[Bug 52687] Use IEC units (KiB, MiB, etc.) and not SI units (KB, MB) on file description

2014-02-21 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52687 --- Comment #10 from Daniel U. Thibault d.u.thiba...@bigfoot.com --- (In reply to Nemo from comment #8) For what it's worth, the upper K is a separate issue, and a mistake that not all languages and sectors allow themselves: see

[Bug 52687] Use IEC units (KiB, MiB, etc.) and not SI units (KB, MB) on file description

2014-02-21 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52687 --- Comment #11 from Nemo federicol...@tiscali.it --- So you know all those languages to nkow what's right and wrong? I remember you we live in a world where some English countries still use ancient era/middle ages units like foot and multiply

[Bug 52687] Use IEC units (KiB, MiB, etc.) and not SI units (KB, MB) on file description

2014-02-21 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52687 --- Comment #12 from Bawolff (Brian Wolff) bawolff...@gmail.com --- (In reply to Nemo from comment #11) So you know all those languages to nkow what's right and wrong? I remember you we live in a world where some English countries still use

[Bug 52687] Use IEC units (KiB, MiB, etc.) and not SI units (KB, MB) on file description

2014-02-21 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52687 --- Comment #13 from Daniel U. Thibault d.u.thiba...@bigfoot.com --- (In reply to Nemo from comment #11) So you know all those languages to nkow what's right and wrong? I remember you we live in a world where some English countries still use

[Bug 52687] Use IEC units (KiB, MiB, etc.) and not SI units (KB, MB) on file description

2014-02-21 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52687 --- Comment #14 from Niklas Laxström niklas.laxst...@gmail.com --- That may be the ideal, but it is far from true in practice. Most languages using non-latin scripts will at least transliterate the symbols. -- You are receiving this mail

[Bug 52687] Use IEC units (KiB, MiB, etc.) and not SI units (KB, MB) on file description

2014-02-07 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52687 --- Comment #7 from Daniel U. Thibault d.u.thiba...@bigfoot.com --- (In reply to comment #6) (In reply to comment #5) A tiresome argument. The pseudo-SI symbols are just plain wrong at worst, ambiguous at best. Can you clarify if by

[Bug 52687] Use IEC units (KiB, MiB, etc.) and not SI units (KB, MB) on file description

2014-02-07 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52687 --- Comment #8 from Nemo federicol...@tiscali.it --- (In reply to comment #7) Sadly true. I meant KB, GB, etc. Pseudo-SI because they look like SI (the upper case K is wrong) but their values are different. Thanks for clarifying. For what

[Bug 52687] Use IEC units (KiB, MiB, etc.) and not SI units (KB, MB) on file description

2014-02-07 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52687 Daniel Zahn dz...@wikimedia.org changed: What|Removed |Added CC||dz...@wikimedia.org

[Bug 52687] Use IEC units (KiB, MiB, etc.) and not SI units (KB, MB) on file description

2014-02-06 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52687 Daniel U. Thibault d.u.thiba...@bigfoot.com changed: What|Removed |Added CC|

[Bug 52687] Use IEC units (KiB, MiB, etc.) and not SI units (KB, MB) on file description

2014-02-06 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52687 --- Comment #6 from Nemo federicol...@tiscali.it --- (In reply to comment #5) A tiresome argument. The pseudo-SI symbols are just plain wrong at worst, ambiguous at best. There is absolutely no reason to be wishy-washy about this: no

[Bug 52687] Use IEC units (KiB, MiB, etc.) and not SI units (KB, MB) on file description

2014-02-05 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52687 --- Comment #4 from Nemo federicol...@tiscali.it --- Coming here from https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread:Support/File_size_messages . As the consumers vs. hard disk producers wars clearly show, the vast majority of the population interprets

[Bug 52687] Use IEC units (KiB, MiB, etc.) and not SI units (KB, MB) on file description

2013-08-10 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52687 Andre Klapper aklap...@wikimedia.org changed: What|Removed |Added Priority|Unprioritized |Low

[Bug 52687] Use IEC units (KiB, MiB, etc.) and not SI units (KB, MB) on file description

2013-08-10 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52687 --- Comment #3 from Zéfling zefl...@yahoo.fr --- Okay, in French version, it's Kio (Kibi-octet), Mio (Mégi-octet). The French community has already decided. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on