Talk:п²

RFV discussion: April–June 2020
I don't see any uses of this online outside Wiktionary. Dylanvt (talk) 13:48, 19 April 2020 (UTC)


 * I wonder if this is based on a misunderstanding. In chess problems, it is customary to describe the initial board setup in "algebraic notation" by listing the various pieces with their positions on the board, as in “White: K. d5, p. f5 — black: K. d7, pp. e7, f6.” Here "p." abbreviates "pawn" – white has only one pawn – and "pp." abbreviates "pawns". In Russian this becomes “Белые: К. d5, п. f5 — чёрные: К. d7, пп. e7, f6.” No superscript 2. The superscript in our entry is hard to explain, unless... it was a superscript directing to a footnote explaining the abbreviation, misconstrued as being part of the term. BTW, under we list the meaning “pawns”, but the entry  does not list the corresponding singular.  --Lambiam 21:12, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

I think originally we had пп marked as singular as well, but its hard to tell because the templates wont expand. See. — Soap — 04:03, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
 * And since it was said to be synonymous to п², maybe the latter was likewise incorrectly marked as singular. It is conceivable that some smartass somewhere denoted the repetition with a superscript as is the origin of the mathematical notation (x2 replaced earlier xx), is customary for plurals in Indonesian such as for bidak-bidak, and similar to the notation W³C sometimes seen for W3C. Anyways, no uses found.  --Lambiam 10:05, 21 April 2020 (UTC)


 * In light of all this, I suppose the entry should be deleted. Dylanvt (talk) 15:46, 15 May 2020 (UTC)


 * RFV-deleted. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 05:56, 15 June 2020 (UTC)