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:: That said, if you are using a unity based numbering system for counting, zero is indicated by the absence of a count. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 10:35, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
::: I removed the use of zero as one of the numbers (to be spelled as an ordinal number), and mention of zero in the task's preamble. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 10:44, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
== Short scale ==
The short scale numbering system (or as the task calls it, "the American version") has been used in the UK since 1974, and the Oxford English Dictionary notes that "milliard" is "a term now largely superseded by billion" in UK English.
I suggest that rather than saying "Furthermore, the American version of numbers will be used here (as opposed to the British). 2,000,000,000 is two billion, not two milliard." it would be better to say "Furthermore, the short scale numbering system (i.e. 2,000,000,000 is two billion) will be used here", with a link to the relevant Wikipedia page [[wp:Long and short scales]].
--[[User:GordonCharlton|GordonCharlton]] ([[User talk:GordonCharlton|talk]]) 08:35, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
: As this has provoked no discussion, I have made the change.
--[[User:GordonCharlton|GordonCharlton]] ([[User talk:GordonCharlton|talk]]) 20:15, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
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