Talk:Reticle

message: I've been having a slight disagreement with someone. They say that 'reticle' used to be spelled/said as 'rectile'. I said no, and they disagreed. I then searched online dictionaries, which yielded no results for 'rectile'. Does anyone here know if this is true? He's saying it used to be spelled and said as this, but that it has obviously been changed. That this person is defending 'rectile' (and no, I am not having my leg pulled) with such vigor makes me think that it may at one point, in some locales (and rarely at that) have been referred to as a 'rectile' (though I won't believe it at all until it is 100% proven). Does anyone have any input? 220.245.91.43 (talk) 07:40, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternate spelling 

message: A reticule is actually a woman's handbag and not a sight at all.  This is a common mistake thanks to the auto-correct on MSWord.  Wikipedia shouldn't cement this error by redirecting from reticule to reticle.
71.231.201.228 (talk) 23:55, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed the redirect page to a disambiguation Rellis1067 (talk) 23:00, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect from Reticule 

message: I'm moving this:
:Crosshairs are also a very common subject on computer games, typically first-person shooters. Most of these games implement some form of crosshair so that players can aim accurately. Versions of popular games with no crosshairs exist, usually as a more challenging game mode - Quake 2 Iron Sights, for example.
here because it's redundant--FPS games are simulations of firearms, so use of crosshairs is pretty obvious.  I may stick it back in later, but I'm going to do some expanding right now so I'm going to store it here for a bit.  scot 01:56, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moving 

message: *A Reticle is a glass disk with an etched pattern, grid, or lines on it that can be used for mesuring or aiming. A Crosshair is just one of the paterns found on a Reticle. Reticle should never have been re-directed here. 69.72.2.71 (talk) 02:44, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crosshair and Reticle are different things 

message: In the semiconductor industry the term "reticle" is in common use for the optical mask used in modern fabrication processes.
See: http://www.siliconfareast.com/masks-reticles.htm
I'm new to Wikipedia so I'm not sure if it's best to make a minimal mention on this page or to create a new one.
Any guidance?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bentmybike (talk • contribs) 17:53, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the Stepper article another name for that type of a reticle is a Photomask. So it looks like the article already exists? (not sure since there are no references to check this). Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 02:12, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semiconductor meaning of reticle 

message: There are lots of dictionary entries that state reticule is a alternate spelling of reticle. Here's a couple:  and: "... ( reticle ) A grid of fine lines in the eyepiece of an optical instrument (telescope or microscope) to determine the scale or position of the object being..." from: . Can we please stop changing the article over this point? Damwiki1 (talk) 17:12, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reticule as alternate spelling