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Would it be possible to create a bot that could automatically convert the U.S. Standard System of Measurment into the European Metric System of Measurment? I think a number of articles on here could benifit from such a bot if we do not already have one. Note that I know nothing about operating a bot, this is simply an idea of mind which I got while working on the article USS ''Wisconsin''. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:TomStar81|TomStar81]] ([[User talk:TomStar81|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/TomStar81|contribs]]) 06:06, 9 January 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
:If I understand your idea corretly I think its a good one. What i understand is you want to find all standalone imperial measurements and add a parenthesised metric measurement too, and vice versa. ie if you find "1 mile" replace it with "1 mile (1.6km)" (or whatever). The bot would have to be very careful/intelligent, but I think it can be done and is a good idea. - <span style="color:#ccf;background:#ccf;border-style: single">[[User:PocklingtonDan|PocklingtonDan]]</span> 08:16, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
::Yeah, thats exactly what I have in mind. It seems to me that us Americans will never convert to the metric system, and the rest of the world is not going to change measurements to accomadate us, so I figure it would be best to build a bot that can automatically handle the conversions rather than pester people to consistently make the conversions themselves. [[User:TomStar81|TomStar81]] ([[User talk:TomStar81|Talk]]) 08:23, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
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