Talk:Waveform

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[edit] Completeness

To match the article to the title, this article is nowhere near general enough. All waveforms should be considered. They are not all signals varying with time. It needs to be totally rewritten - I am sure good sources can be found on the Internet - I suggest textbooks, and they don't need to be modern, as the topic is not modern. When I say all waveforms I do not mean all possible shapes in every medium should be listed. However all waveforms have certain general characteristics such as wavelength, period, amplitude, etc. none of which I see here. If you mean oscilloscope signals or electrical signals then the title and intro should make that clear, but this is all waveforms. I would expect to hear about geometry, repeating patterns and all those good generalities to be found in basic math and physics books or else this article should disappear and suddenly be found under "Oscilloscope signals", "Radio signals" or some such thing.Dave (talk) 00:06, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

PS. Ah well, I just discovered wave. But this article is not exactly wave, it is waveform, something that looks periodic either a representation or a natural shape. There would be some overlap no doubt. I could suggest we merge this into that but that is already long enough! I don't know what you are going to do. I would suggest either generalize and refer them back to wave or make it yet more specific by moving it to "electrical waveforms" or "oscilloscope waveforms." I can't work on it right now. If after a while I see it has been neglected I will throw on a template suggesting it be moved to oscilloscope waveforms.Dave (talk) 00:19, 13 February 2008 (UTC)