I agree.
John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. http://bit.do/tounj From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 5:35 PM To: Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com>; USMA <usma@colostate.edu> Subject: [USMA 136] Re: Formatting numbers and the decimal marker In the Preface to the SI Brochure, the BIPM notes that THEY use the point as the decimal marker in the English text and the comma in the French text (the only two languages they support). I think the logical conclusion is that the English language and English-speaking countries use the point, OTHER languages may use the comma. To avoid confusion, neither may use either as a thousands divider (at least in an SI measurement context), only the space should be used. I am aware they recommend a thin space, but on the Internet, there is a problem. The Unicode non-breaking thin space is unreliable and does not decode in many browsers or fonts. I think it would be almost mandatory to use the regular non-breaking space. Also, I think the financial community will not support the space as thousands separator, but I support it for SI data. In an English Wikipedia article, the decimal marker should be the point. ________________________________ From: Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com<mailto:metricmik...@gmail.com>> To: USMA <usma@colostate.edu<mailto:usma@colostate.edu>> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 3:56 PM 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<mailto:USMA@colostate.edu> https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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