Talk:Observer (quantum physics)

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I notice that RHaworth has tagged this as a copyvio. Technically it's more like plagiarism, because the NASA site is in the public domain. (Work of the U.S. Government, see {{PD-NASA}}.)

Best practice would still be to rewrite the article independently, citing the NASA document as a source. TheFeds 08:08, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. We therefore kindly seek some time to (re-)write the article, as the topic is quite important for interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. Theendofgravity (talk) 08:27, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't the existing article Observer effect (physics) describe the same thing? Maybe it would be better to paraphrase some of this content in that article? TheFeds 08:30, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is interesting, thanks - probably best to stick with observer effect (physics), I searched but obviously missed it. This link does not appear on [observer] page either - so I will edit. Thanks for pointing out. There are few "observer" articles, and some general tidy-up might be appropriate. Theendofgravity (talk) 08:36, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just re-skimmed observer effect (physics) and it really does not touch the topic of what an "observer" is, although it is closely related. For now, as there are many other "observer" articles on Wiki anyway, I request this one remains for a while. thanks. Theendofgravity (talk) 08:38, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Waste of space

This article is an example of why I left Wikipedia. It is just some unsourced personal thoughts on a subject already well covered by other articles. While this may have survived a Speedy Deletion, I see no justification for the continued separate existence of this article. 124.169.204.111 (talk) 01:23, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]