Talk:IBM Personal Computer/Archive 2
 | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
| Archive 1 | Archive 2 |
This article should use SI units
I changed all of the memory units to KiB and they were reverted. However, saying that the early PC was sold with 16KB is just wrong. It wasn't. It was sold with 16KiB. Yes, the early marketing literature said it was sold with 16KB, and that's because *KiB wasn't invented when the early PC was sold.
Nevertheless, it is *wrong* to say that the machine was sold with 16KB, because it was sold with 16,384 bytes of memory, not 16,000. This is simply confusing for people reading this article today. We are not writing Wikipedia for people in 1981, we are writing it for people today. I think that the article should use proper SI units. What do others think? Simsong (talk) 05:25, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
- Kibibibytes aren't particularly helpful; none of the literature at the time used "kibibytes". It's solving a problem that doesn't exist. --Wtshymanski (talk) 20:59, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
- This is covered by the editing manual of style. Per WP:COMPUNITS: kibibytes should not be used in Wikipedia in this context as they are not universally recognised. None of the provided exceptions apply here. Oh: and kibibyte is not an SI unit. But then neither is kilobyte. 86.181.0.182 (talk) 13:15, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
- changed to KB per WP:COMPUNITS, kB = 1000 bytes which not what is being referenced ShadyCrack (talk) 02:49, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
Requested move 3 June 2021
- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) -- Calidum 20:20, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
IBM Personal Computer → IBM PC – IBM PC is the WP:COMMONNAME for this subject, and is more consistent with IBM PC compatible. PhotographyEdits (talk) 15:45, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
- This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:20, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
- @PhotographyEdits and Elli: queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:21, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
- Not clear what naming scheme we should use here - would be a pretty contentious move to do undiscussed. Should go through an RM. Elli (talk | contribs) 04:52, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
- Opppose - pointless Wiki-diddling. This is not an obscure initialism. --Wtshymanski (talk) 22:00, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
- Oppose. They are the same name anyway, and the current name sound more formal. enjoyer -- talk 22:03, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
- Comment I don't get why it is opposed. Per WP:COMMONNAME the most common name is preferred, not the name that sounds the most formal. Per WP:CRITERIA, IBM PC is recognizable, natural, precise, concise, and *more* consistent, per IBM PC compatible. IMO the page should be moved. PhotographyEdits (talk)