Talk:X-ray absorption near edge structure

message: I have been reading over the current debate about the terms NEXAFS and XANES, and which one should be used by the scientific community. Both terms are, as of today, widely used, however XANES is the one that is definetely the most well known and adopted in scientific publications. 
As a member of the condensed matter community, I can say without a doubt that XANES is the term familiar to everyone.  I have conducted an informal poll of my colleagues, and, while they all seem to be familiar with the term XANES, only a few claim that they know the term NEXAFS.
Also, I feel that history should play a role in this debate.  The XANES term was first used in publication, so it might have more right to be preserved.  
If we do need to choose among one of the two terms I would vote for XANES on the basis of general familiarity and historical precedent.  Also, NEXAFS is a more specialized term than XANES, and therefore, if any one of the two has to be merged, this should be NEXAFS. 
:Do you therefore support a merger with one final article to be called XANES?   That would be fine with me. Alison Chaiken 18:58, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
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message: Both "NEXAFS" and "XANES" are terms used by the physics community to describe the experimental method under discussion here. Both names are equally valid. However, I created a quite substantial NEXAFS article before User:Bianconi created the XANES one, undoubtedly in an effort to publicize his/her own work. A whois lookup of the machine 141.108.20.26 shows that it is in Italy and "Bianconi" is an Italian name, so I believe that this article is primarily an attempt at self promotion. User:141.108.20.26 has removed links to the NEXAFS article from the EXAFS article and replaced them with links to the less substantial XANES one for no apparent reason. I'd like to hear others' opinion on whether XANES should be merged into NEXAFS or whether there should just be a redirect. Alison Chaiken 19:45, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[NEXAFS]] 

message: May I politely ask , , and , who have all edited this article or its talk page, which if any of them are the same user?  I ask in particular because 87.3.135.106 seems to believe that 87.3.31.93 is the same person as Bianconi, and the two IP addresses are also rather similar (perhaps a colleague?).  Editing from different usernames is not prohibited on Wikipedia (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppets), but it can muddy the waters during content disputes like the present one.  Thanks. -- SCZenz 07:31, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Steve.    Note that when I proposed merging t into NEXAFS, the XANES article was only a few lines long.     It's fine with me if NEXAFS (illustrated and largely written by me) is merged instead into XANES.    I just think it would be silly for there to be two separate articles.    A single article that discusses the questions you raise would be much more useful to people.    Don't just comment here, go ahead and make changes!  Alison Chaiken 05:14, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
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message: See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Physics#NEXAFS_and_XANES. Alison Chaiken 14:18, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikifying this article

message: This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 10:06, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
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message: Of course both acronyms are used, but that can easily be remedied by making NEXAFS a redirect to XANES. I have put the merge templates (back?) on both pages, particularly in view of the above discussion
Jcwf (talk) 14:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: I am puzzled by this assertion:
:NEXAFS also at times used the abbreviation EXAFS.
To the vast majority to those engaged in the field of x-ray absorption spectroscopy, EXAFS refers to the fine structure well above the edge, while NEXAFS or XANES refers to structure near the edge. If there is some unusual use of EXAFS to be a synonym for NEXAFS, I am unaware of it. In any case, this could cause great confusion for someone new to the subject, and should at least be edited to clarify that NEXAFS and EXAFS are usually not considered synonymous.--SarahLawrence Scott (talk) 20:20, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "NEXAFS" = "EXAFS"? 

message: I have uploaded a modified version of the diagram describing the theory. If it is inaccurate or the older version is preferred please revert it. I'd be grateful if you could let me know what was wrong with it if you do that :) Thanks, GoddersUK (talk) 23:39, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
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