User:BudjarnLambeth/Survey of named and unnamed commas

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Conducted Monday 18 November, 2024.

Graphical summary:

Totals

Totals	#	%
Commas with pages	552	~58
Commas in tables of commas, but w.o. pages	~400	~42

Comma sizes

Comma sizes (only counts commas w. pages)	#	%
Large	21	3.8
Medium	91	16.5
Small	221	40.0
Unnoticeable	219	39.7

Year named

Year named	Amount	% of total commas	% of named commas
Not named/systematic name	~225	~23.5	n/a
Year unknown	~225	~23.5	~31
1870s	2	0.2	0.3
1990s	2	0.2	0.3
2000s	57	6.0	7.9
2010s	53	5.6	7.3
2020s	379	39.9	52.3

Named by

Named by	Amount	% of total commas	% of named commas
Not named/systematic name	~225	~23.5	n/a
Anonymous	~225	~23.5	~31
Others	61	6.4	8.4
Stephen Weigel	6	0.6	0.8
Lériendil	7	0.7	1.0
ArrowHead294	8	0.8	1.1
Godtone	9	0.9	1.2
Flirora	9	0.9	1.2
Tristan Bay	9	0.9	1.2
Margo Schulter	10	1.1	1.4
CompactStar	11	1.2	1.5
Jerdle	12	1.3	1.7
Kaiveran	14	1.5	1.9
Francium	16	1.7	2.2
B Lambeth	20	2.1	2.8
Petr Pařízek	23	2.4	3.2
Paul Erlich	23	2.4	3.2
Flora Canou	26	2.7	3.6
Aura	26	2.7	3.6
Eliora	30	3.2	4.1
Gene W Smith	38	4.0	5.2
Xenllium	143	15.1	19.7

Named after

Named after	Amount	% of total commas	% of named commas
Not named/systematic name	~225	~23.5	n/a
Unknown namesake	~300	~31.5	~41.5
Something else	141	14.8	19.4
A famous occurrence of a number	20	2.1	2.8
A place name	21	2.2	2.8
A polymath	22	2.3	3.0
Two temperament names fused	27	2.8	3.7
An asteroid	32	3.4	4.4
A composer or theorist	40	4.2	5.5
Its interval size	43	4.5	5.9
The intervals it equates	73	7.7	10.1

Named after (detailed)

Named after (detailed)	Amount
Not named/systematic name	~225
Unknown namesake	~300
Something else	17
How it divides the fourth	3
Mythology or folk characters	4
Musical compositions	5
How it divides the fifth	5
Controversial people or groups	6
Personal happenstance	6
Non-musical creatives	7
Generator of its temperament	7
Play on its color name	7
Mathematicians	8
Fictional characters	16
Musical traditions	16
Individuals (other)	17
Non-English words	17
A famous occurrence of a number	20
A place name	21
A polymath	22
Two temperament names fused	27
An asteroid	32
The intervals it equates (w. equave)	33
The intervals it equates (w. other)	40
A composer or theorist	40
Its interval size	43

See also

Pages where you can discover further details:

• Medium comma
• Small comma
• Unnoticeable comma
• Category:Commas by name

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• User:BudjarnLambeth/Survey of todo categories
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