Talk:List of topics related to π

Why a list?
Why have a list of topics when we already have a notion of a category? Asteron 15:10, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Because categories are vastly inferior to topics lists. Michael Hardy 19:51, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Um...... to be a little bit more specific: please look at list of mathematics lists and some of the longer lists to which it links. The list of mathematics lists is a magnificent thing; you could spend a long time exploring it. Michael Hardy 19:51, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Organized lists with some information is fine but this article is nothing more than an alphabeticle listing. This could be done with a category and would not require maintanence. Ohh well. Asteron 19:20, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Even without organization, this enjoys some of the benefits for which lists are so far superior to categories. It doesn't have invisible links to talk pages (yet). So maybe we should work on it. Also, this list is listed in the magnificent list of mathematics lists, so that alone is a good reason for this list to exist. Michael Hardy 23:05, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Move from "$\pi$" to "pi"
On the Lists of mathematics topics, this was the only one with a non-Latin character in the title. It is unconventional to use a math symbol in a title even when that symbol is universally understood. It's Three Blind Mice, not "3 Blind Mice", a Dirac delta function, not a δ function, and so forth. In this case, "pi" is far more common in general usage than is "π". CNN uses "pi", the BBC uses "pi", and the New York Times uses "pi". Math journals can go either way. Check here and here for journal articles with "pi" in their titles. Kauffner (talk) 04:58, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
 * This was a contentious move and it wasn't properly discussed. At WT:WPM there is a clear consensus against your moves, so I will undo this one. Don't do it again without prior consensus from a formal WP:RM discussion. Hans Adler 08:11, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Actually no, I couldn't do it because of the stupid title blacklist. I will ask an admin. Hans Adler 08:14, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Pi which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RM bot 13:15, 2 June 2011 (UTC)