Talk:Undecimal

Proposed move

I propose that we rename this article Base-11 numeral system or Base-eleven numeral system, in brief because this is how such articles seem to be named on Wikipedia. More specifically:

This base-11 system expresses the same numbers as the base-ten system, but expresses them with different symbols. That is, the numerals are different, but the numbers are not.
"Base 11", when appearing as a compound modifier before a noun, should be hyphenated. See MOS:HYPHEN.

I'm not sure about "11" vs. "eleven". Mgnbar (talk) 17:43, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Since the post above, User:Hazegrae has moved the page to Undecimal number system. If we're going to use that term, then best consistency with other Wikipedia pages is to call it simply Undecimal and redirect other user searches to that. Mgnbar (talk) 18:03, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to have the name simply as Undecimal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hazegrae (talk • contribs) 18:09, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Added Doubles

1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 2A, 59, 107, 213, 426, 851, 15A2 FreddieBimble384 (talk) 15:21, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dek symbol

The symbol for dek (the new digit needed in base-11 vs. base-10) is not displaying well in my browser (Firefox on macOS). It is instead showing up as a Unicode character code or something. If this is just my problem, then I'll suffer through it. But I suspect that many readers have this problem, and hence the symbol should not be used. Mgnbar (talk) 18:47, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It displays fine on my browsers (Outlook and Chrome) on a PC; looks like an upsidedown 2. Hazegrae (talk) 12:11, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's an issue of browser font support. I have raised a question at Wikipedia:Help desk#Special characters at Undecimal. Mgnbar (talk) 15:46, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The one respondent (so far) at the help desk proposes that we mimic Duodecimal#Transdecimal symbols and favor "A" and "B" because these Unicode characters are poorly supported at present. Mgnbar (talk) 15:20, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Transdecimal symbols

Happy to add things like the dek symbol or other transdecimal symbols. This material seems logically placed with technology applications and issues, but happy to discuss alternative placement (though not with the cultural material on New Zealand and Africa, as it was initially placed, since there's no organizing rationale to place it there). Such material should be (a) pertinent to base 11 and (b) cited to a reliable source. The material added on a digit between 6 and 7 as used on the Internet was neither, and if a reliable source were provided, it would still need to be credibly tied to base 11 in some way.