Talk:Octahedral symmetry
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[edit] Cleanup (Feb 06)
I added the cleanup tag because this article needs more work. I like the examples added at the end, but they should be cleaned up, and data tables (pasted from elsewhere) removed as redundant.
Well, not necessarily a lot of work, but more than I want to do tonight!
Tom Ruen 09:21, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
- Please do not remove data tables, it is convenient to have data about examples together on this page.--Patrick 12:35, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Hey, Patrick, what do you think about cleaning up the formatting here? Is it really necessary to have cut&pasted tables here from elsewhere?
Tom Ruen 07:22, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- I do not see tables from elsewhere, just selected parts regarding the subject of the article.--Patrick 12:44, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
I propose that the article be moved to cubical symmetry, which seems to me (based on experience) to be the more common name. A redirect from octahedral symmetry would be right. Zaslav 01:58, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
The name comes from symmetry terminology. See this framework: (Note - I'm not defending the quality or contents, merely the terminology!)
- List of spherical symmetry groups
- dihedral symmetry - Dn, Dnh, Dnd
- tetrahedral symmetry - T, Td, Th
- octahedral symmetry - O, Oh
- icosahedral symmetry - I, Ih
