Talk:F

Digraph

I see the digraph FH mentioned. What about PH ? Mikkalai 07:35, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Education

"in education, F is a failing grade" - can someone make this a bit more specific (certain qualification or country maybe?) Davidjamesgill 12:50, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

F in Etruscan

This article says F stood for the w sound in Etruscan, but elsewhere in Wikipedia it says F stood for the v sound. Which is right?? Georgia guy 00:21, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure, where on wikipedia does it say that? Fresheneesz 01:45, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Etruscan F is transcribed as Latin V, which was a similar if not the same sound. However, Latin V wasn't pronounced [v], but [w]. Greek F was also pronounced [w], and Etruscan had no other voiced fricatives, so it's a good bet that Etruscan F was pronounced [w] too. kwami 08:04, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

F's importance not shown in article length

For a letter thats so important F has a rather short page. I think anyone named frank would have somehting to say about that. Are they supposed to spell it "Phrank"? Thats a bit too queer for my tastes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.186.128.13 (talk) 03:41, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Written F, with a descender

In Britain children are taught to write the lower-case f with a below-line descender, rather like g or y. I came to Wikipedia to find out why this is, but it doesn't appear to be mentioned. It'd be nice if it was. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.175.182 (talk) 13:59, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

That is also the case in the U.S. Kostaki mou (talk) 20:29, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Contested deletion

There is a Wikipedia article on every letter of the English alphabet, and the article does not meet ANY of the criteria for speedy deletion. --Sundayclose (talk) 00:29, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

That is obvious. I have reverted the edit that added a speedy deletion template, and I see the editor who made it has a history of doing that sort of thing. LjL (talk) 00:40, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Wait, sorry, nevermind... I see you were just quicker than me in notifying them about this incident. I had assumed it was a previous incident. If it's just one, maybe it was a TW misclick. U2fan01? LjL (talk) 00:42, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

LjL Yes, it was a misclick. Twinkle was recommended to me very recently, and I wasn't completely familiar with it. Sorry about that. U2fan01 (talk) 01:54, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

F for Fluorine

Shouldn't the chemical symbol for Fluorine, which is F, also be included in this article? Doesn't this article effectively serve as a disambiguation article? Although, there's a separate article for fluorine, shouldn't it be included here with a forwarding reference to the separate article for further review? Stevenmitchell (talk) 07:11, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

As F has so many other meanings, there isn't room for them all in the article. Instead, we list them at F (disambiguation), which is mentioned in a hatnote. Certes (talk) 11:56, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

F for fork

fork has 4 lines Sdgfjjc (talk) 15:03, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

F confused me

one part is confusing Zombie.zed (talk) 18:06, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

@Zombie.zed: Which part, and why? –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:20, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Its confusing, I'm sorry English is not my first language Zombie.zed (talk) 00:03, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 April 2025

Change "~−700 to present" to "c. 700 BCE to present" JhonJhonII (talk) 15:35, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. twisted. (user | talk | contribs) 16:17, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Peer review

F

I've listed this article for peer review because...I want to improve it and nominate it to GA

Thanks, Furbchess (talk) 18:25, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

Comments by Shocksingularity

• Its name in English is ef, and the plural is efs. This confuses me. I've never heard of a letter having a "name" besides just the letter. I'd go into that more or explain it elsewhere.
• The origin of ⟨F⟩ is the Semitic letter waw, which represented the sound /w/. and ḥ(dj)) Use the IPAc template for pronunciations.
• Is there any way you can get the hieroglyph to be on the same line as the rest of the text?
• The Etruscan digraph may have been inspired by the rare use of ⟨ϜΗ⟩ in archaic Greek inscriptions for a dialectal sound like [ʍ], e.g. in the reflexive pronoun ϜΗΕ, which corresponds to Classical ἕ hé (see Ancient Greek phonology § Semivowels). This is very difficult to understand as an uniformed reader.
• F : Fluorine, a chemical element uses the symbol F Minor error but it's ...that uses the symbol F
• Other section (at the very end): Explain what the diagram and each of the symbols mean.
• Other uses section is good.

Shocksingularity (talk) 02:00, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the tips! Furbchess (talk) 17:13, 1 September 2026 (UTC)