Aw: Re: Re: External Link Symbol

[Marius Spix]

I had a look at the nonapproval list and wonder if SQUARE WITH SPECKLES FILL (which had been rejected due to mapping issues) will see another chance in the future, because it is used for colors (tinctures) in heraldry.

Each of the following hatching is associated with a heraldic color:

U+25A1 □ WHITE SQUARE = silver (white)
U+25A4 ▤ SQUARE WITH HORIZONTAL FILL = blue
U+25A5 ▥ SQUARE WITH VERTICAL FILL = red
U+25A6 ▦ SQUARE WITH ORTHOGONAL CROSSHATCH FILL = black
U+25A7 ▧ SQUARE WITH UPPER LEFT TO LOWER RIGHT FILL = green
U+25A8 ▨ SQUARE WITH UPPER RIGHT TO LOWER LEFT FILL = purple
U+25A9 ▩ SQUARE WITH DIAGONAL CROSSHATCH FILL = murrey (a non-standard color)

However, gold (yellow), which is one of the two metals and represented by a square with dotted fill is missing. Or should U+1F7E8 + U+FE0E 🟨 LARGE YELLOW SQUARE + ◌︎ VARIATION SELECTOR-15 be used for this purpose?  

 
 
 

Gesendet: Dienstag, 09. April 2024 um 09:48 Uhr
Von: "John Knightley via Unicode" <unicode at corp.unicode.org>
An: "Marius Spix" <marius.spix at web.de>
Cc: "James Kass" <jameskass at code2001.com>, unicode at corp.unicode.org
Betreff: Re: Aw: Re: External Link Symbol
Yes, and other good reasons not accepted. Please do not take too
seriously anything I post with a grinning face emoji. My comment was a
variant of a "Never say 'never'!" type joke.

On 2024-04-09 15:09, Marius Spix via Unicode wrote:
> Unicode already has a link symbol (U+1F517) and there is also an emoji
> ZWJ sequence for broken links (so-called red links) or unlink (U+26D3
> U+FE0F U+200D U+1F4A5), which uses the chains symbol (U+26D3) instead
> of the link symbol (U+1F517) for some unknown reason. You can also use
> the rightwards arrow (U+2192) which is used in encyclopedias for
> references.
>
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 09. April 2024 um 06:44 Uhr
> Von: "John Knightley via Unicode" <unicode at corp.unicode.org>
> An: "James Kass" <jameskass at code2001.com>
> Cc: unicode at corp.unicode.org
> Betreff: Re: External Link Symbol
>
> This is of course an issue with any proposed character rejected on the
> grounds of insufficient usage that the proposal, fonts made, etc and
> the
> record thereof creates a certain amount of new usage.😀
>
> On 2024-04-09 02:37, James Kass via Unicode wrote:
>> On 2024-04-08 5:03 PM, Gabriel Tellez via Unicode wrote:
>>> Unicode rejected external link symbol... but then are left to use
> the
>>> wrong symbol on their own website. SMH
>>
>>
> https://steemit.com/unicode/@markgritter/why-did-unicode-reject-the-external-link-symbol
>>
>> The rejection reasoning quoted in the link above goes on to say that
>> any future proposal for the external link symbol would be considered
>> if it includes convincing evidence that the symbol is needed for
>> plain-text interchange.