Talk:Oval

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i am very new to the system, but as i was taught an oval is also a set of q+1 noncollinear points in PG(2,q) There should be a separate page for that in the projective geometry subcategory But how can I do request to start on that when i have to request here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Mathematics

I'll add that comment to the page, and add a red link like this: oval (projective plane). It's very simple to start an article that way. Charles Matthews 12:29, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks i can do that later. But is that THE way to start a new page. Suppose i would want to make an article about something that has no relation to any others so there is no link like you just made somewhere, what do I do? I really find that difficult here.Evilbu 16:05, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Type anything into the search box, for example QQQQQ. Click on Go. Then you will get a page saying there is no such page. From there it is fairly obvious: you click on the 'create this article link'. That immediately takes you to an edit box. Notice that the page you get is called http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QQQQQ&action=edit. So, if you like knowing the syntax for everything, just put that in your browser with QQQQQ replaced by any page name (use _ underlines for spaces, though).

But good advice is not to create 'orphan pages'. How will anyone find them? Start with a link from your user page, for example.

Charles Matthews 20:08, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Created oval projective geometry

I made the article (stub) explaining what an oval in a finite projective plane is. I strongly suggest a disambiguation page now. What do you think? Evilbu 23:10, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stadium

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Stadium.html

According to this source the second picture (rectangle + 2 semicircles) is not considered an oval and is in fact a stadium. I suggest removal of this picture, and the creation of a Stadium (geometry) page. Who's with me? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.38.122.195 (talk) 22:51, 7 March 2007 (UTC).