User talk:MichaelMaggs

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Mondegreen - rollback of description? (Sorry if this seems petty)

I don't understand why you rolled back my description of the Mario 64 section of the mondegreen page. It currently states that the line was replaced in the remaster, which-- while true-- was based on the changes in the Shindou version, which came first. I'm not upset at all, I'm just confused. - RemedyReverie (talk) 12:48, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, can you identify the exact edit please? You have not made any edits to the Mondegreen page under the username RemedyReverie. MichaelMaggs (talk) 12:55, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's this one. - RemedyReverie (talk) 11:46, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I just saw that someone changed it again, it's more accurate now. Sorry if I wasted your time or did anything of the sort. - RemedyReverie (talk) 11:52, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem at all. Thanks for asking. MichaelMaggs (talk) 12:59, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Esse quam videri

Michael, Yes, I made that note about Tycho Brahe. Though I tried I couldn't find a suitable reference, so I left it without in the hope that someone with better luck than me would find a reference and add it. No such luck, it seems, and I haven't got the time to search. If you take any interest, I can assure you Tycko did use this bon mot, or a slightly different wording to the same effect. Carystus (talk) Carystus (talk) 17:23, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Would be worth adding if someone can dig out a source. MichaelMaggs (talk) 17:26, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Coefficient of restitution

Hi Michael. I hope I'm writing you in the correct place. I have a correction to the page "Coefficient of restitution". The equation there, which claims that the "Coefficient of restitution" is the squar root of the final energy divided by the initial energy is simply not true. To explain this, let's look what happened when e=0. that mean, the collision is perfectly inelastic collision, but the final energy is not 0. (The bodies are still moving...)

The numerator should be, instead: (The final energy - the minimal energy) and the and denominator should be: (The initial energy - the minimal energy).

The minimal energy is a term that can be easily computed. I also can proof the whole claim, but prefer to do so in a different platform where I can send pictures or write equation. I'll be glad to explain everything further :) Knowledge1135813 (talk) 18:11, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Knowledge1135813, thanks for your comment. I see you've posted a this query on the article talk page, and I have replied there. MichaelMaggs (talk) 17:59, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try to find, but any way, I can mathematically proof it. Is it possible to send here files, I can show you. Knowledge1135813 (talk) 20:41, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Knowledge1135813 It needs a reliable published source such as a textbook. Wikipedia facts always have to be supported by published not private statements. By the way, comments should be posted under the one you're replying to, not above. MichaelMaggs (talk) 20:51, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hyphenation of "fairy tale"

Hi, Michael! To answer your question on your revision of the "Sylvie and Bruno" section of the Lewis Carroll page, both "fairy tale" and "fairy-tale" are used in the same paragraph because the former is the noun form, while the latter is the adjectival form used before a noun. Here's a link to the Cambridge Dictionary's entry to support this. Thanks. JustAMuggle (talk) 12:51, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I will concede that. MichaelMaggs (talk) 13:05, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Minor barnstar
	Thank you for helping update and add short descriptions to Wikipedia articles. With your help, we have cleared the WikiProject's top 3000 list for November 2024! Your work has made Wikipedia better. Keep it up! LR.127 (talk) 01:37, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! MichaelMaggs (talk) 12:17, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Literary characters introduced in 1821

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OK, decided after all that it wasn't needed. MichaelMaggs (talk) 09:02, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]