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Er, wait...I forgot about milligrams. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mg --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 13:48, 22 September 2008 (CDT) | Er, wait...I forgot about milligrams. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mg --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 13:48, 22 September 2008 (CDT) | ||
:Hope you feel better. There are some case sensitivity issues, which perhaps you fixed. When I wrote "Major general" as an article, doing a "GO" to "MG" took me, somewhat surprisingly to magnesium. Given that reality, it seemed that the software didn't know the difference between Mg and MG. Clearly, we want Mg only to go to the element. | |||
:I'd normally write the abbreviation for "milligram" as mg, so we seem to have MG, Mg, and mg. I can't think of anything that would be mG, but at this point I would not be surprised. | |||
:How does one address a major general in a car of the appropriate brand? [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 13:50, 22 September 2008 (CDT) | |||
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Mg, MG etc.
Hi Howard, I was just going to do this myself, but then I thought I should check in with you first. Unless I'm much mistaken, "Mg" so capitalized always suggests only one thing: magnesium. The element is rarely (and never correctly) abbreviated "MG" any more than sulfur is abbreviated SU. The "MG" in MG cars is always two capitals. Also, "MG" immediately suggests MG cars, at least to my mind.
So here's how I think it should go: the Mg page redirects to Magnesium. The MG page is a disambiguation page, which has a pointer first and foremost to MG cars, and then also major generals, with a link to Magnesium and a note that it's capitalized Mg.
Hope this isn't too confusing...I'm ill today, I'm afraid... --Larry Sanger 13:45, 22 September 2008 (CDT)
Er, wait...I forgot about milligrams. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mg --Larry Sanger 13:48, 22 September 2008 (CDT)
- Hope you feel better. There are some case sensitivity issues, which perhaps you fixed. When I wrote "Major general" as an article, doing a "GO" to "MG" took me, somewhat surprisingly to magnesium. Given that reality, it seemed that the software didn't know the difference between Mg and MG. Clearly, we want Mg only to go to the element.
- I'd normally write the abbreviation for "milligram" as mg, so we seem to have MG, Mg, and mg. I can't think of anything that would be mG, but at this point I would not be surprised.
- How does one address a major general in a car of the appropriate brand? Howard C. Berkowitz 13:50, 22 September 2008 (CDT)