Why not just use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Convert ?

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 06:04, Sylvain Leroux <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There is an issue concerning unit conversions in wikitext:
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235
>
> This one doesn't deserved any attention since a long time. The original
> proposition was about converting units "on the fly" regarding user 
> preferences.
> I don't know if it is feasible and/or desirable.
>
> I propose to work on something less ambitious: adding a parser function to
> provide conversion - maybe in ParserFunction.
>
> The idea would be something like:
> {{#unit: 1000 ft|m}} =>  <span title="304m (1000ft)">304m</span>
>
>
> If I start working on this, will anyone accept to review the code?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sylvain.
>
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