On 03/23/04 05:59, Nikola Smolenski wrote:
It is possible to change the software in such a way that, for example, {{num:km2:357022}} would render as 357,022 km<sup>2</sup> for users and visitors from Europe and as whichever mi<sup>2</sup> for users and visitors from the US.
This is not a good idea. It will lead to silly pseudo-accuracy, of the sort often seen in sloppy journalism: where "a thousand miles" in a US wire report is carefully translated to "1.609 km" in an Australian newspaper article.
- d.