Talk:Allen Telescope Array

	California portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject California, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the U.S. state of California on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CaliforniaWikipedia:WikiProject CaliforniaTemplate:WikiProject CaliforniaCalifornia
???	This article has not yet received a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

The content of this article has been derived in whole or part from http://www.seti.org/site/pp.asp?c=ktJ2J9MMIsE&b=179004. Permission has been received from the copyright holder to release this material. Evidence of this has been confirmed and stored by VRT volunteers, under ticket number 2006100910006742.
This template is used by approved volunteers dealing with the Wikimedia volunteer response team system (VRTS) after receipt of a clear statement of permission at permissions-enwikimedia.org. Do not use this template to claim permission.

Just learning Wiki stuff. Starting 'improvements" on ATA, for which I led the design effort. --CommonModeNoise 05:11, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ATA a failure?

Clearly there are differences of opinion on the success or failure of the ATA to date. Let's discuss this here. In general I prefer, for example, '1 year behind' to 'far behind'. Whether a 1 year delay is a failure or not is in the eye of the beholder. For example, the Green Bank telescope was several years late, but eventually worked and is not considered a failure.

Likewise I think the budget comparison is legit - ATA is a low cost project, with very thin margins for unexpected problems.

Also, adding 'when and if completed' to a target in the future adds very little. These adjectives always apply to any projected date.

LouScheffer 04:59, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Do you know of any publically available source for the ATA status that is more recent than July 2006? LouScheffer 16:38, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright violation

User:CommonModeNoise appears to be officially associated with the array, and has edited the page, when it had much of the same content. Perhaps he/she can pursue getting permission? I will also write the SETI Institute and ask as well. LouScheffer 05:53, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I wrote the SETI Institute, who replied with their permission, as follows: To Whom It May Concern:

This email is to permit re-use under the GFDL of the article at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Telescope_Array which is similar to materials published at the SETI Institute's website at: http://www.seti.org/site/pp.asp?c=ktJ2J9MMIsE&b=179004

Please reply if there is further clarification for this permission is required. Edna DeVore

so it should be OK to put the page back, LouScheffer 18:25, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]