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The image Commons:File:Watt balance, large view.jpg, used in this article, was uploaded in 2007, and the description is out of date (e.g. "Currently the primary standard defining all the world's mass and weight units is the International Prototype Kilogram"). Because of the amount of detail in the description, it can't be fixed by simply changing from future tense to present. As the file talk page on Commons is unlikely to be watched, I'm asking here if somebody with the requisite knowledge can update the description. 2001:BB6:4713:4858:7DCC:1F54:AB7A:19CD ( talk) 09:58, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
I moved the statement "It had a mass equal to the mass of 1 dm3 of water at the temperature of its maximum density, which is approximately 4 °C" in the timeline back to 1799 ( diff). Some time ago an editor accidentally moved it to 1875 ( diff). In addition I removed "under atmospheric pressure", because it actually was the weight in vacuum. Ceinturion ( talk) 14:04, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
I propose adding a picture of a Kibble balance because the kilogram is now defined not by a block of metal but by a fundamental constant of nature, the Planck constant. I would like to either replace the picture in the lead with https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Nist-4.jpg or add it somewhere in the article. ScientistBuilder ( talk) 14:31, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Saying that that the defining constant of the kilogram is the Planck constant is incorrect. I don't think this sort of information detail belongs in the infobox at all. 172.82.47.242 ( talk) 23:29, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
BrianFennell ( talk) 18:48, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
Please comment at Talk:Kilo#Requested_move_28_April_2023. fgnievinski ( talk) 21:12, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
Before we try for GA status, this section should be removed. It is not about the Kilogram at all. It's about an earlier version of the metric system. - Arch dude ( talk) 14:00, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
OK, I'm moving the entire mess to Draft:Kilogram in the Giorgi system. I hope to eventually incorporate any salvageable parts into one of Metric system, Outline of the metric system, or History of the metric system, but frankly it is so poorly written and referenced that I have little hope for it. - Arch dude ( talk) 19:34, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 5 | Archive 6 | Archive 7 | Archive 8 |
The image Commons:File:Watt balance, large view.jpg, used in this article, was uploaded in 2007, and the description is out of date (e.g. "Currently the primary standard defining all the world's mass and weight units is the International Prototype Kilogram"). Because of the amount of detail in the description, it can't be fixed by simply changing from future tense to present. As the file talk page on Commons is unlikely to be watched, I'm asking here if somebody with the requisite knowledge can update the description. 2001:BB6:4713:4858:7DCC:1F54:AB7A:19CD ( talk) 09:58, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
I moved the statement "It had a mass equal to the mass of 1 dm3 of water at the temperature of its maximum density, which is approximately 4 °C" in the timeline back to 1799 ( diff). Some time ago an editor accidentally moved it to 1875 ( diff). In addition I removed "under atmospheric pressure", because it actually was the weight in vacuum. Ceinturion ( talk) 14:04, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
I propose adding a picture of a Kibble balance because the kilogram is now defined not by a block of metal but by a fundamental constant of nature, the Planck constant. I would like to either replace the picture in the lead with https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Nist-4.jpg or add it somewhere in the article. ScientistBuilder ( talk) 14:31, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
Saying that that the defining constant of the kilogram is the Planck constant is incorrect. I don't think this sort of information detail belongs in the infobox at all. 172.82.47.242 ( talk) 23:29, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
BrianFennell ( talk) 18:48, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
Please comment at Talk:Kilo#Requested_move_28_April_2023. fgnievinski ( talk) 21:12, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
Before we try for GA status, this section should be removed. It is not about the Kilogram at all. It's about an earlier version of the metric system. - Arch dude ( talk) 14:00, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
OK, I'm moving the entire mess to Draft:Kilogram in the Giorgi system. I hope to eventually incorporate any salvageable parts into one of Metric system, Outline of the metric system, or History of the metric system, but frankly it is so poorly written and referenced that I have little hope for it. - Arch dude ( talk) 19:34, 18 July 2023 (UTC)