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A passage quoted from "The Twenty-One Balloons" makes references to weight and lifting force in "pounds." An editor recently added conversions of these values to kN (kilonewtons). I've replaced them with values in kg (kilograms).
I'm not sure it's necessary to provide these conversions in the context of a nontechnical literary quotation dealing a fictional situation. However, kilograms are used throughout the world providing them is a useful courtesy to readers unfamiliar with U. S. Customary units.
I am familiar with the technical between distinction between mass, weight, and force. The value of g being approximately constant in all everyday situations, in common parlance "pounds" and "kilograms" are used to refer to weight and force as well as mass. Kilonewtons are, however, a technical term utterly unfamiliar to the general public, and using them here (in preference to kilograms) is pedantic. Dpbsmith 15:24, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
What should be done about the U. S. customary units such as "six hundred pounds" in the quoted passage in the article? Vote for ALL options that would be acceptable to you; qualify with short comments if you like. Dpbsmith (talk) 15:24, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
Key word in context (without any conversions) is relevant here:
The article gives his birthname first as William Pène Sherman du Bois and later as William Sherman Pène du Bois. — Tamfang 20:08, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Pène du Bois, William (1916-1993) Chalmers, Mary, 1927- [another writer] Du Bois, Raoul Pène, 1914-1985 Pène du Bois, Guy, 1884-1958
Suddenly I have a faint memory of a sequel to The Three Policemen; am I dreaming? — Tamfang 08:21, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
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"on gluttony, in a series on the seven deadly sins< ref name=NYT/>"
I added that annotation to Porko von Popbutton (1969) in the list of works. The cited NYTimes obituary says no more about the series. I wonder how many he completed. -- P64 ( talk) 20:08, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
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A passage quoted from "The Twenty-One Balloons" makes references to weight and lifting force in "pounds." An editor recently added conversions of these values to kN (kilonewtons). I've replaced them with values in kg (kilograms).
I'm not sure it's necessary to provide these conversions in the context of a nontechnical literary quotation dealing a fictional situation. However, kilograms are used throughout the world providing them is a useful courtesy to readers unfamiliar with U. S. Customary units.
I am familiar with the technical between distinction between mass, weight, and force. The value of g being approximately constant in all everyday situations, in common parlance "pounds" and "kilograms" are used to refer to weight and force as well as mass. Kilonewtons are, however, a technical term utterly unfamiliar to the general public, and using them here (in preference to kilograms) is pedantic. Dpbsmith 15:24, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
What should be done about the U. S. customary units such as "six hundred pounds" in the quoted passage in the article? Vote for ALL options that would be acceptable to you; qualify with short comments if you like. Dpbsmith (talk) 15:24, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
Key word in context (without any conversions) is relevant here:
The article gives his birthname first as William Pène Sherman du Bois and later as William Sherman Pène du Bois. — Tamfang 20:08, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Pène du Bois, William (1916-1993) Chalmers, Mary, 1927- [another writer] Du Bois, Raoul Pène, 1914-1985 Pène du Bois, Guy, 1884-1958
Suddenly I have a faint memory of a sequel to The Three Policemen; am I dreaming? — Tamfang 08:21, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
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"on gluttony, in a series on the seven deadly sins< ref name=NYT/>"
I added that annotation to Porko von Popbutton (1969) in the list of works. The cited NYTimes obituary says no more about the series. I wonder how many he completed. -- P64 ( talk) 20:08, 19 February 2016 (UTC)