There are bad apples about - however I hardly come across them anymore. In a perverse way it can make it ‘boring’ - if that makes sense
Not heard of ‘kilopascal’ (John Schweisthal) for years. He used to be all over the web doing his stuff. Probably not worth arguing with those 3 individuals - they’re unlikely to change > On 3 Apr 2020, at 9:28 pm, Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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%7C8672ab21181e49640f6908d7d88f4266%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637215982122878267&sdata=YhfNNMnzUgFUBCr7O%2FJYX5tAT9rB7qLLggPxgPwUnlk%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%7C8672ab21181e49640f6908d7d88f4266%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637215982122883257&sdata=fAcp4dXgKH8m5Tl%2FMLdabNm1uncFzbOCQmDLhVzbjqs%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%7C8672ab21181e49640f6908d7d88f4266%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637215982122883257&sdata=fAcp4dXgKH8m5Tl%2FMLdabNm1uncFzbOCQmDLhVzbjqs%3D&reserved=0 > > _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
