Talk:Shannon (given name)

Need change to lede

The opening to this page is clumsy and (despite the fact that I'm an editor and should know my way around) hampered me considerably trying to find the article on the river.

The name Shannon originated in Ireland and is directly linked to the country's longest river. Shannon is now used as a first name for both males and females. The name of the river is a combination of Irish sean "old, wise" and abhainn "river".

Either "Shannon" needs to be a disambiguation page, or the article needs to say something like:

The River Shannon is Ireland's longest river. As a word, Shannon is used as a first name for both males and females, as a surname, and has other uses predominantly linked to Ireland. The name of the river is a combination of Irish sean "old, wise" and abhainn "river".

PR^talk 12:52, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I changed this to make the river link more obvious. Don't mean to imply my wording is the right one, so edit away...but I don't think this page's text should start with "The River Shannon" as this isn't the river's page. Nuclare (talk) 04:54, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I decided to add it to the "Other" at the bottom too (plus a couple other related "Shannon"s). Do you think that's redundant? It seems to me like it belongs on the list, even if it is also in the opening text. Nuclare (talk) 05:09, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another use

From ITU-T B.14:

A.4 shannon

F: shannon

S: shannon

A unit of logarithmic measure of information equal to the decision content of a set of two mutually exclusive events expressed as a logarithm to base two.

Example: The decision content of a character set of eight characters equals 3 shannons (log₂ 8 = 3).

Do we have an article on this? 212.137.63.86 (talk) 13:07, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]