User talk:Toshio Yamaguchi

ALMOST RETIRED

This user will only be around occasionally.

I will be mostly inactive for the time being since I found that the joy of editing Wikipedia that was present when I started is gone and I just don't enjoy it anymore. I plan to log in occasionally and check my talkpage for messages, so I will be present for conversation and if you want help with something I am willing to assist you. Don't hesitate to ask but don't be surprised if you don't receive a timely reply.

Re: Linkrot discussion

Hello. You have a new message at Hydroxonium's talk page. - Hydroxonium (T•C•V) 10:35, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

I drafted a new RfC. Please take a look and spread the word. –SJ+ 20:58, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

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Template:Non-free book scan

Hi. I'm very uncomfortable with this template, which seems to me to be ripe for misuse. There are almost never going to be fair use allowances for scanning pages from books...unless you are critically discussing the actual presentation of the book. There's Template:Non-free fair use in for such situations (although I'm not entirely sure that the usage would clear a review at WP:NFCR). Given my great concerns that this template could be used under the belief that there is broad allowance for book scans on Wikipedia, I've nominated it for deletion at TfD. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:45, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

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WikiProject on primes

Regardless of whether you go forward with this or not, I thought you might want to see my userspace article User:CRGreathouse/Tables of special primes. CRGreathouse (t | c) 19:57, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

I like it. Maybe it should be discussed how much it overlaps with List of prime numbers. When will you move it into mainspace? Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 20:05, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

It was designed as an alternative to List of prime numbers. I discussed moving it to mainspace on WikiProject Mathematics some time ago and an editor objected. I haven't attempted since -- though maybe I should again some time. Right now I'm working on some template tech that would allow the tables to be sorted. CRGreathouse (t | c) 20:18, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

I would be happy to help with it. Once you think it is ready for mainspace, I would be glad to jump in and help improving it. I think it looks good. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 20:31, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Well let me get the template done, then, and clean a few things up. In the meantime, and ideas for (1) additional types of primes and (2) a name for the final article? CRGreathouse (t | c) 20:33, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

I already added some classes of prime numbers to List of prime numbers. Maybe you can check if you have all types listed there in your draft? As a name for the final article, I would prefer something like Classes of prime numbers or Types of prime numbers. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 20:40, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

I just looked at List of prime numbers and I have to say, it's even harder to navigate than when I was last there. There are some good ideas (probably your recent additions) that I might include, but there's also a lot of silly stuff. For example, it calls base-10 generalized Fermat numbers "Kulsha primes". (Better reference: [1] from which one can determine that the next term, if any, has more than 16,777,216 digits.)

Your suggestion on the name is good.

CRGreathouse (t | c) 00:45, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Automatic wikilinking to an articles AfD discussion

I've added a comment to Wikipedia:Help desk#Automatic wikilinking to an articles AfD discussion.  Chzz  ►  06:51, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Actor disambiguation

Thanks for the update. Don't worry. I'll move the existing article to another location if it is required and of course fix any links pointing to it. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:13, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Okay. :) Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 13:23, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Re:Sandbox clearing for pages in own userspace

I think I can do that. Except it would only clean whenever I'm on the computer. --43?9enter ^★_☭ 02:32, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Circular prime

Hi. I followed one of the links on your userpage to a discussion on this article. While I agree it is a nice article, I don't agree with the comments that it is complete. The article does not address publications, who first discovered them, or any relevant mathematical applications. It's not my field, but if you happened to have commented because it is one of yours, you might want to take another look and improve it. :) - 87.211.75.45 (talk) 08:38, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, another quick Google Books search already turned something up that might be worth including in the article. I think it might be difficult to find out who really first discovered them, because I think Circular primes have been known for a long time, but many people simple have never published anything. Also I guess many professional mathematicians might not be very interested in Circular primes and thus most of the research done might never result in anything that Wikipedia would consider as a reliable source or publication. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 12:07, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

It's just you an me -VS- linkrot

I've been watching Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Combatting linkrot and been saddened by the lack of response. I want to thank you for posting it though. It seems that people just don't care. I'm still thinking about how to move this forward and get people involved. Anyway, I just stopped by to thank you for your continued help with the linkrot issue. I'll let you know if I think of anything good. Thanks again. - Hydroxonium (T•C•V) 16:43, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

You're most welcome. It really seems to me that people just don't care. That's very sad, because I think a lot of much less serious problems receive a lot more attention. Part of the problem might be, that this is kind of an abstract issue. An article that is well referenced today appears to people as intact as long as the links are alive. They might think: "The article looks ok to me now, so why bother?" I'm unsure how to deal with that. If you have any ideas about this issue, you can always leave me a message and I will try to help as good as I can. Anyway, thanks for all the work you have already put into this. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 17:00, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

I think you are correct and that people don't have experience with links going dead. They put a link in an article and then never check it again. But that's just a guess. Anyway, thanks again. - Hydroxonium (T•C•V) 17:07, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

I just put up my new idea at Archived citations 2, but I still think we should have a WebCiteBot also. - Hydroxonium (T•C•V) 11:53, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Good comments. I hadn't thought about things that way. I'll have to think about this some more. Thanks for the input. - Hydroxonium (T•C•V) 23:43, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi Toshio, I just saw your comment at Δ's talk page. Δ's WebCiteBot is actually the solution I would prefer to the dead link problem, so I have asked him about it. I figured I should keep you in the loop, so I'm letting you know. Thanks. - Hydroxonium (T•C•V) 22:10, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

I am watching his talk page anyway and often closely look at the comments given there. Thanks for letting me know. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 22:40, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

So, what do you think?

I just finished adding in the math formulas you helped me with for Salter's duck. I think i'm done with the article for now. I'm gonna swing by DYK with it. Please let me know if I did something wrong with the formulas. Silverseren^C 10:36, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

I think the formulas look fine and the markup is ok now. I checked again with the source and all formulas seem to be the same as in the source. Good work. Toshio Yamaguchi (talk) 10:23, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. If I ever have any other formula issues, you'll be the first one I come to see. ^_^ Silverseren^C 10:36, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

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