Talk:Four-letter code

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What do you think about making the j and p small letters as Sergei Ganin does? At the very least, it should be written than he has popularized that practice. (Admin 18:27, 10 June 2007 (CDT))

I think it's better to use J and P, because Reinin did. Machintruc 18:28, 10 June 2007 (CDT)

I personally don't care, since I don't use them. (Admin 18:46, 10 June 2007 (CDT))

Well, but using 4-letter codes sparingly when the context is appropriate won't make you myersian-compliant. Machintruc 18:51, 10 June 2007 (CDT)

Just like getting high every once in a while doesn't make you a true drug addict... (Admin 19:15, 10 June 2007 (CDT))

You don't know what it's like - I used to be myersian-compliant myself. Machintruc 19:31, 10 June 2007 (CDT)

Fromn the point of view of explaining Reinin and temperaments, it makes sense to use J and P, but then something should be written explaining why so many write j and p, etc. Expat 01:03, 11 June 2007 (CDT)

Isn't j/p a Weisband thing ? Machintruc 06:33, 11 June 2007 (CDT)

Ok I don't know, I changed the text a bit to be sure. Expat 07:53, 11 June 2007 (CDT)

I reorganized the page completely, and removed what I felt to be slightly biased information. I'm not sure that it doesn't reflect my own POV, so any thoughts would be appreciated. One thing I'm not sure about is how to refer to the three-letter codes (I used "orthodox"). I do think that they warrant their own page as well, so as to have equal footing with the four-letter codes. Thehotelambush 11:53, 17 June 2007 (CDT)

Okay, I made all the Js and Ps smalls, but should have read the discussion first. If anyone wants to make them large again, go ahead. I don't know if the fact that Reinin used large J and P is sufficient reason to make the large. As the article states, the four-letter codes are used mainly in English-speaking countries, and in those countries it seems that the small j and p have become the norm. --Jonathan 14:24, 17 June 2007 (CDT)

By the way, some people use the first two IM elements to denote the types, like this: TiNe, NiTe, NeTi, etc. Does that have a name? It seems it should be mentioned, but then what would the title of that article be? "Alternative notations"? --Jonathan 14:25, 17 June 2007 (CDT)

You should read that article on Gulenko's two-letter code. Machintruc 14:29, 17 June 2007 (CDT)

"four-letter code" seems improper (because this kind of code has not necessarily 4 letters) - maybe we should name this article Myers-Briggs type code or something Machintruc 07:09, 28 June 2007 (CDT)

Good point, but it does dovetail nicely with the other article names. Thehotelambush 02:11, 29 June 2007 (CDT)