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==Adding a wartime effort section== |
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What the atom smasher and its workers did during the second world war and what happened after. [[User:Ijggrz|Ijggrz]] ([[User talk:Ijggrz|talk]]) 17:43, 3 March 2023 (UTC) |
What the atom smasher and its workers did during the second world war and what happened after. [[User:Ijggrz|Ijggrz]] ([[User talk:Ijggrz|talk]]) 17:43, 3 March 2023 (UTC) |
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==Adding more information to the wartime effort section== |
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Adding some more information that I have found about the wartime efforts during World War 2.--[[User:Ijggrz|Ijggrz]] ([[User talk:Ijggrz|talk]]) 22:30, 7 April 2023 (UTC) |
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Attaching Edward Condon's (E.U. Condon) Wikipedia article to his name in this article <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Ijggrz|Ijggrz]] ([[User talk:Ijggrz#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Ijggrz|contribs]]) 16:20, 14 April 2023 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== Adding a History Section == |
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I will be adding a history section to the article along with information in the section. |
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==Wiki Education assignment: History of Science== |
==Wiki Education assignment: History of Science== |
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A fact from Westinghouse Atom Smasher appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 February 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Better name?
[edit]I'm pretty sure the official name for this facility was not "Westinghouse Atom Smasher". I suggest this page be moved to a more appropriate name. If we can't find the official name, something like Westinghouse 1937 Van de Graaff accelerator might be more specific and informative. --ChetvornoTALK 22:56, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
- According to the Wikipedia:Article titles#Common names, "Wikipedia prefers the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in reliable English-language sources) as such names will be the most recognizable and the most natural". Take a look at all the sources, Westinghouse Atom Smasher is the most prevalent and recognizable name for this object, so it should remain where it is. --GrapedApe (talk) 10:29, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
- Well, I have to agree with you. Normally if an accelerator is notable it is commonly referred to by its name; nobody calls the Large Hadron Collider the "Geneva Atom Smasher". But I can't find much reference to the Westinghouse machine in technical literature. Its useful life was short; it was apparently obsolete soon after it was completed. And there is some speculation that it was just built for PR purposes, as a prestige item to attract scientific talent to Westinghouse. I guess its most notable role was as a Pittsburgh-area landmark, and the Landmark Commission calls it the "Westinhouse Atom Smasher", so Westinghouse Atom Smasher it is. --ChetvornoTALK 15:58, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
- Interesting--are you aware of any references that may have been built mostly for PR purposes? That would be worth adding.--GrapedApe (talk) 12:42, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
- Just this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette op-ed piece. Looks like the only hard evidence were some quotes from the WH board that the machine's high cost was justified "to obtain good publicity value". --ChetvornoTALK 09:59, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
Additional information to lead
[edit]I am going to be adding additional information to the lead section about what the atom smasher did or what it was used for. El.Guapo6564 (talk) 17:27, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
Adding a wartime effort section
[edit]What the atom smasher and its workers did during the second world war and what happened after. Ijggrz (talk) 17:43, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
Adding more information to the wartime effort section
[edit]Adding some more information that I have found about the wartime efforts during World War 2.--Ijggrz (talk) 22:30, 7 April 2023 (UTC) Attaching Edward Condon's (E.U. Condon) Wikipedia article to his name in this article — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ijggrz (talk • contribs) 16:20, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
Adding a History Section
[edit]I will be adding a history section to the article along with information in the section. El.Guapo6564 (talk) 04:32, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
Wiki Education assignment: History of Science
[edit]This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 17 January 2023 and 5 May 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): El.Guapo6564, Ijggrz (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Patkeo6, Audrey Metcalf.
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