I think he should change his name to schweisstal.
Den lör 4 apr. 2020 04:57Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]> skrev: > 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%7C2cfd5ebf71964056e37a08d7d912785c%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637216545671550621&sdata=SWl6Ec3ZqUV8tDlvlRsto%2BipsohIciQJGyVNzv4UjbI%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%7C2cfd5ebf71964056e37a08d7d912785c%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637216545671550621&sdata=YOEpn%2BAMHnygLlcSrD5pB5W2ZzmxlKi2vgGzIzOp%2B%2Fo%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%7C2cfd5ebf71964056e37a08d7d912785c%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637216545671550621&sdata=YOEpn%2BAMHnygLlcSrD5pB5W2ZzmxlKi2vgGzIzOp%2B%2Fo%3D&reserved=0 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma >
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