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Roman M or SI prefix M?

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With current knowledge of bill clintin, what is the most logical number to associate the letter M with?? Some people say a thousand from Roman numerals; others say a million from SI prefixes. Which is more natural?? 66.32.242.120 22:41, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I'd say that the most common use today is M = 106 (million) as per the SI prefix, or, in computing, M = 220 = 1,048,576 (mega). The Roman M, in my experience, mostly shows up in production/copyright year notices for movies, and in x-words... --Wernher 16:36, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Meaning for Wikipedians

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Would it be tacky to mention the meaning the letter M has for Wikipedians? ShutterBugTrekker 21:12, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

No, I think that is too specific, and it should be kept in Wikipedia:Glossary. SCHZMO 21:36, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Meanings shifted to disambiguation page?

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The Singing Badger "shifted alternate meanings to dab page". This is inconsistent with all other letters (A, B, C, etc.) and makes this page rather short. I rather like having the various meanings of the letter M on the M page, and propose that it be moved back. Discussion? --Erik Demaine 16:19, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the meanings ought to be on this page, but reworded to be more like an encyclopedia article and less like a PowerPoint presentation. ShutterBugTrekker 22:43, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, sorry about that, I never thought to look at the other letters! I will shift everything back. The Singing Badger 00:16, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

pics dont work

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"Alternative representations of M": 2 files are empty but included. --217.228.45.163 (talk) 19:30, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Is "it" a preferred term to "this" in Wikipedia articles? The article uses the word "this" and I may as well ask the question in the talk page. Speling12345 (talk) 2:12, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

I see two uses of this; the first could be changed to the and the second to it, but neither change would clearly be an improvement. —Tamfang (talk) 09:03, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speling12345’s account was blocked for disruptive editing, so, the topic is of.

meter abbreviation

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Please add "m" as meaning "metre" to the Other uses section. Thank you! --71.121.143.13 (talk) 01:45, 3 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please see M (disambiguation). —Tamfang (talk) 03:42, 5 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
1:44PMMarch2023(UTC)200.107254(taik)04:24.9 200.107.217.254 (talk) 04:25, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It is already there? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 09:13, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Link currently goes to the article for woman — should instead go to the page for , which currently exists only in French (). Please either link to the French page or create new, English page. Thank you! Æolus (talk) 13:21, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Messier?

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would the fact that M is used in the Messier catalog be of enough importance to be included here?

Please see M (disambiguation). —Tamfang (talk) 03:15, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]