Talk:Millioctave - Revision history

Xenwolf: /* Unit abbreviation */ (reword)

2022-02-26T18:04:06Z

Unit abbreviation: (reword)

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	:: Ah, good find. (This link showed the diff for me: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Millioctave&type=revision&diff=954343791&oldid=937097486). Alright, I've made the change. Thanks. --[[User:Cmloegcmluin\|Cmloegcmluin]] ([[User talk:Cmloegcmluin\|talk]]) 20:22, 9 January 2022 (UTC)		:: Ah, good find. (This link showed the diff for me: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Millioctave&type=revision&diff=954343791&oldid=937097486). Alright, I've made the change. Thanks. --[[User:Cmloegcmluin\|Cmloegcmluin]] ([[User talk:Cmloegcmluin\|talk]]) 20:22, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

	::: I reintroduced the old/German ''mO'' to get rid of the [[MO]] page. From a historic perspective, it might be better to have it on board, I remember ~~that I read ethnomusicology~~ papers that were mO ~~based~~. --[[User:Xenwolf\|Xenwolf]] ([[User talk:Xenwolf\|talk]]) 18:02, 26 February 2022 (UTC)		::: I reintroduced the old/German ''mO'' to get rid of the [[MO]] page. From a historic perspective, it might be better to have it on board, I remember reading ethnomusicological papers that were based on mO. --[[User:Xenwolf\|Xenwolf]] ([[User talk:Xenwolf\|talk]]) 18:04, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Xenwolf: /* Unit abbreviation */ re

2022-02-26T18:02:10Z

Unit abbreviation: re

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	I think unit abbreviation "mO" is incorrect. The correct unit abbreviation should be "moct".		I think unit abbreviation "mO" is incorrect. The correct unit abbreviation should be "moct".
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	:: Ah, good find. (This link showed the diff for me: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Millioctave&type=revision&diff=954343791&oldid=937097486). Alright, I've made the change. Thanks. --[[User:Cmloegcmluin\|Cmloegcmluin]] ([[User talk:Cmloegcmluin\|talk]]) 20:22, 9 January 2022 (UTC)		:: Ah, good find. (This link showed the diff for me: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Millioctave&type=revision&diff=954343791&oldid=937097486). Alright, I've made the change. Thanks. --[[User:Cmloegcmluin\|Cmloegcmluin]] ([[User talk:Cmloegcmluin\|talk]]) 20:22, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

			::: I reintroduced the old/German ''mO'' to get rid of the [[MO]] page. From a historic perspective, it might be better to have it on board, I remember that I read ethnomusicology papers that were mO based. --[[User:Xenwolf\|Xenwolf]] ([[User talk:Xenwolf\|talk]]) 18:02, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Cmloegcmluin at 20:22, 9 January 2022

2022-01-09T20:22:28Z

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	: I agree. I also found that the same change was done on Wikipedia almost two years ago (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Millioctave&oldid=937097486). --[[User:Fredg999\|Fredg999]] ([[User talk:Fredg999\|talk]]) 20:34, 8 January 2022 (UTC)		: I agree. I also found that the same change was done on Wikipedia almost two years ago (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Millioctave&oldid=937097486). --[[User:Fredg999\|Fredg999]] ([[User talk:Fredg999\|talk]]) 20:34, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

			:: Ah, good find. (This link showed the diff for me: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Millioctave&type=revision&diff=954343791&oldid=937097486). Alright, I've made the change. Thanks. --[[User:Cmloegcmluin\|Cmloegcmluin]] ([[User talk:Cmloegcmluin\|talk]]) 20:22, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Fredg999 at 20:34, 8 January 2022

2022-01-08T20:34:41Z

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	--[[User:Cmloegcmluin\|Cmloegcmluin]] ([[User talk:Cmloegcmluin\|talk]]) 18:18, 8 January 2022 (UTC)		--[[User:Cmloegcmluin\|Cmloegcmluin]] ([[User talk:Cmloegcmluin\|talk]]) 18:18, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

			: I agree. I also found that the same change was done on Wikipedia almost two years ago (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Millioctave&oldid=937097486). --[[User:Fredg999\|Fredg999]] ([[User talk:Fredg999\|talk]]) 20:34, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Cmloegcmluin: Created page with "= Unit abbreviation = I think unit abbreviation "mO" is incorrect. The correct unit abbreviation should be "moct". # The official unit abbreviation for octaves is "oct" (..."

2022-01-08T18:18:20Z

Created page with "= Unit abbreviation = I think unit abbreviation "mO" is incorrect. The correct unit abbreviation should be "moct". # The official unit abbreviation for octaves is "oct" (..."

New page

= Unit abbreviation =

I think unit abbreviation "mO" is incorrect. The correct unit abbreviation should be "moct".

# The official unit abbreviation for octaves is "oct" ([[Wikipedia:Octave_(electronics)]]), and the [https://www.nist.gov/pml/weights-and-measures/metric-si-prefixes SI rules are to prefix] the existing unit with an "m" for the milli- equivalent.
# Capital letters like "O" should only be used when the unit is named after a person (famous exception being L for liters).
# Capital "O" looks too much like the number 0 and are thereby disallowed. This is why Ohm got Ω instead. So we can't use it either.

Other considerations:
# "moct" is longer, but 3-4 character long unit abbreviations are not unheard of.
# In the Yahoo tuning list archives, there are no occurrences of "mO" being used for millioctaves, but several occurrences of "moct".

If there's agreement, I can update it here and the few other places it has propagated on the wiki.

--[[User:Cmloegcmluin|Cmloegcmluin]] ([[User talk:Cmloegcmluin|talk]]) 18:18, 8 January 2022 (UTC)