Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Electronics/Assessment
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How can Ohm's Law be an example of something with a "low importance" rating, but the article itself is graded a "high importance"? 63.202.158.130 00:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
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- Following up on Ohm's Law... how can it be considered to be LOW IMPORTANCE by any standard? Linear electronic devices would be impossible to construct if Ohm's Law weren't obeyed by many components!! The "Importance scale" scheme seems to completely confound the issue of importance versus general familiarity. For instance, I would argue that band theory of semiconductors is very important to the understanding of semiconductors and their technological use... however it is also very unfamiliar to the general public.
- I'm not sure that greater familiarity with Switches than Ohm's Law means that the latter is a higher priority. For one thing, people who look up Switch will probably already have some understanding of the concept, while those who look up Ohm's Law may have no background at all. MOXFYRE (contrib) 16:59, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
- I would like to agree that Ohm's Law should be of higher priority. But those are set up by familiarity rather than importance. More familiar subjects are more important for an encyclopedia. I was looking for a way to include all of a category into one importance level, such as laws and theories. While I could see bumping these up to mid or maybe even high. Most people who have even a passing interest in electronics could name a few of the laws(like me). But some are very specific and/or obscure. I was also making sure that all priority levels were filled. If we moved laws and theories up, what will drop to low? Joe I 17:13, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Log section
The log section says it cannot be transcluded because of its extreme size. In fact, it is an empty page! Wikiproject electronics is not that big, and the assesment changes over 30 days are minuscule (in this case non-existent) so that is a pretty silly statement to have on the page. Does anyone know what bot is responsible for this by the way? There should be a link to it in case it(s owner) needs to be contacted. SpinningSpark 16:53, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
