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Edits needing 2O
[edit]- Richard Crandall: 1, 2 partially removed.
Not sure. about the other edit
- Context-free language: 1
Not sure.
- This is textbook material and should be replaced by a textbook reference, rather than NKS. Unfortunately it's a little awkward for me to look these up right now because my copies of the textbooks are in my office and I'm not. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:41, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
Done
[edit]Karnaugh map: 1 - edit is still alive, potentially useful but could get a better sourceNot sure.
- Removed. XOR'easter (talk) 22:20, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
D. H. Lehmer: 1Not sure. Edit is productive at face value, dunno about appropriateness of the source in this context.
- Removed as part of a more general overhaul. XOR'easter (talk) 20:28, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
René Thom: 1Not sure. Is this a legitimate addition?
- Removed. I think the characterization of catastrophe theory as being limited to biology is a mistake, and in general Wolfram is not a good source for the history of mathematics. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:33, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
Émile Borel: 1, 2Not sure.
- Replaced with a better reference. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:59, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
John von Neumann: 1, 2, 3 ELRemoved,
Not sure. wrt [1]
- Removed as NKS is unreliable history. XOR'easter (talk) 18:35, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Lambda calculus: 1, 2, 3Not sure.
Philosophical logic: 1, 2, 3Not sure. Cites Wolfram, but reputable publisher.
- That's Sybil Wolfram, his mother. Probably a bit promotional, but I'd leave it be since it's a reputable publisher. Tercer (talk) 20:36, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Pure function: 1, 2, 3Not sure. if the Mathematica code is appropriate in this context
- I removed it early in this cleanup before seeing this comment. I think the removal was appropriate. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:43, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Statistics: 1, 2, 3looks okay-ish.Not sure. about Special:Diff/834066276
- Reverted Special:Diff/834066276; the other two are probably OK. XOR'easter (talk) 19:12, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Turing machine: 1, 2, 3linkRemoved,
Not sure. about the text additions
- Text mostly removed, and the remainder rewritten a bit [2]. XOR'easter (talk) 19:03, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Feigenbaum constants: 1, 2, 3, 4partiallyRemoved, but
Not sure. Review by subject-matter expert appreciated
- The remaining spam was just the biographical tidbit that Feigenbaum shared his discovery in talks before publishing, which is an absolutely unremarkable statement. Removed. XOR'easter (talk) 18:52, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Euler spiral: 1, 2, 3, 4Not sure. if appropriate, full diff here.
Done Removed entire code farm including but not limited to the Wolfram parts. —David Eppstein (talk) 02:05, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Transfinite number: 1Done Removed section. NKS is a bad source for any historical claim, books more specifically about the math exist, and the writing wasn't good enough to salvage. XOR'easter (talk) 17:32, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Boolean network: 1Removed for being unclearly written and inserted in a bad place, in addition to advertising NKS. XOR'easter (talk) 18:46, 13 March 2021 (UTC)Not sure.
John Adams (physicist): 1 - major expansion of articleLooks OK, spam-wise, though not particularly well-written. XOR'easter (talk) 18:43, 13 March 2021 (UTC)Not sure.
Hermann Grassmann: 1Done Removed for crimes of vagueness and relying on NKS for history. XOR'easter (talk) 17:36, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Paul Dirac: 1Not sure. the edit adds an image; the file was uploaded to commons by the same sock-farm and links back to Wolfram. So the spam here is second-order. What do we think? (A number of other superficially non-spammy image additions are similar.)
Cambridge North railway station: 1, 2Not sure. Substantial change relating to Wolfram, ref isn't Wolfram site
- See Rule 30 (in break 1). It was supposed to be Game of Life but ended up being Rule 30. Should be fine as it is. --mfb (talk) 14:37, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
- I agree, this one is ok. The added source is reliable enough and independent of Wolfram, and the added text saying that the rule they added was first studied by Wolfram not Conway is correct and relevant. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:00, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
- See Rule 30 (in break 1). It was supposed to be Game of Life but ended up being Rule 30. Should be fine as it is. --mfb (talk) 14:37, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Mechanical equilibrium: 1Not sure. Bunch of diagrams again
Critique of Judgment: 1Not sure. About reliability and appropriateness here
- Replaced with a citation to a Kant scholar. XOR'easter (talk) 19:52, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Mary Cartwright: 1Not sure. Wolfram ref, dunno if appropriate.
Diffusion-limited aggregation: 1, 2, 3Not sure. about [3]
- Looks like David Eppstein zapped it. Looks like a good removal to me. XOR'easter (talk) 18:55, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Deep learning: 1Since partly rewritten, dunno if appropriate.Not sure.
Data compression: 1, 2, 3, 4 partiallyRemoved,
Not sure. about the text additions
Sonification: 1, 2, 3Not sure. if due
Henry M. Sheffer: 1Not sure.
Symbolic Manipulation Program: 1 -- I've proposed this article for deletion -- that proposal didn't last long -- indeed, now at AfD
History of the graphical user interface: 1Not sure.
- Reviewed again, removed the mention of Wolfram software and left the rest (Special:Diff/1012110262). Blablubbs|talk 17:28, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
List of pioneers in computer science: 1Not sure. P. 1107 again, dunno if appropriate
List of computer algebra systems: 1Likely ok, but:Not sure.
Berni Alder: 1, 2, 3Not sure.
Microsoft Math Solver: 1probably(?) ok, but not familiar with the software soNot sure.
Document processor: 1Not sure. Appropriate?
- Not sure the article needs to exist, honestly. Apart from the LyX documentation calling LyX itself a "document processor", the term doesn't appear to be established as meaning what the stub says it means. XOR'easter (talk) 22:13, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
- Removed anyway, and redirect the article to word processor. Tercer (talk) 12:01, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
- Not sure the article needs to exist, honestly. Apart from the LyX documentation calling LyX itself a "document processor", the term doesn't appear to be established as meaning what the stub says it means. XOR'easter (talk) 22:13, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
Amazon Alexa: 1, 2, 3 IsNot sure. this actually due? Guessing no, but not familiar enough with the product
- I cleaned up some of the language. Alexa does query Wolfram Alpha for some science and math queries but removed references to Wolfram Language powering Alexa. That is a total fabrication. I also added additional knowledge sources Alexa queries for context. Montesquieu1789 (talk) 23:29, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
Closely connected articles that need special attention
[edit]Stephen Wolfram: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 tagged {{UDP}}- First attempt at de-promotionalization made. XOR'easter (talk) 21:35, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
- WolframAlpha: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 tagged {{UDP}}
- First check done. A lot of these edits were just tweaking the Alexa rank in the infobox, but some of them added bad text (e.g., verbatim copying from a newspaper). XOR'easter (talk) 23:42, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
- Wolfram Language: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 tagged {{UDP}}
- First check done. Even the material that wasn't added by known socks is very reliant on primary sources. XOR'easter (talk) 16:28, 18 March 2021 (UTC)
Wolfram Mathematica: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 tagged {{UDP}}- The worst of it seems to be the "Features" list, which is an indiscriminate collection heavily worked over by the sock farm. The given sources don't indicate why the listed features are the significant ones worth talking about. Plus, there's the whole "prefer prose over lists" thing — it just looks lazy. And at least some of it is copyvio (unsurprisingly). XOR'easter (talk) 17:42, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
- Wolfram Research: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 tagged {{UDP}}
- Wolfram SystemModeler: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 tagged {{UDP}}
- A New Kind of Science: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 tagged {{UDP}}
- I took a first whack at this, but my weekend is almost over and I don't know when I'll be able to get back to it. The section on "Wolfram Summer School" still reads as very ... advertorial. XOR'easter (talk) 23:16, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
- That section has now been removed by David Eppstein. The remaining text, particularly the lengthy "Contents" section, has POV and potentially OR issues, indulging in vagaries (e.g.,
In a sense, many of Wolfram's ideas are based on understanding the scientific process—including the human mind—as operating within the same universe it studies, rather than being outside it
). But it's possible that the specific issue of undisclosed paid editing (by this identified group) has been adequately addressed. XOR'easter (talk) 18:33, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
- That section has now been removed by David Eppstein. The remaining text, particularly the lengthy "Contents" section, has POV and potentially OR issues, indulging in vagaries (e.g.,
- I took a first whack at this, but my weekend is almost over and I don't know when I'll be able to get back to it. The section on "Wolfram Summer School" still reads as very ... advertorial. XOR'easter (talk) 23:16, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
Wolfram Player: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16tagged {{UDP}}; created by the farmWolfram Physics Project: 1, 2, 3, 4 — article originally created by a now-blocked sock, raising the question of whether we actually need it
- Now prodded by JBL, I tagged {{UDP}} and endorsed the prod for good measure. Recommend AFD if it doesn't go through. --Blablubbs|talk 15:28, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
- I co-endorsed the prod. In case it goes to AfD and I'm not around, feel free to quote my rationale, I guess. XOR'easter (talk) 20:05, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
- Notebook interface: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 Created by editor who is likely a sock. Needs closer look.
- Computable Document Format: 1 the edit isn't the problem, but it looks like the article might need to go.
- At the very least, we don't need both that article and CDF Player; I've merged the latter into the former. XOR'easter (talk) 00:28, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
- Busy beaver: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Not sure. heavy sock involvement in writing the article, but also many Wolfram refs. Needs review.