Enwiki's {{convert}} template is a behemoth of a
structure which is
intended to do this. I once made an attempt to write a PHP-side extension
to do it (look at the revision history of the ParserFunctions extension),
but it never took off [1]. I don't think there was ever any enthusiasm to
take the ability to "tinker" with the formatting and output ({{convert}}
has a million and one different stylistic variations and parameters) away
from wiki template editors.
--HM
[1]
On 17 January 2014 10:56, Jasper Deng <jasper(a)jasperswebsite.com> wrote:
I would like to ask, how are significant figures
going to be dealt with?
300 could mean anything from one to three significant figures, for example.
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 1:47 AM, Marc Ordinas i Llopis <
marcoil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Petr Bena
<benapetr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
For example you would say the object has width of
{{unit|cm=20}} and
people who prefer cm would see 20 cm in article text, but people who
prefer inches would see 7.87 inch.
This is a great idea! As proposed it'd be very helpful, but maybe it'd be
better if it showed the original text and a conversion on mouse-over
(maybe
with a small icon to indicate it, like external
links).
This could be even based on
geolocation for IP users
Oh, please, don't use IP geolocation for anything. It's terrible for
people
travelling, using proxies, living abroad, living
in places where more
than
one languages are commonly spoken, learning new
languages… If you want to
get an initial default, use Accept-Language (like, inches for en-US and
cm
for anyone else :) and allow the user to modify
it.
Thanks,
Marc
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