Talk:Elon Musk

Graduate from High School

A South African does not graduate from High School, that is an American term. One matriculates.101.98.169.98 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 21:21, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

The majority of people are more familiar with the term 'graduates' as opposed to matriculates, which is a word, mostly only South Africans know. Unless any other editors think otherwise, it is probably best therefore, to kept the word 'graduated' to avoid confusion. Thanks anyway. Heuh (talk) 04:12, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

"Matriculating" use to be common in many countries with links to Britain, but a couple of things have happened: 1) it has fallen into near complete disuse in some areas (like the US), and 2) it now often refers to one of several different events in universities (it can refer to the introduction day, or it can refer to graduation, depending on what uni you're at), not secondary schools. Apparently South Africa (and a few other countries) it still retains more or less its original meaning. The meaning of the word has really shotgunned out in most countries though, with a broad range of definitions.

That said, this is an article about a South African. It should probably use South African terms, where appropriate. — Gopher65_talk 12:32, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Let's say hypothetically that an article is about a native Pakistani. Should it be written in Urdu, even if the target readership is expected to be fluent in English? It's interesting to learn that, in South Africa, 'matriculate' equals 'graduate'. Nevertheless, if one wants to communicate to a readership, one must use enough of the Readership's language to get the message across. This isn't to say that I think it's entirely a bad idea to use the word 'matriculate', since it can encourage readers to learn a new word and broaden their vistas. Perhaps a good compromise would be to hotlink 'matriculate' to an online dictionary's entry on that word, whereat a reader would learn its definition in familiar terms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.223.130.32 (talk) 00:46, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

• See WP:ENGVAR, which is definitive. andy (talk) 11:16, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Problem with line

"After initially co-branding PayPal with the X brand, including making X.com a subdomain of PayPal" - so.... whoever wrote that is implying that the domain became x.com.paypal.com? That doesn't make any sense. Also, that citation doesn't even back up anything of relevance. I'd like this removed.

A new biopic article on Musk from Bloomberg

A new biopic article on Musk from Bloomberg was published yesterday: Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla. Pretty interesting additional detail on the early days of his space project, including first-person accounts of people who traveled with Musk to Russia when (prior to SpaceX) he was attempting to buy launch services from the Russians.

Also includes mention of early involvement with, and donations to, the Mars Society. Mentions the consulting group of experts that Musk brought together to advise him in getting started in Space, which I've only heard publically discussed one other time (a Space Show interview a year or two ago). Mars Oasis gets a mention. The personal crises of 2007-2008, divorce, near-bankruptcy of both Tesla and SpaceX, etc.

Perhaps less relevant to the Musk article, but could be used to improve other Wikipedia articles: The naming of the Falcon 1 after Star Wars' Millenium Falcon (which is not currently included in the Falcon 1 article). A description of the early development work on the Merlin 1A gas generator power turbine. The destruction of the rocket body (during air transport) of what was to have been the first successful Falcon 1 flight. Substantial cost reduction in SpaceX in-house design of the avionic electronics. The design/development schedule and delivery of the original Merlin 1 turbopump, from Barber-Nichols. Early-years rocket engine development in California with 10-day trips to McGregor, Texas to test components and engines on the test stand. A somewhat detailed description of the inspiration for Robert Downey Jr. in the filming of the movie Iron Man. A descriptive paragraph on price competition in launch might be useful in Space launch market competition. 50 flight backlog, with book of business of over $5 billion.

Oh, and at the end of the Bloomberg piece, one learns it is excerpted from a new book to be released later this month. So there will be more to go through soon that might improve Wikipedia. N2e (talk) 14:23, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Real time net worth

Is it possible to automatically change the net worth to whatever it says here http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/#version:realtime or can it only be done manually --88.111.129.157 (talk) 20:02, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Iron man

Shall we mention that he was in Iron man and the inspiration for the actor.--88.111.129.157 (talk) 20:03, 17 May 2015 (UTC)