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:::::::The meaning of given terminology can vary depending on context, and with all due respect, you do not have a good grasp of the proper meaning of the terminology in question in the context of this subject, and your rewrite is poor. Before reverting or rewriting again, please do some reading about this material and get a better grasp on technical definitions before barging in here and erroneously rewriting this article. [[User:Groupthink|Groupthink]] ([[User talk:Groupthink|talk]]) 06:19, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
::::::::Thank you for your opinion. Your statement of it and your immediate reversion demonstrates your bad faith, so I no longer need to assume it. I take offense to your suggestion that I have been teaching my classes wrongly. The introduction in its present form is poorly worded and incorrect. The version I tried to insert is substantially the same as had been on this page for a long time, until last October. As well, you continue to remove any justification for the page, as is suggested in the guidelines. Your continued vandalism does not serve Wikipedia well. Obviously, you are a revert troll, and it is pointless to try to improve this page. [[User:Scottcraig|Scottcraig]] ([[User talk:Scottcraig|talk]]) 06:31, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
:::::::::Let's please not fight. Neither of you is a troll and you're just having an honest disagreement about the best way to present the topic, and which terminology is appropriate. I think the valid point that Groupthink is making is that the specific term "scalability" isn't conventionally used in complexity literature to explain the concept, but that doesn't mean the concept doesn't apply. It doesn't help that the term "efficiency" is also used in a number of different ways. On the other hand, there is the valid point that people familiar with the IT concept of scalability may be confused or surprised at its use here - which may suggest that it's best to avoid ''both'' terms and just explain the concept in more detail. For example, "complexity studies the resource requirements needed to solve problems of different sizes", or something like that. [[User:Dcoetzee|Dcoetzee]] 17:52, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
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