Talk:Spacing

Origin

Anyone know the first use in fiction?

I seem to remember something in some work from the "Golden Age" of Science Fiction (if I recall correctly) where a number of people have to transfer from one space ship to another without the benefit of EVA suits. Sorry I can't remember the title, but I do recall that after the jump the only lasting symptom was "a bad case of sunburn". Planish 19:52, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

Talk:Spacing – Spacing → I'm not sure, perhaps vacuum exposure – I have a hard time believing spacing is the term used for this, unless perhaps it was used in some science fiction show or such. Nothing linking to the page intends this as the target. Perhaps the page could then be expanded to include more information on the effects of exposure to a vacuum, and a "Vacuum exposure in fiction" section could document some of the various portrayals. If someone has a better idea, please suggest it. — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:58, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Voting

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• Support as nominator. — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:59, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose: I have seen this term used in several sci-fi, Babylon 5 being the most notable in my memory (several episodes talk about dying that way). Perhaps something like Spacing (cause of death) or Spacing (vacuum exposure) (as per nom) would be better? Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 12:39, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
• Support some change; maybe a spacing disambiguation page including various other things such as word spacing and tracking (typography) (aka character spacing or letter spacing). Gene Nygaard 16:40, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose No point for the change unless other articles with similar names need it. PPGMD 21:59, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
• Support - move main discussion on the factual effects of exposure to vaccum (which has more 'real' relevence to high-altitude flying & sudden decompression, than space travel or sci-fi). Keep this page heading for the sci-fi term of novel execution method, but it only needs be short and link to the real issues.
  • There is an article Explosive decompression, but this should be about the process of sudden loss of pressure, what happens next involves hypoxia and/or effects of Vacuum exposure.
  • The term Ebullism descriubs the formation of gas bubbles at reduced pressure (no WP article yet).
  • See the NASA information page What does the human body experience when exposed to the vacuum of space - I'ld tend to mostly follow NASA's lead for an encyclopedia article, rather than a fictitious term.
  • So I suggest leaving 'Spacing' for the sci-fi method of execution, 'Vacuum exposure' for the discussion on physiology effects, and aslo 'Ebullism' needs to be defined too. David Ruben ^Talk 14:35, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Support some change; open as to what. While I have actually heard terms like "spacing" or "space him!" in the science fiction context, this use is rare compared to typography and typesetting, where spacing is a very common concept in everyday use. I think Spacing should redirect to Tracking (typography) or perhaps that should even move to Spacing and this page should move to one of the options suggested by the nominator and the Dread Lord. Jonathunder 00:17, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Not moved for now. Please decide on one option for a WP:RM, and then vote on it. ;) Thanks! —Nightstallion (?) 07:34, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

A "billion" times more common?

I've reverted the move (please start a discussion, WP:RM). There appears to be no rational with substance as to why this article needs to be disambiguated, unless there's another article called spacing? The dab link seems to cover the other pages (titled "space") well, in my opinion. Matthew 16:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)