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AnonTechie writes:
"I have the following requests to members of this new forum:
1) Please use SI Units wherever possible. Alternative comparative units such as swimming pools, size of Florida, cars, libraries of congress, etc are also welcome ...
2) Please cover tech/science related stories from around the world. Please do not make this a US only website !!
Cheers and best wishes,
AnonTechie"
[ED Note: We as a community welcome submissions from around the world, as befits our international userbase. The Editorial team in particular is looking closely at including voices from outside the U.S. as we continue to grow. As for the units question in particular, stories will certainly arrive with a variety of units depending on the origin of the submission. We encourage, though do not require, submitters to include conversions where appropriate for clarity out of courtesy to your fellow readers. Though we try to use a light touch when making edits to story submissions, Editors may add these from time to time as well, should clarity demand and time permit.
Soylentils, does the current ad-hoc approach meet your needs, or do you favor a more formal approach from your news discussion site?]
(Score: 1) by Aiwendil on Monday February 24 2014, @01:44PM
Use the original unit as a primary with a bracketed notion for the rough converted secondary unit (SI*/European) (ie: "car crashed at 60mph [95kph]")
If you use a non-sense measurement ("olympic size swimming pool for instance) do supply both SI and US in brackets [Foo m^2 / Bar us.gal].
However, no matter what form of unit you supply make sure you specify what unit you use.
And if you use one of us customary/us legal/commonweatlh/imperial/nautical/japanese then do specify which one unless it is very clear from the article. (Consider a sailing-competition with a distance of 20 miles that originates from Sheffield*)
* = I know, I know :)