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According to the guidelines, one should "use the units employed in the current scientific literature on the topic". For biology-related articles, this will be SI. Using exclusively obsolete non-standard units such as pounds and feet gives a bad impression of wikipedia for any knowledgeable readers anywhere in the world (including the U.S.). 130.188.8.13 (talk) 16:41, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]