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[edit] Scientific Method

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Ok, your comment about Archimedes was humorous. It would have enriched the talk page, but we try to stay strictly encyclopedic in the actual article.

I am merely an occasional editor here, but if you have any questions, I can try to answer them as best I might from my user page. Use 4 tildes to sign. DanielDemaret (talk) 14:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Scientific Method and Archimedes

Oh, I did not mind you putting Archimedes into the article about Scientific Methods. That was fine. As a matter a fact, it was not I that removed your text, it was someone else.

But I think I understand the motives of whoever it was that took away your text. First of all, your text was put in the introduction of the subject, and it clearly did not belong in that section. Secondly, the primary reference was to Archimedes having invented the screw, which is common knowledge of course, but which seems irrelevant to an article on Method. I assumed, possibly incorrectly, the reference to a screw to be a pun rather than a serious edit. Lastly, you mentioned logic, which might in itself have been relevant to the article if 1) It had not been placed on its own in the intro 2) It had not been together with what I thought was a pun - and I did, others will think so too, and 3) it did not really seem to be well integrated into the rest of the article.

I hope that you will continue to contribute to wikipedia. Do not get discouraged if someone changes your text. The vast majority only do this if they really think it needs changing to make a better article. Take some time and careful thought and get at it again :) DanielDemaret (talk) 15:16, 15 January 2008 (UTC)