Talk:Electron orbital

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 Definition Quantum mechanical quadratically integrable one-electron function (function of the coordinates of one electron) [d] [e]
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Atomic orbital in WP

Before starting this, I looked at AO in WP. What an incredibly bad article! A total mess. It started as a reasonably good article in September 2001 (6 years ago). About 500 edits later by 157 (I counted) different people (and a few bots) the article is a complete tragedy. People are still "improving" it, last edit was on October 6, 2007. This is the best example of WP's weakness I have encountered so far. --Paul Wormer 09:19, 8 October 2007 (CDT)


Too High level?

I am concerned that this article gets too advanced in its treatment of electron orbitals too quickly for a reader who is new to this topic. I am curious how everyone would feel about adding a new introduction at a more general level before getting into the higher level material. Ethan Karpel 23:18, 31 October 2007 (CDT)