User talk:Robert Kowalski

Welcome!

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Dear Ruud, Is this what you meant by placing helpme on my talk page? In any case, I would like your advice about the page negation as failure. As you might know, I edited the section on NAF in logic programming with a link to the NAF page. But the NAF page is a mess. It needs to be deleted and replaced by a new entry. What do you think? And, more importantly, what is the best way to go about it? Robert Kowalski 12:54, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've added an {{expert}} tag to it (which adds a box asking for improvements to be made), as it certainly needs improvement. If you have the time to do so, perhaps you could improve it. You can be bold when you do so, even rewriting it fully if you want. --h2g2bob 13:47, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pages are usually only deleted when the subject not suited for inclusion in an encyclopaedia. When the subject is worthy of inclusion but the current article is incorrect/badly written/etc., it is generally a good idea to place a {{cleanup}} or {{expert}} tag on it to warn the reader and remove any false claims made, or (n severe cases) even to remove the current text and leave a small description (stub) behind (you should not leave a blank page behind as other editors or a bot will mistake this for vandalism.) As H2g2bob noted there is no requirement to leave any of the current text behind if you wish rewrite an article from scratch. —Ruud 20:06, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Bob, Welcome to the Wikipedia! More experts certainly are needed and should be very welcome. However, you should be aware that some in the community have disdained the contributions of experts and consequently there are some pitfalls to watch out for. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.--Carl Hewitt 01:49, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You should be aware that Ruud Koot reverted changes to the article on Logic Programming citing your name in justification. Do you approve of this?--70.132.21.226 02:27, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

History of logic programming

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Unreferenced BLPs

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Jack Minker - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 00:59, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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It's okay to remove or strike this message once the issue has been resolved :).

ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:45, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Computer program contributions

Thank you for your contributions to Computer_program#Prolog. They are profound. Timhowardriley (talk) 16:12, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Horn clause

You've reverted my edit and the page is back on the error list. The author name in the sfn template and the citation must match, including capitalization. I don't know whether you prefer "van" or "Van" but please make them consistent. Thanks. Andy02124 (talk) 16:10, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I implemented a work-around to allow "Van" in the citation and "van" in the footnote, as I can see your concern. Sorry if I sounded a bit harsh. Andy02124 (talk) 19:31, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maarten van Emden and I agreed to put our names on the paper in alphabetical order, "E" before "K". Maarten explained to me that "van" doesn't count and should be written in lower case. Google scholar cites the paper as "Van Emden and Kowalski". But the official publication https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/321978.321991

names Maarten as "M H van Emden" at the bottom of the first page. Sorry, if my concern seems a bit pedantic. Robert Kowalski (talk) 20:09, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]