Steve, There were three individuals who did their best to harass by perverting the truth, and when I appealed against being blocked, they lied. Moreover, the administrators proved worse than useless in dealing with my appeals - the most vocal ones are bullies who do not understand the basic principles of allowed the accused person a fair hearing.
Martin -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Humphreys [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 02 April 2020 22:09 To: Martin Vlietstra Cc: Martin Morrison; USMA List Server Subject: Re: [USMA 1347] Wikipedia editing. 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%7C12b8eef767da406cb2b908d7d80d911b%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637215425100963446&sdata=2Cad0zZP75eVgGscEDUx1Dj2pRXIABhXYou0yeyVj8k%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%7C12b8eef767da406cb2b908d7d80d911b%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637215425100963446&sdata=W%2B7gJtcfRAj5zHfrShx10WOmVyWupYYbGvq5e0qICw0%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%7C12b8eef767da406cb2b908d7d80d911b%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637215425100963446&sdata=W%2B7gJtcfRAj5zHfrShx10WOmVyWupYYbGvq5e0qICw0%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
