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Because of the way this article was recreated, most of the talk page was moved to [[Talk:Boolean algebra (logic)]]. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] 21:46, 24 September 2007 (UTC) |
Because of the way this article was recreated, most of the talk page was moved to [[Talk:Boolean algebra (logic)]]. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] 21:46, 24 September 2007 (UTC) |
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Originally there was a single article named "Boolean algebra". That article was written for PhDs and completely incomprehensible to a general audience. Any attempt to make that article comprehensible resulted in undos by a group of PhDs "protecting their turf". Even one of the original founders of Wikipedia commented on how utterly incomprehensible it was (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Boolean_algebra_(structure)/Archive_1#Lattice.3F]), way back in 2002. To solve this problem, we split the article into "Boolean algebra", which remained aimed at PhDs, and "Boolean logic", written for the rest of us. Unfortunately, "Boolean logic" was later renamed to [[Boolean algebra (logic)]], with all the material written for a general audience stripped out and replaced with more material written for a PhD audience. |
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I have now restored the "Boolean logic" article, as it was before the changes were made. We now have two PhD level articles, [[Boolean algebra (structure)]] and [[Boolean algebra (logic)]]. Perhaps they should be merged, but I won't involve myself in that discussion. I will, however, insist that an article remain which is aimed at a general audience (including the computer science and electronics applications). [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] 22:04, 24 September 2007 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 22:08, 24 September 2007
Because of the way this article was recreated, most of the talk page was moved to Talk:Boolean algebra (logic). StuRat 21:46, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
History
Originally there was a single article named "Boolean algebra". That article was written for PhDs and completely incomprehensible to a general audience. Any attempt to make that article comprehensible resulted in undos by a group of PhDs "protecting their turf". Even one of the original founders of Wikipedia commented on how utterly incomprehensible it was (see [1]), way back in 2002. To solve this problem, we split the article into "Boolean algebra", which remained aimed at PhDs, and "Boolean logic", written for the rest of us. Unfortunately, "Boolean logic" was later renamed to Boolean algebra (logic), with all the material written for a general audience stripped out and replaced with more material written for a PhD audience.
I have now restored the "Boolean logic" article, as it was before the changes were made. We now have two PhD level articles, Boolean algebra (structure) and Boolean algebra (logic). Perhaps they should be merged, but I won't involve myself in that discussion. I will, however, insist that an article remain which is aimed at a general audience (including the computer science and electronics applications). StuRat 22:04, 24 September 2007 (UTC)