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| I reinstated this wikilink at ], with the needs of the project's international readership in mind, but the 'bot countermanded me. I think that acre should be linked ''wherever'' it appears, but I'm only concerned with being reverted at this page just now. I have a ''very'' vague recollection that 'bots weren't supposed to revert real editors, but I may be wrong on this. --] (]) 09:55, 1 October 2011 (UTC) | |||
| *Whilst I might be inclined to agree with you that a link to this rather 'parochial' unit may be desirable as a word that is not universally well known, the fact that the bot inserts {{tl|convert}} template, which gives other alternative measurements (e.g. hectares or sq km) means that it is unlikely to be misunderstood as something else. Linking would appear to be superfluous. --<small>] ]</small> 10:03, 1 October 2011 (UTC) | |||
| Feel like doing some units standardization work at ] again? I updated the article today to add the findings of a seismic survey at a drilling license. There're also some figures that use superscripts that don't look right, but I'm not sure what the convention is.—] (]) 10:11, 4 December 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :I'm sorry you got reverted. Some mass fixes of technical issues are one-off, or very rare and are therefore unlikely to do that. Tackling units of measure is a janitorial job that has to go on all the time so it's unfortunately more likely. I think the consensus is that a link is less necessary in the presence of a conversion than without. That doesn't mean a link shouldn't be present at all. Just so we're clear, can you confirm that you want 'acre' to be linked always, with and without conversions? ] (]) 10:08, 1 October 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thanks for the prompt response. Yes, my point was that it's sufficiently obscure to merit a link, and no, it's silly if I'm advocating an exception for just one page. On reflection I'm suggesting that ] should keep its link on all pages. --] (]) 10:26, 1 October 2011 (UTC) | |||
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| I don't think the word 'acre' is obscure. It's actually a fairly common word in English texts. However, I definitely think it's difficult for metric readers to visualise in the absence of a conversion. That's why I think 'acre' should always have a conversion. We know from web statistics that low-added-value links don't get clicks. A link to 'acre' in that article is one of the lowest value links it has. I'm fairly sure it won't get clicked. However, I've updated the article to give acre a link. I'll have a think about what to do next with the bot based on your welcome feedback. ] (]) 10:53, 1 October 2011 (UTC) | |||
| I do not understand . As far as I know, unlike for "]", "degree" is part of the unit name ("]"). --] 11:14, 9 December 2011 (UTC) | |||
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Modiin Energy
Feel like doing some units standardization work at Modiin Energy again? I updated the article today to add the findings of a seismic survey at a drilling license. There're also some figures that use superscripts that don't look right, but I'm not sure what the convention is.—Biosketch (talk) 10:11, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
(degrees) Celsius
I do not understand this Lightbot edit. As far as I know, unlike for "kelvin", "degree" is part of the unit name ("degree Celsius"). --Lambiam 11:14, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
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Repetition
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Template talk:Height
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please, dont add convert template to the urls
About your AWB edit: Strategic Petroleum Reserve (United States) diff 392798962 15:09, 25 October 2010 "Mostly units using AWB (7290)". Text before edit:
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan Expansion To One Billion Barrels Submitted To Congress (Page 5), United States Department of Energy</ref>.
Text after edit with incorrect URL:
billion barrels (160×10^m).pdf Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan Expansion To One Billion Barrels Submitted To Congress (Page 5), United States Department of Energy</ref>
I think we should not change units inside the URLs. Does current version of AWD convert it? Should we report bug to AWB developers? `a5b (talk) 08:16, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
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