Talk:Period

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(Does anyone know where the period came from? I'm fairly certain that the Romans didn't have it since all their sentences ended with the verb they didn't need it.)

What, you mean as in vade retro me? -user:Montrealais

Classical Latin vs The Vulgate, i.e. vulgar Latin. Different constructions. I don't know about the genesis of the period but I have seen it used to terminate abbreviated words in classical inscriptions, so the ancient Romans must have used it for at least that much! ~ Veledan | Talk | c. 20:58, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Disambiguation

I'm starting disambiguation of this word (redirecting the incoming links to the appropriate pages; i.e. not this one!). ~ Veledan | Talk | c. 20:53, 14 August 2005 (UTC) disambiguation link repair (You can help!)

I've come unstuck almost immediately with this one, and have withdrawn my hand till I get advice on how to proceed!

Most of the links to Period are linking to the technical meaning of an interval, a lapse of time. The opposite of frequency. This is the one meaning that is defined in the dab but has no article, probably because it's too general a meaning to have an article longer than a dictionary definition. And anyway, it's the opposite of frequency and it's the definition in the dab links to that article. So it'll probably never have an article. I can't link them to frequency because that would cause either confusion, or me having to re-word every sentence it appeared in. Should I de-link? Create a stub that pretends to be an article, but which is really just a specialized dab, linking to frequency or other pages? Redirect to Wiktionary? Help! ~ Veledan | Talk | c. 21:31, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Figured I would answer here too. I commented to your question on this over at the main project page in more detail. First off reciprocal does not mean opposite its a mathematical distinction but a significant one. I changed the page to link to Interval (time) for the physics usage of the term. Links here via the periodic redirect are still problematic, though I am going to add a dictionary link. Dalf | Talk 23:06, look up sexual intercourse for more info

Kk Blazecross90 (talk) 11:48, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 September 2017

I wrote a possible additional entry to this page. The entry is Period (number). Please consider adding it to the list under Science and Mathematics. Thank you! 24.5.240.230 (talk) 06:53, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Reverted to redirect; what you wrote is not encyclopedic enough to be included. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 07:09, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Edit request

Please add to the SEE ALSO section

• Template:Srt
• Point (disambiguation)
• Dot (disambiguation)
• . (disambiguation)

-- 65.92.246.77 (talk) 22:42, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

File:X mark.svg Not done: "See also" sections should not include links to disambiguation pages. See MOS:NOTSEEALSO. Day Creature (talk) 03:57, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

This page itself is a disambiguation page, not an article. Did you notice that? The guideline you point out applies to articles, not disambiguation pages. MOS:LAYOUT is not a disambiguation page layout guideline, it is only for articles. The SEE ALSO section *already* contains several links to disambiguation pages. -- 65.92.246.77 (talk) 06:31, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

You are correct that the guideline evidently does not apply in this case; however, I still don't see why the edit is necessary. But I will leave the edit request open in case other editors feel differently. Day Creature (talk) 15:34, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

File:X mark.svg Not done: I agree with the other editor that declined this request, this edit shouldn't appear as I see no rationale to include it? Valorrr ^{(lets chat)} 16:18, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

What is a "period"? It is a dot, leading to the dot (disambiguation) page. It is a point, leading to the point (disambiguation) page. It is the symbol ".", leading to the . (disambiguation) page. -- That is the same reasons for which two of the existing SEE ALSO disambiguation page links exist for. -- It is a full stop, leading to the full stop (disambiguation) page. It is a duration, leading to the duration (disambiguation) page link. -- Why wouldn't "." disambiguation be proper linkage? That symbol appearing all over this paragraph is a dot, and that dot has several uses. Some people will refer to that character as a period. -- 65.92.246.77 (talk) 03:14, 17 May 2025 (UTC)