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== Unnecesary precision ==
As requested after someone stuck in loads of extra digits of pi I have set up a section in this talk page for discussion if somebody else thinks loads of digits which whave nothing to do with the topic are a good idea. Until then the consensus of people on the matter from the history is pretty apparent and a big long uninteresting and irrelevant string of digits should not be put in. [[User:Dmcq|Dmcq]] ([[User talk:Dmcq|talk]]) 17:35, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
:In addition, everyone involved needs to read and follow [[Wikipedia:Edit warring]] I have placed warnings on the userpages of everyone who is at 2RR.
:Derek farn, the consensus is against you on this one. Davidhorman, Dmcq and Guy Macon all agree that going ten digits past the number of digits in the single precision example is enough to get the point across, and that more digits than that detract from the article. [[User:Guy Macon|Guy Macon]] ([[User talk:Guy Macon|talk]]) 21:19, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
::Well perhaps you could explain why you want so many digits in yourself. Having a load of unnecessary digits just encourages people to add extra ones as far as I can see as a kind of pointy comment on the length. Why did you want some digits in grey past the first seven in bold and do we really need thirty digits to see the difference? [[User:Dmcq|Dmcq]] ([[User talk:Dmcq|talk]]) 23:45, 5 October 2011 (UTC) [[User:Dmcq|Dmcq]] ([[User talk:Dmcq|talk]]) 23:45, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
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