Talk:Disc

message: Is that the correct definition of a geometrical disk?  AARI a disk is a two dimetional region bounded by a circle.  What you appear to have described is a cylinder. -- Daran 21:38, 27 Sep 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, I came to read this article in the hopes that it would help to clarify why there are two different spellings (disc and disk). Instead I think it left me more confused. I believe the dictionary-style approach (with "1" and "2" preceding two of the usages) is partly to blame; it makes more sense to me to start with "A disk or disc can refer to one of the following...", explaining all the various things that a disk/disc can be, and then devote a paragraph to explaining the divergent spellings in different contexts. So, without further ado, I think I will be bold. -- Wapcaplet 16:59, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: From Talk:Disk

message: Where should this section go? Does it belong here, since this is a dab page? Gflores Talk 20:02, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This section was a copyright violation of the American Heritage Dictionary, and was removed on 16 March, 2006  to create a clean disambiguation page.  --Blainster 21:16, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: disc or disk

message: A bold editor removed the definitional and etymological information from the page, assuming it is a good idea to create a "clean", single function disambiguation page.  However, this action removed information found nowhere else in Wikipedia.  Information destruction is not a good idea unless pointers are created to the information removed.  Let's not remove content just to conform to a WP guideline.  Unfortunately, it turns out that the etymological section was a copyvio, so it cannot be directly replaced, but some other useful information was also removed from the page.   --Blainster 21:03, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Loss of information

message: Both spellings of disc/disk are commonly used. In some contexts they have different meanings, but their meanings overlap, so they should be disambiguated together. In accordance with wikipedia conventions, distinct spellings are ordered alphabetically. Geometry guy 17:21, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Move rationale

message: Apologies that I moved "disc" rather than "disk" to this location, and redirected "disk" rather than "disc". I did this because "disc" seemed to be the more detailed of the two dab pages. I only realised afterwards that "disk" had much more history than "disc" and it is unfortunate that this history has not been moved here. I am therefore flagging this now, so that editors can make themselves aware of the history there before editing this page. Geometry guy 19:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Apologies

message: :The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
Disc or disk → Disc — Spelling differences are not included in the titles of color, defense, cheque, etc.. Also, "disc" is much more common, even in the United States. —Reginmund 21:24, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
*Support: Spelling differences should not be included in the title. Reginmund 21:24, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

text: *Oppose but do another requested move: Actually I have to oppose because disc is the America spelling of disk according to wiktionary. Though the current title is not a good one, using the more common English name is better. So here is my suggestion: the new requested move should be Disc or disk to Disk. Chris! my talk 01:51, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

text: *Oppose. Chris's proposal below for a division is the reasonable one; all the terms spelt disc anywhere should be mentioned in disc, no matter where the article is, and conversely for disk. Even if this results in two identical pages (and I doubt it will), both tagged with , it will serve for navigation, and ensure that all links to the two terms are disambiguated. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 21:07, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

text: *Oppose: After some more thinking, I have to oppose. I think the two variants of the word have its distinctive meaning, so a move like this is not right. Chris! my talk 17:22, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Any additional comments:
* should be disk.  Actually, on second thought:
** for computer storage media, disk is correct for magnetic media, and disc is correct for optical media.
** with respect to "discs" or "disks" in human anatomy, there are sources saying that ophthalmologic uses are referred to as disc and other parts of the body as disk, but another source says that the ophthalmic term is disk and other parts of the body are disc.  69.140.164.142 22:01, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
Everybody seems happy with a move to either disc or disk, and to abolish the current title, making way for disc or disk (spelling) to move to disc or disk. A single disambiguation page is preferable to two when the meanings and spellings are so close (and different distinctions are maintained in different varieties of English). Duja suggested a coin toss; the original title of the page was disc, and that was the move proponent's original suggestion, so I'll put it back there. This article has been renamed  as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 08:37, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
*Support: Spelling differences should not be included in the title. Reginmund 21:24, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *Oppose but do another requested move: Actually I have to oppose because disc is the America spelling of disk according to wiktionary. Though the current title is not a good one, using the more common English name is better. So here is my suggestion: the new requested move should be Disc or disk to Disk. Chris! my talk 01:51, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

text: *Oppose. Chris's proposal below for a division is the reasonable one; all the terms spelt disc anywhere should be mentioned in disc, no matter where the article is, and conversely for disk. Even if this results in two identical pages (and I doubt it will), both tagged with , it will serve for navigation, and ensure that all links to the two terms are disambiguated. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 21:07, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

text: *Oppose: After some more thinking, I have to oppose. I think the two variants of the word have its distinctive meaning, so a move like this is not right. Chris! my talk 17:22, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: :Any additional comments:
* should be disk.  Actually, on second thought:
** for computer storage media, disk is correct for magnetic media, and disc is correct for optical media.
** with respect to "discs" or "disks" in human anatomy, there are sources saying that ophthalmologic uses are referred to as disc and other parts of the body as disk, but another source says that the ophthalmic term is disk and other parts of the body are disc.  69.140.164.142 22:01, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.</div>
Everybody seems happy with a move to either disc or disk, and to abolish the current title, making way for disc or disk (spelling) to move to disc or disk. A single disambiguation page is preferable to two when the meanings and spellings are so close (and different distinctions are maintained in different varieties of English). Duja suggested a coin toss; the original title of the page was disc, and that was the move proponent's original suggestion, so I'll put it back there. This article has been renamed  as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 08:37, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: ni zai jia wo diao ni a ni ji dian guo lai a ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.142.212.30 (talk) 11:29, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  hi  

message: Is it correct to put analog disks such as Gramophone and LP records under the "Data Storage" category?? While I guess an analog signal can be called "information", I dubt it can be called "data", or can it? Aren't data discrete in nature by definition? (isn't "data" the plural of "datum"? if so, i guess this answers the previous question). Matteosistisette (talk) 22:52, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I would tend to think that an analog signal would be considered data.  Take a look at Disk storage.  If you find a good reference suggesting otherwise, edit!  Jim1138 (talk) 05:14, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is analog recording "data storage"? 

message: Did the DiskOnKey haven't secceed to appear in this list? Galzigler (talk) 10:49, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[DiskOnKey]] 

message: When do we use DISC what is with this DISC talk? 199.27.188.98 (talk) 15:44, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Your question is unclear. -- Fyrael (talk) 17:33, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Disc