Nicholas Knight wrote:
As an American, I'd much rather have everything in metric, with no American measurements in sight, increasing my incentive to get used to the metric system, and allowing for easier communication with the /majority/ of the world. Note also that the scientific community uses metric measurements.
But this is not NPOV, is it? NPOV will give both when it's desirable to do so.
Personally, I'd rather have it say, "Use metrics. Use only metrics. Any use of American or Imperial units is punishable by death.", but I doubt I could convince Wikipedians at large of the merits of it :).
Fortunately, I think you're right. You'd never convince me of the merits of it.
I personally think it's only a matter of time until the rest of the world catches up to the U.S. and returns to using the English system in all the cases where it is more sensible to do so. So we have a responsibility to use both, to help them get ready for the change.
--Jimbo