Talk:No symbol

message: I read somewhere that the correct "no" symbol has a line running diagonally from top left to bottom right because the symbol is actually a combination of the letters N and O.  Anyone have any info on this?
:What is this opposed to?? The "no" symbol is, of course, a circle with a diagonal line through it, as opposed to the "yes" symbol, which is just a circle. 66.32.118.139 22:40, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: As opposed to a circle running from top right to bottom left. 68.40.127.32 01:11, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Line Direction

message: Can anyone think of a category for this article?? 66.32.255.134 00:15, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there a symbols category? porge 02:11, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article 

message: There is a giant Wikipedia page mentioned in What links here for this article. Can anyone find out what to do with it?? Its title says "Suck". 66.245.16.193 14:41, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Giant Wikipedia article 

message: Quote: On European traffic signs, no diagonal line is used, i.e. the symbol is round with a red border and a (usually black) pictogram on white ground inside.
:Not always. See these "No right turn" signs (similar ones are used all over Europe):
*United Kingdom
*France
Quote: In the UK, a filled blue circle (with no white inner circle) is used to indicate mandatory actions, e.g. the wearing of a helmet on a building site.
:That applies not just in the UK but in almost every European country, e.g. (Turn left ahead):
*United Kingdom
*France
Beware generalizations, however. Compare the "No Entry" and "Straight Ahead Only" signs at 
. Ireland is in Europe but the regulatory signs there agree with those in use in Argentina () and Mexico (), amongst other places. -- Picapica 18:26, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Observations 

message: Does anyone have any idea who first drew the no symbol?  Or even in what country it originated?  Or when? 68.40.127.32 01:13, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a good question. I'd like to know that myself.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 18:43, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where did the "No" Symbol come from? 

message: I have seen the No Symbol on disposible medical devices.  It's always written as "2 - space -no symbol", meaning "don't use this item twice."  It's interesting that in this usage, the no symbol appears by itself and does not overlap the number two.--Navstar 12:40, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Medical Use 

message: It seems inappropriate to have Bad Religion's crossbuster as the featured image for this article.
In the combining example, why is there a space between the ♪/∞ characters and the   ⃠? As I understand it, this combines the    ⃠ with the space character. The ♪/∞ characters still appear partially inside the circle in my Firefox, but I think that's a rendering quirk.
Oh and the ✝ ⃠ example is now gone completely. It may be inappropriate as a featured image but I think it's a good example for a real-world application. It's used by atheists outside the music context.--2.247.246.227 (talk) 08:16, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of Examples 

message: The link to http://www.freesignage.co.uk/prohibition_signs.php was previously deleted as spam. However the images on this site are free, and I do not think they are spam. Instead of adding the link to the UK version, as above, I have added a link to the US sister version since this article currently seems primarily focused on UK usage of the No symbol.  − Twas Now 02:29, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External link not spam 

message: Here is my question.
It must be a Windows feature.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 18:42, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: New address. If the Internet is slow and I get this box that says "Dial-up" at the top, and I click on the Red X, then it appears if I try to click on anything that requires Internet acccess. That's yet another use.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 20:39, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Although it's not appearing now, there is sometimes a red one at the bottom of my computer screen below what looks like an eye. Moving my mouse over it produces the message "Privacy report".Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 20:59, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use in computer software 

message: Should the article have some sort of mention of the Ghostbusters symbol with the ghost crossed out by the no symbol? It's certainly one of the most famous uses of the symbol outside of use in traffic.69.212.124.162 (talk) 18:46, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ghostbusters 

message: It would improve this article if all the examples in the Uses section had images. Lentower (talk) 14:50, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images needed in Uses section 

message: Some history of the invention, creation and use of the symbol would be useful.  It's ubiquitous nowadays, but clearly it wasn't being used by the Ancient Greeks.  Whose idea was it?  When was it invented?  Where was it first used?  Etcetera.  67.0.86.23 (talk) 12:20, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: In the second paragraph, it makes it apparent that I'm supposed to [see] the 'd' underneath the "no symbol." In fact, under Firefox (v24.0, Win7-64), I see them as "d@" (where the @ is the a correctly rendered prohibiting circle-slash character). It does not overwrite (or even slightly overlap) the preceding 'd' character. What is more, the circle-slash character only appears as a hollow box (missing character, I suppose) using browsers Chrome and IE (v10). Does it actually appear as it claims for anyone else? I'm curious.
At the very least, it should probably offer the caveat that the HTML might not produce the intended result for all (at this point, perhaps most?) readers.
 140.146.206.8 (talk) 21:05, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Combining Character claim is not demonstrated  

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