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I'd like to request several changes to the NEST (software) page to keep it up-to-date. NEST is a simulation software for spiking neural network models, including large-scale neuronal networks.
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1. The image in the info box displays a very out-of-date screenshot of NEST. Request to remove this screenshot.
Under Neuron Models, add
Under Synapse Models, add
Under Accuracy add (or update) the reference for the first bullet: * NEST aims for high accuracy and precision of its simulation
Remove first two bullet points and replace with NEST employs two methods for parallelization:
Supra-linear to linear scaling for up to 10000 cores.[11] is no longer accurate and the reference is out of date. Request change to Excellent scalability in terms of memory usage and good scalability in terms of runtime has been shown for up to 660,000 cores. [2]
Add second sentence to the following bullet (POSIX is no longer supported). * Since 2007, NEST supports hybrid parallelism, using POSIX threads and MPI.[11] Since Version 2.2, NEST replaced POSIX support with OpenMP. Add the following points
add link to http://www.nest-simulator.org add link to GitHub repository https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator References
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Mitchell20j (talk) 14:46, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
Reply to edit request 07-NOV-2018
editBelow you will see where proposals from your request have been quoted with reviewer decisions and feedback inserted underneath, either accepting, declining or otherwise commenting upon your proposal(s). Please read the enclosed notes within the proposal review section below for information on each request.
Proposal review 07-NOV-2018
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- Text which was found to be insufficiently paraphrased from the source material has been omitted. Text placed in the article ought to be in an editor's own words using an editor's own phrasing, per WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASE. A listing of the removed text may be found here.
- A Citation needed inline template was appended to the last section of text, where a See also reference was incorrectly placed in the article and removed, per MOS:LAYOUTEL.
- The External links section was moved to follow the References section, per MOS:SECTIONORDER.
Regards, Spintendo 04:32, 8 November 2018 (UTC)