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::(*) It's the "kai" that gets me. May be the difference between US number ("twelve thousand thirteen") and UK number ("twelve thousand and thirteen"), except for Greek, or "triacontakai" is "thirty", but that seems unweildy to me for "everyday" Greek (ancient or modern) and I'd have used "trideca" before realising that's probably "thirteen" (c.f. "dodecaedron", so... Anyway, to explain my assumption there. Really I could just look it up to be certain! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.121|162.158.159.121]] 09:19, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 
::(*) It's the "kai" that gets me. May be the difference between US number ("twelve thousand thirteen") and UK number ("twelve thousand and thirteen"), except for Greek, or "triacontakai" is "thirty", but that seems unweildy to me for "everyday" Greek (ancient or modern) and I'd have used "trideca" before realising that's probably "thirteen" (c.f. "dodecaedron", so... Anyway, to explain my assumption there. Really I could just look it up to be certain! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.121|162.158.159.121]] 09:19, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 
::: I'm the one who named the polyhedron.  Hexakismyria (60000) - pentakischilia (5000) - pentahecta (500) - triaconta (30) - kai - hexa (6) - hedron (3D). From what I found, "Kai" was supposed to be added when there's a tens and ones place as stated on [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polygon&oldid=1085462006#Naming wikipedia's polygon page], and "kis" was used for multiples of thousands as per [https://polytope.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Nomenclature&oldid=43793 another wiki]. In both cases, if there's a naming convention flaw, it's best to get a Wikipedia-grade citation to fix things. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.242.58|108.162.242.58]] 01:36, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
 
::: I'm the one who named the polyhedron.  Hexakismyria (60000) - pentakischilia (5000) - pentahecta (500) - triaconta (30) - kai - hexa (6) - hedron (3D). From what I found, "Kai" was supposed to be added when there's a tens and ones place as stated on [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polygon&oldid=1085462006#Naming wikipedia's polygon page], and "kis" was used for multiples of thousands as per [https://polytope.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Nomenclature&oldid=43793 another wiki]. In both cases, if there's a naming convention flaw, it's best to get a Wikipedia-grade citation to fix things. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.242.58|108.162.242.58]] 01:36, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
:Why'd you place your comment above mine from 2 days earlier? :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 03:42, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
 
  
 
It seems like it would be inappropriate for me to make the call, as I'm the one who made the fix, but can the "Don't remove this too soon" request for more information on the hidden message trivia be declared resolved? I feel I've made it clear (I feel like fully doing the conversion on every number would seem too bulky). Also, it begs the question, why THAT comic, is it worth mentioning that this makes it seem likely that THIS was supposed to be 2624, and he forgot to update the number? It would have been simple enough to just add 2 to the last number... [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:26, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
 
It seems like it would be inappropriate for me to make the call, as I'm the one who made the fix, but can the "Don't remove this too soon" request for more information on the hidden message trivia be declared resolved? I feel I've made it clear (I feel like fully doing the conversion on every number would seem too bulky). Also, it begs the question, why THAT comic, is it worth mentioning that this makes it seem likely that THIS was supposed to be 2624, and he forgot to update the number? It would have been simple enough to just add 2 to the last number... [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:26, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

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