Template talk:Navbox currency symbols

message: Some currency signs are defined as a regular (pre-existing) letter. For example, the Guatemalan quetzal is latin "Q", and is formally used by Banco de Guetemala. 
But  has removed this 
:once, es: Basic letters are not special currency symbols and 
:twice, es: What only belongs here are currency symbols that are Unicode characters other than the basic Latin alphabet.
I object to the removal, and to the logic behind it. Whether the sign is a regular letter or a special sign is not relevant for inclusion. The navbox aims to show all existing currency signs: these all belong here. Also, Unicode is not defining those, just representring those. Unicode is not the judge in here. The Reader must can use this navbox to find each and any currency sign. (Maybe the editor is confused witrh the wrong entrance: "List of all non-regular currency signs as defined by Unicode"? This list should be elsewhere, if at all.)
(BTW, another flaw in this disapproved logic is the exception for Latin letters, but not non-latin letters. Why would that be? And does this logic accept "Pts"? Anyway, this is all moot). -DePiep (talk) 09:46, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Using your logic, "Bs." (bolívar), "R$" (real), Q (quetzal), "S/" (sol), "zł" (złoty), "Ft" (forint), "Kč" (Czech koruna), "kr" (krone, krona), "DM" (Deutsche Mark), "Fr" (franc), and many others must all be included in the navigation box. Eyesnore 14:52, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, these should be in there too (assuming these are correct). Good catch. Do you agree? -DePiep (talk) 15:45, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

text: Main use of the navbox is: a reader sees/knows some currency sign, then should be able to find the link/article from here. Missing signs would make this less optimal. -DePiep (talk) 15:52, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:   So, making the listing complete, including Latins, is OK? -DePiep (talk) 02:26, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  It means we have to add every currency symbol that was ever used to the navigation box. It is found at Currency symbol#List of currency symbols currently in use. Lead section of the Currency symbol Wikipedia article reads "A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used as a shorthand for a currency's name, especially in reference to amounts of money." Eyesnore 04:56, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be the principle yes ... The list has some 116 signs (including the extra rupiahs). Plus some 41 historical ones. Currently this template has 41 signs. I'll prepare a version in the sandbox, see what we can do. -DePiep (talk) 15:10, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

text: Could be acceptable if we organise them: group by continent, or by Latin/non-Latin origin? -DePiep (talk) 15:10, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Just adding my support for DePiep's logic. It is hardly a huge burden. My preference would be for Current Latin-based, Current non-Latin, historic Latin, historic non-Latin. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 17:11, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regular letter currency signs 

message: Just coming back to this, it remains important to distinguish between currency signs symbols that are formally designated as such or are widely recognised as representing that currency and commonly used abbreviations. For example, the Egyptian pound has no designated currency sign but the abbreviations LE, £E and  are commonly used,  sometimes concurrently. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 11:42, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Signs and abbreviations

message: Consider: we split the "current" list into two: Latin based and non-Latin based. 
:฿ ₵ ₡ ¢  $ ₫ € ƒ ₣ ₲ ₭ ₦ ₱ £ Rp ₨ ₸ ₮ ₩ ¥
:රු ૱ ௹  円 元 圆 圓 ﷼ ៛ ₽ ₹ ֏ ₴ ₾ ꠸ ₪ ⃀ ৳ ₺ ₼ ⃀ ৳ ₪
This would help the reader to recognise & find signs they look for. DePiep (talk) 15:56, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Makes sense to me. Support. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 11:30, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Split criteria should be: visually alphabetic, not by background. So "$" counts as "S", irrespective of its history. "£" for"L", reight? DePiep (talk) 19:36, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

text: .. and group the second row by script. For starters. DePiep (talk) 19:44, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course. Not that it especially matters, but £ is an L. The crossing line means abbreviation. Pepys just wrote  as in .--John Maynard Friedman (talk) 13:14, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Will have to research the scripts for each; basically from  I think. -DePiep (talk) 05:52, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latin-based symbols vs. other? 

message: {{See . -DePiep (talk) 07:43, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Talk about this navbox going on