Pi

Hi Entropeter, Thanks for your references for the use of "pi" in 1697 by David Gregory. I don't have access to the books, so would you be able to check for me that his use of pi is the ratio of circumference to radius (and not to diameter as it is now). If it is, then perhaps we should add a note to explain this to avoid confusion. Thanks. Dbfirs 07:51, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

... (later) ... Sorry, I've found it now, and you were correct. I've added a bit more detail. Dbfirs 08:08, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dbfirs, Thanks for providing these details. It would be most interesting if we could identify other mathematicians that used the constant 6.283... rather than 3.14159... I guess that Euler was such an important mathematician that everybody after him used pi to denote 3.14159..., but it would surprise me if David Gregory was the only one of that time to be interested in the circumference divided by the radius rather than the diameter. EntroPeter 11:42, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for improving the text with links. If I find anyone else who used circumference to radius ratio, I'll add the details. Dbfirs 12:41, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Sodomize

In the article on the death of Moammar Gaddafi it was stated that might have been "sodomized". Later in the article (under Cultural Impact) the same incident is referred to as "poked or stabbed in the rear". In order to be more precise, more neutral and more consistent I changed "Sodomise" to "poked or stabbed in the rear", but you changed it back without giving any reason for that. You just mentioned that my change seemed unconstructive, but you did not change the second reference to this event. There are several reasons for my change. The notion of sodomy is unprecise. The first of all we do not know precisely what happened in the town of Sodoma. The second is that the whole concept is religiously flavored. The religious interpretation might be different in Arabic contriesand English speeking contries. The third is that what happened might not fit well into the definition of Sodomy as given in the article on Sodomy ("anal or other copulation-like act, especially between male persons or between a man and animal"). Maybe Gaddafi was already dead when this event took place and if that was the case what happened may should be described as "dishonoring a corpse". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Entropeter (talk • contribs) 16:41, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I initially reverted the edit because - at first glance - the edit appeared to be vandalism. "Being poked in the rear" and similar sentences are often vandalism, so when seeing the change i reverted it as such. Had i taken a better look at the context of the edit it should have been clear that, in this case, the change is of course entirely fine. Add the above explanation to that, and i would say that the change is actually for the better.

In short, my mistake here, and it seems to be the second mistake on that day (At least the second someone gives me a nudge about) - I guess it would be wise for me NOT to try vandalism patrol when feeling sleepy again, since the error ratio seems to go into the unacceptable area. For what it is worth, apologies for the mistake and the incorrect warning. I reverted my edit to the article, as the "vandalism revert" rationale obviously does not apply there. Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 19:03, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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British vs english spellings

I appreciate your dedication to accuracy, and I'm sure you were not aware of this, but in the Libyan articles we have been mostly using british english spellings over american english, with some small exceptions. So defence and criticised are actually correct in the Saif al-Islam Gaddafi article. I have gone ahead and changed them back, but just a note for the future :) Jeancey (talk) 23:09, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Bani Walid

Hey, I appreciate your strive for accuracy, but please don't remove sourced information just because it turned out that it might not have been entirely accurate. If there is another source, replace the current one, and change the text to reflect that the rumour turned out to be incorrect, but please don't simply remove a reliably sourced statement. Thanks! Jeancey (talk) 07:26, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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