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bibliomaniac 1 5 Review? 23:49, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merging Suggestion[edit]

Note: I am copying part of this from Wikipedia:New contributors' help page since I am not too sure if that was the right place to ask.

I've been editing a thing or two in Elementary algebra, and coincidentally another person was too. We started adding things here and there, but it seems that the information is piling up. I'd say it might be too much information for an article that's supposed to be elementary. The section that I've been contributing in is 'System of linear equations'. There is a reference to the supposed main article, which is System of linear equations. However, I can't help but notice that in the main article, there is a clear theoretical definition of the subject, but it has no examples. However, in Elementary algebra, the subject is hardly defined, while examples are abundant. Moreover, System of linear equations does reference to yet another article about systems of equations, Simultaneous equations- not lineal equations, but a system of equations at the end of the day. I'm trying to think neutrally here... But why do we have three articles about basically the same thing? And apparently, they could all use some improvement -and I'm more than glad to help there. I thought maybe a basic reference to the subject could be made (with basic examples maybe) in Elementary algebra, while moving the more in-depth examples and info we are creating to the main article, System of linear equations, at the same time merging it with Simultaneous equations. That way, we would be cleaning up three articles and expanding a whole topic. The three articles are about basically the same (Except Elementary algebra, which has other information as well) but the information seems to be spread in 3 articles. The way I see it, that is unnecesary and confusing.
I would like to propose this idea, the problem is, I do not know how to make this suggestion. What talk page should I use? Because there are three different articles. I made a comment in Elementary algebra, but I didn't start a new discussion. It ocurred to me that maybe I should have done it in the talk page for System of linear equations. Although I definitely got the be bold point, I don't want to do something as big as merging 2 topics and a half before asking for opinions. I might be missing something.
Can you point me in the right direction when dealing with merging suggestions and the like? (Quadrivium 21:07, 17 November 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Ask for comments at Wikipedia:Requests for comment and Wikipedia:Wikiproject Mathematics, and post a notice on all the talk pages pointing to a central place of discussion (i.e., only hold the conversation on one talk page, or at the Wikiproject). It looks like you have the right idea, though. —Centrx→talk • 21:22, 17 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot! I joined the wikiproject yesterday but I did not quite know where to ask for comments on this particular matter.(Quadrivium 21:34, 17 November 2006 (UTC))[reply]