Talk:18 (number)

Removed

• It is considered a number of the devil due to the fact that 6+6+6=18, and 666 is the number of the beast, as described in chapter 13, verse 18 of the Book of Revelation. There are also 18 letters in the words six-hundred sixty six.

I removed this for numerous reasons, first of all a simple search of "18 is a number of the devil" or "18 is a number of the beast" or "18 is the number of the devil" or "18 is the number of the beast" returns no results at all on Google.com. Also non of the other languages articles mention this, including languages spoken by perhaps more Christian inclined people (Spanish, Italian).

Also in "six-hundred and sixty six" there is 21 letters! No evidence to show anywhere that it is a "demonic" number of even believed to be. - S.Azzopardi (talk) 05:29, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

True, but to be pedantic and fair to the user, he did say "six-hundred sixty six" which does have eighteen letters; without the "and" is how it is frequently said (insisted upon in school) in the USA. That to one side, though, i've never heard of the suggestion that eighteen is an evil number. Cheers, Lindsay 17:07, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

arabic?

What in the world is that passage talking about with the right hand and arabic? Can someone explain it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.123.44.20 (talk) 14:30, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Good catch. I've figured out what the passage was supposed to mean and changed it to be easier to understand. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 23:42, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Second paragraph

I find the second paragraph, about the pronunciation of 18 vs 80, to be unnecessary, or at least unnecessary in the introduction of the article. Should this paragraph be scaled down or removed all together? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sheepythemouse (talk • contribs) 19:18, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Retired jersey numbers

Per WP:PRESERVE, here is the list of retired #18 jersey numbers and racecars that were mentioned in the article:

• The jersey number 18 has been retired by several North American sports teams in honor of past playing greats or other key figures:
  • In Major League Baseball:
    • The Cincinnati Reds, for Ted Kluszewski.
    • The Cleveland Indians, for Mel Harder.
  • In the NBA:
    • The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer Dave Cowens. The team initially planned to retire the number for Jim Loscutoff, but he requested that the number not be retired at that time.
  • In the NHL:
    • The Buffalo Sabres, for Danny Gare.
    • The Chicago Blackhawks, for Hall of Famer Denis Savard.
    • The Montreal Canadiens, for Hall of Famer Serge Savard.
    • The Los Angeles Kings, for Dave Taylor.
  • In the NFL:
    • The Denver Broncos, for Frank Tripucka. The number was taken out of retirement, with Tripucka's blessing, for Peyton Manning, who wore the number with the Indianapolis Colts.
    • The Kansas City Chiefs, for Hall of Famer Emmitt Thomas.
    • The Colts have yet to retire any numbers during their history in Indianapolis, but have taken #18 out of circulation following Manning's departure from the team.
  • In addition, the University of Mississippi football program has retired #18 for Archie Manning.

• 18 is the number of a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car currently owned by Joe Gibbs Racing. The #18 has been driven by Kyle Busch since 2008. Other notable drivers of the car include Dale Jarrett, who won the 1993 Daytona 500 in the #18; Bobby Labonte, who won the Cup championship in 2000; and J. J. Yeley.
• In Formula One, the number 18 is used by Canadian driver, Lance Stroll, who drives for Williams F1 Team.

This material may be of interest for a future List of retired numbers in sports article. — JFG ^talk 22:42, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Neo-nazis

I believe 18 does have a meaning in a neo-Nazi context, but ADL is too biased to be a reliable source. Perhaps someone could copy in the BBC source used in the Combat 18 article? (Reference 1, not Reference 2, which should be a note requiring a reference.) — Arthur Rubin (talk) 19:42, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Bingo names -

Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Numbers#List of British bingo nicknames for a centralized discusion as to whether Bingo names should be included in thiese articles. Arthur Rubin (alternate) (talk) 23:33, 3 June 2018 (UTC)