Talk:Riemann-Lebesgue Lemma

"Lord_Farin" wrote:
 * perhaps it's not your call to change a long-established style guide, nor to decide whether ϵ or ε is better

Perhaps it is my call if this is a Wiki. But what could be the purpose of writing {x} instead of x? The purpose of braces is so that in expressions like x^{35} the whole sequence, 3 and 5, will appear in superscript, rather than just the 3. No such purpose is served here, and generally things should not be more complicated than necessary, especially when the complication doesn't improve the bottom-line appearance. My experience has been that those who write {x} instead of x are using software they found somewhere on the web to write the code, which they don't know how to write themselves. And this site is conspicuously deficient in style norms: there's aren't many. The purpose of writing \left( x \right) rather than (x) is to allow the delimiters to adjust in size to what's between them. But in this case no such adjustment will happen. It only complicates the code with no payoff.

Why don't you include an explanation of the purpose of the otherwise seemingly purposeless style norms, or at least link to a page where that is explained? Michael Hardy (talk) 22:51, 24 July 2015 (UTC)


 * I wholly disagree that PW is "deficient in style norms" -- Help:Editing/House Style is quite comprehensive. Also see the corresponding FAQ entry. I will not tire myself with an explanation of what happens when everyone edits everything into what they like because "this is a wiki".


 * That said, you're by no means the first to raise this concern and the time might be ripe to reconsider if the left-right rule should be continued to be applied when surrounding single characters. This, however, is a discussion preferably held on Talk:Main Page so as to involve everyone. &mdash; Lord_Farin (talk) 09:30, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

The House Style page contains this:
 * 3 Code style
 * 4 Aligned material
 * 5 Linguistic Style

"Code style" with a lower-case "s", "Aligned material" with a lower-case "m", "Linguistic Style" with a capital "S", and most of the other headings use capital initials. That doesn't look like adherence to a norm. That's part of what I meant by "deficient in style norms". Michael Hardy (talk) 00:42, 26 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you for pointing out those minor inconsistencies in our house style page. They have been attended to. --prime mover (talk) 08:08, 26 July 2015 (UTC)