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68: 114:. That's great - doing so brings the article to the attention of many other editors who are interested in mathematical topics and can help you build the article into something special. However, erroneously doing this to articles which are not mathematical in nature results in nothing but confusion to both editors and more importantly, readers. 36: 167: 98:
Knowledge - not existing purely to cover one subject area - also contains many more articles on things that are not mathematics nor are they related to mathematics. In most cases it should seem obvious whether an article is related to mathematics or not, but in other cases there may be some
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Individual numbers often have properties that are defined mathematically, the number twelve for instance has many but that does not make the article on the number twelve a mathematical topic - instead it falls firmly into the scope of the
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This is a work in progress, please do tear it to pieces, but be nice about it and make suggestions on the talk page so I can make my points presentable before moving them from namespace.
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If you are contributing to an article that has some content relating to mathematics in some way then you may be tempted to add it to a category such as
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Please do not add an article to a mathematics category, wikiproject or portal simply because numbers play a significant role in that article.
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Numerical data (such as demographics, or the results of a highly notable survey) should not be considered mathematics either, it may be
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Numerology and mathematics may sometimes overlap, since some topics are of interest to both mathematicians and numerologists such as
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It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Knowledge contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of
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is a number with some interesting mathematical properties, despite this (even considering the many forms of
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If you are editing an article relating to numerology then consider adding it to one of these Wikiprojects:
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to some very advanced and fascinating results in all areas of pure, applied and recreational mathematics.
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in nature nor does it result in the production of theorems - it should not be mistaken for mathematics.
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is the practice of associating numbers with spiritual, religious or occult ideas, it can be regarded as
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Knowledge contains many articles on mathematics and subjects relating to mathematics. This ranges from
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since at times it looks like mathematics to a casual observer but since it is not
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church façade, the magic square is a mathematical topic, the church is not.
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on this flag) the flag itself is not a topic of mathematical significance.
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The presence of numbers does not imply the presence of mathematics
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Wikiproject if it is definitely of mathematical significance.
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User:Paul Carpenter
essay
Knowledge's policies or guidelines
thoroughly vetted by the community

Flag of Europe
12
symmetry
mathematicians
history of mathematics
mathematics articles
maths rating
Mathematics Wikiproject
Numbers
Numbers Wikiproject
Mathematical constant
relevant category
statistics

magic square
Sagrada FamĂ­lia
Numerology
pseudomathematics
deductive
digital roots
magic squares
Occult
Spirituality
Religion
mathematics

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