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NevilleDNZ (talk) 00:26, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Modern Metric System

According to USMA[1] the SI system is also called the Modern Metric System. Why do people keep removing that when I try to put it at the start of the page? MeasureIT (talk) 18:00, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You added the capitals. That is not its official name. It is known international as SI not the "modern metric system". The latter is a local name not commonly used. Dger (talk) 18:11, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Local to where? If you think it is just in the U.S. we could put known in the U.S. as the modern metric system. MeasureIT (talk) 18:18, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For the same reason as on United States customary units this, I'm reworking the intro to clear up potential confusion. People who are unfamiliar with which countries have adopted the metric system would likely find that sentence misleading. --Carbon Rodney 07:15, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 ::Local to where? If you think it is just in the U.S. we could put known in the U.S. as the '''modern metric system'''. [[User:MeasureIT|MeasureIT]] ([[User talk:MeasureIT|talk]]) 18:18, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
+For the same reason as on [[United States customary units]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AUnited_States_customary_units&diff=509560769&oldid=463118748 this], I'm reworking the intro to clear up potential confusion. People who are unfamiliar with which countries have adopted the metric system would likely find that sentence misleading.
+--<font style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 10px;"><b>[[User:Carbonrodney|Carbon]] [[User talk:Carbonrodney|Rodney]]</b></font> 07:15, 28 August 2012 (UTC)