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Date/Time: Wed Nov 17 12:46:22 CST 2021
Name: Charlotte Buff
Report Type: Public Review Issue
Opt Subject: 435
• Since Unicode uses British spelling for its identifiers, Gray Heart should be called Grey Heart in both its formal character name and CLDR shortname. Both spellings should be listed in the keywords. • Moose Face should simply be called Moose. There is no reason why this emoji in particular should specify that it includes only the head, especially since UTS #51 states that the presence or absence of the word “face” in a character’s name does not affect whether it is shown as only a head or a full-body animal; vendors could choose to depict Moose Face as a full moose and still be in accordance with Unicode’s recommendations. The name Moose Face could lead to the same situation that plagues U+1F992 GIRAFFE FACE which almost every vendor has drawn as a full giraffe, thus creating an unnecessary and potentially confusing disconnect between its formal name and expected appearance. • It is unclear from the candidate list and proposal document whether Black Bird is intended to be encoded as an atomic character or a ZWJ sequence. The latter would make more sense because it is consistent with the implementation of the Black Cat sequence. Also, the colour-modifier mechanism in UTS #51 is severely underutilised and could need some attention.
Date/Time: Mon Nov 22 19:35:05 CST 2021
Name: David
Report Type: Public Review Issue
Opt Subject: 435
Moose is not easily identifiable as a moose due to the drawing facing dirctly to the user. Would be far easier if the moose face was looking to a side, on profile. The other solution would be making it full body looking to a side just like the donkey.
Date/Time: Sun Nov 28 12:51:12 CST 2021
Name: Tim Partridge
Report Type: Public Review Issue
Opt Subject: 435
Should number 9 have a CLDR short name of feathered wing? A bat wing is a wing, but would not be regarded as angelic.
Date/Time: Tue Nov 30 18:32:37 CST 2021
Name: Eduardo Marín Silva
Report Type: Public Review Issue
Opt Subject: 435
1. The 'black bird' should be encoded as a ZWJ sequence, just like the black cat was. This would also allow the inclusion of the 'Black swan' as a new emoji ZWJ sequence, due to their use in the as a metaphor for unexpected events. But if it must be included, the formal name (and short name) should be CROW, as it is the kind of bird people mean, and is the more inclusive term as compared to "raven". The keyword 'nevermore' can be added, referencing the well known poem by Edgar Allan Poe. 2. The glyph for the goose looks too much like the swan 🦢, which that can already represent a white goose. The design could follow the Canadian goose, as amongst the more visually distinct species, it is the most likely one people tend to talk about, due to their large presence in Canada and well known aggressive behavior. If this change is made, the keyword 'Canada' can be added. Likewise, the moose is highly associated with Canada, and so that keyword can be included as well. 3. The formal name for 'ginger' should be GINGER ROOT, as it can otherwise be confused with the adjective for red hair or red-haired people. The short name is good as is. 4. The inclusion of the keyword 'toot' for the flute seems fitting, but then one must be consistent and add other onomatopeias to other instruments, like 'doot' for the trumpet, 'twang' for the banjo, and so on. The term 'bamboo' only has a marginal relation to the instrument as a whole, and so I recommend to exclude that keyword. 5. For the donkey, I would add the keyword 'beast of burden' and add that keyword to the llama, the camels, the ox and possibly the horse. 6. For 'wireless' I would strongly recommend for the formal name to be WIFI SYMBOL, since there are many other wireless technologies represented in different manners; like a radio tower with concentric circles, a parabolic dish, cellular data bars, the Bluetooth symbol, the NFC symbol, infrared remotes, wireless charging and (more recently) laser relay communications. In order to not equivocate the WiFi symbol with all kinds of wireless technologies, and permit the future inclusion of other symbols (like some of those above), the name has to change to actually describe what the glyph is meant to represent. The short name would then become 'wifi', with 'wireless' being another keyword. The keyword 'connection' also seems fitting. The term 'computer' seems out of place, since many devices that people don't call 'computer', use wireless technology (including wifi). The glyph itself in the codechart can omit the enclosure, so that the emoji presentation of the character (including the enclosure) can be more distinctive.
Date/Time: Tue Jan 25 11:24:52 CST 2022
Name: Alexei Chimendez
Report Type: Public Review Issue
Opt Subject: 435
In the PDF list of emoji candidates, no (provisional) code points are given, and the issue discription states that the candidates "have not yet been assigned code points". However, on the Pipeline page, it appears the emoji candidates are given (provisional) code points. In particular, the emoji candidate KHANDA is given the code point U+1FAAF. However, this symbol already exists as U+262C ADI SHAKTI (which has the informal alias "khanda"). The same character is mentioned in the proposal document L2/21-223: > The symbol Adi Shakti was approved as part of Unicode 1.1 in 1993. However, this Unicode character has no emoji version. This symbol should be updated to become KHANDA [...] Rather than allocating a new code point, it seems more proper to include KHANDA as an emoji sequence U+262C U+FE0F.