Talk:Roman numerals
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Sequences
editOpening a question regarding linking Roman Numerals with sequences, and the Wikipedia article Sequences. NoelveNoelve (talk) 11:36, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
- What, or where, is your question? Martin of Sheffield (talk) 12:12, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
Edit request for roman numerals
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Please see MCM and read right to left
MCM
M1100
100 or -100
Please indicate such ambiguities SOMEwherein the page
References
- ^ no sources
Thank you for listening!
edit- Not done for now: You'll still need reliable sources to back up that claim. I'm sure you can find one somewhere. ⸺(Random)staplers 17:13, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
Edit request § Other additive forms
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... and there are instances such as IIIIII and XXXXXX rather than VI or LX.
→ change to →
... and there are also instances of IIIIII and XXXXXX substituting for VI or LX.
24.19.113.134 (talk) 22:52, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
Not done That would be misleading. The Romans used both forms; we should not indicate that either IIIIII and XXXXXX or VI and LX were mere substitutes, and these are examples rather than the only such instances. NebY (talk) 23:08, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- Ok thanks @NebY, but that's because I misunderstood (from the existing text) that the appearance on "tombstones" was exclusively a post-Roman usage, especially considering the context of the previous paragraph. If it is instead as you say, that it is a genuine Roman usage, then perhaps the section could clarify this somehow, for example by swapping the ordering of the last two paragraphs of Roman numerals § Other additive forms 24.19.113.134 (talk) 23:50, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
- You're right - we had two paragraphs about ancient uses, two paras about modern ones, and then jumped back in time with that last one. I've moved it to follow the first two. Thanks. NebY (talk) 17:27, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
edit request: possibly problematic picture placement
editThe article begins:
- Roman numerals ... are written with combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet, each letter with a fixed integer value. Modern style uses only these seven:
I | V | X | L | C | D | M |
1 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 100 | 500 | 1000 |
However, with my phone in portrait page orientation instead of landscape, the page shows File:CuttySarkRomNum.jpg before the seven letters and their Arabic numeral "translations", so the article seems to say:
- Roman numerals ... are written with combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet, each letter with a fixed integer value. Modern style uses only these seven:
- XXII
- XXI
- XX
- XIX
- XVIII
- XVII
- XVI
- XV
- XIV
- XIII
Please move the picture to prevent the article from displaying in such a confusing, misleading way, realizing that the display is prone to change based on what device a reader uses and if the user tilts the device this way or that (and possibly also depending on what browser and zoom settings are in use).
Thanks. Wishing you safe, happy, productive editing. --173.67.42.107 (talk) 07:09, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
There is a mistake in the first image caption
editIn the caption of the first image on the page, it says "Roman numerals on stern of the ship Cutty Sark showing draught in feet." There should be a "The" before stern: "Roman numerals forward on the stern of Cutty Sark, showing draught in feet." Also, just "stern" of a ship is vague and could also be corrected to "Roman numerals forward of the rudder on Cutty Sark, showing draught in feet." 98.3.113.56 (talk) 00:00, 6 November 2024 (UTC)