Talk:Wire spring relay

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This article is incorrectly named. [....]

Oh. My account must be four days old for the "move" tab to appear. Day after tomorrow, then, I must correct this article and the ones that refer to it. Jim.henderson 05:32, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Done. Later I must write a new "Reed relay" article to replace the one that incorrectly got that name. Jim.henderson 06:27, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Past tense

This article is partly in the present tense and partly in the past tense. I believe that it's awkward in the past tense. I prefer to put things in the present tense. It seems more encyclopedic, but it's not quite accurate to describe something that hasn't been manufactured in the past 20+ years using the present. Comments? The Slimey 04:59, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, I ought to review my old articles in the light of experience. This is one of my earlier ones, and besides this little inconsistency of grammar, it also lacks sections, and links to using switching systems. Probably a bit of study will bring to light other deficiencies. Anyway to address the point, I'd rather treat the present tense as my error and convert to past tense. There must be a fraction of a million wire springers still in service, maybe something like one percent of those ever made, so essentially it's a past tense technology like steam locomotives or vaccuum tube radio receivers.

Oh! And thank you ever so much for the picture of a AK type split relay. Brings tears to an old spring bender's eyes. The description of how the card works, hmm, there's got to be a neater way to phrase that, but on the other hand I didn't say it at all, so again I have to thank you, Slimey. Jim.henderson 05:32, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Oops, I just did a nearly complete rewrite and put it all in the present tense before reading your comment. If you wish, feel free to change it all to past again. (It just feels awkward to me.) I'd say that there's no better way to spend the last Friday afternoon of the school year than editing Wikipedia!

I'd like to add citations to this article, also. Do you know if there's an accepted practice for citing BSPs? (Hehe. I must have a fetish for odd citations. Once I cited a Usenet message for a school paper. While trying to find a decent citation format, I came across a delightful article about defining a standard citation scheme in Backus-Naur form. Sadly, I cannot locate the article right now.)

I just looked at steam locomotive, and it appears to be written largely in the present tense except where talking about true historical events. Same for vacuum tube. The Slimey 07:45, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

All righty; the "historical present" seems appropriate in this case. Alas, Wikipedia seems to have barely heard of BSP; I guess it's a candidate for a new article. I can't help with the citation method, and starting any new articles will take me time. Been a little hectic in the past few days because I bought a new Brompton Bicycle and have been studying and equipping it. And because warm weather has made me lazy. Jim.henderson 23:33, 27 May 2007 (UTC)