message: Perhaps this can be moved to List of Chief Executive Officers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Guerberj (talk • contribs) .
:I agree, this should be merged with that list. --Asulca593 03:27, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. jareha 05:18, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Article merge suggested
Talk:IEEE 802.11i-2004

message: Most of these links seem to point to the same specification under different names and links are broken. I could edit, but I'm not sure if there need to be textual changes. This needs a broader look.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.12.103.131 (talk) 18:42, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: links to IEEE 802.11i

message: nonce means child sexual offender in the UK, please don't use this word in the article. I haven't corrected it because I am not a cryptographer and don't know synonyms...
I disagree, it is an established term and it is linked to the nonce article where the different connotations are explained. I don't see a problem. --Fylke
UK cryptographers use "nonce". — Matt Crypto 17:50, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: nonce

message: I may be missing it, but does this articel describe exactly what's changed from WPA -> WPA2? 68.39.174.238 21:20, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [1 - 2] = ? 

message: One section of the page calls it a Group Temporal Key, and another the Groupwise Transient Key.  Which is it?
Mussulma 23:53, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GTK?

message: In IEEE_802.11i#Windows_Vista, what is RTM? Please add an appropriate Wikipedia link or expand it inline. 122.162.67.45 06:18, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Release to Manufacturing", I assume.  See update to the page. Guy Harris 06:44, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is RTM? 

message: Thousands if not millions of wireless devices refer to a standard called "WPA2-PSK".  PSK is not described in this article.  A link and reference statement should be included in this article. Stephen Charles Thompson (talk) 23:49, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  WPA2-PSK 

message: "IEEE 802.11i enhances IEEE 802.11-1999 by providing a Robust Security Network (RSN) "
You're introducing a new word (which was made up for by the ieee 802 dudes) and using it at the same time...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.35.173.122 (talk) 15:53, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  RSN... 

message: The people in this study just took a around 10 year old tool (Aircrack-ng) and used it in combination with modern hardware.
With that they are able to test predictable password like words or names. Or they would be able to find random passwords with 7 or less ASCII characters.
It absolutely no vulnerability if you can find stupid passwords. And that some britans can use a tool made for skiddies is as surprising as if a cow is mooing in Texas. --Fabiwanne (talk) 15:36, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bullshit about WPA2 Brute Force vulnerability 

message: The introduction says that this was an amendment to the 2004 version, and says that at least part of this was integrated in the 2007 version. What is the status of this standard: deprecated or still valid? And what is the link with robust security networks (RSNs), since it redirects to this page? #!/bin/DokReggar -talk 08:51, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Status unclear
Talk:Exchange trading

message: No entry was avail for this, and so I started it (I wasn't logged in.)  I am checking my off-the-top-of-my-head definition against some written sources now, but it is probably good to know that I have over 2 decades of financial industry experience behind my off-the-top-of-my-head definition.
--Fish-man 15:36, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition
Talk:Margaret Deland

message: Margaret Deland was from Manchester, Pennsylvania which eventually became part of Pittsburgh.  The article links to Manchester of York County which is incorrect.  I don't know how to fix the text!  See http://www.manchesterhistoricsocietypa.com for more info.
Margaret Deland wrote a story called "Many Waters."  I'm not competent, and therefore will leaving adding it to the real page to someone more capable. 99.139.208.109 (talk) 20:20, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: From?
Talk:Ernst von Mansfeld

message: Was he the 'Mansfeld' that led Swedish invasion of Poland from 1608-1611? See Polish-Swedish War for details. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 15:45, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 
Category talk:American poets

message: Just for the record I know the naming conventions are still being hotly debated over at Wikipedia:Category titles (go there ant voice your opinion by the way). This is not about what name is "best", it's simply about having all the relevant articles in one place, with 14 articles here (at the time of writing) and 300+ over at :Category:U.S. poets it's simply easier to move the articles into :Category:U.S. poets (seeing as I don't have a bot). Once a consensus have been reached on Wikipedia:Category titles the :Category:U.S. poets category can then be renamed (or kept) acordingly, along with every other article of this kind. --Sherool 15:50, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The decision went the other way. CalJW 14:23, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect to [[:Category:U.S. poets]]
Talk:Dark Bunny

message: I know on arthur (cartoon) there are characters but really they should have their own page. --Maoririder 16:12, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  I really wish this would stay it's own page. 

message: This article was redirected to   as a result of a Vote for Deletion. The discussion can be found here. -Splash 20:38, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Vote for Deletion
Talk:Nova Scotia Secondary School Students' Association

message: As Freyr said, this isn't official. I've been asked by some members of PC to place a big ol' notice on the main article stating that it is unofficial, but I won't do that for fear of having this article branded as non-NPOV. I keep insisting that people will assume it's not official, but that's going in one ear and out the other for some people, so this will have to do. The Chief 21:51, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Status 