The Wikipedia policy is at https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWikipedia%3AManual_of_Style%2FDates_and_numbers&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C18f5e566f5a34df6a3c508d7d73e3698%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C1%7C637214534538925497&sdata=IPhrKkDMPII%2F3QCqQBhiQR9F8llxA89VbeKiFW5DQmk%3D&reserved=0.
In a nutshell - in US-centric non-scientific articles (eg an article about New York), use US conventions, in UK-centric non-scientific articles (eg an article about London), use UK conventions otherwise use SI. The definition of UK conventions is rather muddled as the wording was hijacked by some anti-metrication editors. -----Original Message----- From: USMA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 02 April 2020 18:41 To: USMA List Server Subject: [USMA 1346] Re: Wikipedia editing. Michael Payne-- Wikipedia has a stated policy on this matter that all editors are bound to follow. It is available somewhere on the site. I think that it is metric first, then legacy units in parentheses afterward, but you need to check that. Since the "en" (English) subdomain of Wikipedia includes all English-speaking countries, one would think that the units would be metric only or metric (legacy). But, then, what would you do with gallons, which differ between the United States and Canada/UK? It's a mess if you don't use metric units! _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
