User talk:SciCompTeacher

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Numerical Recipes[edit]

I get a lot of use out of the Numerical Recipes books, especially the 3rd edition in C++. There are already a lot of Wikipedia references to these books in various editions, but the books haven't been convenient to find on-line (or else the on-line versions have been illegal copies that move around).

I noticed, however, that the Numerical Recipes authors may have come around: they now allow deep linking directly into specific sections or pages of their current electronic edition (see their news item). Also, they allow anybody to view (and print) a certain number of pages per month without any kind of registration -- I'm not sure how many, because my institution's library (and I assume many others) subscribes to the book, so we all get unlimited page views automatically.

So, I plan to update the various references to Numerical Recipes to have a link to the actual relevant page, and also add new references where I think they would be good additions to existing Wikipedia articles. I notice that ServiceAT started doing this, but seems to have stopped. I'll copy his Citation format, so that they will be consistent. Anyway, hope this helps somebody trying to learn any of the relevant mathematical topics.

SciCompTeacher (talk) 20:27, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a bit worried about your addition of links to the book in multiple articles. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for promotion, and entries provided in Reference section should truly be references for text in the main body of the article. Do not simply add such a reference if you do not add useful content based on that reference at the same time. Nageh (talk) 05:14, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of George E. Backus[edit]

The article George E. Backus has been proposed for deletion because, under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Pesky (talk …stalk!) 11:41, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to User:Nageh the article is now thoroughly sourced. SciCompTeacher (talk) 22:14, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]