Template talk:M to ft

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Why doesn't this template deal with ranges like its sister template {{ft to m}}? It would be helpful. —MJCdetroit 02:45, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Because I had no time to to upgrade this one yet. If you wish to do it yourself, you are more than welcome to do so.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:30, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template bias contrary to WP:ENGVAR

This template is currently set to default to American spelling ('meter'), and is significantly more difficult to use to show other spellings ('metre'), as other parameters have to be added, something that a large number of editors don't know how to do. This is wholly contrary to wiki policy not to favour one spelling over another. I am starting to see a number of pages where entering the simplest m to ft notation has been used to push overall spelling changes on the page from UK, Canadian, Australian, etc., spellings to US spellings, contrary to WP:ENGVAR policy (people add the m to ft tags and don't know how to make the 'metre' version show, then other subsequent editors see 'meter' and take that as a green light to change 'colour' to 'color', etc). This template must be changed to use the abbreviation 'm' as the default (as this is also the most widely used format anyway), with full spellings 'metre' and 'meter' being made equally tricky to add. - MPF (talk) 10:46, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

{{Convert}} uses the Queen's English as the default spelling and has a provision to change the spelling to American when desired and none of us Americans are complaining about that. This is just like how {{m to ft}} has American as the default and a provision to switch the spelling to Commonwealth. Both templates clearly explain how they work at their main template page and it is not bias if editors are using them incorrectly, then trying to justify the incorrect usage to go against wiki policy and change the English variety on the page. British Commonwealth articles should use the Commonwealth English and American articles should use American English and for other places it is whatever the article has been using, then keep using it unless their is consensus to change (which is rare). From a code standpoint, the templates need to have a default spelling, re/er, sorry that you don't like the default, but that is not a bias. I pretty much said the same thing at your posting at the village pump too. —MJCdetroit (talk) 13:37, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conversion isn't proper

This conversion doesn't work as it should. One meter consist of over 3ft, therefore in majority of times results of conversion are wrong. Many articles were showing both rounded meters and properly rounded ft before, but now ft are not correct as they are calculated from rounded meter. First, what should be done to this template is an ability to setup results of conversions manually. And second - an ability to enter meters with decimals, but with printing of only rounded figure. Elk Salmon (talk) 11:51, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Could you give a few specific examples of such inaccuracies, please? I don't think I quite understand what the problem is. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 18:48, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Add a link to two other templates under See also section

Regards Nsaa (talk) 10:12, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Done.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)