Talk:Pound sterling

message: The current advice is poorly worded and potentially creates more issues than it solves.
The specific line in question is this: ""
This is unclear and gives no aid to helping resolve problems comparing with currencies that never had ISO currency codes. It has resulted in some strange anomalies like in this diff; where an ISO code was crowbarred into a sentence about the early 18th century, prior to the existence of the United Kingdom or even the Kingdom of Great Britain. This has since been corrected, but I feel we should have more categorical advice in such circumstances.
My proposal is that this line be rewritten as this:
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I would be grateful for perspectives on this. 𝔖𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔷 (talk) 19:46, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Apologies: specifically here: under "currency symbols". 𝔖𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔷 (talk) 20:52, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Then you are discussing on the wrong page. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Pound sterling; discussions about altering a policy or guideline should be held on the corresponding talk page (i.e. Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers), or at WP:VPP. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 22:58, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @JMF said I should make an RFC here. I did in fact begin a discussion over at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers. JMF claimed that because the original policy was a result of an RFC here then it would have to be overturned here also. I made this proposal over there, and was told it would have to be made here. 𝔖𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔷 (talk) 23:03, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

text: Agreed this is not the right page, but WT:MOSNUM is. This is a WP:TALKFORK of discussion already open over there.  As for this specific proposal and the wording it's trying to change, the notion that "GB£" or "UK£" should not be used but only "£" by itself or "GBP" is nonsense some rando made up out of nowhere, and inconsistent with our general treatement of currencies, which is to use the country code and the currency symbol at first occurrence if the context isn't already clear (no need to specify what "£" means in an article that's already entirely about the UK) or when comparing currencies.  The pound sterling isn't "magically special" and doesn't need a divergent alleged rule written about it, so a proposal to makes tweak to the divergent alleged rule is a waste of time. The divergence should just be excised.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  23:11, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

text:  No. I said no such thing and did not tell you to do anything. Read what I wrote again. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 23:17, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Now I'm just confused and have no idea what's going on. 𝔖𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔷 (talk) 23:28, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

text: Why was the RFC here if it was about the MOS? I.... What is going on? I have no idea how to navigate or understand this website's processes..... 𝔖𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔷 (talk) 23:36, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing the advice @ MOS:CURRENCY 

message: The article states: ""Sterling" is the name of the currency as a whole while "pound" and "penny" are the units of account. This is analogous to the distinction between "renminbi" and "yuan" when discussing the official currency of the People's Republic of China." 
This assertion is incorrect: "renminbi" and "yuan" are interchangeable terms for the currency of the People's Republic of China.  Renmimbi is the official name for the currency, yuan is more of a colloquialism.  Source: myself, having lived and worked in China.  I recommend the article is corrected.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.101.234.105 (talk) 09:07, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm afraid we will need a more reliable source than your personal experience of common usage: it would have to be a professional analysis. If you can find such, then please come back because there is a whole section on terminology at the Renminbi article that needs supporting (or denying!) evidence. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:09, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Names 

message: The redirect Penny sterling has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.   Jay 💬 07:03, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Penny sterling]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]