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March 21[edit]

Biggest large agricultural estate in the world of all time[edit]

What is the biggest large agricultural estate in the world of all time?--2001:B07:6463:31EE:5D9:BA2F:A14E:7789 (talk) 13:58, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

well given the Italian nature of your link, I am not sure what you want, but see Anna Creek Station at 23,677 km². Graeme Bartlett (talk) 14:04, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If non-contiguous: It seems the RC Church holds some 70 million hectares. Excluding Heaven which is infinite but not necessarily agricultural. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 16:45, 22 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

According to [1] there are two very large farms in China, one at 22 million acres and the other at 11 million. RudolfRed (talk) 22:00, 22 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear, can't you folk standardise your units? For one thing, I know for certain the Chinese don't use acres. Nor does at least 90% of the world. HiLo48 (talk) 00:27, 23 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The cited source specifically says acres and makes no mention of hectares. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:46, 23 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"You folk"?! HiLo48, you've been editing on Wikipedia with a User account for more than 9 years, long enough to (a) be counted as one of "us folk" and (b) to know that we quote sources but do not engage in Synthesis. The OP did not ask for measurements in any particular units, and converting between units when using a computer on the Internet is a trivially easy operation. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.200.138.194 (talk) 03:56, 23 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No Chinese source would have mentioned acres. Somebody did some "synthesis". What did the Chinese source for that source say? HiLo48 (talk) 06:38, 23 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What, you're asking for a primary source? —Tamfang (talk) 04:02, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The metrics slaves hate non-conformity. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:17, 23 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Non-conformity makes things harder for readers. Is that your goal? HiLo48 (talk) 06:38, 23 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There's nothing stopping you from posting a converted figure, nor is there anything compelling you to lecture the part of the audience that dislikes the metric system. However, mathematically speaking, the units don't matter. The OP asked what the largest farm is. Whether the units are acres, hectares, or square parsecs, the qualitative answer remains the same. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:57, 23 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bugs, this wasn't just about you. I was also having a go at the two people who had used metric units. One used km² and the other used hectares. HiLo48 (talk) 02:46, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, clearly square furlongs are the only logical choice. :) SinisterLefty (talk) 03:35, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, the square furlong, i.e. 10 acres. As to the source in question, maybe someone should write to them and complain about them using only non-metric units. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:01, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

what website I can look up this tracking number from Spain on[edit]

Hi. I ordered something off of ebay from Spain and its being sent to Canada. The person gave me this tracking number: RF167849468ES. What website should I look up the number? Thank you! 50.68.237.196 (talk) 23:27, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tracking codes of the form XX (two letters) especially RX with R generally being registered, followed by a bunch of numbers followed by a two letter ISO county code are normally national postal service codes delivered using Universal Postal Union agreements in the foreign country via their postal service. Therefore it generally makes sense to check the sending postal service [2] and especially after it's been sent to the country, the destination one [3]. You can also try some generic ones which often can link into these systems eg [4] [5][6] [7] Nil Einne (talk) 23:50, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

eBay has for some time, at least for me in the U.S., allowed you to pull up tracking information from the order entry in "My eBay". Otherwise, just doing a Web search with the tracking number will often work these days. I believe at least Google and Bing try to automatically recognize tracking numbers, also using geolocation to try to guess the relevant carrier. --47.146.63.87 (talk) 01:22, 22 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I should note that for eBay, this requires the seller to enter the tracking information into eBay. If shipping is purchased through eBay, this happens automatically. --47.146.63.87 (talk) 02:26, 22 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What did you buy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.131.40.58 (talk) 09:17, 22 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Are you asking me or the questioner? I've bought a lot of stuff, and I also sell some things on eBay. --47.146.63.87 (talk) 05:20, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]