Talk:Interpunct

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Ancient Romans, not Greeks, used interpuncts.

Ducky

Re: The suggestion to merge this entry with middle dot. If the merger is undertaken, the heading should be "Interpunct", not "Middle dot", because, even if the less common term, "Interpunct" is a far more pleasingly interesting word.

User:thrash Re: I support the merger, but I think the new article should be called "Middle dot", as it is the common term used in typography, and also coincides with its character entity; the name "Interpunct" should only be cited inside the article as an alternate name, and "Interpunct" should indeed redirect to "Middle dot".

I agree. --Joanberenguer 19:15, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I think the title should be Interpunct, since that's its formal name. There should be a redirect from Middle dot. --Dakart 23:28, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Google yields 300,000 hits for "middle dot", 15,000 for "centered dot", and only 11,000 for interpunct. Pleasing interestingness isn't reason enough to keep the least common name, and how exactly is interpunct this mark's "formal name"? This should be moved to middle dot.--Severinus 08:26, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Math

This usage has its own designated code point in Unicode, U+2219 (∙), called the "bullet operator".

Shouldn't that be the dot operator U+22C5 (⋅), or ⋅? — Omegatron 00:24, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

It appears to be a compatibility character for Windows-1252. See http://www.microsoft.com/typography/developers/fdsspec/maths.htm for more information. —Tokek 12:01, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The other talk page

For convenience & reference, here is a link to the Middle dot talk page: Talk:Middle dot —Tokek 12:01, 5 October 2006 (UTC)