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== Different guidance for non-HTML rendering ==

Whilst Wikipedia only provides HTML rendering, in some cases that will be subject to further reduction to plain ASCII. Examples include: screen readers, web crawlers, and some mailing lists, and public catalogues (like COinS).

Where a client can be identified as preferring "plain text", sending “10<sup>30</sup>” produces a ''deeply'' unsatisfactory end result like “1030”.

''Please'' can we recommend, in this specific case, usingsending either Unicode superscript and subscript digits with fraction-slash,<ref>(superscripts U+2070, U+00b9, U+00b2, U+00b3, U+2074 thru U+2079; subscripts U+2080 thru U+2089; fraction-slash U+2044)</ref> or insert circumflex/caret “^” symbols for exponents and solidus “/” for fractions.

Just to be pellucidly clear, I'm talking about what the macros generate, not what editors write in wiki markup.
[[User:Martin Kealey|Martin Kealey]] ([[User talk:Martin Kealey|talk]]) 07:46, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

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