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Rheocord - was created but apparently deleted. The Nuttall entry seems to describe an obsolete scientific instrument. The word appears on the Web, but seems to describe a completely different and very specialized instrument. Can we make this a wiktionary entry, or otherwise make a delete-proof WP article?

If the article has a ((Nuttall)) tag on it, then shouldn't an editor come ask people at this project before deleting it? I'm pretty new to Wikipedia, but the one bad sentiment I've gotten is that there are a lot of gung-ho editors who like to delete articles. Who was that article hurting? Was it incorrect? I don't think there's a method of "delete-proofing" an article, other than to maybe put a note on the Talk page for it asking editors to ease off with their itchy trigger fingers. Womble 18:09, 30 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Nuttall definition of this and of Rheometry is hoplessly out of date. The term, as used in Nuttall refers to Rheostats, commonly now called Potentiometers, which are variable resisters to and is, essentially a mechanisms for measuring voltage. Rheometry now refers to the measurement of shear stress and displacement in materials. The older name is utterly deprecated. There's no reason to put it in at all. Any such use in period books where, actually, in period were called tension measurements, and no one uses tension for voltage except in the anachronistic "High tension power line" phrase. The current use is correctly found under Rheometry let's let this lie and call it done. Rick Boatright 02:59, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That's a pretty good explanation, IMHO. Maybe the Rheocord page should have a short entry that explains that the term is deprecated, and point people to Rheostat and Rheometry. Womble 13:48, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

better. Just redirect rheocord to Potentiometer -- which I have done. The intro paragraph actually DESCRIBES a rheocord Rick Boatright 16:50, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! Thanks - that one was really annoying for some reason. There are plenty of other archaic entries in Nuttall of course. David Brooks 17:02, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]