Talk:3189: Conic Sections - Revision history

81.179.199.253 at 23:42, 3 February 2026

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81.179.199.253 at 23:42, 3 February 2026

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BunsenH: Add a diagram back?

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Add a diagram back?

163.116.145.34 at 17:35, 6 January 2026

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82.13.184.33 at 10:36, 6 January 2026

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92.23.2.208 at 21:35, 5 January 2026

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71.94.164.106: ice-cream-rebuttal

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ice-cream-rebuttal

163.116.145.34 at 19:44, 5 January 2026

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82.132.237.110 at 16:25, 5 January 2026

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R128 at 15:41, 5 January 2026

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	I get removing extraneous information which adds unnecessary complexity to an explanation... but I think that some kind of diagram which shows that slice through a cone-with-a-bottom adds clarity. [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 22:57, 3 February 2026 (UTC)		I get removing extraneous information which adds unnecessary complexity to an explanation... but I think that some kind of diagram which shows that slice through a cone-with-a-bottom adds clarity. [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 22:57, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
−	:I nearly added it back in (I had to adjust the cut-down version slightly, anyway), but I think it needs the image caption to be briefer. (And if you add it back in, add the clear-template back in again. I only removed that because it was a clear (NPI!) oversight by the original person who cut it down.)	+	:I nearly added it back in (I had to adjust the cut-down version slightly, anyway), but I think it needs the image caption to be briefer. (And if you add it back in, add the clear-template back in again. I only removed that because it was a clear (NPI!) oversight by the original person who cut it down.) [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253\|81.179.199.253]] 23:42, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

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	I get removing extraneous information which adds unnecessary complexity to an explanation... but I think that some kind of diagram which shows that slice through a cone-with-a-bottom adds clarity. [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 22:57, 3 February 2026 (UTC)		I get removing extraneous information which adds unnecessary complexity to an explanation... but I think that some kind of diagram which shows that slice through a cone-with-a-bottom adds clarity. [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 22:57, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
		+	:I nearly added it back in (I had to adjust the cut-down version slightly, anyway), but I think it needs the image caption to be briefer. (And if you add it back in, add the clear-template back in again. I only removed that because it was a clear (NPI!) oversight by the original person who cut it down.)

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	Very nice, handy etc figure. might be good to label which conic section is which, even though it may be clear-ish, not everyone knows what a hyperbola is for example (although this is xkcd, lol) [[User:R128\|R128]] ([[User talk:R128\|talk]]) 15:41, 5 January 2026 (UTC)		Very nice, handy etc figure. might be good to label which conic section is which, even though it may be clear-ish, not everyone knows what a hyperbola is for example (although this is xkcd, lol) [[User:R128\|R128]] ([[User talk:R128\|talk]]) 15:41, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
	:Did my best. Tried to include the salient features. Too much, though? Or did I still leave too much informative stuff out while trying to not make it ''too'' long? Should it have merited a 'main text' summary (would have let me use "#" markup!), or even shoved it into Trivia or its whole new section? Could an angled-hyperbollic diagram have been better than an axially-parallel one, for number 4 (or 4a, with that one as 4b, or 1 and 2 as 1a and 1b)? Questions for the ages..! [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.110\|82.132.237.110]] 16:25, 5 January 2026 (UTC)		:Did my best. Tried to include the salient features. Too much, though? Or did I still leave too much informative stuff out while trying to not make it ''too'' long? Should it have merited a 'main text' summary (would have let me use "#" markup!), or even shoved it into Trivia or its whole new section? Could an angled-hyperbollic diagram have been better than an axially-parallel one, for number 4 (or 4a, with that one as 4b, or 1 and 2 as 1a and 1b)? Questions for the ages..! [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.110\|82.132.237.110]] 16:25, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
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		+	I get removing extraneous information which adds unnecessary complexity to an explanation... but I think that some kind of diagram which shows that slice through a cone-with-a-bottom adds clarity. [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 22:57, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

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 ::I think it's just not drawn that well.  We're seeing like a cross section of an ice cream cone with a scoop of ice cream in it, with the line between them going from lower left to upper right.  The near side looks tangent when it should have a knee.  If you were looking edge on, that knee would appear to open up, but that would apply to both the near and far sides.  So we're getting a weird perspective here.[[Special:Contributions/163.116.145.34|163.116.145.34]] 19:44, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
 :::You're weird. [[Special:Contributions/92.23.2.208|92.23.2.208]] 21:35, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
 :::It's clearly a playing piece from Cones of Dunshire. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33|82.13.184.33]] 10:36, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

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 ::I think it's just not drawn that well.  We're seeing like a cross section of an ice cream cone with a scoop of ice cream in it, with the line between them going from lower left to upper right.  The near side looks tangent when it should have a knee.  If you were looking edge on, that knee would appear to open up, but that would apply to both the near and far sides.  So we're getting a weird perspective here.[[Special:Contributions/163.116.145.34|163.116.145.34]] 19:44, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
 :::You're weird. [[Special:Contributions/92.23.2.208|92.23.2.208]] 21:35, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
 Shouldn't the people from the title text also be following the same orbit? [[User:Cobl703|Cobl703]] ([[User talk:Cobl703|talk]]) 18:35, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

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 I feel like there needs to some explicit acknowledgement that the cone in question is an ice cream cone.[[Special:Contributions/99.239.23.54|99.239.23.54]] 00:11, 4 January 2026 (UTC)
 :But ice-cream cones have the 'flat bit' (actually the opening; give or take the scoop of ice-cream, which is a ball, or else the soft-served 'twirly-dollop', which another more convoluted form of inverted cone) at the top. Which just really doesn't fit with ''anything'' the comic says about the conic. Unless you see some obscure connection that I'm just not getting out of it. (Beyond that both are considered 'cones', which is as tenuous as if I suggested traffic cones was the ultimate reference, for example.)
 :But if you can give any better referencing connection, you look like you should know how to edit things to enlighten those of us who are missing it. Explain away, as that's the point of this site... [[Special:Contributions/82.132.236.68|82.132.236.68]] 01:39, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

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	Very nice, handy etc figure. might be good to label which conic section is which, even though it may be clear-ish, not everyone knows what a hyperbola is for example (although this is xkcd, lol) [[User:R128\|R128]] ([[User talk:R128\|talk]]) 15:41, 5 January 2026 (UTC)		Very nice, handy etc figure. might be good to label which conic section is which, even though it may be clear-ish, not everyone knows what a hyperbola is for example (although this is xkcd, lol) [[User:R128\|R128]] ([[User talk:R128\|talk]]) 15:41, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
		+	:Did my best. Tried to include the salient features. Too much, though? Or did I still leave too much informative stuff out while trying to not make it ''too'' long? Should it have merited a 'main text' summary (would have let me use "#" markup!), or even shoved it into Trivia or its whole new section? Could an angled-hyperbollic diagram have been better than an axially-parallel one, for number 4 (or 4a, with that one as 4b, or 1 and 2 as 1a and 1b)? Questions for the ages..! [[Special:Contributions/82.132.237.110\|82.132.237.110]] 16:25, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

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	Kinda reminds me of [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1778 SCP-1778]. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 16px;">--'''''[[User:DollarStoreBa'al\|<span style="color:#FF0000">DollarStoreBa'al</span>]]<sup>[[User Talk:DollarStoreBa'al\|<span style="color:#00873E">Converse</span>]]</sup></span> 14:08, 5 January 2026 (UTC)		Kinda reminds me of [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1778 SCP-1778]. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 16px;">--'''''[[User:DollarStoreBa'al\|<span style="color:#FF0000">DollarStoreBa'al</span>]]<sup>[[User Talk:DollarStoreBa'al\|<span style="color:#00873E">Converse</span>]]</sup></span> 14:08, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
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		+	Very nice, handy etc figure. might be good to label which conic section is which, even though it may be clear-ish, not everyone knows what a hyperbola is for example (although this is xkcd, lol) [[User:R128\|R128]] ([[User talk:R128\|talk]]) 15:41, 5 January 2026 (UTC)