Talk:WikiJournal of Science/Submissions/Abridged timeline of quantum mechanics

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First review[edit source]

Editorial comments:

  1. There are about two versions of "Quantum mechanics timeline" that may be better as one. The second being "Quantum mechanics timeline". The others are abridged.
  2. "Timeline of quantum mechanics (abridged)" and "Abridged timeline of quantum mechanics" are supposed to be the same historical version on Wikipedia but I restored the first before I found the second which was not on the "Articles awaiting reviewer" list.
  3. "Abridged timeline of quantum mechanics", specifically Wikipedia:Timeline of quantum mechanics has images with each section which are excellent and timely. "Timeline of quantum mechanics (abridged)" does not.
  4. "How things work college course/Quantum mechanics timeline" has excellent and timely images but only for the 20th century.
  5. "How things work college course/Quantum mechanics timeline" has the note at the top: "This timeline serves to guide student in understanding this Quiz, which has been placed on the openStax College list of quizzes." This purpose appears to be at odds with abridged timelines.
  6. "Abridged timeline of quantum mechanics" has an in-text red link and several among its references.
  7. Many references in "How things work college course/Quantum mechanics timeline" are not well-formatted and are probably not journal quality.
  8. "Timeline of quantum mechanics (abridged)" has several red-linked references. --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 20:35, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  9. "Abridged timeline of quantum mechanics" has the more complete text and is the one to be reviewed. I will copy this review to its Discuss and continue the review there. --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 23:34, 2 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

So which is correct:

  1. 1937 – Carl Anderson experimentally proves the existence of the pion or
  2. 1947 – CF Powell discovers the pion in 1947? --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 17:20, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Text comments:

Some of the timeline entries have references to backup the timeline, but most do not! --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 23:39, 6 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"1924 – Wolfgang Pauli outlines the "Pauli exclusion principle" which states that no two identical fermions may occupy the same quantum state simultaneously, a fact that explains many features of the periodic table.[1]" is a theory not "a fact". --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 04:20, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"1877 – Boltzmann suggests that the energy levels of a physical system could be discrete based on statistical mechanics and mathematical arguments; also produces the first circle diagram representation, or atomic model of a molecule (such as an iodine gas molecule) in terms of the overlapping terms α and β, later (in 1928) called molecular orbitals, of the constituting atoms." This is really important and is the actual footing for quantum mechanics. The first part especially really needs a reference! --Marshallsumter (discuss • contribs) 04:26, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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