Michael: I in general like your change, but would also suggest the following revisions:
1. Change ‘ This keeps the numbers sequence together.’ to ‘This inserts a non-breaking space and keeps the numbers sequence together.’ 2. After ‘However, when there are only four digits before or after the decimal marker, it is customary not to use a space to isolate a single digit’, add ‘, unless the four digit number is part of a column of numbers in which there are spaces dividing the other numbers in the column into groups of three, in which case it is preferable to continue with the same format for the four-digit number.’ Hope this makes sense. Kind regards John Frewen-Lord From: Michael Payne Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 7:56 PM To: USMA Subject: [USMA 133] Formatting numbers and the decimal marker I suggested a change to the Wikipedia manual of style the other day. Reading some of the comments today I realise I need some support form USMA members who in my opinion are all rational people. Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_style Page down to Formatting numbers (the subject above) and read what I have proposed. Please support my suggestion. Mike Payne. aka avi8tor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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