Talk:Millioctave
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 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.
--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). --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. --Cmloegcmluin (talk) 20:22, 9 January 2022 (UTC)