Talk:Algorithm

While I understand the thought behind contrasting algorithms with heuristics, I think it makes the page longer than it needs to be. It doesn't add new information about algorithms nor does it clear up common misconceptions. It seems like more of a detour in what should be a concise article. Any thoughts on keeping or removing the heuristics paragraph? Clubspike2 (talk) 11:56, 25 June 2024 (UTC) [reply ]

The statement that "a heuristic is an approach to solving problems that do not have well-defined correct or optimal results" is simply wrong. A heuristic is an approximate and often unproved method, independent of whether there exist well-defined correct of optimal results. See Heuristic in WP: "a technique designed for problem solving more quickly when classic methods are too slow for finding an exact or approximate solution, or when classic methods fail to find any exact solution". Zaslav (talk) 00:16, 19 December 2024 (UTC) [reply ]

Is there such a thing in Wikipedia as to change denomination of date from : Before Christ (BC), Anno Domini (AD) to Before Common Era (BCE), Common Era (CE) ? Oversleep9 (talk) 08:41, 2 October 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

See MOS:ERA and MOS:RETAIN. In a nutshell, the first format to be used in an article is the one that's used. Mind matrix 13:28, 2 October 2025 (UTC) [reply ]

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