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Should I just copy the Wikipedia page wholesale, as it seems considerably more substantial than my meager effort? --[[User:Kevin J. Cole|Kevin J. Cole]] 10:23, 5 March 2007 (CST) | Should I just copy the Wikipedia page wholesale, as it seems considerably more substantial than my meager effort? --[[User:Kevin J. Cole|Kevin J. Cole]] 10:23, 5 March 2007 (CST) | ||
: If you already started your own work, by all means give it a chance, please! I always prefer to start from scratch -- even if at the beginning the results seem modest when compared to the Wikipedia version. Please remember that your article would be developed by you and others and this eventually could result in something even better than what you see in Wikipedia. There is a general essay on that [[Citizendium Pilot:How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles]]. --[[User:Aleksander Stos|AlekStos]] 09:36, 5 March 2007 (CST) | : If you already started your own work, by all means give it a chance, please! I always prefer to start from scratch -- even if at the beginning the results seem modest when compared to the Wikipedia version. Please remember that your article would be developed by you and others and this eventually could result in something even better than what you see in Wikipedia. There is a general essay on that [[Citizendium Pilot:How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles]]. --[[User:Aleksander Stos|AlekStos]] 09:36, 5 March 2007 (CST) | ||
I'm not a native speaker so I will not touch the article concerning the following issues although they look strange to me: | |||
* The title is Binary numeral system. But later one we have "Binary numbering system", "Hexadecimal numbering system" and "Decimal system" (neither numbering nor numeral). I would assume a bit of consistency is lacking but maybe these terms are really interchangeable. | |||
* Is the idiom used to describe the calculation of the numerical value of the digit representation (i.e. "number 10 represents the value consisting of ''one set of'' tens (101), and ''no sets of'' ones (100) ) really correct and the most simple one in use (being in use for some obscure set-theoretic foundation of numerical theory doesn't count). It sounds strange when I read it. | |||
--[[User:Markus Baumeister|Markus Baumeister]] 16:35, 7 March 2007 (CST) | |||
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Should I just copy the Wikipedia page wholesale, as it seems considerably more substantial than my meager effort? --Kevin J. Cole 10:23, 5 March 2007 (CST)
- If you already started your own work, by all means give it a chance, please! I always prefer to start from scratch -- even if at the beginning the results seem modest when compared to the Wikipedia version. Please remember that your article would be developed by you and others and this eventually could result in something even better than what you see in Wikipedia. There is a general essay on that Citizendium Pilot:How to convert Wikipedia articles to Citizendium articles. --AlekStos 09:36, 5 March 2007 (CST)
I'm not a native speaker so I will not touch the article concerning the following issues although they look strange to me:
- The title is Binary numeral system. But later one we have "Binary numbering system", "Hexadecimal numbering system" and "Decimal system" (neither numbering nor numeral). I would assume a bit of consistency is lacking but maybe these terms are really interchangeable.
- Is the idiom used to describe the calculation of the numerical value of the digit representation (i.e. "number 10 represents the value consisting of one set of tens (101), and no sets of ones (100) ) really correct and the most simple one in use (being in use for some obscure set-theoretic foundation of numerical theory doesn't count). It sounds strange when I read it.
--Markus Baumeister 16:35, 7 March 2007 (CST)