Talk:Self-organized criticality

message: I've added a section on examples of SOC dynamics, with links to other pages rather than take up a load more room here.  That can also allow for the individual model pages to get relatively lengthy.  I've created the model pages as stubs so if anyone wants to write them, go for it! :-)  — WebDrake 02:12, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Examples of SOC dynamics

message: I've just created a stub page for the Oslo ricepile experiment, with a reference to the paper published in Nature.
In addition we need to create pages on the Gutenberg-Richter law and the Omori law for earthquakes.
Further ideas welcome! — WebDrake 23:36, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Further related pages 

message: To repeat the above (since some people keep trying to remove it), it is understood that :Category:Applied and interdisciplinary physics is a parent category of :Category:Self-organization.  The choice is deliberate.  SOC is clearly related to self-organization, but is not limited to that area of interest: it has wide applications in interdisciplinary studies.  The categories are chosen to reflect both these aspects.
If you want to remove the category, please give a good reason on these talk pages first. —WebDrake 13:40, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Applied and interdisciplinary physics

message: Where did the comment come from that SOC is sometimes referred to as "the Neo effect"?  I've never heard of this term and was unable to find any reference to links with SOC except the comment in this article.  So, I've removed it for now, but if anyone can convince me otherwise, I'll let it be put back in. —WebDrake 09:54, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The Neo effect"?? 

message: Can the person who made these edits please identify themselves and give some justification for this edit?
I am going to rewrite these edits on the following grounds:
# This article is about self-organized criticality, not the sandpile model.  The concept of SOC was put forward by BTW and not before.
# The edits suggest bad faith on the part of BTW, which I see no reason to assume.
# I actually have the Smalley et al. and Katz papers, and it's not at all clear that the models are identical.  Similar, yes.
# Turcotte wrote a review of self-organized criticality, referenced in the article, and he does not even mention the papers in question.  Given that he was a co-author on the former, you'd think he might have done so if there was really a priority question.
I agree that we could mention, in the discussion of the history, that some earlier similar models to the sandpile model had been published. —WebDrake 12:09, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Further to above, I have reverted the introduction but added some extra material elsewhere. —WebDrake 13:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Smalley et al. (1985) and Katz (1986) papers 

message: My thanks to the anonymous contributor who added the Bak-Sneppen references.  I'm going to move the Sneppen interface depinning reference to Bak-Sneppen model where it is more appropriate.  The Bak-Sneppen reference itself I think should stay as it represents the introduction of the second general kind of SOC dynamics: extremal models as opposed to threshold/avalanche models. —WebDrake 18:16, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bak-Sneppen references 

message: I believe there were interesting precursors of Bak's first SOC models.  I think one of them was by Sue Coppersmith.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.190.40.183 (talk) 03:00, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Precursors 

message: Both paragraphs in the section on Criticism seem to be excessive in their tone.
The first starts "There is a debate on the relevance of SOC theory to the real world." and then proceeds to offer a single example about sand which seems like an inappropriate synecdoche.
The second paragraph then boldly states that "These criticisms are obsolete." and again, describes a single example of a physical system which SOC models well.
These are both hasty generalizations (the second much more so than the first) and they smell a little bit of ego. --2601:19B:801:5180:0:0:0:2B05 (talk) 17:52, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inappropriately authoritative tones in Criticism section 

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thread_title:  Contribution of Infographics