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I have just recently created Sharpness (cutting), but the focus right now is on sharpness occurring in nature (sharpness of stones, thorns, teeth, claws, horns, etc.), and could use some expert expansion from an engineering perspective. Cheers! BD2412T01:10, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For the rest of the wiki, could you elaborate a little more on what you are looking for as additions to the article? I see examples of occurances in nature, but (for me personally), Im not seeing the connection you are requesting from the WikiProject. (Besides our brothers and sisters in material sciences) ChemicalBear (talk) 21:01, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! Four years ago I started the Simcenter STAR-CCM+ page, a topic I am knowledgeable about as an employee of the company producing this software. For this reason the 'close connection' banner was added to the page. I just came back to see how this page has developed since September 2020. I'm pleased to see there have been changes by several other editors to maintain and even enhance the page over the past years. I'm wondering if this has now been sufficiently reviewed and adjusted by the community for the 'close connection' banner to be removed, since I am no longer a main contributor? I note that other comparable pages about commercial software don't have this, just any relevant disclosures on their talk pages like there is on Talk:Simcenter STAR-CCM+. I'd really appreciate it if someone could take a quick look and make a judgement about the banner. Thanks. DrMesh (talk) 10:14, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, that would probably be answered better by an more advance person on the actual article themselves, such as when you made the original talk post for declaring WP:COI.
Looking, the majority of actual content (from a rough look at edit counts and actual amount of bytes changed), you seem to still be the greatest contributor to the page. Its great that it is still being edited by others to make it a WP:NPOV
So, best thing, make another talk post on the page regarding this and a better page patroller than me would be able to better determine if COI should be removed! Thanks for the question though! ChemicalBear (talk) 04:54, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the guidance ChemicalBear, I did try the talk page on the article itself so I could ask one of the people who originally reviewed it, but no response (understandably, as this was such a long time ago). I'm just not sure how I flag it to the attention of another page patroller? Apologies if I should be asking these kinds of basic questions elsewhere DrMesh (talk) 09:54, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi,
I've went ahead and removed it myself, after looking over it again. Again, more non-COI editors have made edits to the page to help form it further. I have removed it under the "When to Remove" #7 Prompt. No worries about it
As for discussion stalling, these things happen, especially on lower trafficed/'less important' pages (typically meaning start class pages just due to the article formatting), so getting attention back to the page, or even from the original COI adder, can be difficult.
My reasoning for the revert is that Wikipedia is based on WP:SECONDARY sources which define the topic. If the person is described as an electrical engineer from Australia, then that's what we put into Wikipedia, without regard to certification or degree. The guideline WP:CATDEF agrees, telling us that "A defining characteristic is one that reliable sources commonly and consistently refer to in describing the topic". Bruce Jackson was president and chief engineer at Apogee Electronics, designing electronic circuits to improve the fidelity of digital audio streams. He was granted a patent for Phase locked loop reference slaving circuit in 1991. Without certification he performed the work of an electrical engineer. And he was from Australia. Binksternet (talk) 01:51, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Whether you have a specific profession or not is not based on whether you have a specific degree. In fact, most people don't even work exactly at what they've a degree for. If you work as an engineer, you are an engineer. If you have a degree in engineering but don't work as an engineer, you're not an engineer. Killarnee (talk) 02:55, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Is he an electrical engineer (for voltages that can kill you, requires government certification) or an electronic engineer (designing circuits for voltages that will not kill you, no certification required) ? They are 2 very different fields. Stepho talk23:21, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This was a redirect, but made into a stub that has been unsourced for almost 15 years. Let's either source it, or restore the redirect. Bearian (talk) 20:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
