[WikiEN-l] Re: Announcing a policy proposal

Mon May 16 20:44:31 UTC 2005

Rick said:
> --- Delirium <delirium at hackish.org> wrote:
>> It would certainly be nice if each use of units was
>> quoted in both
>> systems though, unless it makes no sense to do so
>> (e.g.
>> non-engineering-oriented science articles).  Putting
>> in miles is
>> appropriate, but not providing a conversion for them
>> is sloppy.
>>
>> -Mark
>
> It's not sloppy if the editor doesn't know how to do
> the conversion.
>

Wouldn't it be cool to have some kind of macro system for pint,
liter/litre, kilogram/kilogramme, foot, and whatnot--something not unlike
the date conversion system we use, that enables me to see 8 October, 1988
where an American would see October 8, 1988.