User talk:Bobblewik/request for Bobblewik input

Requests for Bobblewik input

WikiProject aircraft

Would appreciate your input on the dispute here --Rlandmann 22:56, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)

SI doesn't define "billion," does it?

Please comment at Talk:Billion#An_egocentric_attitude_of_the_United_States where a user asserts that SI defines "billion" to be 10¹². My belief is that SI says nothing whatsoever about the meanings of words such as billion, trillion, etc. Dpbsmith (talk) 21:48, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

A page ripe for you

I've just finished the Geography of India which has many units. I've &nbsp'd all the units, but I don't know if all are according to the MoS. Please could you have a look; I'm sure you'll relish this page :). BTW check out this site: http://www.joshmadison.com/software/convert/ This person has a real cool units convertor for windows.  =Nichalp (Talk)= 19:14, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Many thanks for the tip. Take a look at the edits that I made. I don't worry too much about &nbsp myself, but I know that others welcome it. I generally use the symbolic form when in parentheses thus (20 ft) rather than (20 feet). I also use the symbolic form in tables. I hope that suits you. Feel free to modify anything that I have done.

As far as converters is concerned, I do appreciate it when people point them out to me. So far I can manage with the Google converter (just do a google search for '20 feet' and see what it does) if Google can't do it immediately, I look for official references and do simple multiplication on Google. Bobblewik  (talk) 20:00, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

If you have access to a Unix/Linux machine, you may want to try units. It can convert some 2000 units. It directly converts, for instance, "furlongs per fortnight" into m/s, "2 hours + 23 minutes + 32 seconds" into seconds, or "2 ft 3 ft 12 ft" into stere (from the manual). Rl 20:12, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. The Google converter can do that too. Bobblewik  (talk) 20:18, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the page certification. I've also corrected Mount Abu's elevation.  =Nichalp (Talk)= 07:33, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

Old question of yours

Well, not that old, really, but since it's been a while since you posted this question, I'd thought I'd bring my follow-up question to your attention. --John Owens (talk) 05:13, 2005 Mar 19 (UTC)

William Tranter

Can I invite you to this article about a British gunmaker? It's somewhat of a challenge to keep that readable, though: "Tranter's most common bores were 120 bore (.320), 80 bore (.380), 54 bore (.442), 38 bore (.500) and 24 bore (.577)." Rl 16:03, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

A table! Nice. Thanks. 17:51, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

You are welcome. Thanks for the challenge. Bobblewik 17:54, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Alameda Corridor

Hi! Listen, I left a few metrics out of a new article I did called Alameda Corridor. Getting late over here. Could I impose on you to sneak a peek and correct my oversight(s)? Thanks, pal. 'Night! - Lucky 6.9 8 July 2005 05:31 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for letting me know. Bobblewik  (talk) 8 July 2005 09:36 (UTC)

• Knew I could count on ya. Thanks. - Lucky 6.9 8 July 2005 22:39 (UTC)

Qatar Airways

hello bobble, this is sg_han and i need your help...somehow qatar airways's website got vandalised. just look at the "destinations" part turning into "services" can the old one which is the more informative one be reverted and can you tell me who the culprit is by looking at the history?thanks looking forward to your reply soon202.156.2.170 12:36, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

You can do this yourself. Here is how. Click on the 'history' tab. That will show you the list of edits. If you want to see what happened in an edit, just click on 'last' (at the left).

By doing that, I see that 'destinations' was changed to 'services' by User:217.43.187.37.

If you want to revert an article, here is how. Click on 'history' tab as before. Click on the date of the version you want. Click on the edit tab. Select all the text and copy it. Then go back the current version of the article by clicking on 'article' and then 'edit'. Then paste the old text over the current text. That is how you do it but I don't advise that you do it.

I hope that helps. This really is not my field and I am not sure where to suggest. Try asking in the talk page of the article (click on the 'discussion' tab or ask at: Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance). Bobblewik 12:54, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Metric conversion

Probably an old question for you...is there a link to a converter for units of area...ie: acres to hectacres? I see you use google converter but I can't seem to find it...thanks for helping out.--MONGO 12:12, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

The Google converter is part of the normal Google search. Just do a normal Google 'search' for '2 acres' and see what happens.

It normally converts from non-SI to SI. So acres will be converted to square metres. So '2 acres' gets converted to '8 093.71284 m²' which I would round to '(8,000 m²)' for the article. Similarly, '2000 acres' gets converted '8 093 712.84 m²' which I would round to '(8 km²)' for the article. One square kilometre is 1 km by 1 km i.e. 1000 m by 1000 m. Therefore 1 km² is 1,000,000 m².

It will convert to other units. For example search for '2000 acres in sq km'. This is useful if you are not familiar with the jumps in unit sizes. You can also use this method to get hectares if you must. You can use this method to back convert from metric e.g. '2 sq km in acres'.

My priority is to use SI units i.e. square metres for small areas and square kilometres for large areas. The hectare is not SI. In addition, apart from farmers, most metric readers understand metres and kilometres better than hectares. However, I know that some people want to use hectares. If you are inclined to use hectares, remember that 100 hectares = 1 square kilometre. So once you get above 100 hectares, please consider putting the value in square kilometres. I hope that helps. Bobblewik  (talk) 12:37, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Of course, the Google converter also lets you specify the units in the result; just use "in" followed by the units. For example, search for "2 acres in hectares" or "5.7 hectares in square feet" or "37.2 acres in square feet". Gene Nygaard 12:59, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you...I saw that Bobblewik has been fixing my articles which I have been able to do as far as distances and altitudes, but wasn't sure how to do it with area...thanks again...--MONGO 13:05, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks again for further clarification. I am a bit of a math moron and am a complete alien to the metric system so do not hesitate to correct my work if it looks incorrect. I agree that I want this to be understood internationally because I realize aside from the archaic American use of standard measurements, the vast bulk of humanity has joined the 21st century! Thanks again.--MONGO 20:08, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Table renders badly in some browsers

The table you added to the Pascal page renders badly in some browsers. Do you know how to fix that? Thanks. --Simian, 2005-09-11, 17:59 Z

French translation needed

Do you know any Wikipedian who can translate French into English? Someone posted a French sentence in the article Quinquina but I commented out the sentence because it's not English. (The sentence is still there, just commented out.) From the few words I can pick out of the sentence, the sentence looks legitimate and it might be a useful addition to the article if we can get it translated. ♠ DanMS 01:02, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Done. It is a somewhat Eurocentric expression (which might be reasonable in a French Wikipedia). It should probably say something more about South America and where it is grown. But that is a start anyway. Bobblewik 01:08, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Need a conversion at your convenience

Bobblewik, Can you edit at your convenience SLAC conversion of two miles to kilometers? Not sure how you did it last time but it worked well. Thanks in advance....Scott 16:33:04, 2005-09-04 (UTC)

I understand that it is actually 3 kilometers long.

http://www.slac.stanford.edu/gen/pubinfo/pr/20050118/

Bobblewik 17:15, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Yep that's just the part that goes from the injector to sector 30. You amaze me! Thanks....Headed for the pool now... Best regards Scott 17:23:22, 2005-09-04 (UTC)

Almost hopeless page

I don't know what to do with this: Decreto Número 99.226, de 27 de Abril de 1990.

It needs:

• a new title (in English)
• translation of the Portuguese part
• categories
• cleanup
• cleanup-context
• wikification

I'm tempted to nominate it for deletion. The subject per se is probably worth saving but the page is almost hopeless. Any thoughts? ♠ DanMS 05:26, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

It looks like just a statement of source material. I agree that it should either be deleted as you say, or transferred to Wikisource as suggested on the talk page. Bobblewik 13:38, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Conversion of 2,600 miles to kilometers?

Sorry to bug you Bobblewik, At your conveniece. On my user page could use it. Thanks Scott 03:09:49, 2005-09-11 (UTC)

Bobblewik, Boy do I owe you big time! LOL Not sure how to repay you, LOL Again, Thank-you much and welcome back! Scott 18:43:17, 2005-09-11 (UTC)

My pleasure. No need to repay me, repay somebody else. I have already been repaid by the previous kindness of others. In any case, your increasing inclination to use metric units is rewarding for me.

Google is your friend. Look at how easy it is to convert: 2600 miles and any other measure such as 20 knots in km/h. Bobblewik 18:52, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

You are way too much! You are much more user friendly, LOL Everthing comes up 2600 miles! Google makes me afraid for metrics now, Thank-You, I think I better stick with your knowledge, just feel plain guilty about asking you as I know its your time...... Thanks again Caio Scott 19:00:00, 2005-09-11 (UTC)

If you look at the google example, you will see that it is just a 'search' for '2600 miles'. It produces the answer 4 184.2944 kilometers in bold at the top. I just put 2600 miles in the search field. That is all a google conversion is.

Do not feel guilty about asking me. I always have the option to say no if I don't want to do it. Ask as much as you want. With google converter, it is easy. Bobblewik 19:08, 11 September 2005 (UTC)