User talk:JA.Davidson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

Welcome!

Hello, JA.Davidson, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  -- zzuuzz (talk) 02:41, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Referencing

Hi again JA. I fixed the reference at Coherer. You can find info about references at WP:FOOT and WP:CITE, and even, WP:CITET. -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! I could have looked that up but I am so lazy today (and every day!) I did move the ref to what I hope is a more strategic point. John 21:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Connection quality is improved, not lowered.

The sentence previously said that the resistance was lowered, which means the same thing as improving the connection. — Omegatron 16:03, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, I am not adament about it, I would just like to make it assessable to laymen. I think improved connection is clear to more people than lower resistance. John 16:08, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Rereading the sentence, I don't think it previously said R was lowered. It would have to be reworded to say that, but should it? Granted, it is technically correct (and more precise) to say R is lowered, but laymen just don't get it. Since this is the lead article, I vote to make it as layman assessable as possible. What say you? John 16:14, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

"The resistance ... is lowered by increasing the surface area of the electrode in contact with the earth"
I don't care either way, I was just saying that there was nothing wrong with the original. There's nothing wrong with your edit, either, though "improving the connection" is less specific than "lowering the resistance". — Omegatron 16:43, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually you were right in one interpretation of the sentence. Problem is it had 2 interpretations. I tried to fix that, still retaining the layman orientation, since you appear to be good with that. Thank you. -John 17:00, 8 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Moving Crystal Radio Receiver

{{helpme}} Can someone move Crystal Radio Receiver to Crystal Radio? The term "receiver" is not used with Crystal Radio. I created Crystal Radio article and redirected it to Crystal Radio Receiver, which was a mistake. Now I can't get rid of the Crystal Radio article so I can move Crystal Radio Receiver to it.

There we go, moved. Hope that's what you were meaning :) Brian | (Talk) 03:47, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikify:Radio Waves

Hay, I didn't add the wikify tag, It been there for ages, but by the look of things it needs splitting up into chapters/subheadings, then a lot more content added. personally, I would suggest merging with Radio Frequency. Eŋlishnerd(Suggestion?|wanna chat?) 19:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../j/a/2E/User_talk%7EJA.Davidson_7c0d.html"