Talk:Electronic circuit

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Contents 1 Restructuring of electric/electronic topics 2 Definition 3 Oops 4 Requested move 5 Dependent source

[edit] Restructuring of electric/electronic topics

OK, here’s the deal. This page used to be redirected to Electrical Networks, along with about 650 other pages. Electrical Networks are usually thought of as electrical distribution networks, the things with lots of big towers and high-voltage power lines. There also seems to be some sort of collection of electrical components NOT arranged in a loop, but which seems to have no practical application (it doesn’t do anything). Also, plenty of distinct concepts were redirected to this page instead of being explained in their own right, such as Circuit Theory. Circuit Theory was even added to the list of To Do pages. Adding to the confusion is the fact that Electric Circuit, Electronic Circuit and Electrical Circuit all mean the same thing.

I took it upon myself to clean things up. I left a message on the talk page advising that I was going to do it, and nobody objected. The task ended up being bigger than I thought, but at least I could make a dent in it.

The plan is to start off rearranging the redirects and move the existing text to this page from Electrical networks. Then I will plow through the What Links Here pages, directing things either here or to other pages where it makes more sense. I will put some short text in appropriate places, together with stub tags.

I think the article still needs some work: links to circuit theory and circuit analysis - stuff link that. Also I think the discussion about circuit analysis software needs to be moved to its own page.

If you have any comments to share, put them here on this page for everyone to see, and drop me a one-line note directing my attention here. Thanks. this is oridafdjsa sdajjd akfdskjf a fsfdjkf sf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.88.252.66 (talk) 17:42, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Cbdorsett 10:48, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

At the moment I can't see the justification for an electronic circuit page, especially as it's just a stub. What could be said here that isn't already said, or shouldn't be said, in electronics? Electronic circuit should redirect there, IMHO... Robert K S 08:00, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Definition

This definition is confusing to me.

I have a bit of a problem with the definition of "electronic circuit" as laid out in this article. A flashlight fits the the definition as presently written, but a flashlight is not an electronic device. I will refrain from rewriting before more input and/or sourcing is given. Suggestions/comments, anyone? Robert K S 12:16, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Much better now, thanks. Robert K S 03:39, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oops

I messed up. I tried to move it to electrical circuit, but misspelled it electral circuit. And now I can't move it to electrical circuit because that already exists, as a redirect. In the mean time I made an electronic circuit article, so I can't go back there. So I'll work on the requested move procedure... Dicklyon 20:22, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

You can always edit a redirect page to replace the redirect with the text that ought to be there instead. This is non-controversial because it is always easily reverted if necessary. Robert K S 03:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

OK, I've request a move, which I assume will be uncontroversial, but since there was already a bit of discussion here and a recent move from electrical network, maybe I'm wrong. Pipe up now if you have a better idea than just fixing my attempt to move it to electrical network. Note that electronic circuit has its own (stub) article now to say how it relates to electrical circuit. Dicklyon 20:35, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Better idea: Dear admins and others, I just realized that a better plan would be to restore the contents of electrical network, which was improperly moved by copying the contents to electronic circuit. Then, we could optionally move that to electrical circuit. I think I'll fix it all for now by restoring the one that was improperly moved by copying, and worry about the move later. Dicklyon 20:44, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

OK, I fixed it. Original content is back at electrical network where it started. Sorry for the confusion. Dicklyon 21:00, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

My apologies to those who were personally offended by my moving of content from one page to another. Next time, I'll check the accepted protocols. In the meantime, somebody should delete Electral circuit --Cbdorsett 07:23, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dependent source

Some anonymous vandal inserted a complaint that the analog paragraph makes no sense and, y'know, he's approximately right. Without definitions for "independent power source" and its opposite, this business about "represented by a model" makes no sense. Jim.henderson 04:59, 13 September 2007 (UTC)