Talk:Strong (source)
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[edit] References & OR
The following exchange is copied from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy, where the question first came up: Wwheaton (talk) 21:14, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- Just wondering if there are references somewhere for the material on the Strong (source) page? I think it could use a couple. Thanks.—RJH (talk) 18:56, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
- Yes it could indeed. I do not know any off the top of my head, but it is my experience that this usage is universally used and understood in the broad scientific community, not just among astronomers, both verbally and in the literature. And I did not see it in Wiktionary either, though I did check there. I was hoping to turn up some instances by posting the note here and on the "strong" disambig page. Probably the best place to look would be in some texts of signal detection, electronics, experimental physics, etc. If anyone has a copy of the OED that would help.
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- A Google search on {"strong signal"} gets 979K hits, on {"strong source"} only gets 115K, {"strong source" astronomy} gets 29,200, {"strong source" physics} gets 14,300, {"strong source" electronics} gets 11,300. {"strong signal" electronics} gets 128K. BUT -- is this WP:OR?!? Here is where I have trouble with the OR policy. I know I can find many examples of the usage I claim is common -- but I would not know where to begin to find an article (? in philology ??) that explicitly articulates and documents my claim that it is widespread. Bollixed, Wwheaton (talk) 00:44, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
My question, still unanswered, is would citing a number of instances from the literature be considered WP:OR? (And how many would be needed?) I am reluctant to undertake that if it is disallowed. Wwheaton (talk) 21:14, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
