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==New MOSNUM policy to address more than just binary prefixes== |
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Since [[Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29/Archive_97#Support_or_oppose|you voted]] on [[Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29/Archive_97#Third.2C_hybrid_proposal|a proposal]] to no longer routinely use the IEC prefixes (kibibytes & KiB), I thought you’d be interested to know that the best we could muster at this time is a more general principal [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29&oldid=206336226#Difficulty_level_versus_target_readership here on MOSNUM]. I’m sorry I couldn’t deliver anything better at the moment. However, I hope you will agree that it speaks to the basic principal underlying that whole debate. [[User:Greg L|Greg L]] ([[User_talk:Greg_L|talk]]) 03:29, 18 April 2008 (UTC) |
Since [[Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29/Archive_97#Support_or_oppose|you voted]] on [[Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29/Archive_97#Third.2C_hybrid_proposal|a proposal]] to no longer routinely use the IEC prefixes (kibibytes & KiB), I thought you’d be interested to know that the best we could muster at this time is a more general principal [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29&oldid=206336226#Difficulty_level_versus_target_readership here on MOSNUM]. I’m sorry I couldn’t deliver anything better at the moment. However, I hope you will agree that it speaks to the basic principal underlying that whole debate. [[User:Greg L|Greg L]] ([[User_talk:Greg_L|talk]]) 03:29, 18 April 2008 (UTC) |
Revision as of 00:35, 28 April 2008
New MOSNUM policy to address more than just binary prefixes
Since you voted on a proposal to no longer routinely use the IEC prefixes (kibibytes & KiB), I thought you’d be interested to know that the best we could muster at this time is a more general principal here on MOSNUM. I’m sorry I couldn’t deliver anything better at the moment. However, I hope you will agree that it speaks to the basic principal underlying that whole debate. Greg L (talk) 03:29, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. I will read the proposal when I am not tired.DavidPaulHamilton (talk) 23:13, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
It looks like Bondwell is being edited
It looks like Bondwell is being edited to revert your changes. Fnagaton 13:13, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
- Fnagaton and David, please, show a little respect towards other editors. It wasn't just me who considered use of KiB in Bondwell most appropriate, even more so because the sources use these units inconsistently such as using "Kb" which actually means Kilobit. I cleaned the article and made it consistent. The original editors, all until Fnagaton came along, agreed on using KiB. All you, David, did was reverting edits. You could have contributed (more) to the article as I did but you didn't. I kindly request that both of you stop converting KiB to KB and restore the originally used units. Thank you very much. --TimTomTom (talk) 14:22, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
- The article is better using KB. DavidPaulHamilton (talk) 14:28, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
- "Better"? Sorry, but is that supposed to be an argument? The previous authors considered KiB to be "better". It's not only better but also clear because it has only a single meaning. So would you, please, restore the version which is considered "better" by the original authors and the overwhelming majority? Thanks. --TimTomTom (talk) 14:42, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
- IEC prefixes are not used by the majority so KB is better. DavidPaulHamilton (talk) 14:53, 26 April 2008 (UTC)