Talk:Model
From Academic Kids
Shouldn't the picture really be at the bottom of the page. After all, this is a physical model, and the article is mainly about conceptual models in science. CSTAR 19:39, 30 May 2004 (UTC)
- I'm a bit biased, because I took the pic, but physical models are fully mentioned at the start of the article so I see no reason to move the pic. Here are the mentions of a physical model in just the first two paragraphs....... (I've added the italics)
- PARAGRAPH 1
- The word model is used in various contexts meaning an abstract or physical representation of some thing. That thing may be a single item or object (for example, a bolt), a large system (for example, the Solar System), or even a time series such as that corresponding to stock market prices. In general, a model has no intrinsic interest, but rather it allows us to simulate or to infer something about the thing it represents.
- PARAGRAPH 2
- In many cases a model is a theoretical construct that represents social or physical processes by a set of variables and a set of logical and quantitative relationships between them. Models in this sense are constructed to reason within a idealized logical framework about these processes. In other cases a model is a physical object such as an architectural model of a projected building or an existing one. In the case of a projected building, one possible purpose of the model is to facilitate visualization of internal relationships within the structure or external relationships of the structure to the environment. For the model of an existing building, possible purposes of the model might be visualization of renovation plans for a contractor or determination of placement of explosives for a demolition team planning on blowing it up.
- All of the italicised stuff is talking about a physical model so why would you want to move the pic?
- Adrian Pingstone 21:03, 30 May 2004 (UTC)
Granted, but there is no corresponding graphical representation of a conceptual model that I can think of (how would one even represent such a conceptual model). The placement of the graphic at the top of the article seems to give the wrong impression of the point of the article. BTW a model of a bolt doesn't have to be a physical model. Perhaps the article should be split up.CSTAR 21:11, 30 May 2004 (UTC)
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NLP disambiguation
Do we really need two very long sentences describing NLP in a disambiguation page? CSTAR 23:00, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
