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Revision as of 01:46, 16 March 2015
Welcome!
Hello, MetricStronk, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
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Units
Please don't change units as done at Thundersnow and Exmoor Zoo. For one thing, the style of an article should not be changed—imagine how it would work out if every week someone changed an article from using "color" to "colour", while someone else changed it in the reverse direction. That applies to units as well. Another factor for units is that reliable sources should be used to verify statements, and it is helpful if the units in the article match the source. It is not reasonable for editors to check that your conversions are accurate. At any rate, {{convert}} can be used to convert units, and |order=flip
can be used to change the order in which the units appear. Johnuniq (talk) 22:16, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
- Please see WT:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#UK metric first. Johnuniq (talk) 01:39, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
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