{{Convert}} on Wikipedia isn't one single fancy template, it is actually
several hundred. I ran Special:Export and told it to include all the sub
template, and I got back a file with 394 pages, a few of them might be
documentation, but you get the idea. I'd love to see this sort of
functionality be put into MediaWiki somewhere, rather than crazy template
hacking.
-Jon
PS. We tried to steal {{Convert}} on Wikipedia to use on Wikinews... we
eventually gave up and stuck to the handful of separate templates we had
before.
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 22:05, Jona Christopher Sahnwaldt <
[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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