[Wikipedia-l] Metric v. English

Fri Jan 3 16:03:53 UTC 2003

Nicholas Knight wrote:

>>Shouldn't we give both, then?
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>Why? If the reader really needs non-metric measurements, they can consult 
>[[conversion of units]] (which, actually, may need a bit of expanding for 
>ease of use as a conversion table... I might look into that in a bit). That 
>said, http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3AManual_of_Style currently 
>reads, in part, "For now, if using American or Imperial, give metric as a 
>courtesy. If using metric, remember that many readers will not know what you 
>mean and will be aided by the equivalent.", so yes, provide both, I'm afraid.
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Cleaning up orphan articles (more than 500 again!), I found
    http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_Table%3Acm-inches

Maybe it should be deleted, though...

Magnus