I doubt they were ‘anti-metric’ - it really isn’t that tribal
> On 2 Apr 2020, at 8:44 pm, Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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%7C70d0cf634e7e4688ea8c08d7d74a10b6%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637214585419446886&sdata=yGjuJn6QlKtvHvZK9ZrzXgi9dGyYCERUIKYon%2BK4PNA%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://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.colostate.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fusma&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C70d0cf634e7e4688ea8c08d7d74a10b6%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637214585419446886&sdata=WKqyDvQku1uK%2FfLVxrCe7AUXCxEy%2FKgb5Em0a5g6RRU%3D&reserved=0 > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.colostate.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fusma&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C70d0cf634e7e4688ea8c08d7d74a10b6%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637214585419446886&sdata=WKqyDvQku1uK%2FfLVxrCe7AUXCxEy%2FKgb5Em0a5g6RRU%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
