Talk:Unit of account

Changed user name but not for the purpose of being a sock puppet.
I have changed my username from my real name Nicolaas J Smith to Herbou which is not for the purpose of being a sock puppet.

I can see the logic of not using your real name. Using your real name always leads to COI.

I may be adding to this article but not as a sock puppet of Nicolaas J Smith.

I may ask for the username Nicolaas J Smith to be deleted. I have not yet done that.

I better do it straight away so as not to technically be a sock puppet of Nicolaas J Smith.

Herbou 10:11, 23 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I recommend you take a look at WP:Username. There is information on both changing your username and other factors. Please keep in mind that changing your username does not remove or otherwise resolve conflict of interest issues.--Gregalton 12:18, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

International corporations
I think an important practical use is missing - the one in international corporations, where they use units of account for trade between members of a group in different currency zones.ML-Est 15:05, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Confusion
I am new at editing so I don't know if I have the right place.

I have been reading the "Unit of Account" entry and I am slightly confused.

I can't seem to find any real definition of "unit of account" in the way I understand definitions.

Am I missing something?

It would be nice if Herbou would take a look at this entry to see if he is totally satisfied.

In the meantime, I shall try to write a definition and contribute it for review.

Front Line Grunt (talk) 16:00, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Medieval accounting
Peter Spuffords 1986 "Handbook of medieval exchange" Introduction says

Rod57 (talk) 11:45, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Split article?
As it stands, this article seems to be trying to cover two totally separate topics with the same name. If this is the case, the article should actually be split into two: Unit of account (economics) and Unit of account (financial accounting). Depending on whether there's a single primary topic, this article can be either redirected to one of the two, or turned into a simple disambiguation page. V2Blast (talk) 02:48, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Support, the economics and accounting uses appear to be distinct. I recommend going ahead with split, or may using a WP:RFC to try to get more input. Jonpatterns (talk) 14:50, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * (weakly) Right now, both the economics and financial accounting parts of the article are short, and splitting it would just create two stubs. However, I do agree that it needs to be split; just not now and only when it's longer. RBolton123 (talk) 06:59, 21 October 2019 (UTC)