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Cleanup required

Page is a mess, mostly links to other articles. It should be rewritten or at least re-structurized. mic 21:04, February 27, 2006

It was a very weak presentation. I'm in the process of adding and subtracting crucial elements. Feel free to make any changes if you are so inclined. Dre 23:54, April 6, 2006

Part of the problem is that some of the meanings of "synchronization" are so different that it does not make sense to handle all in one article. "Synchronous communication" redirects to here. That makes no sense. My suggestion is that the only meanings that should be treated here are those covering the (one-shot or continual) act of establishing or maintaining a common clock or clock rate for several processes. Other meanings should be referred to, either by a referral preceding the lead paragraph, or by a "See also". Lambiam ^Talk 08:43, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

With the large See also section, this page appears to be well on it's way towards becoming a disambiguation page. I'm good with that. I think Clock synchronization can absorb the remaining specific content on this page. --Kvng (talk) 16:25, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Navigation and railways, Dynamical systems, Human movement, and most of the stuff in Uses sections is not related to Clock synchronization. But I assume things are in better shape than they were in 2006 when this discussion was started. ~Kvng (talk) 16:35, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

timekeeping

The link does not take you anywhere sensible. 84.0.162.54 (talk) 08:26, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the link. --Kvng (talk) 17:19, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ijueputa

Ijueputa 2803:2D60:1111:677:4DD5:3D1B:C8F3:200 (talk) 04:35, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal: Add interdisciplinary cooperation perspective (TPOCo) to “Synchronization”

Hello editors — I’m currently drafting a new article in my sandbox titled The Principle of Collaboration and Cooperation (TPOCo) (User:Darwipli/sandbox#The_Principle_of_Cooperation_and_Collaboration). One of TPOCo’s core principles is coordination — including temporal and behavioral synchronization as seen in biological, animal, and human systems.

I believe this topic is directly relevant to the “Synchronization” article, especially in interdisciplinary contexts where coordination between agents leads to emergent order. TPOCo connects this idea to energy flow, mutual benefit, and distributed intelligence.

Examples include:

Rhythmic movement and entrainment in biological systems
Coordinated effort in ant colonies or cooperative hunting
Human synchronization in music, walking, conversation, and collaboration

If appropriate, I'd like to explore how the article could link to or briefly reference this broader view of coordination as a cooperative mechanism.

Draft link: User:Darwipli/sandbox#The_Principle_of_Cooperation_and_Collaboration I’d be grateful for any feedback or suggestions. — Darwipli (talk) 28 March 2025 Darwipli (talk) 04:09, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]