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Hmm -

Can you look at the Lazyman tek and check I haven't done anything too crazy? I've edited units so they are consistently using abbreviations as well as chemical names, symbols and corrected ranges to use en dashes. I'll happily revert any unsuitable edits.

By style guide I mean use of English, terminology, units, naming conventions, etc. - rather than just the look and layout of the pages.

Wikipedia's style guide:

Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

For instance, as most of the world uses Celsius rather than Fahrenheit shouldn't these be referred to - for instance 38º C (100º F)? The same goes for weights and measures.

Would this detract from the original documents? Creating conventions would certainly help international users.

<blockquote data-quote="d*l*b" data-source="post: 3246398" data-attributes="member: 1184">Hmm -Can you look at the Lazyman tek and check I haven&#039;t done anything too crazy? I&#039;ve edited units so they are consistently using abbreviations as well as chemical names, symbols and corrected ranges to use en dashes. I&#039;ll happily revert any unsuitable edits.By style guide I mean use of English, terminology, units, naming conventions, etc. -&nbsp; rather than just the look and layout of the pages.Wikipedia&#039;s style guide:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" target="_blank">Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia</a>For instance, as most of the world uses Celsius rather than Fahrenheit shouldn&#039;t these be referred to - for instance 38º C (100º F)? The same goes for weights and measures.Would this detract from the original documents? Creating conventions would certainly help international users.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="d*l*b, post: 3246398, member: 1184"] Hmm - Can you look at the Lazyman tek and check I haven't done anything too crazy? I've edited units so they are consistently using abbreviations as well as chemical names, symbols and corrected ranges to use en dashes. I'll happily revert any unsuitable edits. By style guide I mean use of English, terminology, units, naming conventions, etc. - rather than just the look and layout of the pages. Wikipedia's style guide: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style"]Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia[/URL] For instance, as most of the world uses Celsius rather than Fahrenheit shouldn't these be referred to - for instance 38º C (100º F)? The same goes for weights and measures. Would this detract from the original documents? Creating conventions would certainly help international users. [/QUOTE]