US congress also passed pl39-183, the metric act of 1866, which went Into effekt in 1866 and prohibits refusing to trade in metric.
Den tors 2 apr. 2020 12:44Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> skrev: > 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%7C74849ec9862a45dd6c4c08d7d7d6e767%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C1%7C637215190320245117&sdata=bjjZXzqPvW3lXIc3AfxVN6ayDA4%2Blo4f7RdhsESSvLw%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 >
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