Template talk:Infobox RT
Mapping format
Example page: https://en.xen.wiki/w/Hanson_and_cata
Why use the reduced mapping? Why not <1 0 1 0] <0 6 5 14] instead of <1; 6 5 14]? I personally find the missing numbers very useful. And there's plenty of room on the screen for them. (Quibble: the term "reduced mapping" means other things as well.) --TallKite (talk) 00:26, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
- Missing numbers can be reconstructed from the generator tuning. Lériendil (talk) 00:36, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
- 1) Why make the reader do the work of reconstructing, when the infobox can simply tell the reader the numbers? Especially since the infobox is the first thing a beginner or intermediate microtonalist will see. 2) These reduced mappings are NOT the standard way to list a mapping. Not here on the xenwiki, not on x31, not on Sintel's app, not anywhere that I know of. 3) When the octave equals many periods, it's quite possible to have two distinct temperaments with identical reduced mappings. Why make the reader guess? Again, why not just tell the reader what they want to know? --TallKite (talk) 03:46, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
Cents format
Example page: https://en.xen.wiki/w/Hanson_and_cata
Why overspecify the cents so much? Seems misleading. The comma basis is sometimes 2.3.5 and sometimes 2.3.5.13. Wouldn't the exact cents of the optimal generator vary depending on which comma basis is used? And isn't the choice of CTE over other standards somewhat arbitrary? I'd rather see "~317c" than "317.111c". No information is lost because all the exact tunings for specific temperaments already appear on the "Kleismic family" page, where they belong. --TallKite (talk) 00:26, 8 November 2024 (UTC)