The article should clearly mention that the remarks made by some sources, that the so called "simple solution" is not complete, is not shared by all sources.
There should be 3 solution sections: Selvin's simple solution of 1975, transitions to Selvin's symmetrically equivalent conditional solution of 1975 (where the discussion of the simple solution's criticisms occurs), transitioning to Morgan's conditional non-solution of 1991.
The word 'variant' should be either stricken, or augmented by 'slightly different problem'.
A lot of 'blather' needs to be removed from the article. Too much time and effort is spent in the various remaining sections explaining the conditional solution, for no real reader benefit.
The 'Variants - Slightly Modified Problems' section needs work. The MHP is from the contestant's state of knowledge (SoK). The versions in this section are not. This needs to be normalized for the reader in these possible ways: An explicit statement that the contestant is aware of these new conditions (in which case these are no longer game show problems), or the explicit statement these problems are not from the contestant's SoK, coupled with a comparison of the MHP from a non-contestant's SoK. Or, just delete the whole section, as none of these are The Monty Hall Problem Paradox, which is the subject of the article. Glkanter ( talk) 04:44, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
The article should clearly mention that the remarks made by some sources, that the so called "simple solution" is not complete, is not shared by all sources.
There should be 3 solution sections: Selvin's simple solution of 1975, transitions to Selvin's symmetrically equivalent conditional solution of 1975 (where the discussion of the simple solution's criticisms occurs), transitioning to Morgan's conditional non-solution of 1991.
The word 'variant' should be either stricken, or augmented by 'slightly different problem'.
A lot of 'blather' needs to be removed from the article. Too much time and effort is spent in the various remaining sections explaining the conditional solution, for no real reader benefit.
The 'Variants - Slightly Modified Problems' section needs work. The MHP is from the contestant's state of knowledge (SoK). The versions in this section are not. This needs to be normalized for the reader in these possible ways: An explicit statement that the contestant is aware of these new conditions (in which case these are no longer game show problems), or the explicit statement these problems are not from the contestant's SoK, coupled with a comparison of the MHP from a non-contestant's SoK. Or, just delete the whole section, as none of these are The Monty Hall Problem Paradox, which is the subject of the article. Glkanter ( talk) 04:44, 5 January 2010 (UTC)