Talk:Decimalisation
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See Talk:Decimal Day for comments on merging content from various pages regarding British decimalisation -- OwenBlacker 21:53, Jun 2, 2004 (UTC)
Rephrase: "has been undergone by all countries except..." isn't right. New countries, and some older ones I'd imagine, have always been decimalized.
BenFrantzDale 08:02, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Old wording: "This process has been undergone by all countries except Mauritania and Madagascar." New wording: "All countries that have previously had non-decimal currencies have decimalized, except for Mauritania and Madagascar." How's that? Kairos 11:42, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Also, am I the only one who's a little bummed out about currency decimalization in general? It's helpful to travelers and the like, certainly, but I think all those shillings and sixpences and what-not have a character that's currently lacking in the current coins. Kairos 11:44, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Page move
This section is for votes and comments on the proposed move to Decimalisation.
- Oppose. The original author (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Decimalization&oldid=833216) used the American English spelling, and there's no reason to override that choice. JamesMLane 09:41, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
- This isn't the place to discuss the requested move, that's Wikipedia:Requested moves, but in any case support -- the original version of the article exclusively discussed the decimalisation of the British currency, and the original anon editor was wrong to spell it with a "z" - the process was always spelt with an "s", I remember because I lived through it. Moreover, the article always spelled it "decimalisation" except in the article name until Violetriga went through it yesterday changing everything to the American spelling. -- Arwel 14:40, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
- This is the correct place to discuss it actually. I changed it all over to match the current article title after Fibonacci changed it (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Decimalization&diff=14062019&oldid=14038916) before making this proposal. violet/riga (t) 14:46, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
- I notice Fibonacci changed the one occurrence of the "z" spelling to "s"; you changed it back, together with 5 other occurrences of the "s" spelling, which was clearly the preferred version as the article developed. -- Arwel 15:28, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
- I brought it in line with the title, as it should be. The article maintained the z spelling for a long time after the original author started the article. While I prefer the word "Decimilisation" I think it's inappropriate to change it. violet/riga (t) 12:07, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
- I notice Fibonacci changed the one occurrence of the "z" spelling to "s"; you changed it back, together with 5 other occurrences of the "s" spelling, which was clearly the preferred version as the article developed. -- Arwel 15:28, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
- This is the correct place to discuss it actually. I changed it all over to match the current article title after Fibonacci changed it (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Decimalization&diff=14062019&oldid=14038916) before making this proposal. violet/riga (t) 14:46, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
Oppose. I think this is a clear-cut decision based on original author choice – there were many edits that retained that original spelling. violet/riga (t) 14:46, 23 May 2005 (UTC)- Support. Shouldn't even need to be discussed - the main focus of the article is the decimalisation of the British currency, and they spell it with an s. Proto 11:59, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
- That appears to be "Decimal Day" actually. violet/riga (t) 12:07, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
- If the only reason to retain the incorrect spelling is because the original author spelled it incorrectly, then it should be changed. All contributions will be edited mercilessly and all that. Proto 13:47, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
- But your justification for changing seems to be that it is that it is mainly about British currency, and that's just not true. violet/riga (t) 14:08, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
- Support - SoM 18:25, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
- Support hmm... Neutral no.... Support- The main origional contributer used the ised spelling and the article mainly concerns a British subject. But the main thing is to kept the spelling consistent through the article--Clawed 05:31, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
- Votes after the decision was made
- Oppose. Stick with original spelling. Jonathunder 21:41, 2005 May 26 (UTC)
Comments
Arguments for keeping it here:
- The article was originally created with this title and this spelling.
- The article is not exclusively about the decimalisation (yes, I spell it that way myself) of a country that uses the S spelling.
- "The United States was the first to introduce a decimal currency" implies that it was the first to undergo the process, and they will have spelt it this way.
Arguments for moving it to decimalisation:
- The majority of the expansion used the S spelling. This was mainly done by Seglea who rewrote and massively extended the article [1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Decimalization&diff=1933283&oldid=1786782).
- The article originally focused on just the UK decimalisation and it should have used the S spelling.
Interestingly there are currently 20 main namespace links to each version of the spelling. I'm going to withdraw my objection and abstain, primarily because of the first argument for moving as shown above. violet/riga (t) 14:08, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
- It is actually less than that because some of the articles that used the decimalization spelling should have been spelt decimalisation, and I have changed most of them where appropriate.--Clawed 06:10, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
Template:Moved violet/riga (t) 19:34, 26 May 2005 (UTC)