Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Probability/Archive 1

Archive 1

I've made a rough start on this page, but I would really love for some input from other people interested in probability theory. Or, I'd love to hear why this page isn't necessary! Thanks, Ben Cairns 00:07, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Hi Ben. Have you thought about putting this at Wikipedia's sister project Wikibooks instead? Their maths section doesn't have anything on probability yet so this might be a useful addition there. Angela. 07:25, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Hi Angela. Thanks for the input! I had thought about that, but I'm not currently able to commit much time to a Wikibooks project. While the prospect of an open content textbook on probability theory is quite exciting, right now I'd rather it be done more carefully and deliberately. I think that a textbook is different from a collection of encyclopedia articles, and that it should be approached in a different manner. When I find out what that is, it might be time to move this to Wikibooks! Ben Cairns 08:27, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)

How about a Wikiproject such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Probability then? It seems a shame to hide this in the user namespace. You might want to talk to the WikiProject Mathematics people. Angela. 17:39, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I had thought that WikiProjects were more about formatting and (in the case of Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics) when to use the <math> tags, but I should do my research. That looks like a good place for it. Thanks again! Ben Cairns 23:07, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)
One thing I'd like to see is a systematic classification of probability distribution, and a template for probability distribution pages, like the ones for countries, and biological species and taxa, to name two important examples. — Miguel 01:46, 2004 Apr 26 (UTC)
Sounds like a good idea... perhaps we could start a sub-page such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Probability/Format, with an associated talk page to begin a discussion. For example, what are the community's perceptions of the current format, and could some of the present problems be solved by having a taxonomy of distributions? I haven't looked at the distribution pages in detail yet, so perhaps you could suggest some examples of good formatting and bad? — Ben Cairns 06:27, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)

The above comments relate to this page as it was on my user pages. I have now moved it to Wikipedia:WikiProject Probability, following the above discussion. The developing guide has been moved to Wikipedia:WikiProject Probability/Learn to separate the WikiProject and its products. Please free to continue below with discussion on this WikiProject.
--Ben Cairns 23:14, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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