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Period after exclamation point

Hi Anita, I just noticed this revert. Of course I agree that a period after an exclamation point is incorrect, but the '!' character in the factorial expression n! is not a punctuation mark here. All authors that I know of, write the period in sentences that end with such an expression. See for instance

Joseph K. Blitzstein; Jessica Hwang (2014). Introduction to Probability (illustrated ed.). CRC Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-4987-5976-2. Extract of page 225.
Piero Olla (2014). An Introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics (illustrated ed.). Springer. p. 51. ISBN 978-3-319-06188-7. Extract of page 51

I can show a gazillion of such examples if you like . So I have undone your revert. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 21:54, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to show me examples. I'll take your word for it. Aside from the mathematics and grammar, I also thought "n!." looked awkward.—Anita5192 (talk) 22:04, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was a good excuse to generate a few citations with my home-written (in AutoHotkey) automatic formatter that generates a proper citation when I have a book page open in Google Books Search. I just love doing that, and it still works

. - DVdm (talk) 22:14, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you remove indentation? Unnecessary spaces are not always redundant.

Hi Anita, thanks for your continued maintenance of Moore–Penrose_inverse. In Special:Diff/1193373705 you removed unnecessary spaces. I agree that trailing spaces are bad, so thank you for removing those.

However, I see a lot of value in leading spaces used for indentation. While they are unnecessary for the MediaWiki parser, they are not redundant for us human editors. They clarify the structure and make it easier to parse multi-line expressions, making it easier to maintain articles. Imagine having to maintain computer program source code where all indentation was removed.

For similar reasons, I also see some value in spaces inside of XML tags and sometimes parentheses. They simply make it easier to see the math and ignore the markup.

What do you think? RainerBlome (talk) 15:16, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think the spaces I removed did not make the source text any more readable.—Anita5192 (talk) 16:54, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Commutator

We expect that the article Commutator will provide a cogent definition for the term within the next three years. 98.115.164.53 (talk) 01:08, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Commutator article already has cogent definitions for the term. As it is a fairly advanced mathematical concept, most readers may not understand much beyond the simple definitions.—Anita5192 (talk) 01:36, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Polynomial degree

Dear Anita!

Is this the place to write a message? I am not an expert on Wikipedia. But I'm a mathematician, and modulus is usually denoted by m, while for a degree of a polynomial you can use d, n, k usually in modular arithmetic. As m and n were both used in the previous line, that's why I went with d, but feel free to change it to k if you prefer that. 193.224.79.242 (talk) 07:04, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not just in physics

Science is not boxes, it is a set of overlapping Venn diagrams. For instance, mechanical engineers would disagree with limiting gravity to physics. There are way too many articles that start with "In XYZ" that imply "XYZ and nothing but XYZ" Ldm1954 (talk) 14:51, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not a good explanation of why my edit was reverted

You removed my recent edit to the pigeonhole principle wiki page, and the reasons given why are not exactly satisfactory, so I have been left somewhat confused.

You said:

"This is not a good example. In hashing, n is typically far greater than m, each bin is expected to contain many items, and full bins spill over into the next bin. Also, single quotation marks should be double."

Ignoring "Single quotation marks should be double" for a second as I assume you're right on that, I don't understand why this is not a good example of the principle.

Surely we are not trying to argue that this is not an example of it at all? Taking that as an assumption, it's not clear why any of the other things you listed make it a bad example.

1. Is the principle restricted to cases where n > m but also n ≈ m? That doesn't seem to be the case.

2. Does the principle hold that each bin is not expected to contain many items? I don't think so.

3. Do bins not spill over when full with regards to the principle? Again, no.

So why is it a bad example? Seems like quite a good, practical example to me. Far more practical than talking about the number of hairs on the heads of Londoners, anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MickMcCarthy17 (talk • contribs) 15:20, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to reinsert it, go ahead, but use double quotations marks.—Anita5192 (talk) 16:05, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

revert error?

Um, did you intend to revert my report to AIV or am I missing something? — ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · contribs · email) 13:07, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry! I thought I was removing a post from Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism put there by a vandal, but I see now that that post was already removed and I deleted your post instead. I just put your post back.—Anita5192 (talk) 14:11, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Your reversion of my edit on Rhetorical question

Thanks for your edit. And most of all, you realized, it was a "good faith" edit. Your reasoning, that "As this is the English encyclopedia, a rhetorical question in Hindi is not appropriate here" is not clear to me, because we do have Hindi film pages [and thousands of them] on English Wikipedia. By the same logic, those pages should be deleted too. May be I am wrong. Kindly advise. Neotaruntius (talk) 14:39, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

First, readers of the English article, Rhetorical question, are not likely to understand Hindi. Second, Hindi film pages in English may be fine, but Rhetorical question is not a Hindi film page. Third, per WP:OSE, "The nature of Wikipedia means that you cannot make a convincing argument based solely on whether other articles do or do not exist, because there is nothing stopping anyone from creating any article." Finally, the lead already has an example and needs no more.—Anita5192 (talk) 16:18, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much. I will read this Wikipedia page [the one you sent me in your 3rd reasoning]. I stand corrected. Each discussion does teach me something about Wikipedia's rules, so thanks again. Simply wanted to know something, which I could not figure out on my own. Thanks again. Neotaruntius (talk) 04:11, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome. Happy editing!—Anita5192 (talk) 04:31, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On a different note, may I ask you something in the very beginning, if I cannot figure it out on my own? The kinds of page you suggested are so many and voluminous [as I am gradually discovering], that it appears far simpler to ask a veteran [like you], than to risk making a mistake [albeit inadvertent] again.Neotaruntius (talk) 07:45, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot guarantee that I know the answer to everything, but you can ask me if you like. However, the best place to find answers is Wikipedia:Village pump, which has many specific links for information; for example, Wikipedia:Teahouse, for new users.—Anita5192 (talk) 15:01, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. These appear good pages to begin with. Thanks again for taking time out for helping a novice. Regards Neotaruntius (talk) 15:37, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congruence as equation

Hi Anita5192! I have replied at talk:modular arithmetic re the presence of congruences in equations. 109.166.136.27 (talk) 23:53, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]