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Wikibooks talk:Reading room

Page blanking
Sorry for the inadvertent blanking of the page. I consistently have this problem on Wikipedia as well. I edit a page, and the edit goes through, and on rare occasions MSIE brings up an error page instead of the page I should be viewing. Then no matter what I do, the page gets blanked. I wish I knew how to prevent it...

--Furrykef 10:32, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * No problem. Perl 13:48, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

2d level headers
Some of the 2d-level headers on the Lounge page should now probably get their own Wikibooks: namespace page; for instance, a copyrights FAQ. Those that I made separate pages for (Project ideas, bookshelf ideas, etc.) might be better suited for the Wikibooks: namespace also; le me know what you think, or just move them if the desire strikes you. Sj 22:20, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Make this page easier to find!
I've just spent 10 minutes trying to find this page! I'm an active contributor to Wikimedia projects, in particular Wikipedia, and still couldn't locate the equivalent of the 'Village Pump'. I couldn't find it in the help, on the 'wikiversity' page (which I assumed was the equivalent to the 'community portal' on Wikipedia, as it is in the same location on the nav-bar) or at the 'study help desk' which was the first place I tried. I also tried typing in 'wikibooks:Village pump' to no avail. Whilst it is nice to have cute names like 'staff lounge' it is not very practical - some sort of consistency across projects would be useful. At least Village pump should be a redirect (which I have just made it). Having finally found the page (from 'recent changes, and even then it's not necessarily obvious that 'staff lounge' is the place to go) I thought of checking the main page - but even then I couldn't find a link. Please consider making this a little more friendly towards existing Wikimedia users - after all, I imagine that is where most contributors will come from! --HappyDog 00:50, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree. Since http://en.wikiversity.org/ is already reserved, I would also support the idea of moving the Wikiversity there as quickly as possible, and give Wikibooks again a real community portal page. Who has the power of doing this? --Andreas 14:34, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Done. It's now one of the first links on the Main Page. - Aya T C 20:00, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Wiki promotion
I am in interested in giving public speeches regarding Wikimedia projects, especially this one. I was unable to find any sort of packet to help promote the project. It would seem that creating information on how to talk about the Wiki culture and get people interested in Wikibooks. The goals of a Wiki have obvious answers and many of the ethics that regard wikis are easily found, however a document with answers to pressing questions that one would be confronted with in a presentation would be a worthy endeavor. Is there a WikiBook regarding the promotion of Wiki, and certain specific Wikis present and I have missed it possibly? Thanks in Advance.

--Arckanghel 03:28, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Is there a WikiBook regarding the promotion of Wiki...? I think Wiki Science is intended to discuss promoting and presenting wiki, but it's a long way from being finished. Are there any "pressing questions" that it doesn't answer? Please add those questions to the book, even if you don't yet know the answers. The wiklossary is also intended to help new people learn about wiki culture. --DavidCary 08:20, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikibook news?
I don't want to spend ages searching. I keep coming up against negatiev comments about this venture and wikiversity and there's little discussion here and of long ago. Is it dying? I'm trying to read and edit Philosophy here and it's very slow compared with wikipedia and needs work which I don't yet know how to do to move from one page to another more easily. If I am out of order, please excuse: I'm just trying to learn. And why am I 81.86.91.82 and not a name? 81.86.91.82 08:29, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Wikibooks isn't dying, it's just very, very small compared to Wikipedia. We have maybe a few hundred pages in a few dozen books, they have 500,000 pages! Also, most of the contributors here have already had experience with Wikipedia so don't often have any new questions, leaving this Staff lounge eerily quiet. And the books rarely have unnecessary pages added so there's very little deletion activity either.
 * As for how to "be a name, not a number", you can create an account and specify a username. Accounts don't carry over between Wikimedia projects, you have to start a new account on each Wiki you want to have an identity on.
 * As for how to move information around, it depends. If you want to move a section of text to a different page, just copy and paste from one edit box into the next, ideally saying something like "copied Plato section from Introduction page" or whatnot in the edit box, just to acknowledge you didn't write it but are merely moving it. If you want to put something on a new page just create a link to your new page's name and click through to edit it. If you want to move an existing page to a new name you will need both an account and a certain number of edits (I think) to unlock the function.
 * I hope that's answered everything, and if not you can ask some more. Oh and if you want a page moved but find you don't have the power (again, I forget if a number of edits are required like for WP) just give me a shout on my Talk page and I'll do it for you in a jiffy. :) Master Thief Garrett 13:42, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * In contrast to what Master Thief Garrett says, please do not copy and paste articles to move them. Please move them according to policy.  --Cromwellt|talk 07:22, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Controversial Issues
Your site mentions a list but gives no link. I have a real problem with wikibooks making available information which is ONLY useful to cause harm. To claim to have a neutral point of view is intellectually vacuous. Everybody is biased. English speakers are, humans are and so are warm blooded animals. Anyway, if Wiki is going to pretend to be above any common sense or judgement then I predict it will fail because sooner or later it will be linked to egregious acts which it contributed to in a reprehensible way. On the other hand, could you direct me to the wikibooks on hacking, virus writing, getting away with rape and murder and how to run a con on an old lady? Thanks! - 63.81.122.66

 * First of all, the NPOV debate has been going on forever. Philosophically it's all a bunch of nonsense anyway, so I'd just forget about it. The point they're trying to make is that you should be aware that if you post something too controversial, another user may delete it. That's about all you can really say in practical terms.

 * Regarding the other issue, it's fallacious to believe that a book entitled, say, "How to get away with rape and murder", is only of use to those who may seek to commit those crimes. It would also serve as a guide for those who wish to prevent themselves falling victim to the same crimes, since, without knowing how these crimes work, there is no way to defend yourself against them. Arguably the same information would be available in a book entitled "How to protect yourself from rape and murder". - Aya T C 19:55, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Has anyone seen my +1 Mace of Troll-Slaying...? :P Odd bloke 15:33, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

 * First off, the NPOV thing isnt going to cause the downfall of wiki. People might not be perfect, but i see no reason why this project can't try to rise above the mob. Many institutions in this world have risen up out of the nonsense that is "the masses". Second, we are currently in an undeletion debate over the "Manual of Crime" book here. The general concensus is to delete that book because it is not a good thing to have here. We also, to my knowledge, don't have any books on hacking or virus authoring. We do have a book on software reverse engineering, although that book stresses the legal methods, and not the illegal ones. -- 18:41, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

WB:NPOV is a better place to discuss this.

Wiki etiquette?
I've come across a page with some dreadfully inaccurate information. I have materials with correct information that I've already written. Is it considered rude to erase someone else's incorrect info and replace it with a new, correct article?

Thanks, Enyo Nov 2 2005, 12:46 PST

 * Hello Enyo. I'd say the person or people who compiled the page might take umbrage at your rewriting it completely, but if you leave a note on its talk page gently indicating why you did whatever you might do, I'd hope they'd be less likely just to revert whatever contribution you make. Even if they did, you and they would then have the material on record with which to try to reach some consensus. A friendly reminder (to myself as well, as I type it): One person's correct and unbiased info might be another's incorrect and biased propaganda, so strive for as NPOV a presentation as possible. I think that's the idea.

 * Best wishes, David Kernow 23:08, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Hmm.... The subject is a long, extended period in history that currently only has a few paragraphs under a couple of headings. There are only two paragraphs that I would replace, as each one comprises its own section. What I would replace it with is much longer, more detailed, and so forth. I'm wondering if, at this point, perhaps it would be less problematic if I just a.) didn't bother or b.) set it up another page. Of course, I could always cite sources correcting this info in the talk section, which would assist in making it less of a slap, right?

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, while I *take* criticism very well, I suck at tactfully giving it to strangers. :P

Thanks, --Enyo 00:19, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

 * If you're at all worried that altering the current page might open some floodgates of rebuke, I'd say place your version on an alternate page and perhaps add a link to it at (say) the top of the original page. (I happen to've done something along these lines recently, although without adding a link on the original page; see Wikijunior Solar System/About gravity, mass, and weight and Wikijunior Solar System/About weight and gravity - and by all means leave a comment if you wish!). Note however that this would create a fork in the material between the original page and your alternative that would need to be closed before a version of the book could be declared complete.

 * I reckon, though, there shouldn't be any great problem if you went ahead and edited/replaced the original; whatever you do, the original will be retained in the history. "Be bold!" is, I believe, the order of the day - and I'd say cite your sources on whichever page you use for your material rather than a talk page.

 * Should you need any support or a third-party opinion, just give me a shout. Good luck!
 * David Kernow 04:30, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

See, I'm brand spanking new to Wikipedia. I'd started writing a text on this subject based on my research that I'd collected over the years on the subject for NaNoWriMo. Generally, when I start some creative endeavor, my husband points out something similar in nature that's already been done and tells me that there's no point in trying to reinvent the wheel. This time, he pointed out the utter lack of what I'm attempting, and suggested that I add to Wikibooks. (He believes that wikipedia and her sister projects are the greatest things in the history of the internet.)

So, I don't really know if there's Wiki-cliques and so forth. I try to not make a huge splash until I get to know the lay of the land (like mailing lists, blog sites, and so forth), and this is kind of my effort to learn wikirules before I start slashing and burning someone *else*'s efforts. After all, someone took the time to attempt to disseminate information that they, for some reason, believed to be true and correct. Does a virtual stranger have the right to come in and kick over their sand castle, even if it *is* done in the pursuit of knowledge? Or does wikiculture place higher status on the correctness of information versus someone's feelings?

You know, I really do appreciate your feedback to this babe in the woods. :-) I've already gone ahead and started a new page, since I'd done that without understanding that it *is* okay to edit someone else's work, and it's designed to be done that way.  Until I hear from the project's organizers, I'll just do that.  :-)

 * goes and checks out the contributer in question* Hmm...  Maybe it's not such the big deal that I'd thought it might be.  The author in question has only made three contributions to Wikibooks, all three of them relating only to those two paragraphs.  I might be worrying about hurt feelings for nothing.

--Enyo 04:38, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Hello again. Yes, from evidence such as the lists here I suspect there are "Wiki-cliques", although I don't know how far supporting a clique (subconsciously) features in members' activites. I'd say a good way to 'learn the rules' – or rather, 'a constructive way to work' – is to be bold and see what gives. Don't forget that even if you feel you're "kicking over some's sandcastle", their magnum opus is only one step back in the history attached to every editable page. I'd also say (hope) that as regards prioritising being correct and being sensitive, wikiculture just doesn't go there (at least not officially) but rather leaves an ever-fluctuating balance to emerge between the two. Well, something like that.

 * Congratulations on your unspartan but concise new page, which I think is appropriate as it whets the appetite without expanding everything mentioned. I haven't located the page it's meant to replace, but if that page is as you descibe I'd say you might as well replace it with your work. Remember, the original page will be retained in the history. To aid those who want to read further, how about turning a few keywords into links to other pages in the wikibook, or Wikipedia articles, etc – even if they are yet to brought into existence (i.e. the links appear in red) ? I've created five within the first three paragraphs as examples, all but one pointing to Wikipedia articles; if you decide to take up my suggestion (it's entirely up to you; you may prefer the plain text) then these may in turn be better made to point to other relevant pages/sections in the wikibook as it grows. I've also taken the liberty – shock horror – not (I hope you'll be relieved to hear) to "knock over your sandcastle" but to edit it a little, including changing a couple of phrases that read to me as unattributed POVs. As with everything that happens to an editable page, you're welcome to revert the changes, in this case with the extra knowledge that the person who made the changes won't be offended. You certainly might want to remove the comments (the stuff between and including the  markings) that I've added as a consequence. Many of my changes are simply alternative suggestions to your turns of phrase (i.e. perhaps more international).

 * Best wishes, David Kernow 06:30, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

 * PS Had not heard of "NaNoWriMo" before you mentioned it above – it sounds frantic, exactly the kind of thing that would drive me mad and probably therefore why I enjoy wiki-style contributing...!

Staff Lounge Page Size
Any chance this can be made smaller by archiving some of the discussions? It's just that this page in particular takes much longer to load than any other Wikibooks pages I visited. Xania 20:33, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

 * We do try to archive this page pretty regularly, but we also don't like to archive discussions that aren't over. If you see something that you think can probably be archived, you can feel free to do so. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 21:05, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

 * OK great. When I figure out how to then I might. Xania 21:18, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Help Me
I am new to Wikibooks. Could someone please give me a welcome message like Wikipedia does? Thanks, Asher Heimermann 20:19, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

New design
/me likes --Iamunknown 07:41, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks, I spent about 2 or 3 hours on it yesterday. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 14:16, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Kudos WK. It looks good. -- Jim Thomas 15:39, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

"source" HTML markup
I noticed that the computer science texts generally use indentation for example source code, as follows

 * 1) !/usr/bin/perl

for ($x = 0; $x < 10; $x++) { print "number $x"; }

rather than the HTML "source" markup:

Is it appropriate to use the "source" attribute? --Dinomite 17:36, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

 * It is appropriate, and if you have the expertise, maybe you could work on updating some of them? The <source> tags are a relatively new addition to the software, so many older books don't have it. I tried to update the python book using bot to use the source tags, but there were so many irregularities among the code examples that I made more of a mess then I fixed. If you can do some, that would be great. Otherwise, maybe we could start making a list of pages that need to be updated, so everybody could participate? --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 21:02, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

What's up with the over-protection
Coming from the most vandalized wiki (the English Wikipedia), I have to say there is an unsettling amount of page protection going on here. This runs counter to the defining quality of wikis, which makes them so great. I saw a couple of simple typos I wanted to correct, but couldn't because they were protected. I don't know if these pages are fully protected or just semi-protected (no anon edits), but it doesn't really matter. As editing Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and Commons, takes up all my time already, I have no plans to be a consistent or even semi-consistent editor for WikiBooks, and thus see no reason to create a user account at this time. With me, WikiBooks is only losing two trivial edits, but in general is probably losing much much more as far as potential editors go.

A few years ago, I merely read articles on Wikipedia and didn't think to edit them, however after seeing some obvious spelling and grammar errors, that "edit this page" button was just begging to be clicked on. Everytime I ran into an error when reading articles, I would fix it. I found myself going out of my way to correct articles (i.e. going to pages I had no interest in reading). When I got involved to the point where I was going to talk and other namespace pages, I decided to get a username to be part of the community - not to simply edit articles. If I didn't have this open experience, I wouldn't be a Wikipedia editor at all, let alone a very dedicated one. I got involved with Commons and Wiktionary in much the same way, usually because of trans-wiki linking. Likewise, I came here to find a appropriate link to use on Wikipedia, saw a couple of errors I wanted to correct on my way, which could have been my first step into being a full-time editor, but got derailed by all the protected pages. I'm sure others feel the same. This is very unfortunate, as WikiBooks has lots of potential, but desperately needs more editors.

Vandalism sucks, but it's small price to pay for freedom. Vandals are annoying, but editors are more important.

On Wikipedia, we have a behavioral guideline called "Assume good faith", I suggest WikiBooks adopt this too.

Sincerely,

one less editor aka 68.74.158.43 17:48, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry you won't be editing. I'm not sure which pages you're referring to. So far as I know, Wikibooks actually has far less page protection than Wikipedia. Assuming good faith doesn't mean unprotecting everything; there is a balance to be had. If you like, feel free to tell us where the balance is off. – Mike.lifeguard  | talk 18:12, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * moved to Reading room/General

 * Pages which are high-profile tend to be protected because of long histories of vandalism and abuse. Due to extensive blocking of open proxies, this may no longer be an issue of concern, but nobody yet has breeched the subject of unprotecting these pages. Some pages which are not high-profile may also have been protected because of some vandalism in the past, and simply never been unprotected as they should have been. In these cases, you should let us know which pages are protected, and mention that they likely shouldn't be. Most pages that are protected against vandalism are only protected against anonymous users. It's a price that we have been willing to pay to help prevent vandalism. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 01:15, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Too much of a price in my opinion. One of the very basic principles of Wikis are that ANYONE can edit.  I can possibly understand a temporary protection of hghly vandalised Wikipedia pages like George W Bush but on Wikibooks no page other than the main page or the userpage of highly active admins needs protection.  Anonymous users should be made as welcome as anyone else. Xania [[Image:Flag_of_Italy.svg|15px]]talk 22:25, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

 * I would tend to agree with you xania. Vandalism has decreased dramatically, and many of the pages that used to be high-traffic (such as the bookshelves) are being rendered obsolete. I think that there are very few pages now that need to be protected, and with few exceptions I think that we can unprotect them as we find them. There are a few pages, such as the main page and some of the policy pages that I think probably should stay protected, but that's a matter of personal preference. Also, I am keeping my own personal user and user talk pages move-protected as insurance against page-move vandalism, but that's also just a personal preference. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 23:38, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Lately if I protect a page, I have been making use of the expire field to limit the protection to 3 months, so it expires on its own without accidentally forgetting about it. Maybe including an expire time should be encouraged more for any pages that are protected. --dark lama  00:26, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * That's a good idea too. Lots of pages that have been protected historically were protected before the automatic expiration feature was added to the software. In the future, most page protections likely should have an expiration. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 00:34, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Expiry is definitely a Good Idea. I'd warn against wholesale unprotection though; pages should be unprotected on a case-by-case basis (just as they are protected on a case-by-case basis). Of course it's hard to weigh the issue when we don't know which page this person is talking about. – Mike.lifeguard  | talk 02:43, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree with both of you. We should have a short list of highly-vandalised books which can be protected and make sure that any other protections are done with an expiry date or a month or so. Personal pages obviously are excluded as it's your choice whether you want to protect it or not (I protected mine a while ago so it's probably still protected). Xania talk 00:50, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Account blocked
Hello,

I am User:Pigsonthewing here, and on Wikiepdia (you can contact me by e-mail from the latter, for verification). My account here is listed as "permanently blocked" because of vandalism by another user. I have no idea what that's about. Can I reclaim the account? 81.5.140.5 (talk) 19:54, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I imagine so - place a request at WB:RENAME. — Mike.lifeguard | talk 01:12, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you, will do. 81.5.140.5 (talk) 14:32, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

AQA Chemistry Help
I am --Jjkkll here, and i am editing the A2 section of the AQA A level Chemistry wiki book, but need help redirecting the pages so they fall under the parent hierarchy. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/A-level_Chemistry/AQA
 * Hi Jjkkll. I know I said I didn't have time (and thus pointed you here), but then... lunch happened and I had time.  I moved several pages and relinked to them.  Let me know if you notice that I missed something.  --Jomegat (talk) 16:06, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * And... I just noticed two things that didn't quite go right. I moved the pages to "A-level Chemistry/AQA/Module N" where N is either 4 or 5.  However, two of these modules already had content in them.  Therefore, I deleted the existing content, completed the move, deleted the new content, and then restored both the new and the old.  You might want to have a look at the history of these two modules to see if you want to keep any of the old material: A-level Chemistry/AQA/Module 4/Kinetics and A-level Chemistry/AQA/Module 4/Polymers. --Jomegat (talk) 16:14, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Hey, thank for that, it make it easier!. Could that have been done by me or do you have to have moderator privileges?

Anyway iv dumped all the info for the Module 5 sections onto the individual pages, now i will need to format them correctly and add the images which go with the text, but need to wait 4 days so i can upload images. --Jjkkll (talk) 23:02, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Most of it did not require admin privs, but you might not have been able to move the pages yet (I think your account has to be four days old - dunno when you created yours). I also deleted the orphan redirects, and that does require admin privs.  The rest was just a bit of editing.  Anyhow, you're very welcome, and we're glad you're here. --Jomegat (talk) 23:32, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

need help you guys
hello wikibooks, thank you for helping me help. I am a new student who majored in anthropology in Indonesia. I am very interested in this, I need your help? if you guys could help me to give you a little about why the birth of a sociology of human life, and how sociology can get to another country? and how the thinking of sociology in generally? please give me reason thank you

I am new to Wikibooks. Can anyone suggest me how to see books?

 * Sociology (only applies to human societies, even if structured societies aren't exclusively human). I would venture stating that today we live in a globalized world that social differences are increasingly diminishing making divergences more cultural artifacts than social imperatives.
 * Sociology, the reflection or study of social interactions, social institutions and the individual in society is often pointed as rooted in Wester philosophies but I think that it would be safe to state that no society could have been evolved in complexity without proper reflection about the desired structure (the vested interests of participants).
 * I do not understand fully your question "how sociology can get to another country?", the pursuit of social sciences and science in general is not limited by borders. On the other hand sociology lives by access to social data, I guess that in a closed or secretive societies there may some difficulties but as all science today it depends on the academia.
 * Wikibooks related to Sociology are listed in Subject:Sociology. --Panic (discuss • contribs) 14:08, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Contacting Wikibooks participants
Hi, I just wanted to know why some user names on WikiBook come up as red and say that the user does not exists and others are in blue? What does this mean? Also I wanted to know how I get in contact with a person if I have their wiki name, how would I go about finding their personal wiki page? SmithBiancaAnn (discuss • contribs) 13:21, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

 * Replied on Reading room/Assistance. Please follow up there.  — Ivan Shmakov (d ▞ c) 13:49, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Linking within Wikibooks
Hi there, I was wondering how to link a Wikipedia as a link rather than a reference within a wikibooks article?

Thanks! Megan4pmGlasses (discuss • contribs) 13:56, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

 * This has already been recently discussed in one of the reading rooms, which is the appropriate place (this is the talk page for the reading room, a place to discuss the reading rooms).
 * See Reading room/Assistance. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 14:31, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

How do you become an administrator?
Hello! I was wondering how do you become an administrator? Thanks, ☺☺Visit my user page☺☺ (discuss • contribs) 14:36, 18 October 2014 (UTC) P. S. PLEASE TELL ME ON MY TALK PAGE. Thanks!

Links within Text
I am fairly new to Wikibooks and I am trying to add hyperlinks to my content. I was wondering if you could give me some tips or ideas regarding the best ways to go about this. Mich.henderson (discuss • contribs) 21:12, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

I would like to know how to link in text and also how to cite sources or reference with wikibooks.Pamela.nx (discuss • contribs) 08:22, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Please see Using Wikibooks. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 10:51, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Is it allowed to for one to create their own story or novel on Wikibooks?
It is Wikibooks. Doorknob747 (discuss • contribs) 02:54, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

 * Hi, Doorknob747. No, Wikibooks is for open-source textbooks.  A work of fiction would be an original work, so we wouldn't allow it here.  (WB:What is Wikibooks?)  --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 10:57, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Bad archive access button
Here (in 2009) a "kind of link" for getting access to "Current discussions and archives" is supposedly added. I do not know what it was supposed to do; but the implementation did and does involve a "searchbutton" with the label "Search current discussions and archives".

Pushing this button yielded (presently) a list of 304 pages with the prefix "Wikibooks:Reading room" in a rather scrambled order. First come a few subpages, then some archives from 2015, then some archives from 2009 and 2010, When I pushed it again later, the archives from 2015 were gone from the first 40 items, but there were a number of even older archives added; these 40 items now contain some archives from 2003 to 2013 (inclusive). The order they appear inseemingly has nothing to do with the dates of last changes.

The reason for the touble seems to be, that there is a search filter
 * fulltext=Search+current+discussions+and+archives

However, to search pages for the occurrense of the word current is not at all the optimal way to find the most current pages. (:-)

If someone knows how to implement a search by latest date of change instead, that would be great. Else, that button could preferrably be removed, and perhaps the page WB:Reading room/Archives instead updated a bit, I think. JoergenB (discuss • contribs) 17:40, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Park Health Master Document Donation
I'm looking to donate this book that I'm outlining

But the evolution of it is running on MS Word, Google Docs, as well as GitBooks PARKHEALTH_MASTERDOCUMENT.docx

Does that violate Wikibooks policies?

Our core value at Park Health is opensource

Rolodexter1 (discuss • contribs) 18:37, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Is there any audio form of asking questions?
Hello Wikibooks I like interactive question and answer in audio format, please make provision for it. Christmas videos (discuss • contribs) 20:30, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Currently, I don't know of any way to do that. Is the problem that you're trying to ask a question about how Wikibooks functions and you think that audio/video is a better way to ask it than text or is the problem that you want Wikibooks to host audio/video media as part of its content? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:16, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I can think of a way for a question to be asked in an audio file, then have the subject respond with traditional multiple choice, text input, etc. Is that OK? Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 01:11, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

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User talk:Furrykef

Welcome to wikibooks! Are you a wikipedia user as well? I hope you like the peaceful coexistance of users here. Perl 14:27, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Music
I have no problem with the move from "Music theory" to "Music" but I'm curious as to the reason. Taking a quick glance at your work so far, I would say most of my concerns may be with your meta-theory, not your theory (as would be expected as accurate basic theory sources abound). For instance: "Theory is the underlying foundation that unites every song. It explains everything." First, you are partly talking about analysis, but this is a fine point. More importantly "musicology fastidiously declares issues of musical signification off-limits to those engaged in legitimate scholarship." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_musicology) I would have taken the following paragraph from Wikipedia: "Music theory is a set of systems for analyzing, classifying, and composing music and the elements of music. Narrowly it may be defined as the description in words of elements of music, and the interrelationship between the notation of music and performance practice. The academic study of music is called musicology." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theory) And I would have added, "Broadly, theory may be considered any statement, belief, or conception of music." (which I'm doing now).

Hopefully I don't come off as disapproving of this project or your efforts. For now I think I'll talk before I edit, as I don't want to paste of your meanings and intents. Hyacinth 18:43, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

Heya! I didn't really write that introduction; somebody else did and I revised it (view the history for details), though it is possible, perhaps not unlikely, that I have made a few dubious revisions. I'm not sure about using the longer Wikipedia quote ("Music theory is a set of systems...") because it doesn't really get to the essence of what I feel music theory to be, essentially, a meta-language of music.

Anyway, you don't need to Talk before editing (unless it's something really drastic), just go ahead and do it. :) It's not as though I own the book, after all. If I wanted to, I wouldn't put it on a wiki. ;)

By the way, since you asked, I moved it to Music since that's where I would have put it myself (in fact, that's how I found out that you already started the book). The reason for that is I would use the "Music" namespace for chapters, and I think it'd be most consistent if the name of the book, as far as the wiki page title goes, matched the namespace. I might reverse it, though, i.e., have Music redirect to Tonal_Music_Theory, but the chapters would still use the Music namespace. The issue is further confused because Wikibooks still hasn't settled on a convention for chapter titles of books.

--Furrykef 01:42, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

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A demonstration of tablature and simple ditty for the guitar book.

I created it myself using the PowerTab editor, and edited it in Photoshop to help reduce it to a more reasonable width.

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Guitar/Tablature and Standard Notation

Tablature and standard notation are two ways that musical information is shared. Sight-reading of standard notation is a requisite skill for teaching careers, session work, and the theater orchestra. Reading music increases your knowledge of music and allows you to notate your musical ideas. Each notation system has its advantages and disadvantages. Tablature does not convey timing and pitch information as well as standard notation does though it is more useful for showing bends and to what degree (1/4, 1/2 or full) they should be executed and other worded instructions such as pick scrapes and whammy bar effects. For these reasons many guitar transcriptions for rock, jazz and blues, use both standard notation and tablature.

Tablature
You do not need to know how to read music to use tablature. Each string is represented by a line and on those lines numbers are used to indicate which fret to press down.

Below is a simple melody in tablature.

Lower Section
In the lower section of the example above, the top line represents the thinnest string of the guitar (high e) and the lowest line represents the thickest string of the guitar (low E). Each number on a line represents a fretted note on that string. The number zero is an open string, the number one is the first fret, and so on.

The tab is divided into measures using bar-lines but the duration of the notes is not indicated. You can figure out the duration of the notes using the standard notation in the upper section. You can also work out the note values using the time signature; which in this example is four-four time. This means that there are four quarter-notes in each measure. The tempo or style, which is given at the top of a piece of sheet music, is also an indicator of how a song should be played.

The key signature is not shown in the example. Key signatures show which sharps, naturals, and flats are to be used; represented by #'s and b's. Each sharp or flat is shown on their respective line and space after the time signature.

Upper Section
The upper section of the example above is in standard notation and shows that the first bar has eight notes. Each note is represented by an oval note-head which indicates which note pitch is to be played. A stem with tails is used to indicate notes duration (how long the note is to be held). In standard notation only the whole-note is written without a stem. Because the notes in the first bar are all eighth notes with one tail they are connected with a single beam as shown in the example. The beaming of the same notes in a bar allows for easier reading. In a bar of music with mixed note values a single eighth note would be shown with a single tail. Sixteenth notes have two tails so a double beam is used when grouping.

The vertical bar-line after the last eighth note marks the end of one complete count of the time-signature. Bar-lines are used to show the pulse of the music and taken overall allows us to describe the form of a piece of music. The usefulness of using bar-lines to describe form is self-evident in the twelve bar blues whose title states that a cyclic group of twelve bars is to be performed. It is common to find musicians describing one complete thirty-two bar cycle of a jazz standard as a chorus. The term chorus is used to indicate how many times a song is to be repeated. A vamp on the thirty-two bar Jazz standard "Misty", written by the pianist Erroll Garner, would by convention start with all the musicians stating the melody with the following choruses dedicated to solo improvisation. The last chorus usually has the musicians stating the melody again without improvisation. The convenience of using the term chorus can be illustrated by imagining a four piece Jazz quartet with piano, saxophone, double bass and drums. If each musician is given a chorus to improvise over and the convention of all the musicians stating the melody on the first and last chorus is utilized then the song will have six choruses. The original hit recording of "Misty" as sung by Sarah Vaughan consisted of only one chorus with a four bar intro. Be aware that four and eight bar codas and intros are very common in Jazz and Blues and need to be taken into account when working out how many bars a chorus contains.

In some forms of music there is a strong emphasis placed on the first beat of each bar. This is easily demonstrated by the Waltz time signature where the first beat of a count of three is emphasized for the dancers benefit in accord with the dance steps to be performed. If a note is tied over the bar-line with a curved tie-line then the note duration is held over to the next bar. Bars never have more notes in them than is indicated by the time signature. In the next bar there is a whole note which is a white oval with no stem. The two vertical black lines at the end are called a double bar-line indicating that the piece of music has ended.

ASCII Tablature
There is a very informal and loose standard of "Internet Tablature" using only ASCII characters. The above example would be written like this: e---0-1-3-5-3-1-0|-|| B--3-|-1---|| G|-|| D|-|| A|-|| E|-|| It has the same disadvantages of tab and contains much less information than the standard notation of the upper section. Rhythm can only be suggested by spacing or by adding symbols above each note (such as Q for quarter note). Much Internet tablature does not even contain bar lines. The timing must be discerned by listening to the original piece. This is the major flaw of online tabs and this style of tab in general.

However, online tabs are often much more convenient than standard notation for precisely conveying a specific finger positioning. Especially with alternate tunings this is a clear advantage.

Common Tab symbols:

Chords are often written in the form: EADGBE EADGBE  EADGBE xx0232 x32010  320003

Notes On The Staff
Here are the notes as they appear in standard notation. The set of lines and spaces that run horizontally across the page is called the staff (plural - staves). Notes can be written on the lines and in the spaces. A common mnenomic for remembering the notes of the Treble Clef is:

"Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge" and the word "FACE

The musical alphabet starts at the letter A and ends on the letter G. There are twelve sounds in music and seven letters to represent them. The other five sounds are the sharps or flats of these seven notes. Each step up the staff is the next letter, so it goes A, B, C, etc. The first symbol on the staff is always the clef; which in this case is the treble clef. The word clef is French for key and gives you the position of the first note. The treble clef shown here is also called the G clef. It is drawn so that the note G is indicated as being on the second line.

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Spanish/Vocabulary/Technology

Computer-related terms will vary widely between countries, and in many cases the English word will be used. In Spain, terms will be translated literally, or an older word of similar meaning will be used.

= Sujetos =

El ordenador

 *  el ordenador  :  computer (Spain)
 *  el computador  :  computer (chiefly Chile, Colombia)
 *  La computadora  :  computer (Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Cuba, Costa Rica, Bolivia, and Paraguay)
 *  el ordenador de sobremesa  :  desktop computer
 *  el ordenador personal :  personal organizer, PDA
 *  la computadora personal  : PC
 *  el ordenador portátil  :  laptop

La carcasa

 *  la carcasa  :  tower case
 *  el botón
 *  el botón de expulsión de CD/DVD-ROM  :  CD/DVD-ROM eject button
 *  el botón de expulsión de disquete  :  floppy disk eject button
 *  el botón de reiniciación  :  reset button
 *  el control de volumen  :  volume control
 *  el interruptor de encendido  :  power button
 *  el panel de cierre  :  bay filler panel
 *  el puerto
 *  el puerto de módem interno  :  internal modem port
 *  el puerto de red  :  network port
 *  el puerto de vídeo  :  video port
 *  el puerto juego/puerto MIDI  :  game/MIDI port
 *  el puerto paralelo  :  parallel port
 *  el puerto ratón  :  mouse port
 *  el puerto serial  :  serial port
 *  el puerto teclado  :  keyboard port
 *  el puerto USB  :  USB port
 *  la toma
 *  la toma audio  :  audio jack
 *  la toma de alimentación  :  power cable plug
 *  la toma de auriculares  :  earphone jack
 *  el ventilador de la carcasa  :  case fan
 *  el ventilador del equipo de alimentación  :  power supply fan
 *  el altavoz  :  speaker
 *  la batería  :  battery
 *  el bus  :  bus
 *  el cable de alimentación  :  power cable
 *  el chipset  :  chipset
 *  el conector
 *  el conector de expansión AGP  :  AGP expansion connector
 *  el conector de expansión PCI  :  PCI expansion connector
 *  el conector de extensión ISA  :  ISA expansion connector
 *  el conector de RAM  :  random access memory (RAM) connector
 *  el disipador térmico  :  heat sink
 *  el obturador  :  filler plate
 *  el procesador  :  processor
 *  la tarjeta de expansión PCI  :  PCI expansion card
 *  la tarjeta madre  :  motherboard
 *  la unidad
 *  la unidad CD/DVD-ROM  :  CD/DVD-ROM drive
 *  la unidad de disco duro primario  :  primary hard disk drive
 *  la unidad de disquetes  :  floppy disk drive
 *  la unidad de grupo de la alimentación  :  power supply unit
 *  la unidad de memoria de acceso aleatorio (RAM)  :  random access memory (RAM) module
 *  la unidad secundaria de disco duro  :  secondary hard disk drive

Unidades de entrada y salida

 *  el joystick  :  joystick
 *  la palanca de mando
 *  el micrófono  :  microphone
 *  el módem  :  modem
 *  el monitor  :  monitor
 *  el proyector  :  projector
 *  el ratón  :  mouse
 *  el ratón de rueda  :  wheel mouse
 *  el ratón inalámbrico  :  cordless mouse
 *  el ratón mecánico  :  mechanical mouse
 *  el ratón óptico  :  optical mouse
 *  la alfombrilla de ratón  :  mouse pad
 *  el stylus  :  stylus
 *  el teclado  :  keyboard
 *  el trackball  :  trackball
 *  la bola de seguimiento
 *  la cámara
 *  la cámara de vídeo  :  digital camcorder
 *  la cámara digital  :  digital camera
 *  la cámara web  :  webcam
 *  la impresora
 *  la impresora de líneas  :  inkjet printer
 *  la impresora láser  :  laser printer
 *  la tableta digitalizada  :  graphics tablet
 *  la tablet gráfica

el ordenador portátil

 *  el ordenador portátil  :  laptop
 *  el altavoz  :  speaker
 *  el botón de bloqueo de la pantalla  :  display release button
 *  el botón de encendido/apagado del touch pad  :  touch pad button
 *  el conector de alimentación del adaptador  :  power adapter port
 *  el interruptor de comunicación  :  power button
 *  la pantalla  :  display
 *  el puerto
 *  el puerto de Ethernet  :  Ethernet port
 *  el puerto de infrarrojos  :  infrared port
 *  el puerto de módem interno  :  internal modem port
 *  el puerto de salida de S-video  :  S-Video output
 *  el puerto de vídeo  :  video port
 *  el puerto FireWire  :  FireWire port
 *  el puerto USB  :  USB port
 *  la ranura de la tarjeta PC  :  PC card slot
 *  la ranura de ventilación  :  cooling vent
 *  el teclado  :  keyboard
 *  el panel táctil  :  touch pad
 *  la unidad CD/DVD-ROM  :  CD/DVD-ROM drive
 *  el adaptador de corriente  :  power adapter
 *  el cordón de alimentación de corriente continua  :  direct-current power cord
 *  el cordón de alimentación de corriente alterna  :  alternating-current power cord

La Telecomunicacion

 *  los equipos de telecomunicaciones  :  telecommunications equipment
 *  los equipos de conmutación pública  :  public switching equipment
 *  el conmutador analógico  :  analogue switch
 *  el conmutador digitales  :  digital switch
 *  el conmutador de voz sobre ip  :  voice over ip switch
 *  el equipo de transmisión  :  transmission equipment
 *  la línea de transmisión  :  transmission line
 *  la fibra óptica  :  optical fiber
 *  el bucle local  :  local loop
 *  la estacion base transceptora  :  base transceiver station
 *  la comunicación óptica por el espacio libre  :  free-space optical communication
 *  la comunicación láser en el espacio  :  laser communication in space
 *  el multiplexor  :  multiplexer
 *  el satélite de comunicacion  :  communication satellite
 *  los equipos del cliente  :  customer premises equipment (CPE)
 *  el conmutador privado  :  private switche
 *  la red de área local  :  local area network (LAN)
 *  el teléfono móvil  :  mobile phone
 *  el teléfono fijo  :  landline telephone
 *  el contestador automático  :  answering machine
 *  el teletipo  :  teleprinter
 *  la máquina de fax  :  fax machine
 *  el mensáfono  :  pager
 *  el dispositivo inalámbrico  :  wireless device

Internet

 *  el/la Internet  :  Internet
 *  el internauta  :  Internet user
 *  el módem  :  modem
 *  el módem cableado  :  cable modem
 *  el navegador  :  browser
 *  el programa de correo electrónico  :  e-mail software
 *  el proveedor de servicios Internet  :  Internet service provider
 *  el rúter  :  router
 *  El enrutador
 *  el satélite de telecomunicaciones  :  telecommunication satellite
 *  el servidor  :  server
 *  el servidor de acceso  :  access server
 *  la estación repetidora de microondas  :  microwave relay station
 *  la estación terrestre de telecomunicaciones  :  satellite earth station
 *  la línea
 *  la línea cableada  :  cable line
 *  la línea reservada  :  dedicated line
 *  la línea submarina  :  submarine line
 *  la línea telefónica  :  telephone line

La red

 *  el bus  :  bus
 *  el cable  :  cable
 *  el cable coaxial  :  coaxial cable
 *  el cable de fibra óptica  :  fiber optic cable
 *  el cable de par  :  twisted-pair cable
 *  el concentrador  :  hub
 *  el conector en T  :  T-connector
 *  el conmutador  :  switch
 *  el cortafuegos  :  firewall
 *  la pasarela  :  gateway
 *  el puente  :  bridge
 *  la red  :  network
 *  la cadena margarita  :  daisy chain
 *  la red en anillo  :  ring network
 *  la red en anillo  :  tree network
 *  la red en bus  :  bus network
 *  la red en estrella  :  star network
 *  la red en malla  :  mesh network
 *  la red híbrida  :  hybrid network
 *  la red lineal  :  line network
 *  la red punto a punto  :  point-to-point network
 *  el servidor  :  server
 *  el servidor de archivos  :  file server
 *  el sistema de alimentación ininterrumpida  :  uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
 *  el terminador  :  terminator
 *  la unidad de copia de seguridad  :  backup storage unit

= Verbos =
 *  entrar al sistema   to log-on
 *  salir del sistema   to log-off
 *  prender   to turn-on (not in Spain)
 *  encender   to turn on (in Spain)
 *  apagar   to turn-off
 *  buscar   to search
 *  copiar   to copy
 *  imprimir   to print

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Spanish/Word Order

The word order in Spanish is not as rigid as it is in English.

It is normally SVO (subject - verb - object):
 * Juan comió una manzana (Juan ate an apple)

However, it is possible to change the word order to emphasize the verb or the object:
 * Comió Juan una manzana (VSO)
 * Una manzana comió Juan (OVS)

Note: To say "An apple ate Juan," that is, Juan was eaten by an apple, insert the word "a" (personal "a") like this:
 * Una manzana comió a Juan.  (SVO)

The subject is frequently omitted because the verb ending already gives information about the person:
 * Yo comí una manzana (I ate an apple)
 * Comí una manzana (I ate an apple)

In the second sentence we know that I ate the apple because the verb ending would be different for all other persons.

If you want to say "Juan ate it," the word order will have to be changed to accommodate the direct object pronoun:
 * Juan la comió (SOV)

This is always the word order when using a direct or indirect object pronoun.

In general, Spanish is very flexible because the core grammatical structure gives you the liberty of changing the order of words. A Spanish sentence can be constructed in a photographic manner so that you put words in the sentence in the same order you tend to think that you're observing them. Spanish tries to make possible the compatibility between the formal logic and the descriptive quality of the message.

The main departure from English grammar is that instead of an adjective-noun form, it's noun-adjective. So, in English we would say blue car, while in Spanish you would say "car blue" (coche azul). There are, as in many other languages, exceptions to this rule, particularly when the adjective has a double meaning. For example, "a poor man" could be expressed as "an unfortunate man" (pobre hombre), or a "wealth-less man" (hombre pobre). As a rule of thumb, the more permanent meaning dictates that the adjective go before the noun, but when in doubt, place the adjective after the noun.

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Electronics/Cells

Cells
A cell, or electrochemical cell, Galvanic cell or Voltaic cell, is a component used to store and provide electrical energy. The energy in a cell is stored as a chemical potential energy, and electrical energy can be extracted when the chemicals undergo a chemical reaction. A battery is the term used to refer to multiple cells that are used together as one unit, and can be connected in series, parallel or in a combination of series and parallel connections.

The properties of the cell can be determined by the chemistry of the cell (i.e. what it is made up of), and its physical design. Different chemistries will affect cell voltage, energy density, internal resistivity, and other factors. Physical design will affect the total cell energy capacity, total internal resistance and the shape and size of the cell. Generally, increasing the size of a cell, while maintaining the cell chemistry, will result in a greater energy capacity and lower internal resistance, and consequently a greater current supplying capability, and vice versa.

Cells are categorised as Primary (Dry) cells, and Secondary (Wet) cells, based on their chemistry. Primary cells are single-use and disposable, for example alkaline cells. Secondary cells are rechargeable, for example lead-acid cells.

 * Cell: Two materials with a voltage difference between them. This causes current to flow, which does work. Electrons travel from the cathode, do some work, and are absorbed by the anode.

 * Anode: Destination of electrons.
 * Cathode: Source of electrons.
 * ions: An atom with an imbalance of electrons.

 * cell operation: The cell runs and electrons are depleted at the cathode and accumulate at the anode. This creates a reverse voltage which stops the flow of electrons.

 * irreversible: At some point the voltage difference reactions between the cathode and anode will decrease to a point that the cell in unusable. At this point, in an irreversible cell, the voltage difference is irreplaceably lost, and the cell is of no further use.
 * reversible: Able to run the cell backwards.
 * rechargeable: In a rechargeable cell, when the voltage difference between the cathode and anode decreases, the cell can be recharged, thereby increasing the voltage difference to a suitable level to allow continued use.
 * humid air will discharge cells.
 * cells are usually made of toxic or corrosive substances, for example lead and sulphuric acid. Such substances have been known to explode.

 * Electronegativity

What is the relationship between voltage and electronegativity?

 * Electronegativity is a concept in chemistry used to measure and predict the relative likelihood of a chemical reaction causing electrons to shift from one chemical to another resulting in ions and molecular bonds. A battery cell operates by allowing two chemicals to react and supply ions to the anode and cathode.  When the supply of a reactant is consumed, the battery is dead.  It no longer produces different electrical potential at the anode and cathode driven by the chemical reaction.

 * Voltage is the electrical potential of a point due to surrounding measurable electric charge distributions and points as calculated by application Coulomb's Law. Voltage difference between two points connected by a conductor results in electron flow.

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Guitar/Slides

The slide is one of the simplest guitar techniques. There are two kinds of slides: shift slides and legato slides. In a shift slide, a note is fretted, then struck, and then the fretting finger slides up or down to a different fret, and the string is struck again. A legato slide differs in that the string is struck only for the first note.

The first slide pictured is a shift slide; the second is a legato slide. A few tablature writers do not distinguish between the two slides, using only shift slide notation. The abbreviation "sl." for slide may be omitted. When sliding from a higher fret to a lower fret, the slanted lines are usually changed to have a downward slope instead of an upward slope, to emphasize the sliding "down". It is possible to slide up from an open string, but this often does not sound as clean because this requires a hammer-on at the first fret (or for really fast slides, a higher fret) before sliding up. Likewise, it is possible to slide down to an open string but it requires a pull-off at the first (or some other) fret.

In Internet tablature, a slide from the third fret to the fifth might be written like any of these: 3/5   3>5 3>s>5 3s5

Internet tablature rarely distinguishes between the two kinds of slides.

Less commonly, tablature can instruct the guitarist to "slide into" or "slide out of" a note. In printed tablature, they are notated identically except, in the case of slide-into, the first note is omitted, and in the case of slide-out-of, the second note is omitted. In other words, the note slides in from nowhere, or out to nowhere. It simply tells the guitarist to quickly slide from or to an arbitrary point, usually only a few frets away.

Good sliding keeps the new note audible, while keeping the note in tune. If you don't press the string hard enough, you mute the string or buzz it on the frets. Too hard and the string bends out of tune. The latter does not happen often, but sounds awful and should be avoided.

 * Example
 * C C C C | F F C C | G F C G
 * [[file:Guitar Slide Training - Folkblues in C.svg|350px]]

 * E E E E | A A E E | H7 A E H7
 * [[file:Guitar Slide Training - Folkblues in E.svg|350px]]

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User:Furrykef

Information about me can be obtained on my Wikipedia user page. Comments may be posted at my Wikipedia user talk page.

- Kef

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File:Guitar-slide.png

I created this image myself using PowerTab and edited it in MS Paint to reduce the width of the image and remove extraneous elements. It demonstrates the notation for slides and legato slides on the guitar.

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Cryptography/RSA

RSA is an asymmetric algorithm for public key cryptography, widely used in electronic commerce. The algorithm was described in 1977 by Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Len Adleman; the letters RSA are the initials of their surnames.

Clifford Cocks, a British mathematician working for GCHQ, described an equivalent system in an internal document in 1973. His discovery, however, was not revealed until 1997 due to its top-secret classification.

The security of the RSA system relies on the difficulty of factoring very large integers. New fast algorithms in this field could render RSA insecure, but this is generally considered unlikely.

The algorithm was patented by MIT in 1983 in the United States of America. The patent expired 21 September 2000. Since the algorithm had been published prior to the patent application, it could not be patented in other countries.

Key Generation
Suppose a user Alice wishes to allow Bob to send her a private message over an insecure transmission medium. She takes the following steps to generate a public key and a private key:

 * 1) Choose two large prime numbers p ≠ q randomly and independently of each other. Compute N = p q.
 * 2) Choose an integer 1 < e < N  which is coprime to (p-1)(q-1).
 * 3) Compute d such that d e ≡ 1 (mod (p-1)(q-1)).
 * 4) Destroy all records of p and q.
 * (Steps 2 and 3 can be performed with the extended Euclidean algorithm; see modular arithmetic. Additionally, solving for either e or d may be performed using the diophantine equation $$ed - k\phi(n) = 1$$.)

N and e are the public key, and N and d are the private key. Note that only d is a secret as N is known to the public. Alice transmits the public key to Bob, and keeps the private key secret.

You can generate and examine a real RSA keypair using OpenSSL and some Unix utilities. ( Cryptography/Generate a keypair using OpenSSL ).

Encrypting messages
Suppose Bob wishes to send a message m to Alice. He knows N and e, which Alice has announced. He turns m into a number n < N, using some previously agreed-upon reversible protocol. For example, each character in a plaintext message could be converted to its ASCII code, and the codes concatenated into a single number. If necessary, he can break m into pieces and encrypt each piece separately. He then computes the ciphertext c:

 * $$ c \equiv n^e\ (\mathrm{mod}\ N) $$

This can be done quickly using the method of exponentiation by squaring. Bob then transmits c to Alice.

Decrypting messages
Alice receives c from Bob, and knows her private key d. She can recover n from c by the following procedure:

 * $$ c^d \equiv n\ (\mathrm{mod}\ N) $$

Alice can then extract n, since n < N. Given n, she can recover the original message m.

The decryption procedure works because

 * $$ c^d \equiv n^{e \cdot d}\ (\mathrm{mod}\ N)$$

and ed ≡ 1 (mod p-1) and ed ≡ 1 (mod q-1). Fermat's little theorem yields

 * $$ n^{e \cdot d} \equiv n\ (\mathrm{mod}\ p) $$    and     $$ n^{e \cdot d} \equiv n\ (\mathrm{mod}\ q) $$

which implies (as p and q are different prime numbers)
 * $$ n^{e \cdot d} \equiv n\ (\mathrm{mod}\ pq) $$

Signing Messages
RSA can also be used to sign a message. Suppose Alice wishes to send a signed message to Bob. She produces a hash value of the message, encrypts it with her secret key, and attaches it as a "signature" to the message. This signature can only be decrypted with her public key. When Bob receives the signed message, he decrypts the signature with Alice's public key, and compares the resulting hash value with the message's actual hash value. If the two agree, he knows that the author of the message was in possession of Alice's secret key, and that the message has not been tampered with since.

Security
Suppose Eve, an eavesdropper, intercepts the public key N and e, and the ciphertext c. However, she is unable to directly obtain d, which Alice keeps secret. The most obvious way for Eve to deduce n from c is to factor N into p and q, in order to compute (p-1)(q-1) which allows the determination of d from e. No polynomial-time method for factoring large integers on a classical computer has yet been found, but it has not been proven that none exists. See integer factorization for a discussion of this problem.

It has not been proven that factoring N is the only way of deducing n from c, but no easier method has been discovered (at least to public knowledge.)

Therefore, it is generally presumed that Eve is defeated in practice if N is sufficiently large.

If N is 256 bits or shorter, it can be factored in a few hours on a personal computer, using software already freely available. If N is 512 bits or shorter, it can be factored by several hundred computers as of 1999. It is currently recommended that N be at least 1024 bits long.

In 1993, Peter Shor showed that a quantum computer could in principle perform the factorization in polynomial time. If (or when) quantum computers become a practical technology, Shor's algorithm will make RSA and related algorithms obsolete.

Should an efficient classical factorization code be discovered or a practical quantum computer constructed, using still larger key lengths would provide a stopgap measure. However, any such security break in RSA would obviously be retroactive. An eavesdropper who had recorded a public key and any ciphertext produced with it (easily found by just recording traffic to that public key's owner), could simply wait until such a breakthrough. And then decipher that ciphertext into the plaintext message. Therefore, it is inherently unsafe to exchange long-term secrets with RSA or any cipher with similar vulnerabilities.

Key generation
Finding the large primes p and q is usually done by testing random numbers of the right size with probabilistic primality tests which quickly eliminate most non-primes. If such a test finds a "probable prime", a deterministic test should then be used to verify that the number is indeed prime.

p and q should not be 'too close', lest the Fermat factorization for N be successful. Furthermore, if either p-1 or q-1 has only small prime factors, N can be factored quickly and these values of p or q should therefore be discarded as well.

One should not employ a prime search method which gives any information whatsoever about the primes to the attacker. In particular, a good random number generator for the start value needs to be employed. Note that the requirement here is both 'random' and 'unpredictable'. These are not the same criteria; a number may have been chosen by a random process (i.e., no pattern in the results), but if it is predictable in any manner (or even partially predicatable), the method used will result in loss of security. For example, the random number table published by the Rand Corp in the 1950s might very well be truly random, but it has been published and thus can serve an attacker as well. If the attacker can guess half of the digits of p or q, they can quickly compute the other half (shown by Coppersmith in 1997).

It is important that the secret key d be large enough. Wiener showed in 1990 that if p is between q and 2q (which is quite typical) and d < N1/4/3, then d can be computed efficiently from N and e. The encryption key e = 2 should also not be used.

Speed
RSA is much slower than DES and other symmetric cryptosystems. In practice, Bob typically encrypts a secret message with a symmetric algorithm, encrypts the (comparatively short) symmetric key with RSA, and transmits both the RSA-encrypted symmetric key and the symmetrically-encrypted message to Alice.

This procedure raises additional security issues. For instance, it is of utmost importance to use a strong random number generator for the symmetric key, because otherwise Eve could bypass RSA by guessing the symmetric key.

Key distribution
As with all ciphers, it is important how RSA public keys are distributed. Key distribution must be secured against a man-in-the-middle attack. Suppose Eve has some way to give Bob arbitrary keys and make him believe they belong to Alice. Suppose further that Eve can intercept transmissions between Alice and Bob. Eve sends Bob her own public key, which Bob believes to be Alice's. Eve can then intercept any ciphertext sent by Bob, decrypt it with her own secret key, keep a copy of the message, encrypt the message with Alice's public key, and send the new ciphertext to Alice. In principle, neither Alice nor Bob would be able to detect Eve's presence. Defenses against such attacks are often based on digital certificates or other components of a public key infrastructure.

Timing attacks
Kocher described an ingenious unexpected new attack on RSA in 1995: if the attacker Eve knows the hardware of Alice and is able to measure the decryption times for several known cyphertexts, she can deduce the decryption key d quickly. To thwart this attack, the decryption code should decrypt in constant time. This is known as RSA blinding.

Adaptive Chosen Ciphertext Attacks
In 1998, Daniel Bleichenbacher described the first practical adaptive chosen ciphertext attack, against RSA-encrypted messages using the PKCS #1 v1 redundancy function (a redundancy function adds structure to an RSA-encrypted message, so it is possible to determine whether a decrypted message is valid.) Due to flaws with the PKCS #1 scheme, Bleichenbacher was able to mount a practical attack against RSA implementations of the Secure Socket Layer protocol, and potentially reveal session keys. As a result of this work, cryptographers now recommend the use of provably secure redundancy checks such as Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding, and RSA Laboratories has released new versions of PKCS #1 that are not vulnerable to these attacks.

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Guitar/Intervals and Power Chords

An interval is the distance between two notes.

Each interval has a distinctive sound.

Intervals are named with reference to scales. For example, the interval from the root of the major scale to the second note of the major scale is called a "major second"; the interval from the root to the third note of that scale is a "major third", and so on. A "minor third" is the interval from the root to the third of a minor scale, and is a semitone (one fret) less than a major third.

Major scale played on a single string: nut                                                                   12th fret O||-|--●--|-|--●--|--●--|-|--●--|-|--●--|-|--●--|--●--| ^         ^           ^     ^           ^           ^           ^     ^       root      2nd         3rd   4th         5th         6th         7th   octave (8th)

Natural minor scale played on a single string: nut                                                                   12th fret O||-|--●--|--●--|-|--●--|-|--●--|--●--|-|--●--|-|--●--| ^         ^     ^           ^           ^     ^           ^           ^       root      2nd  minor         4th         5th  minor       minor      octave 3rd                           6th         7th        (8th)

Major 2nd interval played on one string (say, the 6th string): ||-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|--- ||-|-|-|-|--●--|-|--●--|-|-|-|-|-|---

Same interval played on two strings (6th and 5th): ||-|--●--|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|--- ||-|-|-|-|--●--|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|---

Exception. If played on 2nd and 3rd strings, the shape of a major 2nd becomes this, because of the tuning irregularity: ||-|-|--●--|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|--- ||-|-|-|-|--●--|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|---

Major 3rd on two strings (but not 2nd to 3rd strings) ||-|-|-|--●--|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|--- ||-|-|-|-|--●--|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|---

Major 3rd on 2nd and 3rd strings: ||-|-|-|-|--●--|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|--- ||-|-|-|-|--●--|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|--- If the two notes are played at the same time, an interval is called a harmonic interval. If they are played one after the other, it is called a melodic interval. (Only melodic intervals can be played on a single string.)

Power chords
Power chords are simple chords consisting of root, fifth, and possibly octave. An advantage to understanding power chords is their shape can be used to quickly determine the location of the perfect fifth and the octave. This improves one's overall understanding of the location of notes on the fingerboard by relation to one another and builds the groundwork for understanding scales. Power chords are a staple of heavy distortion guitar styles, where the distortion creates harmonics that give a rich sound despite the bare-bones simplicity of the chord.

Perfect fifths (e.g., C-G) and their inversion, perfect fourths (e.g., G-C), are the most consonant interval on the guitar (and in all of music for that matter), not counting unison and octaves.

It is more difficult to play the octave for a root note on the D string, because the B string is tuned differently than the other strings, and you will need to stretch further to reach the octave. Power chords are most commonly played on the thicker strings, and many songs exclusively use perfect fifth power chords.

Perfect Fifth above octave
The simplest perfect fifth power chord uses the same fingering as an E minor chord, except only the thickest three strings are played. Here is the fretting for the E5 power chord:

There are several different fingerings you can use to play a power chord, but it is best to choose one that lets you easily move the power chord up and down the neck.

Here are three most common fingerings for a power chord, in this case, a G5. In the second and third fingering, the two strings are barred at the fifth fret. The numbers indicate the number of finger to use. Finger #1 is the index finger, #2 the middle finger, #3 the ring finger, and finger #4 is the little finger.

 EADGBE       EADGBE        EADGBE ---xxx       ---xxx        ---xxx 1 ......     1 ......      1 ......  2 ......      2 ......      2 ......  3 1.....      3 1.....      3 1.....  4 ......      4 ......      4 ......  5 .34...      5 .33...      5 .44...

Alternate Fingerings
One common variation on the power chord involved omitting the second, higher octave note. For example, a G5 without the second G would look like this:

These are easier to play because you only need two fingers and the sound is similar to the three string version.

Since a power chord is just playing multiple strings that produce only two tones, it is possible to play all six strings and still be playing a power chord. Some open tunings set the guitar up so that when you strum it open, it plays a power chord. Here is an example of a full G5 chord, where all strings are either playing a G or a D.

 EADGBE --00-- 1 ......  2 ......  3 2...11  4 ......  5 .4....

This chord can be considered a non-traditional power chord, since in popular music, power chords usually use only two or three strings. This is also a hard fingering for the beginner, but it emphasizes an important fact about double stops: as long as you keep adding octave or unison notes, you will always be playing the same interval. Playing a non-octave or unison note will instead produce a chord.

Adding unison notes may sound different even though they are supposed to produce the same pitch. This may be because the strings have different tension or thickness. In general, the guitar's thinner strings will have a brighter, more ringing sound.

Perfect Fourths
This type of power chord can be regarded as root plus perfect fifth in the octave below.

Perfect fourths have a slightly more suspended sound than perfect fifth chords. These are easy to play, because most of the strings on the guitar are tuned in fourths. This means that playing any two of the thickest four strings, when they are beside one another and played at the same fret. For example, a D4 is played like this:

 EADGBE    EADGBE (335xxx)  (x224xx)

Other Double Stops
You can play a huge variety of different intervals by playing chords, and just plucking two notes at the same time. Often you can add variety to chord strumming by playing a quick fill by playing different sections of a chord, and achieving different intervals.

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Organic Chemistry/Introduction to reactions/Reactions with organometallic reagents

Organometallic compounds are organic substances which contain bonds between carbon to metallic elements. Common metals found in organometallic compounds are Na, K, Li, Mg, and B.

Formation of organometalic reagents: R-X + 2M -> R-M +MX

 * 1) Organolithium, organosodium and organopotassium
 * 2) Organo-magnesium: Grignard reagents RMgX
 * 3) Transition-metal organometallics
 * 4) organo-molybdenum and tungsten: metathesis catalysts
 * 5) organo-titanium: Tebbe's reagent
 * 6) organo-iron: Collman's reagent

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Cookbook:Wheat Modak (Coconut Pastries)

| Indian Cuisine | Dessert

Modak is a deep fried Indian sweet that is almost exclusively prepared during the Ganesha Festival around August, when it is often given as an offering to Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed Remover of Obstacles. Modak is reportedly his favorite sweet. In some parts of the country (coastal Maharashtra), modak is prepared using rice flour, as rice is the main crop of that region. They are usually filled with a syrupy mixture of sweetened coconut, sometimes with saffron.

Dough

 * 1 cup white wheat flour
 * 1 cup semolina flour
 * 1 pinch of salt
 * 1 pinch of turmeric powder
 * 1 cup warm water
 * Oil for frying

Filling

 * 1 coconut, grated finely (makes about 2 cups)
 * 1½ cups jaggery (or substitute raw sugar)
 * ¾ tablespoon powdered cardamom

Procedure

 * 1) Combine all the dough ingredients; it should be dry but should a little sticky.
 * 2) Grease the dough with oil and leave covered for 1 hour.
 * 3) Melt the jaggery with 4 tablespoons of water in a non-stick skillet until it is liquid.
 * 4) Add coconut. Sauté for 15–20 minutes, until the mixture becomes very thick and almost dry.
 * 5) Mix in the cardamom powder and remove from the fire.
 * 6) Spread the mixture out on a metal tray to cool.
 * 7) Take a tablespoon-sized ball of dough and roll it out—using flour if it is sticky—into a disc 4 inches across.
 * 8) Put a tablespoon-sized lump of filling in the middle (it should be hardening well by now), wet the edges with a finger, and fold up the sides, crimping the dough into a peak at the top to completely seal in the filling.
 * 9) Deep fry the modak in oil until golden brown.

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Cookbook:Coffee

Coffee is a flavorful liquid brewed from coffee beans.

Cleaning
Since coffee seeds are held within the pulp of the fruit, the pulp must be crushed and removed. After this, the beans ferment slightly in order to get rid of the mucilage surrounding the hull before drying completely. The hull is cracked to expose the seeds, called coffee beans.

Decaffeination
Coffee beans naturally contain a good amount of caffeine, but some coffee beans are treated to remove it before roasting. This can either be done by treating the beans with a solvent or scraping away the outer caffeinated layer.

Roasting
Because the green, raw beans don't have much complexity of flavor, they must be roasted. This can occur over a range of temperatures (180–240°C/350–465°F) and times (10–35 minutes) to produce the desired final effect. This process causes them to darken and brown, developing the characteristic finished coffee flavor. Typically, the lighter the roast, the sweeter the profile; and, the darker the roast, the stronger and more bitter.

After roasting, beans may be treated with a flavoring component (e.g. vanilla, chocolate, spices).

Grinding
In most circumstances, coffee beans must be ground to a powder prior to use, either by the manufacturer or the consumer. The finer the grind, the less time necessary to properly brew the coffee, the sooner it can become overbrewed, and vice versa. As such, fine grinds are used for speedy preparation methods like espresso, while coarse grinds are better for drip.

Brewing
There are a number of ways to brew coffee—in all methods, ground coffee beans and water are combined, with the water extracting the aromatic compounds in the beans. Typically, this is done by either steeping the ground beans in water or forcing hot water through the grounds.

After brewing, liquid coffee may be dehydrated to produce instant coffee powder—this can be combined with water to immediately make coffee without needing to brew it.

Characteristics
Coffee contains caffeine in a relatively high quantity, which can cause alertness and increased sense of energy when consumed.

Bean
Coffee beans come in two main classes, which contributes to their flavor profile. Robusta beans are more common, though considered slightly inferior, and arabica beans are considered higher quality. Additionally, the geographic growing region and other environmental conditions will also affect the flavor of the beans—as such, beans are often named after region of origin.

Roast
After bean type, coffee beans can be further categorized by their degree of roasting, which typically ranges from light to medium and dark roasts. As the beans get darker and more roasted, they become oilier and develop a more complexly bitter flavor. Roasts may also be named slightly unintuitively, such as with "city" roast, "French" roast, and more.

Selection and storage
Coffee beans are best fresh, and their flavor will degrade as they age. Surface area plays a large part in the degradation process, so ground coffee degrades considerably faster than whole coffee beans. The degradation process is also accelerated by oxidation, so roasted coffee should be stored in airtight containers—and even in the freezer—to minimize oxidation. But in general, freshly ground, newly roasted beans will always give a better cup of coffee than pre-ground, older beans.

Once brewed, coffee still has a pretty short lifespan and should be used fresh. Excessive heating and oxidation will again degrade the flavor, so it's not recommended to keep brewed coffee on a heat source for very long.

Preparation
Many factors in the brewing process contribute to the final product. Clean fresh water is necessary, and the temperature of the water will have some bearing on the result as well. Cooler water will not extract flavors as efficiently as hot water, but boiling water can make an overly bitter brew, especially with very dark roasts. Lastly, the coarseness of the grind and the ratio of grounds to water are also important and vary according to the brewing method used. If you want stronger brewed coffee, use a higher ratio of ground coffee to water, rather than brewing for longer.

French press
In this method, the grounds are placed into the bottom of a vessel, and hot water is poured onto them. The mixture sits for a few minutes, then a mesh strainer is pushed down onto the mass, and the coffee is poured off to drink. French presses are also suitable for use in cold brewing (see below).

Drip
In America, this is the most common brewing method. Here, the grounds are placed in a basket with a non-reactive liner and a small hole in the bottom. Hot water is poured over the grounds, where it soaks them and steeps for a short time while being slowly forced by gravity through the hole into the container below. A good ratio for drip coffee is 2 tablespoons of finely ground coffee for every 6–7 oz water. Bring the water just to a boil, then pour slowly over the grounds, stirring gently. Stirring will result in the grounds retaining some extra water, but do not try to squeeze the water out—when it stops dripping, the coffee is ready to drink.

Espresso
In modern espresso machines, a fine grind of strong coffee is packed into a small metal container with a hole in the bottom. Pressurized water is quickly forced through the grounds into the pot below. A higher percentage of coffee solids are dissolved and extracted under pressure, creating an end product with more concentrated flavor. A moka-style percolator can also be used. Here, water is placed in the lower section, with the raw coffee grounds in the mid-section. As the water boils, it turns to steam—this creates enough pressure to force all the water from the lower section up through the grounds and into the upper reservoir. A good guide for making espresso is ¼ oz (7 g) ground beans per 1½ oz (45 ml) water.

Cold brew
In cold brewing, heat is replaced with time. Here, the ground coffee is steeped at room temperature for 8–12 hours before straining. One proposed argument here is that cold-brewed coffee is less bitter than hot-brewed.

Beverages
The most common way to consume coffee is as a beverage, either plain or with milk/cream, sugar, or other flavorings. A variety of classic beverages exist, including but not limited to the following:

 * Latte: Espresso and steamed milk
 * Cappuccino: espresso, steamed milk, and foamed milk
 * Mocha: espresso, steamed milk, and chocolate
 * Americano: espresso and water

Cooking
Coffee is sometimes used in recipes, especially desserts but also savory dishes, where the bitterness adds complexity of flavor. It goes well with many spices, and the flavour of chocolate is known to be enhanced by the addition of a small amount of coffee. Notable preparations that always or may include coffee include tiramisu, custards, and ice cream.

When used as an ingredient, coffee tends to be incorporated in one of the following options. The first is to simply incorporate coffee brewed with water directly into the recipe. If a different liquid is being used, the coffee can be steeped in that instead. Instant coffee powder is also an easy option, as it readily dissolves into a dish without needing to add a large volume of liquid.

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Electronics/Table of Chemicals

Electronics has quite a few chemicals in it many of which are toxic.

What things are made of
Batteries:

Electrolysis:

LEDs:

Phosphors:

Semiconductors:

wires:

The * denotes toxic

Elements at Wikipedia

 * (Ag) Silver
 * (Al) Aluminium
 * (Au) Gold
 * (B) Boron
 * (C) Carbon
 * (Cd) Cadmium
 * (Cu) Copper
 * (Ga) Gallium
 * (Hg) Mercury
 * (In) Indium
 * (P) Phosphorous
 * (Pb) Lead
 * (Pd) Palladium
 * (Pt) Platinum
 * (Se) Selenium
 * (Si) Silicon
 * (Ti) Tin
 * (Y) Yttrium
 * (Zn) Zinc

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Electronics/Audio Electronics

white noise generator

Everything past this point is notes
Electromagnets are also used in loudspeakers. You have a voltage that is dependent on the sound's pitch and volume which turns a magnetic field on and off, setting the loudspeaker vibrating.

Microphone = Records sound

The Loud Speaker
A speaker consists of a paper cone attached to a coil which acts as a small electromagnet. The coil is fitted over a permanent magnet, and as the current flows through the coil it is either attracted or repelled depending on which direction the current flows. A typical signal from an amplifier will be a varying a.c. current, and so the cone will vibrate back and forth at the same frequency as the current. As the cone vibrates, it sets up pressure waves in the air, which we hear as sound.

The electric bell
Once the battery is connected a current flows in the wire loops around the U shaped soft iron core.

This turns the core into an electromagnet.

The electromagnet attracts the amateur which is also made of soft iron.

As the amateur moves towards the electromagnet, it causes the hammer to strike the bell. At the same time it breaks the circuit at X.

The break in the circuit causes the current to stop flowing.

The soft iron cores loses it's magnetic field and releases the amateur which springs back to its original position.

The contact screw touches the springy metal and completes the circuit. The whole cycle is repeated over and over until the battery is disconnected or runs down.

electric guitar

electric keyboard

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Talk:Lucid Dreaming/Using

It would be neat if you collected a few links of these forum posts - I don't remember anything about this.

Considering that I have read almost every post there for several months, should I be worrying? r3m0t (cont) (talk) 21:16, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Wikipediholic reference
the dream test is now item 90. i expect this will change again

In fact it did ! But I don't know what test the article is refered to... --77.201.222.142 (talk) 21:05, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Flying styles
I'm pretty sure Superman flies with two arms forward and Neo with one. 66.69.147.209 08:47, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Stopping to smell the roses?
"Slowing it down" and "Do not stare" directly contradict each other. In my experience the latter is especially true, and an easy way to end a lucid dream early. Recommending it in the section immediately before seems counterproductive. Any thoughts? CardboardCup 19:21, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I think the problem (at least part of the time) is when you stare only at the point in the center of your vision and don't see anything in your peripheral vision. If you don't pay attention to your peripheral vision while staring at an object, it (your peripheral vision) can start to fade until you can eventually only see whatever it was you were staring at, and then not even that. (Or at least, that's happened to me before.) It also helps to see a lot of detail on whatever it is you stare at. I merged "Slowing it down" and "Do not stare", but added a note about staring potentially making dreams fade at the end of the section. Let me know if you think "Do not stare" still needs its own section and we can try to find a compromise. :-) —Tharenthel (Talk) (Contribs) 07:25, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

What you can do
From related Wikipedia article. I think this belongs to wikibooks. Maybe you can use incorporate it into the LD wikibook. --Zoz 18:26, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Supernatural acts: Lucid dreamers, realizing they are dreaming, then go on to realize that normal limitations like gravity or "solidity" no longer apply, and it's possible to perform acts that can't be done in real life (e.g.: running faster than 50 miles per hour, or staying underwater for lengthy periods of time).
 * Flying: One of the more common and pleasurable activities of lucid dreamers is flying. Many lucid dreamers report they are able to float, fly and transport themselves anywhere in the dreamworld at will. With practice, so called "impossible" feats such as flying at supersonic speeds, or flying through objects are possible.
 * Transformations: Some people believe that (after some practice) one can transform one's dream-self into real or fictional animals, or any number of other forms, including other people or general sex change. Some also claim to have tried sensory experiences not normally achievable while awake, such as 360 degree stereo vision, sonar (bat) vision, and being able to modify one's body to try out being a different weight, height, gender, age, etc.
 * Superreality observation: Since during a dream the dreamer's senses are not limited by physical or mental constrains, it is possible to observe reality "in high definition". While looking at a tree from a big distance, for example, the dreamer should be able to see detail in each an every one of its leaves, without even having to "zoom in".
 * Spiritual practice: Some religions claim that lucid dream states give the dreamer a special kind of access to the spiritual world. By practicing prayer or meditation during a lucid dream, the dreamer can gain access to mystical states of awareness that would not be accessible from the waking state. Such practices are sometimes classified as "dream yoga".
 * Real-life rehearsal: Since the mental and physical effects of lucid dreaming are almost indistinguishable from real-life, dreamers can rehearse various things (such as stage performances, soccer moves, etc.) in a lucid dream and readily apply that to real-life. It is possible to essentially repeat the events of a lucid dream as many times as the dreamer desires. As such, the dreamer can explore the effects of any course of action within that dream and/or refine their course of action to get a desired effect without resorting to directly willing the desired effect to happen.
 * Experience enjoyable activities (which may or may not be impossible in real life): E.g., having sex in any number of pleasing or fantastical ways, eating impossibly large meals while still enjoying each morsel as if it were the first, conversing with imaginary characters from books or movies, visiting faraway places, etc...
 * Playing God: Because a dream is not actually real, it is possible for one to completely alter the nature of the universe within one's dreams and re-shape the reality of that dream however they wish. One can, in effect, become omnipotent within a lucid dream. This can sometimes be quite a "power trip". While it is often difficult or impossible to manipulate people in a dream to act as you want, it is normally possible to just force them (physically) to do what you want.
 * Creating an environment and letting a story unfold: You can put yourself at a starting environment (after opening this door, behind there will be a dungeon) and explore the place. You don't need (and actually can't) design the whole environment, and the details will pop out without your conscious intervention, and it is common that surprises often occurr in the dream. Be careful not to lose the control of the dream in this situation, as it is very easy to fade into a normal unconscious dream while following a story.
 * Artistic Ideas: Looking for or requesting "art", such as in the form of sculpture, painting or song, allows the dreamer to recall upon wakening new "art" ideas.
 * "Dream-time": It is believed by some that when one is proficient at lucid dream control, a person can extend the dream. A person could spend an entire week in a dream, while only being asleep for one night. Nevertheless, most lucid dreaming (and possibly normal dreaming) occurrs in close to "real time".

"Many people have also experienced realistic effects when trying drugs in dreams that they have never taken in real life."
I call BS, this is unprovable. I can't see how you can judge a 'realistic' effect if you dont have a real experience to compare it to. "People claim to..." would be more accurate You could totally do this! Haven't you ever read a book on drugs? Looked at a pamphlet in a doctors office about marijuana? They list the effects! Sure, you might not be able to create the EXACT effect without trying the drug first, but I think drug effects can be emulated from imagination. Nothing is impossible.
 * maybe you are the one who claim to!
 * It's true, I once got drunk in a dream before I had tried it in real life. It was pretty realistic, only I felt fantastic the next morning!

I once had a dream that I was swimming underwater while smoking pot, and I felt as if I were melting and I had some sort of huge pressure on my brain....... I would like to wonder if this is an actual side effect of the drug...... 68.190.51.8 05:09, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Headlines in bullet points
Do the headlines have to be within bullet points? Looks real ugly. I'd removed them if it weren't for the comment that indicates they're deliberate. –Dilaudid 22:30, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

*Mostly* Dead discussion
This whole book's discussion is pretty much dead, but if people have questions about Lucid Dreaming, drop a message at erik212's (me) talk page, or e-mail me at erikmuntean@yahoo.com. -erik212

Meditation and Lucid dreaming
It happens to me. I meditate on my heart(chakra) about an hour a day. After a while dream images emerge. I'm fully aware but there is this reverie like state.--Jondel 03:34, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Supernatural stuff
What's with this?

 * Last but not least: Edit Wikipedia/Wikibooks articles (see question 90 of the Wikipediholic Test) and see if the changes remain when you awake!

 * Have precognition (your subconscious can be very good at predicting the future with relationships and career)

Why are those in there? I don't understand the point in checking if edits remain, as well as testing precognition - should this be included in the book or not?

--Theon144 (discuss • contribs) 19:36, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

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Latin/L3 Word List

This is a list of Latin words learned by the end of Lesson 3.

First Conjugation
Return to Lesson 3 - Introduction to Verbs

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Cookbook talk:Tahini

Cultural issue to resolve here. I know that most native English speakers call this stuff "Tahini", but in Hebrew and Palestinian Arabic, it is called T'xina (the x is for the soft "ch" sound, which is missing in English).

What is the origin of the English phonetic form? Which should we adopt? - yish 23:11, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Well, you have to pick one, preferably the most common term and explain the alternative title at the top of the page. Lots of things have alternate names in different parts of the world... There is already a Cookbook:Tahini page (I wrote it) so make a note there that it is also called T'xina in Hebrew. KJ 06:41, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I just wanted to note, as a native Hebrew speaker that the word in Hebrew (and palestinian Arabic) means grinding or something that is ground

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As you can see, I've put in a TOC-system similar to the one in Lucid Dreaming, since the system there was extremly easy to navigate. KirbyMeister 23:41, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Rodovid.org
Thought I'd tell you about Rodovid which is proposed as a Wikimedia project.--Bjwebb 12:46, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

France
Hello. I had entered a suggestion about country-specific information in the discussion section of the Wikipedia page on genealogy, and in response I got a suggestion by user ThuranX to come here and contribute to the Wikibook. So I'm informing you that I'd like to contribute the section on France, currently empty, in the "area-specific" chapter. For now, I am familiarizing myself with the content of the other pages for inspiration. I would like to enter more information than just a collection of links. Feel free to tell me what you think, and of course, once the section is started and has some structure, I'll be happy to see other contributions. Claude 15:29, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Claude, I joined Wikibooks just to do what you're doing, that is, improve this book. I'll help you out by working with you as your 'editor' on the france section as you add stuff. Hopefully together we can really make a great section. Some suggestions: A history of the Civil Registration process in france, esp. Napoleon's establishment of a uniform system; The religious records available, and widely encountered trend or problems, like the regions involved inthe Thirty Years' War having lost many parish records; and Records which may be unique to France, prehaps Bastille prisoners, or something like that? ThuranX 21:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Accuracy of information
I would really like to see a section on how to validate information for accuracy. I have seen submitted information in geneology, which is completely false, and would like additional tips on how to verify accuracy of information. Okay, I am becoming redundant, but cannot stress enough how important geneology is in terms to being correct. I use USA the census records, birth and death records, newspaper clippings etcetera in my research. What other tools are out there? B.

 * Documentary sources are legion, and there are other sites devoted to listing them. One thing I would say, however, is that whatever you find, whatever you check: document it!  Reference everything, even when you don't find what you might have been looking for (and thus prove by modus tollens some otherwise undocumented fact).  We should do all we can to encourage family historian's to cite their sources, because if the people we're researching had done so our job would be so much easier!  Even 'pers. comm.' (with details if possible) is better than having no idea of where or when some fact may have originated!  — Sam Wilson (Australia) 05:09, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Australia
I'm planning to have a go at the Australian country-specific information - I've been doing genie researching in Australia for a few years now. I'm a newbie so please be kind if my markup is a bit dodgy to start with! Kaffles (talk) 04:12, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

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