Talk:World line

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--Sir48 9 July 2005 12:13 (UTC)What is this ?

It's user:Fwappler. See also Duration. Fwappler, please explain these things you are adding! Wikipedia is a general encyclopedia, not a scientific text. That doesn't mean anything must be dumbed down, but articles need an introduction that establishes CONTEXT and gives an overview -- Tarquin 10:54 Jan 5, 2003 (UTC)

I known I found this article trying to understand duration.

As for the above:

I'm sorry, the notion of Worldline which I've added doesn't readily admit any explanation besides those stated already, and as (at least partially) provided through their Links.

Set and Observational content are about as plain as I know to put it.

If this were not the principal notion of Worldline which We like to see, then my addition may constitute merely the aspect of Worldline:Scientific text. The article which links to this page might be similarly parcelt [parceled(?) - Patrick] . I surely don't wish to extend my reach beyond my grasp. Fortunately We seem to agree that Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a general encyclopedia to the exclusion of scientific text.

Best regards, Frank W ~@) R, Jan. 5, 20:57 PST.

Fwappler, something in the style of http://library.thinkquest.org/27930/worldlines.htm (which you've linked to) is required, at least for the introduction. -- Tarquin 09:32 Jan 6, 2003 (UTC)

I could not understand the content as it was and I have replaced the item with an entirely new text. Please add the old text again, but try to place it in a better context, starting e.g. with In philosophy a wordline is ... Jheise 18:00 Jan 6 2004

Why does this article in the text and the thumb-text of the illustration talk about the earth's orbit as (almost) a circle? The right expression "an ellipse" should be well known. --Sir48 9 July 2005 12:13 (UTC)

I changed the word 'singular' to unique in the first sentence. Worldlines are continuous and smooth most places. 'Singular' might be confused with a discontinuity or discontinuous derivative. -r