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==Completing the square==
==Completing the square==
You might want to take a look at that article, and weigh in on whether it is "jargon" or otherwise pitched at an inappropriate level. Perhaps I should have checked with you ''before'' going off the deep end. I know that you share my interest in making the math articles accessible to the expected audience. I believe that the topic of solving quadratic equations, and the quadratic formula, and the derivation of same by "completing the square", are completely appropriate. I also believe that the article covers this topic in a completely straightforward way. (If they had used Hilbert spaces to prove the quadratic formula, that would have been a different matter!) Anyway, feel free to put the jargon tag back if you think it should be there. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 13:20, 8 September 2013 (EDT)
You might want to take a look at that article, and weigh in on whether it is "jargon" or otherwise pitched at an inappropriate level. Perhaps I should have checked with you ''before'' going off the deep end. I know that you share my interest in making the math articles accessible to the expected audience. I believe that the topic of solving quadratic equations, and the quadratic formula, and the derivation of same by "completing the square", are completely appropriate. I also believe that the article covers this topic in a completely straightforward way. (If they had used Hilbert spaces to prove the quadratic formula, that would have been a different matter!) Anyway, feel free to put the jargon tag back if you think it should be there. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 13:20, 8 September 2013 (EDT)
:You don't have to check with me before writing anything, and thanks for telling me about changes to [[Completing the square]]. I'm always interested in the reading level of articles, as well as any prerequisites a reader must have. The main point is not to be able to say, "All the information is complete and correct." Rather, it is for the readers to leave here having learned or understood something which is important to them. In other words, it's not about us ("getting graded") but about them ("getting edified"). --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 11:32, 9 September 2013 (EDT)
:See
:*[[quadratic equations]]
:*[[quadratic formula]]
:*[[completing the square]]
:*[[Hilbert spaces]] - way beyond [[high school math]]
:*[[Conservapedia:Jargon]]
:*[[Conservapedia:Accessibility of math articles]]