I did some edits to the "floppy" and vinyl records pages.  How will I know
if someone is complaining?

Euric


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, 2004-05-19 11:55
Subject: [USMA:29865] RE: Wikipedia


> > Of Stephen Gallagher
> >I have edited the entry to make the
> >metric measurement the primary one,
> >with the imperial listed as secondary.
>
> I do that occasionally. I had some early complaints where I was
> overenthusiastic and the definitive data is non-metric. For example a
> manufacturer defined horsepower value given second place to my converted
and
> rounded kW value. Giving a converted value higher priority than a precise
> value does seem unreasonable.
>
> I now only reverse the order when the metric value is at least as valid as
> the imperial value.
>
> www.wikipedia.org
>
>

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