Talk:Iso
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True or false: this article needs a dis-ambiguation message at the bottom. 66.245.13.233 22:56, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- True. Deryck C. 07:06, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Order of Sections
It is very confusing to have the first section as "other languages" as there is nothing presented so far. Imho the standards organsiation or prefix should be first, with the other languages following the prefix wherever that happens to be. Thryduulf 21:35, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Foreign Words (excluding Greek root) – Remove
[edit] ISO standards
I've removed the spelling Iso in reference to the International Organization for Standardization, simply because ISO's house style dictates that the name of the organization is always written in all uppercase letters. From my observations over the past two decades, this convention is very widely followed in practice. I therefore do not think that Wikipedia should include a misspelling. -- Markus Kuhn 11:49, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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- Thanks for noting the ISO standard for ISO! ;-) Oh, the irony! --AlanH 20:27, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Since the term ISO is used both to refer to the standards body as well as to individual standards, some very brief introductory information about the organization seems useful and appropriate to me, even on the disambiguation page. -- Markus Kuhn 11:49, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] This is just a disambiguation page
It seems overkill to add detailed information on "ISO" film speeds here, when there are dedicated articles on that subject (film speed, ISO 5800). Please make sure that there is only one single short bullet item for each ISO standard that is in colloquial language referred to as "ISO", which then refers to the article about that standard. In other words, only one bullet item for ISO 5800 film speeds! Markus Kuhn 12:59, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Is ISO an acronym or not?
At first we're told that ISO is the alternative name for the International Organization for Standardisation, not an acronym for it because it derives from a Greek word isos. But later we're told it is an acronym (IOS>ISO). I'm confused. What's the truth? Not even Wikipedia can have it both ways. JackofOz 14:33, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
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- I agree with JackofOz, is ISO an acronym or not???????????????EjidoMike 20:09, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
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- It is not an acronym as the article has AFAIK always made clear. ISO does not correspond to the initial letters of organisation name in any language. —Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley talk contrib 20:38, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Lower case title
As this article features mostly acronyms, should the title be "ISO" (caps) instead of "Iso" (lowcase)? Deryck C. 07:06, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
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- Agreed --AlanH 20:19, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
- All-Caps! (ISO) Valley2city 04:24, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] rv 14 June 2006 cleanup
The "cleanup" on 14 June 2006 has eliminated a lot of very useful information and has rendered the page much less useful. In particular, it dispersed the various terms related to ISO standards in an incoherent way. I propose to undo this failed cleanup attempt and revert to a version before 14 June. Markus Kuhn 10:39, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- Instead of reverting, why not just rewrite an ISO standards section?
It would probably be the same amount of work, due to subsequent edits to the page.There's a reason the page was cleaned up in the first place. --Usgnus 14:51, 30 June 2006 (UTC) (edit --Usgnus 14:52, 30 June 2006 (UTC))
[edit] Confusing?
Why is this tagged with {{confusing}}? It's a disambig page, shouldn't really be expounding on anything. Isopropyl 18:04, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- It may not be the right tag. I was trying to say that it is difficult to find the page you are from the list unlike other disambiguation pages. Maybe if it was re-ordered it would help. I will try to look at this.
- Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley talk contrib 01:28, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
