Talk:Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics

24.43.40.xx, the name of this page is incorrectly capitalized and possibly incorrectly pluralized and so needs to be moved to conform to wikipedia naming conventions. However, before this is done, I need to know what you have planned for the page so that an appropriate name can be used. Is this page going to be just a list? If so, then I suggest a name of list of quantum mechanical interpretations[?] as a rough start. If this is going to be an article, then I really don't see the need to have this discussion separate from quantum mechanics; but maybee you can explain why this would be useful. --maveric149

I didn't intend it to be anything more than a list. I don't much care about the name (I did think that capitalization was proper since QM is a title on its own, isn't it?) so long as it can be naturally put into a reference or sentence.

But even if an essay grows around the page, I don't think it should be folded into the QM entry. QM interpretation is sufficiently different (from QM itself) and complex that people may wish to study or learn about it on its own. It's also useful to distinguish the two subjects in the mind of the reader. (QM is largely settled and old. IQM is controversial and new.) So even though I didn't intend it as more than a list, I would prefer to leave the options open.

I see what you mean about pluralization now, but I don't have any answer beyond what I've already given.

By the way, how do you delete (or mark for deletion) pages? -- ark

While Googling I saw that Interpretation of quantum mechanics is the valid name for a topic within QIM. I also found out that this page can become an actual article and should, therefore, be given a name that complies with our naming conventions. With a name of interpretation of quantum mechanics one could write within Copenhagen interpretation, for example that: "The '''Copenhagen interpretation''' is an [[interpretation of quantum mechanics]] that..." Instead of "The '''Copenhagen interpretation''' is an [[Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics|interpretation of quantum mechanics]] that..." Generally, priority in article naming favors names that make linking within the edit window of another article as easy as possible without the use of pipes.

Unfortunately, the "Vote for this page" feature that is used to "Vote for deletion" of articles only works for logged in users and this is not a feature that will be allowed for those that do not log in. However, you can do what we have been doing for over a year before the "Vote for" feature was added: either bookmark Wikipedia:Votes for deletion and hand edit the page by placing the page you would like to be deleted at the bottom with a short explanation why it should be removed. What I used to do for pages that were obviously worthless (like somebody creating a really bad page title filled with obcenities) was enter the edit window for the page, delete the content and replace it with page titles to be deleted ([[page titles to be deleted]] is a redirect to the correct "vote for deletion" page), save and then click through to the "vote for deletion" page and enter in the page title and reason why it is useless. You have been contributing a good deal to wikipedia, you might want to consider creating a user account and logging in so that you can access these and other features. The defaults for non-logged in users are pretty minimal but what you decide to do is entirely up to you. --maveric149