Editing Encyclopedia:Measurements Debate (section)

==Native English speakers ==
::::The number of English speakers that use one system vs another is at the heart of the issue. But now you are having me argue against a position I hold: that, here at least, we should use SI and metric most of the time and have units linked to articles that have conversion factors and external links to online converters. --[[User:Maveric149|mav]]
:::: BTW, there are non-native english speakers, like me, on the English wikipedia. I think in SI units. --[[User:FvdP|FvdP]]
::: I'm with mav on this one. The SI unit pages like [[metre]] give conversion into feet, yards, chains, furlongs, miles, etc -- [[User:Tarquin|Tarquin]]
:: Linking units is a good idea, but I am against preferring SI over imperial (even though I'm a European). It is like preferring UK spelling over US spelling or v.v.: we don't do that here either. The rules for the spelling are: use it consistently within one article and use it where appropriate. In scientific articles, it will be appropriate to use the SI units. However, if the subject is typically US or even UK (which if formally also a SI country, but in pratice far from it) imperial units may be more appropriate. If another reader feels it needs clarification with SI units, I don't care about how he does it. I DO want to have a "preferred style" for displaying imperial units. What is the most common convention for that? [[User:Jheijmans|Jeronimo]]

We can all understand the words "color" and "colour". Having two types of units, however, can be a source of confusion. (NASA, anyone?) -- [[User:Tarquin|Tarquin]]

:Using a form of measurement that I never use and despite intellectual admiration probably won't ever use is more confusing that courteously filling me (and my metric counterpart) in on what exactly is the measurement being presented.

:Also, neither "SI" nor "Imperial" are familiar terms to me, and I'm better informed than the average dude.  [[User:Ortolan88|Ortolan88]]

:: Imperial / US units / whatever -- that only goes to show that they are non-standard. The rest of the world and the scientific community worldwide uses the SI system. Why not use the standard? -- [[User:Tarquin|Tarquin]]

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