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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
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\usepackage{url}
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\usepackage{cite}
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\usepackage{hyperref}
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\usepackage{graphicx}
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% define the title
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\author{Tyler H. Cipriani\\
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\texttt{tyler@tylercipriani.com}}
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\title{Proposal for the encoding of a banjo glyph}
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\begin{document}
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\maketitle
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% Create abstract named "Proposal"
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\renewcommand{\abstractname}{Proposal}
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\begin{abstract}
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The Unicode Consortium proposes adding 1 UCS character to further the goal of completeness
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for the set of glyphs represented on the SMP block: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs\cite{scherer}.
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The current ``emoji" block, set to establish interoperability of existing code-sets
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with the UCS standard, is incomplete in several key areas. This addition of
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a banjo glyph to an empty character space in this code block does nothing to
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disrupt previously established goals of this block, but, rather, extends this
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block to include a larger community of customers.
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There is also a demonstrated demand for the proposed glyph among a community of
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customers in bluegrass and banjo discussion groups in online communities.
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\end{abstract}
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\section[Proposed Character: Category and Description]{Proposed Character:\\ Category and Description}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Category}: B.1-Specialized (small collection)
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\item \textbf{Category}: Other Symbols (So)
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\item \textbf{Block}: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
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\item \textbf{Character Name}: `BANJO'
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\item \textbf{Glyph}: U+1F3DB
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\end{itemize}
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\subsection{Description of Usage}
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Glyph would be used in any place it would be appropriate to represent
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banjo music or the invocation of what the idea of ``banjo" represents.
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This includes, but is not limited to, representing bluegrass music,
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the earliest recorded popular music, early American music traditions, or
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African music traditions (as this is the region from where the banjo is
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believed to have originated)\cite{allen}.
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\section{Justifications: category and name}
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\subsection{Name}
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As glyph is a banjo, the name `BANJO' accurately represents, and is
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the accepted name for, that which is shown in the glyph.
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\subsection{Category}
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The category to which the symbol is assigned is part of the rational for
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adding the glyph--set completeness. The block and general category already
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house the glyphs for `MUSICAL KEYBOARD', `TRUMPET', `SAXOPHONE' and `VIOLIN'.
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`BANJO' would be added to this block and group for set completeness.
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\section{Groups and `Community of Customers'}
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\begin{enumerate}
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\item \href{http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/278863}{Banjo Hangout discussion forum}
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\end{enumerate}
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\begin{figure}[p]
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\centering
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\includegraphics{banjo}
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\caption{Proposed banjo glyph}
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\label{fig:banjo_glyph}
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\end{figure}
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\begin{thebibliography}{1}
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\bibitem{allen} Greg Allen {\em The Banjo's Roots, Reconsidered } \ August 23, 2011: All Things Considered. NPR News. \url{http://www.npr.org/2011/08/23/139880625/the-banjos-roots-reconsidered}
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\bibitem{scherer} Markus Scherer {\em Proposal for Encoding Emoji Symbols } \ March 5, 2009. \url{https://sites.google.com/site/unicodesymbols/Home/emoji-symbols/proposal-text}
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\end{thebibliography}
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\end{document}
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