File talk:South Australian Railways K class (broad gauge) locomotive drawing (Hugh S. Williams).png

Conversions not exact

Some conversions are a bit off, e.g. 5 ft 6 in (1676 mm), not 1682 mm, and 6 ft 0 in (1829 mm), not 1838 mm, etc. Peter Horn User talk 18:15, 15 January 2021 (UTC) Peter Horn User talk 18:31, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

I suggest that an error of 6 mm or 9 mm is not going to lead to real-world problems, given the object is 152 years old and the primary dimensions used at the time were imperial. H.S. Williams added the metric numbers at my request as a courtesy to "metric readers". I doubt that he will see this post, given that he is no longer a Wikipedian (he used to be, but left in frustration as a result of obsessive-compulsives constantly making micro-alterations to his writing rather than actually writing articles). Caveat: the foregoing is not to imply that he would put you in that category. No way. SCHolar44 🇦🇺 💬 at 09:43, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

For conversions to be meaningful for a reader they need to be to the nearest mm in case of rolling stock or road vehicles etc. A watch, that's another matter. Peter Horn User talk 16:25, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

"Nearest mm in case of rolling stock or road vehicles etc.?" Not really with railway enfineering of the mid-19th century. However, as I advised you before you made this comment, I eventually succeeded in having the author make the necessary changes, and the matter should therefore be finished. SCHolar44 (talk) 01:56, 18 October 2021 (UTC)