Talk:Belarusian ruble/Archives/2012

Inconsistencies

The top of this page says current banknotes range from 5 to 100,000, yet the table at the bottom and the bank's website sya banknotes range from 1 to 50,000, and the currency table says 10-100,000. So, what is it? Is 50,000 the largest bill? What's the smallest currently-used banknote? Is the 1 still in use? Nik42 06:08, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

5 rubles was annuled last year, I guess the article was not updated. 100,000 do exists and is on the central bank's website. The article has been updated. --Chochopk 10:13, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Symbol

Why would the symbol be “Br” Cyrillic is used in Belarus? – Zntrip 17:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I am also wondering the validity of the symbol "Br", is there any resource that can verify it (like a link)? - Killer Swath 06:02, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Verify?

The verify note has been on this article for months. What needs verifying?
Dove1950 21:20, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Politics seems to be creeping into this article. Can ask once more for the verify notice to be explained so that it can be dealt with and removed.
Dove1950 10:15, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I can see, but until them, you're welcome to just blank stuff that seem political. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 18:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

British or American English

It's silly to talk about whether we should be using British or American English on this article. I really don't care. But at least it should be consistent within itself. The footer says "0.7 pixels per millimetre". If American English is used, you can change that by removing the BrE=Y parameter. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 03:46, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

I wish to use the American English, since that is the language that I use in everyday life. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 04:46, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry to be blunt. But it doesn't really matter what you use personally. I use American English in my daily life too. But I edit Wikipedia according to the article's locale (see WP:ENGVAR). Also, I extend that to articles related to non-English speaking countries as well. When I edit things of East Asia, I use American English. When I edit European stuff, I used British English. At least that's the general principle.

However, after a google search on "program", "programme", "color", and "colour" on www.nbrb.by and www.government.by (put "program site:www.nbrb.by" in google), I found that the American variant is consistently more common. So I will change to the American variety myself. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 05:12, August 20, 2007 (UTC).

Im Australia itis mostly British so that is what I will use on any article, change it if you want. Enlil Ninlil 05:40, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

If I go to a page such as yuan, I am given the option to select a different national variation. Wouldn't it be possible to implement the same thing here? Changing colour/color is easy, while changing different expressions might be more difficult. Some pages such as Minnie Mouse contain special information about words/characters that cannot be replaced automatically, and that could be used for any differing expressions and other ambiguities. (Stefan2 08:38, 7 September 2007 (UTC))

I been trying to get that option on another wikipedia, but I am not sure what motions has to be taken. Good suggestion, I will keep it in mind. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 17:35, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

You mean the small drop down menu at the top? That's a good idea. It is unfortunate that the English Wikipedia has not adopted it. On zh:, editors can also override the programmatic conversion by things like -{zh-tw:米妮;zh-hk:美妮}- (see also zh:New Zealand). However, this discussion is beyond the scope of Belarusian ruble. Perhaps village pump? --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 08:53, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Yup. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 09:50, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I mean the menu where I can select "no changes", "mainland simple shapes", "Taiwan normal shapes", "Singapore simple shapes" and "Hong Kong complex shapes". For English a similar menu could allow you to select "no changes", "UK English", "US English", "AU English" etc. I know this isn't the right place to take this up, but I'm not sure where to discuss it instead. (212.247.11.153 23:29, 23 September 2007 (UTC))

Is the Belarusian Ruble really pegged to the US dollar?

This article claims that the Belarusian ruble is pegged to the US dollar but the sources that claim so are dead links and the source in the infobox for the value of the "peg" leads to the National Bank of Belarus' official exchange rate page where absolutely nothing is said about a peg. Besides which the value given in the infobox is US$1=BR2858 but at the Bank of Belarus site the exchange rate is US$1=BR2749. In addition the Bank of Belarus site has sections referring to a Currency Basket consisting of the Russian Ruble, US dollar and Euro as well as sections referring to the "official average exchange rate".72.27.83.166 (talk) 22:53, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Zaichik

I always thought that the Belarusian currency was the Zaichik, and only recently discovered that it was called the Belarusian ruble. After doing a Google search, it appears that the Zaichik is just a slang word for the Belarusian ruble. I think this should be mentioned somewhere in the article. —Ynhockey ^(Talk) 11:24, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

The slang name for the ruble is "zaichik" (meaning "little hare"), because the hare was depicted on the 1 ruble banknote of the 1992-1999 series. In both the Russian and Belorussian versions of the article there is a paragraph describing the naming of the currency. Perhaps it can be incorporated in the English version as well. 72.37.171.68 (talk) 23:13, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

10 and 20 ruble notes

I can find no evidence that the 10 and 20 ruble notes have been withdrawn from circulation. The website of the Belarussian national bank lists them as being in circulation (http://www.nbrb.by/bel/Coinsbanknotes/Banknotes.asp?id=35). Does anyone kwow where that info came from? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivanh1 (talk • contribs) 12:19, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Coin?

The article says

"Before the currency was reformatted in 2000, the bills and coins issued were ranging from 50 kapeek to 5,000,000 rubles."

But my standard catalog does not indicate any coins for general circulation. All I see is commemorative starting from 1 ruble. Am I missing something? --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 05:38, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

That is correct, there was only paper issue for circulating currency for this nation. What is the reference? The meaning can still pertain to circulating and commemorative issue though, as a specific mention to any circulating coins is not made. Enlil Ninlil 06:18, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

If you just removed "and coins", then the statement would match my catalogs. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 06:49, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Or maybe put in "commemorative coins" instead would be more accurate. Enlil Ninlil 20:48, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

The Bank's English language web site says it has issued coins but the the commemorative coins are displayed. So, I agree with Enlil and the article should have "commemorative coins" put in. Geraldshields11 (talk) 19:52, 15 June 2012 (UTC) Geraldshields11

100,000-ruble

The 100,000-ruble notes contain an error. The reverse side depicts the Russian Orthodox crosses on the towers of Niasvizh Castle instead of black eagles. It's totally impossible because Radziwiłłs were Roman Catholics, the castle is not a church and Moscow is located at a distance of almost 1,000 km. A painting by Napoleon Orda has no crosses too. http://www.charter97.org/ru/news/2012/8/1/56124/ --Sp kenny (talk) 20:47, 1 August 2012 (UTC)