Talk:Versus

Versus (journal)

This page was listed for speedy deletion on account of its appearing to be an advertisement. If the journal was indeed founded by Umberto Eco, then this is not an appropriate characterization. However, I can't find out, because the journal isn't in English. So delete anyway. Then again, maybe regular old VfD is more appropriate? -Seth Mahoney 23:25, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

I suggest it not be deleted, now; see changes. Peter Ellis 02:37, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

In its current state, this is more like Wiktionary material. Its not particularly encyclopedic. If we're gonna keep the article, maybe we should focus on the journal and actually say something about it: something important it did or claimed, who is involved with it, stuff like that, rather than, "this journal exists". -Seth Mahoney 18:20, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

I am Gabriele Ferri, a member of SemioticaMente http://www.semioticamente.it/?q=node/3 , and I'm working part time on the Versus website. I can prove that Versus (or VS, as sometimes it is called in short form) was indeed founded by Umberto Eco: here is his official curriculum vitae [1] from the University of Bologna website, search for "VS" in it. Another Eco's biography [2] mentioning Versus. I could upload a scan of one of the covers from the early issues, if it could help. -Gabriele Ferri Aug 30

I am going to update this page in order to be a little more encyclopedic. Maybe someone a more experienced than me could review my changes, I'm just a newbie in here, and moreover I'm involved in Versus itself. -Gabriele Ferri Aug 30

Versus (film)

Added info on great Japanese movie, prob. more people search cause of it than the other two crappy listings on this page. Mario92223

Scientific usage

I've added an alternate usage of "versus" (the scientific one) which I think contributes to a more "encyclopedic" entry. Comments welcome. LightYear 00:07, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I've removed this addition, as it's too detailed for a disambiguation page and would probably better fit in another article. Although, I'm not sure which one so I'm copying it below:

Versus and its abbreviations are also often used in the scientific world to describe the parameters appearing in an X-Y (two-dimensional) graph. The first argument indicates the dependent variable, usually appearing on the Y-axis, while the second argument indicates the independent variable, usually appearing on the X-axis. Thus the graph of "Speed vs Time" for example, would plot time along the x-axis and speed up the y-axis. If we denote time by the variable $t$, and speed by $v$, then the function plotted in the graph would be denoted $v(t)$ indicating that $v$ (the dependent variable) is a function of $t$.

jareha ^(comments) 13:04, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Righto, that makes sense. I've reinstated the scientific usage as a link to a new page on visualising scientific data. Think that's a reasonable way to go about it? --LightYear 06:00, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Works for me, thanks. jareha ^(comments) 13:24, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was no move Patstuart^talk|edits 11:53, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Move to disambiguation page?

I propose that the article currently located at Versus (TV channel) be moved to this article. My reasoning is that this network is what people think about when they hear the word versus. Milchama 14:01, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

• Oppose Versus is the legal term or what people think of in the abbreviation of 'vs.' in general. At worst, Versus should be a disambiguation page. No company should be able to 'take over' a common term just by changing their name, else Apple would be Apple Computer. There's too many possibilities and this is not the default one that will come to mind for the majority of people editing or reading. Kevin_b_er 19:30, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

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Where on EARTH is the 'a vs. b' type of versus??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.166.174.103 (talk) 18:47, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

V?

Since when "versus" is abbreviated to "v". Are ther sources? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KhlavKhalash (talk • contribs) 16:16, 2 November 2020 (UTC)