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== Kilobyte comma is not a good name. ==
Not only because the "kilobyte comma" is obviously [[128/125]] = 1024/1000, making this name ''very'' counterintuitive, but also because this comma should be named something based on its musical implication, which is also quite obvious so it's honestly sort of puzzling to me that it wasn't named something based on the fact that it's equal to ([[32/31]])/([[33/32]]), representing an essentially-tempered stack of two (slightly large) quarter-tones (which can be revoiced to not be directly adjacent for greater consonance/musicality). I strongly suggest either the "quarter-tone ambiharmonisma" (importantly also see [[Talk:1025/1024]]) or maybe "lesser quartertonisma" if it's not reserved, under the reasoning that then ([[31/30]])/([[32/31]]) would be the "greater quartertonisma" (given that those commas introduce [[32/31]] to the [[11-limit]] and [[5-limit]] (respectively) by representing its function as a type of quarter-tone, and given that [[1089/1088]], [[1156/1155]] and [[1225/1224]] - the other obvious quarter-tone commas (being S33, S34 and S35 resp.) - all already have reasonable enough names and correspond to smaller prime limits, while these two commas are concerning 31 specifically). --[[User:Godtone|Godtone]] ([[User talk:Godtone|talk]]) 14:53, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

: I agree that ''kilobyte comma'' can be a bit confusing but I object to ''quartertonisma'' since 1156/1155 is already ''quadrantonisma'' and it's inelegant to have such a similar name deriving from on the same reason. [[User:FloraC|FloraC]] ([[User talk:FloraC|talk]]) 15:17, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

: I would be willing to accept "kibibyte comma" as a compromise. --[[User:Frostburn|Frostburn]] ([[User talk:Frostburn|talk]]) 15:18, 5 March 2024 (UTC)