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*:So you're saying that numerical control is not the same as ''computer'' numerical control. But the article treats them as the same. If you're right (and you do appear to know more about the topic than I do) than the article needs to be rewritten to make the difference clear. [[User:Isaac Rabinovitch|Isaac Rabinovitch]] ([[User talk:Isaac Rabinovitch|talk]]) 22:18, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
*::Wtshymanski, your claim is not borne out by our [[history of numerical control]] article. [[User:Srnec|Srnec]] ([[User talk:Srnec|talk]]) 20:05, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
**[[WP:SOURCES|Unreliable web site, known for user-supplied content.]] Imagine finding two incorrect Wikipedia articles on related topics - what are the odds? A talk page is not an article. I recall standing in a Dominion Bridge plant after they declared bankruptcy. Our company was slightly interested in buying an NC plate cutter they had (though I don't think there was a plan to use it as NC) - I flipped through the manuals and schematics, seeing page after page of TTL...and nary a CPU to be seen. Does our "history of numerical control" go back to the vacuum tube era, or does it just discuss the time since Bill Gates invented the IBM PC as a way to sell more copies of Microsoft Office? ---[[User:Wtshymanski|Wtshymanski]] ([[User talk:Wtshymanski|talk]]) 16:49, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
*:::I think @[[User:Wtshymanski|Wtshymanski]] makes a really important point. I still favor the move request (which I wrote in the first place) but it's true that NC and CNC are not the same thing, and the article needs to reflect that. The confusion comes from the fact that pretty much all NC is now CNC, but didn't used to be. [[User:Isaac Rabinovitch|Isaac Rabinovitch]] ([[User talk:Isaac Rabinovitch|talk]]) 20:17, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
* '''Support''' The original meaning of numerical control is an important one, and my first thought was to oppose this move, on that basis. However we also have an article at [[history of numerical control]]. Given that, I've no object to renaming this to follow the modern term of CNC instead. [[User:Andy Dingley|Andy Dingley]] ([[User talk:Andy Dingley|talk]]) 22:23, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
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