Talk:Serial number

Overhauled
I overhauled article to apply more mathematically rigorous definitions and descriptions so the entry could stand with the nominal, ordinal, and cardinal number entries, the class of which it belongs.

Most of the old entry was moved to the applications sub-heading and somewhat shortened. A great many examples are given in the article: Numbering schemes and a link was provided in this entry over to that one.DV8 17:55, 26 August 2005 (UTC)


 * There's no need for a dump from RFC 1982. I've just referenced it, and linked to it. RFC 1982 just defines arithmetic for one very specific use for serial numbers, and is not a general rule. -- The Anome 03:42, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Currency
'because in some countries each banknote has a unique serial number.' Interesting - I would have thought this applied to every currency, are there any examples where this is not the case? I guess coins don't have them, so its plausible. 130.194.13.101 04:20, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

External links modified
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Serial code
This is the edit I found at the "Serial number" redirect page. "(cur | prev) 13:47, 17 August 2015‎ Fgnievinski (talk | contribs)‎ . . (41 bytes) (+41)‎ . . (Fgnievinski moved page Serial number to Serial code: as per lead: "A serial number is a unique code ... Although called a number, it may include letters") (thank)"

I reverted Fgnievinski, as I believe their page-move was in error: 98% of the Google hits are to "serial number" and only 2% are to "serial code". I have never seen an item with a "Serial code" on the tag, every item I have ever seen has a "Serial number" on its tag.

The correct fix for Fgnievinski is to edit the page (which I have done). Nick Beeson (talk) 12:48, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

non-serial product codes
Serial number discusses product codes that are not sequential. Anyone have a reference with a history of such codes addressing why they continued to be referred to as "serial numbers"? Not R (talk) 17:02, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Industrial design?
Does this article belong in wikiproject Industrial design? -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 21:26, 21 February 2023 (UTC)