Template talk:Log 10

Redirect

lg seems to be a perverse choice for a redirect here, given that it almost always refers to the binary logarithm. I've never seen it used to mean the common logarithm.

Charles R Greathouse IV 00:10, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

I've seen before that {{lb}} is used for the binary logarithm and {{lg}} is used for the common logarithm. On MathWorld's Common Logarithm and especially Lg, I see the conflicting meanings that you mention. So, what should we do with the {{lg}} redirect, redirect it to {{log_2}} or delete it? — Daniel Forgues 00:29, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

I've also seen lb for binary logarithm. In my experience, it's written lg 90% of the time, log_2 8% of the time, and lb 2% of the time. So out of those options I;d favor a redirect to log_2. Charles R Greathouse IV 03:08, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

OK then, I'll redirect {{lg}} to {{log_2}}. — Daniel Forgues 05:41, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

I get a blank output

I tried Shift-Reload to clear the Firefox browser cache and I tried appending ?action=purge to the URL (to clear the MediaWiki server cache), as mentioned on Manual:Purge—MediaWiki.org. and I still have a blank output!? — Daniel Forgues 00:47, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

The results column is blank for me, does someone else see the results, this seems to be due to the cache (either the browser's or the server's) not being purged... I created the /doc subpage before the main page, this seems to have been a bad idea, I won't do it again, it doesn't work well with the cache or something... — Daniel Forgues 01:32, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

The cache wasn't the problem, I had a typo. But the MediaWiki server cache gets in the way of the categorization of templates, e.g. in Category:Hyperbolic function templates we only see one out of 6 hyperbolic function templates. — Daniel Forgues 05:41, 19 September 2011 (UTC)