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* '''Oppose'''. Like SchroCat said, hyphens and dashes do different tasks. This was worked out in print world well before WP (or computers) came along, and just because mechanical typewriters didn't have a "dash" key shouldn't restrict us. As far as that goes, many early typewriters did not have "1" (one) keys; should we thereore eschew "1" characters? ♦ [[User:J. Johnson|J. Johnson (JJ)]] ([[User_talk:J. Johnson#top|talk]]) 20:11, 11 October 2018 (UTC) |
* '''Oppose'''. Like SchroCat said, hyphens and dashes do different tasks. This was worked out in print world well before WP (or computers) came along, and just because mechanical typewriters didn't have a "dash" key shouldn't restrict us. As far as that goes, many early typewriters did not have "1" (one) keys; should we thereore eschew "1" characters? ♦ [[User:J. Johnson|J. Johnson (JJ)]] ([[User_talk:J. Johnson#top|talk]]) 20:11, 11 October 2018 (UTC) |
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*: As in: there are lO types of I/O? [[User:Martin of Sheffield|Martin of Sheffield]] ([[User talk:Martin of Sheffield|talk]]) 20:19, 11 October 2018 (UTC) |
*: As in: there are lO types of I/O? [[User:Martin of Sheffield|Martin of Sheffield]] ([[User talk:Martin of Sheffield|talk]]) 20:19, 11 October 2018 (UTC) |
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:::More like "l0 types of i/o" (who would ever use an "I" in place of an "l"???), and not using the shift key because in my old upright clunker from way back that lifted the whole key apparatus, which was just waaaaay too much work, and never mind my current keyboard situation, my habits are set, so there! ♦ [[User:J. Johnson|J. Johnson (JJ)]] ([[User_talk:J. Johnson#top|talk]]) 22:25, 11 October 2018 (UTC) |
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===Actual proposal for change to MOS=== |
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