On 11/1/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax@gmail.com wrote:
Daniel P. B. Smith wrote:
George Herbert wrote:
I just found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Capote#In Cold Blood
Apparently some time ago, someone added a metric conversion (4 km^2) to the term "1,000 acres" in the quoted New York Times article.
That's a direct historical quote - is an in-line metric units conversion appropriate within the quote?
It seems to me like we shouldn't be doing that.
It's a questionable practice. It is in square brackets to show that it's an addition, but I think a footnote would be better in this case. Why too is it in km^2 instead of hectares?
Because it's Bobblewik.
Hasn't Bobblewik been banned for mindlessly running an unauthorised bot?
I believe he's been blocked because he makes so many changes per minute that his edits seem bot-like. He's been blocked 16 times so far for making format/units/link edits in this way. He wants Wikipedia to look a certain way, and it's really hard to dissuade him.
Jay.