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Conducted Saturday 16 November, 2024.
Conducted Monday 18 November, 2024.


==Totals==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Totals
!#
!%
|-
|Commas with pages
|552
|~65
|-
|Commas in tables of commas, but w.o. pages
|~300
|~35
|}


Summary of findings:
==Comma sizes==
* 52% of all named commas were named in the 2020s
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* The person who named the most commas was Xenllium (143 commas, 19.5% of all named commas)
!Comma sizes (only counts commas w. pages)
* The person who named the 2nd most commas was Gene Ward Smith (38 commas, 5% of all named commas)
!#
* The most common things for commas to be named after (excluding systematically generated names) are:
!%
** The intervals they stack/equate (13%)
|-
** Their size as an interval (8%)
|Large
** Composers/music theorists (7%)
|21
** Asteroids (6%)
|3.8
** The names of two temperaments combined into one word (5%)
|-
** Polymaths (4%)
|Medium
** Place names (4%)
|91
** A famous occurence of a number in the world (3.5%)
|16.5
** The above 8 categories account for 50.5% of all comma names
|-
* 22.5% of named commas are named for unknown reasons/after an unknown thing
|Small
* 95% of comma pages have common names, the other 5% have no names at all except systematically generated names
|221
|40.0
|-
|Unnoticeable
|219
|39.7
|}


==Year named==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year named
!#
!%
|-
|''Not named/systematic name''
|''~150''
|''~17.5''
|-
|''Year unknown''
|''~225''
|''~26.5''
|-
|1870s
|2
|0.2
|-
|1990s
|2
|0.2
|-
|2000s
|57
|6.7
|-
|2010s
|33
|3.9
|-
|2020s
|379
|44.6
|}


== Totals ==
==Named by==
* '''551 comma pages counted'''.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* '''~300 comma table entries without pages'''.
!Named by
* '''~850 commas indexed altogether'''.
!#
!%
|-
|''Not named/systematic name''
|''~150''
|''~17.5''
|-
|''Anonymous''
|''~225''
|''~26.5''
|-
|''Others''
|''61''
|''7.2''
|-
|Stephen Weigel
|6
|0.7
|-
|Lériendil
|7
|0.8
|-
|ArrowHead294
|8
|0.9
|-
|Godtone
|9
|1.1
|-
|Flirora
|9
|1.1
|-
|Tristan Bay
|9
|1.1
|-
|Margo Schulter
|10
|1.2
|-
|CompactStar
|11
|1.3
|-
|Jerdle
|12
|1.4
|-
|Kaiveran
|14
|1.6
|-
|Francium
|16
|1.9
|-
|B Lambeth
|20
|2.4
|-
|Petr Pařízek
|23
|2.7
|-
|Paul Erlich
|23
|2.7
|-
|Flora Canou
|26
|3.1
|-
|Aura
|26
|3.1
|-
|Eliora
|30
|3.5
|-
|Gene W Smith
|38
|4.5
|-
|Xenllium
|143
|16.8
|}


== By size ==
==Named after==
''Includes unnamed and systematic-only named commas.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Named after
!#
!%
|-
|''Not named/systematic name''
|''~150''
|''~17.5''
|-
|''Unknown namesake''
|''~300''
|''~35.5''
|-
|''Something else''
|''141''
|''16.6''
|-
|A famous occurrence of a number
|20
|2.4
|-
|A place name
|21
|2.5
|-
|A polymath
|22
|2.6
|-
|Two temperament names fused
|27
|3.2
|-
|An asteroid
|32
|3.8
|-
|A composer or theorist
|40
|4.7
|-
|Its interval size
|43
|5.1
|-
|The intervals it equates
|73
|8.6
|}


''Excludes commas without pages.''
==Named after (detailed)==
* '''Large comma: 21 (4%)'''
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
* '''Medium comma: 91 (16%)'''
!Named after (detailed)
* '''Small comma: 220 (40%)'''
!#
* '''Unnoticeable: 219 (40%)'''
!%
|-
|''Not named/systematic name''
|''~150''
|''~17.5''
|-
|''Unknown namesake''
|''~300''
|''~35.5''
|-
|''Something else''
|''17''
|''2.0''
|-
|How it divides the fourth
|3
|0.4
|-
|Mythology or folk characters
|4
|0.5
|-
|Musical compositions
|5
|0.6
|-
|How it divides the fifth
|5
|0.6
|-
|Controversial people or groups
|6
|0.7
|-
|Personal happenstance
|6
|0.7
|-
|Non-musical creatives
|7
|0.8
|-
|Generator of its temperament
|7
|0.8
|-
|Play on its color name
|7
|0.8
|-
|Mathematicians
|8
|0.9
|-
|Fictional characters
|16
|1.9
|-
|Musical traditions
|16
|1.9
|-
|Individuals (other)
|17
|2.0
|-
|Non-English words
|17
|2.0
|-
|A famous occurrence of a number
|20
|2.4
|-
|A place name
|21
|2.5
|-
|A polymath
|22
|2.6
|-
|Two temperament names fused
|27
|3.2
|-
|An asteroid
|32
|3.8
|-
|The intervals it equates (w. equave)
|33
|3.9
|-
|The intervals it equates (w. other)
|40
|4.7
|-
|A composer or theorist
|40
|4.7
|-
|Its interval size
|43
|5.1
|}


== By year named ==
==See also==
''Includes commas without pages.''
 
''Excludes unnamed and systematic-only named commas.''
* 1870s: 2 (0%)
* 1880s: 0 (0%)
...
* 1970s: 0 (0%)
* 1980s: 0 (0%)
* '''1990s: 2 (0%) '''
* '''2000s: 57 (8%) '''
* '''2010s: 53 (7%) '''
* '''2020s: 378 (52%) '''
 
 
* '''Unknown: ~240 (33%) '''
 
== Most prolific namers ==
''Includes commas without pages.''
 
''Excludes unnamed and systematic-only named commas.''
 
'''Every theorist who has named 4 or more commas:'''
# '''Xenllium: 143 (19.5%) '''
# '''Gene W Smith: 38 (5%) '''
# '''Eliora: 30 (4%) '''
# '''Dawson Berry: 26 (3.5%) '''
# '''Flora Canou: 26 (3.5%) '''
# '''Paul Erlich: 23 (3%) '''
# '''Petr Pařízek: 23 (3%) '''
# '''B Lambeth: 20 (3%) '''
# '''Francium: 16 (2%) '''
# '''Kaiveran: 14 (2%) '''
# Jerdle: 12
# CompactStar: 11
# Margo Schulter: 10
# Tristan Bay: 9
# Flirora: 9
# Godtone: 9
# ArrowHead294: 8
# Lériendil: 7
# Stephen Weigel: 6
# Akselai: 5
# Douglas Blumeyer: 5
# Mike Battaglia: 4
# Scott Dakota: 4
 
 
'''Trivia:''' Xenllium has named as many commas as the next 5 theorists on the list combined.
 
== Named after... ==
''Includes unnamed and systematic-only named commas.''
 
''Excludes commas without pages.''
* '''Regular temperament properties: 172 (31%) '''
** '''The intervals the comma stacks: 73 (13%) '''
*** The periods per equave: 33 (6%)
**** Periodic table-based name: 11 (2%)
**** Other name: 12 (2%)
*** Other intervals: 40 (7%)
** '''Combining two temperament names: 27 (5%) '''
** '''The generator of the assoc. temperament: 7 (1%) '''
** '''How the comma divides the fifth: 5 (1%) '''
** '''How the comma divides the fourth: 3 (0.5%) '''
** '''Other properties: 57 (10%) '''
 
* '''Individuals: ~115 (21%) '''
** Music theorists: 40 (7%)
** Composers: 39 (7%)
** Polymaths: 22 (4%)
** Fictional characters: 16 (3%)
** Mathematicians: 8 (1.5%)
** Creatives in other fields: 7 (1%)
** Controversial individuals/groups: 6 (1%)
** Mythology or folk characters: 4 (1%)
** Other individuals: 17 (3%)
 
* '''The comma's interval size: 43 (8%) '''
* '''Asteroids: 32 (6%) '''
* '''Place names: 21 (4%) '''
* '''A famous occurrence of a number: 20 (3.5%) '''
* '''Non-English words: 17 (3%) '''
* '''Musical traditions: 16 (3%) '''
* '''Plays on the color name: 7 (1%) '''
* '''Personal events: 6 (1%) '''
* '''Pieces of music: 5 (1%) '''
* '''Something else: 17 (3%) '''
 
 
* '''Etymology unknown: 124 (22.5%) '''
* '''Systematic name only/not named: 29 (5%) '''
 
 
'''Trivia:''' There are two commas named after individual cats: the ampersand comma, and the junebug comma. They’re very good commas and deserve all the chin scritchies.
 
== See also ==
Pages where you can discover further details:
Pages where you can discover further details:
* [[Medium comma]]
*[[Medium comma]]
* [[Small comma]]
*[[Small comma]]
* [[Unnoticeable comma]]
*[[Unnoticeable comma]]
* [[:Category:Commas by name]]
*[[:Category:Commas by name]]


[[Category:Commas by name]]
[[Category:Commas by name]]
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