Talk:Main Page

Let's use this page to discuss the progress of the wiki. If you have any thoughts about categories, layouts, or pages we need, please post them to this page.

categories
How does everyone feel about the current categories? Do you think certain categories need to be separated, combined, or added? Chris Russell 21:48, 25 Mar 2005 (EST)

I like the current categories, they encompass just about any topic I can think of that would fit this Wiki. I think the next step is to start making the layout of our "top level" pages. For example in High Voltage we might want to write an intro to what HV is and what it can be used for, add some interesting pictures, then a list of links to specific topics, like Marx Gens, Jacob's Ladders, and Tesla Coils. MattG 03:09, 26 Mar 2005 (EST)

Why not use the existing forum layout from the HV forums. They are logical, HV users know them, etc. If so, it would look like this:

General Science and Electronics - General science and electronics. Anything that doesn't fit the categories below, but still falls under the realm of science or electronics.

Electromagnetic Projectile Accelerators - This area is for rail guns, coil guns, and anything else that uses electrical energy to accelerate a projectile.

Electromagnetic Radiation Devices - Information regarding HERF, EMP, HPM, and other means of disrupting circuits using electric and magnetic fields.

High Voltage - Information on Marx Generators, cascades, flybacks, and more! Please use the Tesla Coil area for Tesla Coil information.

Tesla Coils - This is the dedicated topic for Tesla Coils. Air-cored resonant transformers only, please!

Chemistry - Everything chemistry-related goes here, including (but not limited to) pyrotechnics, endothermic and exothermic reactions, combustion, and decomposition. Note that illegal explosives are not an acceptable topic of discussion.

Computer Science - This area is for computer-related information such as hardware, software, and programming. PICs and BASIC Stamps welcome!

--Static 13:03, 26 Mar 2005 (EST)

The main problem that I forsee with using the same categories as the forum is that logically, Tesla Coils are a subcategory of the high voltage category. I guess any ordering system is going to be fairly arbitrary, though. As long as things end up in the right general area, we can always change the relationships between categories. I'm going to go ahead and condense them to look a bit more like the board's categories. Chris Russell 18:28, 26 Mar 2005 (EST)

Changed things around a bit, let me know what you think.

Where would the HERF stuff and other radio stuff go? I think we need an Electromagnetic Radiation Devices. I'll see about throwing one in. User:mmalluck 10:59, 05/31/05

Added some stubs, too. Anyone who'd like to expand, feel free. :) Chris Russell 00:17, 27 Mar 2005 (EST)

Math Section
Perhaps we should add a math section. I think we could get some good, useful content there.

I think a maths section would be a good idea, except it will end up full of pure maths and not 4HV maths if I get a hold of it :P. (I'm studying advanced maths and looking to major in pure maths.)--Simon 00:40, 11 Apr 2005 (EDT)

I think pure math is fine. I think it would be great if we could have a detailed calculus section describing and giving examples of the math needed to derive many of the formulas used in electronics. For example, people could actually learn the math used to describe oscillations, which is very important for tesla coils and other topics on this site. MattG 04:12, 24 May 2005 (EDT)

Typing formulae
I made a start on the capacitor page but you can see the formulae haven't come out right. Is this just a not-supported-yet problem? I'm still trying to work out how to use this thing.

BTW, I think I'll rearrange the paragraphing on that page. I don't like the order I've done things in.--Simon 21:03, 2 Apr 2005 (EST)


 * Apparently the texvc executable went missing during one of my updates. Everything should look okay now. If it doesn't look okay to you, you can purge the page (force everything to be re-rendered) by visiting http://wiki.4hv.org/index.php?title=Capacitor&action=purge. Thanks for your submission, glad to have you aboard! Chris Russell 15:47, 4 Apr 2005 (EDT)

Electromagnetism
I've started outlining (a rather ambitious..I know) an introduction to electromagnetism.. I have included a brief Maths section. Do you think it's appropriate to put some EM Maths here or in the proposed Maths section?

I would appreciate any comments on the proposed content. (Have a look in my Discussion folder.) Bill

Perhaps specifically EM equations should be in the EM section and help for understanding what all the squiggles mean in the maths section.--Simon 19:37, 30 May 2005 (EDT)

New Articles : Stubs and articles
A brief question from a noob! :) What do I need to do to create stubs or articles? I can't seem to find the right route..  Bill 31 May 2005

OK.... Figured it out for my self! :) Entered a stub for Electromagnetic Theory... Bill 31 May 2005

How do I add an entire new article? I'm trying to make a programming article under Computers, and maybe make some individual articles (C++, Python, Java, etc.).

-Arnin

''There are 2 ways to create a new article. First, think of a good title for the article. "green eggs and ham, but without the ham" is a terrible title, but we'll use it for an example.''


 * preferred: Click on a red link to that title. Then edit the page.
 * If a red link to your desired title doesn't already exist, create one. Find some related pre-existing page, hit the edit button, and add double brackets around a word or a phrase: . After you hit the "save" button, that link will look red, something like green eggs and ham, but without the ham.


 * almost as good: Go to the main page. In the url box on your browser replace "Main_Page" with the page name you want, replacing spaces with underscores: " ". Then edit the page.

Either way, at the bottom of the new page type in one or more categories, for example, . Most people hit the "show preview" button, fix a few typos, before hitting the "save page" button.

''You might consider adding links from other related pre-existing pages to the new page you just created (the "preferred" method guarantees at least one such link already exists). Also think about linking the new page to related pages (both ones that already exist, and also ones that *should* exist).''

See Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial for a tutorial on the MediaWiki software, which is the software we're currently using at http://wiki.4HV.org/ .

--DavidCary 17:47, 30 January 2006 (EST)

New Article/Overhaul Suggestions
Perhaps we should focus our efforts into starting new pages and highlighting pages that need to be overhauled completely.

New article ideas:

High Voltage:Vacuum tubes (specific page for vacuum tubes known to work, with values, notes, etc)

Overhaul nominations:

High Voltage:Tesla Coil (This should be the portal page that describes the overall operation of TC's, and how the major variation is typically the switching electronics so that each TC page can go into detail about that type of design)

High Voltage:SSTC

High Voltage:VTTC

Created/Complete

Electronics:PCB design process

Chemistry:Copper etching

Aonomus 22:47, 05 Jan 2009 (EST)