User talk:Sdmolloy

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Vestfossen

I deleted the Vestfossen article. It has been too long time without any progress. Punkmorten 13:54, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rigidity_(accelerator_physics)

Hi there,

Firstly, don't worry about posting to my talkpage, us admins are here to help and most of us will be happy to do so! For future reference, the Wikipedia:Help desk is watched by a great many editors, so you're likely to get a faster response posting there if I'm asleep or away from the PC or something.

Moving to your actual request, I just deleted the redirect on procedural grounds after your article was moved to Rigidity (particle physics) by User:Skippy le Grand Gourou. On closer examination, it seems a reasonable enough redirect, so I have restored it and pointed it at the new article title. I freely admit that particle physics is something I'm not all that familiar with, so I don't feel qualified to comment on the suitability of the new title. I suggest you either ask the person who performed the move, or consult with Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics (who seem to have a reasonably accurate talkpage/noticeboard) to see if there are any established practices here on Wikipedia for article naming in the field.

I hope this information is helpful, if you need any clarification on anything, I'll be happy to help! Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 11:55, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. First I did move rigidity (accelerator physics) to rigidity (particle physics) because the former seems a bit restrictive to me, rigidity being also of strong interest in cosmic ray physics for instance. Particle physics being more general and including both accelerator physics and cosmic ray physics, without any ambiguity on the definition, it seems a relevant move to me.

Then I blanked the article rigidity (accelerator physics) for it to be deleted, since as there was no internal link to this page, and as I don't think people will search for the specific term (parenthesis are useful for disambiguation, but not for searches AFAIK), I didn't see the point of keeping this page which had lost all its meaning after the moving.

I hope you agree on the first point. Regarding the second point I don't really care about keeping this page (it's not like an orphan redirect would be a problem), I just don't see the interest. Anyway if you have good reasons for that I would be happy to read them. Skippy le Grand Gourou (talk) 13:31, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if you don't think that particle physics includes accelerator and cosmic ray physics, I understand better your anger… At least I'm not the only one to think it does, since "cosmic-ray experiments" and "particle accelerators" are both subcategories of the "particle physics" category. ;)

Anyway, you may find another term that includes both categories, but "physics" seems a bit too large, because the term "rigidity" is also used in mechanics (which, I hope you agree on that, is included in physics) with a completely different meaning.

Maybe something like "rigidity (electromagnetism)" ? Skippy le Grand Gourou (talk) 16:31, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, ok. Small accelerators then… :-P As a particle physicist I use to think of accelerators at the GeV-TeV scale, so as toys for particle physicists, and I forgot about other uses as well as small ions accelerators in microscopy instruments, for instance. Now I get the point.

Fine, so I'll move it to rigidity (electromagnetism) and remove the two other ones since they are of no use from now. Skippy le Grand Gourou (talk) 09:22, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the link. The point may be that you use your linac only as a tool producing X-rays (which BTW are garbage for particle physicists… :-P), while particle physicists use it for itself. I mean, I would not think of a car as a toy, but I guess pilots do. ;-) Cheers. Skippy le Grand Gourou (talk) 14:27, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]