Talk:Division sign

message: Just a comment. Obelus is still often used in Russian Language typography to denote a range (anon., no date)
As documented in Italian wikipedia, obelus is commonly used in Italian to denote a numeric range/interval, e.g. in datasheets and engineering books. 
Unfortunately, no Italian wikipedians to date can find a reference that mandates this use, though examples are easy to find. It would be interesting to know where/which culture this usage originated from. As noted by one editor, wikipedia (in another language) is not an authoritative reference for itself, even though translation is encouraged. --Ziounclesi (talk) 19:44, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  use as "range" symobol - Russian and Italian. 

message: Obelus is commonly seen today representing minus in Norway, for example in advertisements proclaiming "Opptil \div30% på salgsvare" (Up to 30% reduction on goods in sale). Modern Norwegian is closely related to Danish and most norwegians regard this usage as old-fashioned but comprehensible.Cuddlyable3 09:30, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Norwegian

message: From the point made above, and from the fact that there is no article called "division sign", but one for "multiplication sign", how about changing the way this is organised? Really there should be one short article for the symbol (obelus), nothing much more than a redirect telling you what it represents in Russia, Norway and English-speaking countries, and another article "division sign" which would include all ways of indicating division, ÷ / _ and:. Saint|swithin 11:02, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: change "division sign" and "obelus" articles?

message: The obelus is often coloquially referred to as a "gazenta"; the equation 12 ÷ 3 = 4 would be read "3 gazenta 12 four times."
If it were indeed the obelus being referred to as a "gazenta", it would be read "12 gazenta 3 four times".  Gazenta is just poor pronunciation of "goes into".  I therefore recommend the above line be removed.
:I agree it should be removed, and have removed it. -R. S. Shaw (talk) 21:25, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gazenta.. 

message: What about the plus sign (+)? Does it have a name other than plus sign? Ileanadu (talk) 00:31, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plus Sign 

message: Belatedly, I see the discussion above now, too late. Another editor WP:MOVEd the original article to Division sign a few weeks back (unchallenged), I assume per WP:use common name. I felt that the original concept of the Obelus, how it began and how it mutated, was definitely worth keeping and have been rebuilding such an article from various sources. In hindsight, I should have used the WP:SPLIT process. I'm afraid I shall have to ask fellow editors to WP:assume good faith, it wasn't done to circumvent the debate above. Obviously if there is a consensus to revert and do it properly, I shall have to accept that. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 11:25, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Force majeure

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :Horizontal line with a dot above and a dot below. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 June 24#Horizontal line with a dot above and a dot below until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 10:58, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Horizontal line with a dot above and a dot below" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: A confusing statement in a vacuum. Who is it not recommended by? Why is it not recommended? I feel some clarification or sourcing would be good here. BlackholeWA (talk) 14:59, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Nevermind - the clarification was there previously, but was lost when it was moved to the mathematics section a few edits ago. I re-added the relevant part to the lede. BlackholeWA (talk) 15:10, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "This usage is not recommended" 

message: I wondered if perhaps one of you might be able to cite (or not) the reference to Norway and Denmark in the Mathematics section? Or know someone who could? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 20:34, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Yesterday, I did a Coronavirus vaccination, so this weekend is a little special, I think. Bye, Wname1 (talk) 06:04, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

text: Sorry, no clue. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:24, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use in Norway and Denmark as a minus sign? or [[Commercial minus]]? 

message: Your just telling me what it looks like 70.94.53.235 (talk) 01:48, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Click the link mathematical division very early on in the lead.--Nø (talk) 06:51, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless you are in Norway, where it means subtract, or in Poland where it means a range of values. As is all explained in the article. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 08:04, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does it mean