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Just a quick explanation of what I have done here. The headings for 22 to 29 is so that the actual number pages can have redirects to a defined point in this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndrewKepert ( talk • contribs) 06:36, 10 November 2003
Yes I know that it only half-worked -- it was a bit of an experiment that I left in place to draw attention to a problem that could either be fixed by a more creative solution in the current wiki engine, or by tweaking the wiki engine to handle in the obvious way. My workaround solution (aka kludge) to fix the other half was to create links like Twenty-eight#Twenty-eight or more probably Twenty-eight which currently work and degrade gracefully once a page for twenty-eight is created. I think the page in its current form is good. However, since I did the big rearrangement it has attracted interest and the sections have grown to the point where they could be split off. (This was partly my fault for raising "thirty-eight" as being "the first boring number" ... another story.) -- AndrewKepert 02:05, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Under mathematics, this article says "21 is the total number of digits on the human body". The disambiguation page for Digit says digits can be fingers and toes. Shouldn't this article say there are 20 digits on the human body? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.140.35.37 ( talk) 01:42, 24 July 2006
Deleted this section. The statement that one is officially an adult at age 20 is incorrect in many, if not most jurisdictions. The term adult in an legal contexct may have several meanings, but more common ages of majority are 18 or 21. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmsg ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Do we really the sports stars who wear the number 20? Where does it stop? They should either all be removed, or at least trimmed to only the particularly noteworthy personalities. Psym ( talk) 02:22, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
When Lincoln said in the Gettysburg Address "four score" (meaning 20 years), it suddenly clicked to me that four scores, as in the old roman counting system where each four vertical slashes with a horizontal slash thru the four (a score?) was a count of five. Is that a correct interpretation of a score? -- 173.69.135.105 ( talk) 01:18, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
I've deleted this section. It had mentioned the UK ₤20 and US $20 bills and whose portrait was on them. Why only these two. How about euros, NZ dollars, Canadian dollars, etc.? How about coins 20¢, 20p, etc.? It might be interesting, though, to note that 20 is a common denomination for currencies in general (though no Canadian or US 20¢ pieces exist) and that there used to be 20 shillings to the pound. JIMp talk· cont 03:07, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
I had removed the Music section which, rather than dealing with the number twenty (the topic of this page), was a list of musical things with "twenty" or "20" in their names. It seemed to me that this kind of thing belongs at a disambiguation page. That's what we usually do with off-topic stuff with a related name. M0rphzone, however, reverted this stating "there is no other disambiguation page; this is it; see talk and the other number articles". Well, there is a disambiguation page but if there weren't, there should be. As for the other number articles, there are disambiguation pages for many of them too. Even if these disambiguation pages didn't exist, it wouldn't follow that they shouldn't. Disambiguation belongs on disambiguation pages. These number pages should be about numbers. Anyway, I came to talk as M0rphzone suggested and there was nothing here to justify his reverting me. JIMp talk· cont 09:35, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
The claim that <quote>20 is the only number with more than one digit that can be written from base 2 to base 20 using only the digits 0 to 9</quote> is sourced to a website where this assertion is moderated by an <quote>"It appears that"</quote>. Shouldn't we do same here? elpincha ( talk) 17:08, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
I want to add this
*In [[Percent-encoding#Character_data|percent-encoding]], %20 represents the punctuatcion [[Space (punctuation)|space]] in URL encoding
under the "In science" section. Another user disagrees and argues that is it not helpful and that the addition is not related to the "number 20". I argued that there are a couple of entries in this article that is not the "number 20" in a strict sense, but add value to the article none the less and that linking to percent encoding may help some readers find what they are looking for. Does anyone else want to give input? -- Bensin ( talk) 15:24, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Per WP:PRESERVE, here is the list of retired #20 jersey numbers and racecars that were mentioned in the article:
This material may be of interest for a future List of retired numbers in sports article. — JFG talk 22:42, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Numbers#List of British bingo nicknames for a centralized discusion as to whether Bingo names should be included in thiese articles. Arthur Rubin (alternate) ( talk) 23:33, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
In the linked article I see no evidence that the XX in "A3XX" was anything but a placeholder. Even if the assertion here is true, it's non-notable in my humble opinion. — Tamfang ( talk) 00:34, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
I've been thinking through inclusion criteria for entries in articles about numbers — my evolving thoughts are expressed here: User:Sphilbrick/Essay_regarding_inclusion_criteria_for_integer_articles. A few days ago, the article had zero references to songs or albums with "20" in the title. I started adding them but there are quite a few, and while some more well known than others, is not immediately obvious where to draw the line. (Obviously, if some unknown garage band writes a song with 20 in the title, and it doesn't get covered in a reliable source that's not going to be included.) I started including the items as a list, but it became quickly apparent that the complete list was going to take up a lot of the vertical space of the article. I decided to try including the entries as a table, to make the presentation more compact. The edit I am making at this time incorporates that table. I'm open to discussion about the best way to present the material. One possibility is that songs or albums with "20" in the title deserve inclusion only if the album song or artist are notable. My current list is broader than that, including artists who do not have their own article but for whom there is a reliable source confirming the existence of the song or album.-- S Philbrick (Talk) 11:55, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
may be included if it would provide value to the reader. That's "may" rather than "must", and we might interpret "value" as having some detail beyond a mere appearance in a track listing. Certes ( talk) 13:45, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
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Just a quick explanation of what I have done here. The headings for 22 to 29 is so that the actual number pages can have redirects to a defined point in this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndrewKepert ( talk • contribs) 06:36, 10 November 2003
Yes I know that it only half-worked -- it was a bit of an experiment that I left in place to draw attention to a problem that could either be fixed by a more creative solution in the current wiki engine, or by tweaking the wiki engine to handle in the obvious way. My workaround solution (aka kludge) to fix the other half was to create links like Twenty-eight#Twenty-eight or more probably Twenty-eight which currently work and degrade gracefully once a page for twenty-eight is created. I think the page in its current form is good. However, since I did the big rearrangement it has attracted interest and the sections have grown to the point where they could be split off. (This was partly my fault for raising "thirty-eight" as being "the first boring number" ... another story.) -- AndrewKepert 02:05, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Under mathematics, this article says "21 is the total number of digits on the human body". The disambiguation page for Digit says digits can be fingers and toes. Shouldn't this article say there are 20 digits on the human body? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.140.35.37 ( talk) 01:42, 24 July 2006
Deleted this section. The statement that one is officially an adult at age 20 is incorrect in many, if not most jurisdictions. The term adult in an legal contexct may have several meanings, but more common ages of majority are 18 or 21. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmsg ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Do we really the sports stars who wear the number 20? Where does it stop? They should either all be removed, or at least trimmed to only the particularly noteworthy personalities. Psym ( talk) 02:22, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
When Lincoln said in the Gettysburg Address "four score" (meaning 20 years), it suddenly clicked to me that four scores, as in the old roman counting system where each four vertical slashes with a horizontal slash thru the four (a score?) was a count of five. Is that a correct interpretation of a score? -- 173.69.135.105 ( talk) 01:18, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
I've deleted this section. It had mentioned the UK ₤20 and US $20 bills and whose portrait was on them. Why only these two. How about euros, NZ dollars, Canadian dollars, etc.? How about coins 20¢, 20p, etc.? It might be interesting, though, to note that 20 is a common denomination for currencies in general (though no Canadian or US 20¢ pieces exist) and that there used to be 20 shillings to the pound. JIMp talk· cont 03:07, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
I had removed the Music section which, rather than dealing with the number twenty (the topic of this page), was a list of musical things with "twenty" or "20" in their names. It seemed to me that this kind of thing belongs at a disambiguation page. That's what we usually do with off-topic stuff with a related name. M0rphzone, however, reverted this stating "there is no other disambiguation page; this is it; see talk and the other number articles". Well, there is a disambiguation page but if there weren't, there should be. As for the other number articles, there are disambiguation pages for many of them too. Even if these disambiguation pages didn't exist, it wouldn't follow that they shouldn't. Disambiguation belongs on disambiguation pages. These number pages should be about numbers. Anyway, I came to talk as M0rphzone suggested and there was nothing here to justify his reverting me. JIMp talk· cont 09:35, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
The claim that <quote>20 is the only number with more than one digit that can be written from base 2 to base 20 using only the digits 0 to 9</quote> is sourced to a website where this assertion is moderated by an <quote>"It appears that"</quote>. Shouldn't we do same here? elpincha ( talk) 17:08, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
I want to add this
*In [[Percent-encoding#Character_data|percent-encoding]], %20 represents the punctuatcion [[Space (punctuation)|space]] in URL encoding
under the "In science" section. Another user disagrees and argues that is it not helpful and that the addition is not related to the "number 20". I argued that there are a couple of entries in this article that is not the "number 20" in a strict sense, but add value to the article none the less and that linking to percent encoding may help some readers find what they are looking for. Does anyone else want to give input? -- Bensin ( talk) 15:24, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Per WP:PRESERVE, here is the list of retired #20 jersey numbers and racecars that were mentioned in the article:
This material may be of interest for a future List of retired numbers in sports article. — JFG talk 22:42, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Numbers#List of British bingo nicknames for a centralized discusion as to whether Bingo names should be included in thiese articles. Arthur Rubin (alternate) ( talk) 23:33, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
In the linked article I see no evidence that the XX in "A3XX" was anything but a placeholder. Even if the assertion here is true, it's non-notable in my humble opinion. — Tamfang ( talk) 00:34, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
I've been thinking through inclusion criteria for entries in articles about numbers — my evolving thoughts are expressed here: User:Sphilbrick/Essay_regarding_inclusion_criteria_for_integer_articles. A few days ago, the article had zero references to songs or albums with "20" in the title. I started adding them but there are quite a few, and while some more well known than others, is not immediately obvious where to draw the line. (Obviously, if some unknown garage band writes a song with 20 in the title, and it doesn't get covered in a reliable source that's not going to be included.) I started including the items as a list, but it became quickly apparent that the complete list was going to take up a lot of the vertical space of the article. I decided to try including the entries as a table, to make the presentation more compact. The edit I am making at this time incorporates that table. I'm open to discussion about the best way to present the material. One possibility is that songs or albums with "20" in the title deserve inclusion only if the album song or artist are notable. My current list is broader than that, including artists who do not have their own article but for whom there is a reliable source confirming the existence of the song or album.-- S Philbrick (Talk) 11:55, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
may be included if it would provide value to the reader. That's "may" rather than "must", and we might interpret "value" as having some detail beyond a mere appearance in a track listing. Certes ( talk) 13:45, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
References