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There are issues about using kilometres (or "kilometers") in pages. The Manual of Style (WP:MOS) has advised to show the first amount mentioned in kilometers with the word spelled-out for the language dialect of the article ("kilometers" for U.S. English). After the first use, the word can be abbreviated as "km". The measurement converter Template:Convert can be used to calculate the equivalent miles, but in the lede section of articles, hand-coded text is preferred to allow pop-up text from the lede to avoid showing "{{convert|...}}" in the pop-up description.
Outside the lead paragraph, use "{{convert|235|km|0}}" or for American English, use "{{convert|235|km|0|sp=us}}" with parameter "sp=us" to show the U.S. spelling.
Because the lede section of articles should avoid using text templates (to allow pop-up display of simple text), the following table can be used to copy/paste conversions into the top of an article page:
1 kilometre (0.6 mi)
2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
3 kilometres (1.9 mi)
4 kilometres (2.5 mi)
5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
6 kilometres (3.7 mi)
7 kilometres (4.3 mi)
8 kilometres (5.0 mi)
9 kilometres (5.6 mi)
10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
11 kilometres (6.8 mi)
12 kilometres (7.5 mi)
13 kilometres (8.1 mi)
14 kilometres (8.7 mi)
15 kilometres (9.3 mi)
16 kilometres (9.9 mi)
17 kilometres (10.6 mi)
18 kilometres (11.2 mi)
19 kilometres (11.8 mi)
20 kilometres (12 mi)
21 kilometres (13 mi)
22 kilometres (14 mi)
23 kilometres (14 mi)
24 kilometres (15 mi)
25 kilometres (16 mi)
26 kilometres (16 mi)
27 kilometres (17 mi)
28 kilometres (17 mi)
29 kilometres (18 mi)
30 kilometres (19 mi)
31 kilometres (19 mi)
32 kilometres (20 mi)
33 kilometres (21 mi)
34 kilometres (21 mi)
35 kilometres (22 mi)
36 kilometres (22 mi)
37 kilometres (23 mi)
38 kilometres (24 mi)
39 kilometres (24 mi)
40 kilometres (25 mi)
41 kilometres (25 mi)
42 kilometres (26 mi)
43 kilometres (27 mi)
44 kilometres (27 mi)
45 kilometres (28 mi)
46 kilometres (29 mi)
47 kilometres (29 mi)
48 kilometres (30 mi)
49 kilometres (30 mi)
50 kilometres (31 mi)
51 kilometres (32 mi)
52 kilometres (32 mi)
53 kilometres (33 mi)
54 kilometres (34 mi)
55 kilometres (34 mi)
56 kilometres (35 mi)
57 kilometres (35 mi)
58 kilometres (36 mi)
59 kilometres (37 mi)
60 kilometres (37 mi)
61 kilometres (38 mi)
62 kilometres (39 mi)
63 kilometres (39 mi)
64 kilometres (40 mi)
65 kilometres (40 mi)
66 kilometres (41 mi)
67 kilometres (42 mi)
68 kilometres (42 mi)
69 kilometres (43 mi)
70 kilometres (43 mi)
71 kilometres (44 mi)
72 kilometres (45 mi)
73 kilometres (45 mi)
74 kilometres (46 mi)
75 kilometres (47 mi)
76 kilometres (47 mi)
77 kilometres (48 mi)
78 kilometres (48 mi)
79 kilometres (49 mi)
80 kilometres (50 mi)
81 kilometres (50 mi)
82 kilometres (51 mi)
83 kilometres (52 mi)
84 kilometres (52 mi)
85 kilometres (53 mi)
86 kilometres (53 mi)
87 kilometres (54 mi)
88 kilometres (55 mi)
89 kilometres (55 mi)
90 kilometres (56 mi)
91 kilometres (57 mi)
92 kilometres (57 mi)
93 kilometres (58 mi)
94 kilometres (58 mi)
95 kilometres (59 mi)
96 kilometres (60 mi)
97 kilometres (60 mi)
98 kilometres (61 mi)
99 kilometres (62 mi)
100 kilometres (62 mi)
The above table includes the non-breaking spaces (" ") to ensure smarter typesetting whenever lines wrap.
[ This essay is a quick draft to be expanded later. ]
