β¦or the Greek letter Sigma. Archola
The reason I reverted it to point to Series is because the β symbol used in the title is represented by 2211 in Unicode, which points to the series symbol. The Unicode character for sigma is at 03A3 and looks like Ξ£, which is slightly different.-- Max Talk (add) 18:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
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That's beside the point. β and Ξ£ are the same character. They should redirect to the same article, that being the letter. The article Sigma does mention that it is used to denote series and other sums. Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 00:08, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Those redirects are just as unhelpful and confusing. But that's not what matters much, ultimately we are talking about very obscure redirects, which nobody ever would type by hand. What I am really unhappy with, however, is the note
at triangle. That is distracting. If you really think people will look for Ξ at the redirect β, then one must redirect to Ξ to start with. It is highly highly improbable somebody will look for the triangle by typing in β.
All in all, I see your point about semantics. But please keep in mind that this is all Unicode tricks and stuff. Most people are not aware of this stuff, and it is not a good idea to expose these intricate technicalities more than necessary. Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 17:01, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Heh.Β :) Formally you are right, but insisting on the distinction between Ξ£ and β is just confusing. I don't mind if the redirect stays, I don't care much about it. But I removed the disambiguation at series (mathematics) which says that β redirects to it.
If somebdy puts that note back at series (mathematics), I will redirect β to Sigma. Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 00:41, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
β¦or the Greek letter Sigma. Archola
The reason I reverted it to point to Series is because the β symbol used in the title is represented by 2211 in Unicode, which points to the series symbol. The Unicode character for sigma is at 03A3 and looks like Ξ£, which is slightly different.-- Max Talk (add) 18:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
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That's beside the point. β and Ξ£ are the same character. They should redirect to the same article, that being the letter. The article Sigma does mention that it is used to denote series and other sums. Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 00:08, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Those redirects are just as unhelpful and confusing. But that's not what matters much, ultimately we are talking about very obscure redirects, which nobody ever would type by hand. What I am really unhappy with, however, is the note
at triangle. That is distracting. If you really think people will look for Ξ at the redirect β, then one must redirect to Ξ to start with. It is highly highly improbable somebody will look for the triangle by typing in β.
All in all, I see your point about semantics. But please keep in mind that this is all Unicode tricks and stuff. Most people are not aware of this stuff, and it is not a good idea to expose these intricate technicalities more than necessary. Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 17:01, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Heh.Β :) Formally you are right, but insisting on the distinction between Ξ£ and β is just confusing. I don't mind if the redirect stays, I don't care much about it. But I removed the disambiguation at series (mathematics) which says that β redirects to it.
If somebdy puts that note back at series (mathematics), I will redirect β to Sigma. Oleg Alexandrov ( talk) 00:41, 27 April 2006 (UTC)