> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, 2004-05-19 04:33 > Subject: [USMA:29861] RE: Wikipedia > > > > >From: MightyChimp > > >Maybe members of the BWMA or the American equivalent scour > > >the site for metric only and add FFU for spite. > > > > Perhaps they do. I scour it for non-metric only and add metric. Do you? > >
> > From: "MightyChimp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/05/19 Wed AM 06:04:27 EDT > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:29862] RE: Wikipedia > > I haven't, but maybe I should start. > > Euric > One thing that I have done is, in cases where metric and imperial are both listed, but the imperial is primary with the metric listed in parentheses as a secondary measurement, I have edited the entry to make the metric measurement the primary one, with the imperial listed as secondary. The Wikipedians don't seem to have a problem with making the metric primary if the item being discussed is of a scientific nature or if it discusses something based or located outside the US. When it's of a US nature, they tend to want the imperial value first. Also, they don't seem to mind if you round soft metric conversions to more sensible rounded metric values, when precision is not of that much importance.
