The article Fungible information was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 2 January 2024 with a consensus to merge the content into Information theory. If you find that such action has not been taken promptly, please consider assisting in the merger instead of re-nominating the article for deletion. To discuss the merger, please use this talk page.
Do not remove this template after completing the merger. A bot will replace it with {{afd-merged-from}}.
This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Information theory article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Statistics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of statistics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.StatisticsWikipedia:WikiProject StatisticsTemplate:WikiProject StatisticsStatistics articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Computing, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of computers, computing, and information technology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ComputingWikipedia:WikiProject ComputingTemplate:WikiProject ComputingComputing articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Computer science, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Computer science related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Computer scienceWikipedia:WikiProject Computer scienceTemplate:WikiProject Computer scienceComputer science articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Mathematics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of mathematics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MathematicsWikipedia:WikiProject MathematicsTemplate:WikiProject Mathematicsmathematics articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Telecommunications, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Telecommunications on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TelecommunicationsWikipedia:WikiProject TelecommunicationsTemplate:WikiProject TelecommunicationsTelecommunications articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Cryptography, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Cryptography on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CryptographyWikipedia:WikiProject CryptographyTemplate:WikiProject CryptographyCryptography articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Systems, which collaborates on articles related to systems and systems science.SystemsWikipedia:WikiProject SystemsTemplate:WikiProject SystemsSystems articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Neuroscience, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Neuroscience on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.NeuroscienceWikipedia:WikiProject NeuroscienceTemplate:WikiProject Neuroscienceneuroscience articles
Sidebar template for information theory articlesedit
Latest comment: 5 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
I propose creating a sidebar template similar to Template:Probability_fundamentals to better connect the information theory related articles. What do you think? Fvultier (talk) 22:34, 7 October 2018 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion
There are two classes of information theories: Statistical and Algorithmic. Scientific induction may start with statistical information but induction of *causal* models generally entails *algorithmic* information for the same reason the statistical model of the first billion bits of Pi are worthless for predicting the next bit of Pi compared to the shortest algorithm that calculates the first billion bits of Pi. This misunderstanding of the very concept of "information" has been inexcusable ever since Solomonoff published his papers on data-driven induction in the mid 1960s at the dawn of the information age. This article goes to an incredible length to obscure this first-order distinction. Jim Bowery (talk) 21:04, 23 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
That article's concluding paragraph admits that "Sadly, in modern usage, the terms bit and binary digit have become synonymous." That is simply a fact, not necessarily a mistake – bit is a term formed as a contraction of "binary digit". While some people may try to draw a distinction between what those two terms mean, most do not – even in academic literature (as I suspect you know, since it seems you wrote that). Context or additional explanation is needed (or alternative terminology, such as using the term binary symbol instead of binary digit to draw the distinction, or talking about bits of data versus bits of entropy or bits of information). Many words have multiple meanings and depend on context for their exact interpretation. — BarrelProof (talk) 02:16, 10 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
level-4 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
