Talk:Optics
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Suggestion: Anyone planing to follow all those broken wiki-links in the page? I am giving it a shot but would appreciate help as it is a tiresome job. Thanks, askewmind 00:29, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
Q: Are there any direct connections over optics and information theory? It is listed at 'Other optical fields'. --HarpyHumming 19:27, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)
No mention of Mechanical?
In my work, We design various optical systems within our product. The EEs design the electronics which cause the LED to illuminate. They also design the circuits which senses the current passing through the devices which react to light. Everything in between seems to be mechanical. Light pipes, Prisms, Lenses, Mirrors, angles, Textures and materials. I've always considered Optics to be everything that goes on in between the source and the detector. The medium itself may be electromagnetic in nature but MAKING IT USEFULL requires mechanical manipulation. Light is whats there, Making it useful is optics. Any reason why the mechanical aspect of optics has been missed in this wikipedia entry?
Missing article "Optical"
There is a redirect to this page from the article Optical, which describes an important musician within electronic dance music (referenced on a fair number of pages) - does anybody know how to fix this (and recreate the original article) or set up a disambiguation page? I'm quite new to this and haven't worked it out yet. Will Lakeman 13:06, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
- Usually when there's a clear primary usage of a word, that's left at it's current page, while others are placed at, for instance, optical (musician). In cases where it's possible people can get confused but one is clearly the major usage you can put a diambig sentence at the top of the article. If there are multiple alternative uses that link can be to a disambig page (ie Ontario or operator), but I think where possible disambig pages should be avoided. Official guidelilnes can be found at Wikipedia:Disambiguation specifically the section on types of disambiguation.--Laura Scudder | Talk 18:07, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks Laura, the page was under Optical (artist). I have inserted a sentence at the top of this page, although I'm not entirely sure I've got the format right, re: italics and boxing etc. Will Lakeman 19:46, 22 May 2005 (UTC)