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Under branches should we also mention neutral geometry , affine geometry Finite geometry , Synthetic geometry and maybe other geometries, or in some other way to link to them in this template? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.205.230.37 ( talk) 21:01, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
I replaced :
| image = | captionstyle = font-size:90%; display:block;margin-bottom:0.5em; | caption = P. Oxy. I 29, one of the Oxyrhynchus papyri, includes a fragment of Euclid's Elements.
With:
| image = | caption = Projecting a sphere to a plane.
I just think it is better to show some geometry than greek text (however importand the text may be
Also added links to elliptic and Hyperbolic geometry. WillemienH ( talk) 07:45, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
I would like to suggest a change. Rather than just be bold and revert (before starting to discuss it on this "Talk:" page) ... I would like to see whether anyone has any comments first. (I am not very experienced with editing templates like this ... and there might be others out there who could provide some "advice" or other comments. That might include some other editors, or maybe just some "critics" who know a [good or] 'bad' edit when they see one ... whether it has already been "done", or whether it has just been discussed on a "Talk:" page.)
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Where it says (currently, in the wikitext)
* [[Non-Euclidean geometry|Non-Euclidean]]
** [[Elliptic geometry|Elliptic]]
*** [[Spherical geometry|Spherical]]
** [[Hyperbolic geometry|Hyperbolic]]
I suggest to change it to
* [[Non-Euclidean geometry|Non-Euclidean]]
** [[Elliptic geometry|Elliptic]]
** [[Spherical geometry|Spherical]]
** [[Hyperbolic geometry|Hyperbolic]]
instead ...the only change being: a double (instead of triple) asterisk to the left of
[[Spherical geometry|Spherical]]
First, one "CON", which might be a reason "not" to make the change that I suggest:
[[Spherical geometry|Spherical]]
", there) -- was appropriate. Maybe they thought that because of the fact (wait ... is it a fact? I think it is ...) that
Spherical geometry is a special case of (and hence can be regarded as being, in some sense, a "sub-" sub-field of)
Elliptic geometry. (right?)Next some reasons ("PROs") in favor of making the change that I would like to (and that I hereby do) suggest:
I realize that there might be some customs or other 'rules' or "guidelines" for how to arrange stuff within a template like this... that I might not be familiar with. This template seems (to me) to be somewhat "navigation" oriented ... (and/or perhaps "overview" oriented).
Any comments? -- Mike Schwartz ( talk) 17:31, 11 March 2019 (UTC)