Talk:Backslash
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Inappropriate citation template for the old TTY bulletins
I have raised a challenge to the fact that {{cite document}} has been redirected to {{tl:cite journal}} and consequently (if the material cited is not an academic journal) the citation is being changed to {{cite web}}, which is nonsensical for a 1938 document. For discussion, see Help talk:Citation Style 1/Archive 81#"Cite document" needs its own template. Redirecting to cite journal is illogical and unfriendly. More eyes welcome. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 12:38, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
- The outcome of that discussion was that, while the argument has merit, there are far more serious issues with (ab)use of {{cite journal}} that have to be resolved first. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 09:59, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
Proposal to change infobox
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Backslash | |
| In Unicode | U+005C \ REVERSE SOLIDUS (\) |
| Related | |
| See also | U+29F5 ⧵ REVERSE SOLIDUS OPERATOR U+29F9 ⧹ BIG REVERSE SOLIDUS |
Unless anyone objects, i propose to change the infobox from {{Infobox punctuation mark}} to {{infobox symbol}}. The proposed new version is shown here. Comments? John Maynard Friedman (talk) 18:16, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
- I should give my reasons:
- I have never seen the symbol used for punctuation
- The appearance of the symbol infobox is neater, IMO but then again wp:Mandy Rice-Davies applies, since I wrote it. But I do think that the sizes of the symbols are more in keeping with the body text size.
- This infobox provides the Unicode code-points
- Enough? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 00:40, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
Done. Please use WP:BRD if not content. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 14:18, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
Modern usage
I would love it if someone would cover the modern phenomenon of folks on the Internet calling '/' a "backslash." I dunno when it started, and at some point I thought maybe I was taking crazy pills. But no, I was right, / is the forward slash (makes sense reading left to right, but anyway...) I checked the 'backslash' and 'slash' pages, and no mention of this curious phenomena. I don't have it in me to do it, just noting that it is an absence that should be rectified! Mercster (talk) 16:10, 12 January 2026 (UTC)