[WikiEN-l] Consistency

[David Gerard]

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.