[WikiEN-l] Excessive units conversion?

Wed Nov 1 15:58:25 UTC 2006

Daniel P. B. Smith wrote:
>> George Herbert wrote:
>>
>>> I just found this:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Capote#In Cold Blood
>>>
>>> Apparently some time ago, someone added a metric conversion (4 km^2)
>>> to the term "1,000 acres" in the quoted New York Times article.
>>>
>>> That's a direct historical quote - is an in-line metric units
>>> conversion appropriate within the quote?
>>>
>>> It seems to me like we shouldn't be doing that.
>>>
>> It's a questionable practice.  It is in square brackets to show that
>> it's an addition, but I think a footnote would be better in this case.
>> Why too is it in km^2 instead of hectares?
> 
> Because it's Bobblewik.
> 

Hasn't Bobblewik been banned for mindlessly running an unauthorised bot?

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