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Thanks. — Headbomb {^ταλκ_{κοντριβς} – WP Physics} 09:23, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)

Hi metrologists, I ask for your help. I am stalked by two Chemists that unfortunately have no clue about metrology. I try to make sure that articles are written in correct metrological terminology. Now they are planing to ban me again (see here User_talk:Kkmurray/1). I hope you guys can see that his article Kendrick mass is full of incorrect language (even though it is all taken from reviewed papers) and that my article Kendrick (unit) is better.

Here you find the whole story of the current argument: Talk:Kendrick_mass.

We had an argument before on which they achieved to have me banned for one year. I still think this ban was incorrect. The argument was about a physical quantity in mass spectrometry, the mass-to-charge ratio. Some in the chemistry branch of mass spectrometry use a "dimensionless" m/z and my claim is that a mass-to-charge ratio by definition cannot be dimensionless and therefore needs a unit and that a symbol m/Q would be more appropriate. I partly won the argument because my article Thomson (unit) is still alive.

The deeper issue on this new argument is that many chemists seem not able to make the difference between a quantity Q = n * unit, and the numerical factor n of a quantity. Please check yourself and I would really appreciate your support here Talk:Kendrick_mass. Kehrli (talk) 31 October 2010

Who ever wrote the Metrification in the US, it well structured and written, and precise.

Metrification in the UK needs the same format, similar pictures, can someone update the page for consistency. 1.145.26.176 (talk) 09:30, 29 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

I'm considering proposing converting this (defunct) WikiProject into a taskforce of other projects. As preparation, I've listed a few additional related WikiProjects. fgnievinski (talk) 05:55, 3 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

As additional preparation, I've inserted wikilinks and removed duplications in the project welcome page: [1]. fgnievinski (talk) 22:41, 14 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

I intend to slightly expand the scope of this WP (or future TF), to include more explicitly physical quantity and the International System of Quantities, which is implicit in the current scope of units of measurement and the SI. fgnievinski (talk) 22:44, 14 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

I intend also to mention and wikilink Measurement in the scope, although that may bring in measurements in the behavioural sciences, beyond the "hard sciences". fgnievinski (talk) 23:05, 14 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

I intend to expand the scope so as to include Wikidata, where a machine-readable description of quantities and units is well maintained. fgnievinski (talk) 23:10, 14 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Fgnievinski: How about asking WikiProject Science to adopt this one as a task force? I came here because I launched a TfD concerning the mu and technical matters regarding how this unit should be added in Template:Convert. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 08:57, 30 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

I have nominated Redshift for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm _talk 04:19, 5 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Cup of Coffee#Requested move 13 April 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 21:17, 13 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

A discussion is currently taking place at Talk:Metrication in the United Kingdom regarding the suitability of the article’s lead image and whether it best represents the broader topic of UK metrication. Under "Tomato price images"

Additional input from interested editors would be appreciated. Talk:Metrication in the United Kingdom Better2together (talk) 23:17, 15 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Template:Convert mu has been listed for discussion, which may result in the template being merged or deleted by consensus. Readers of this page are invited to comment on the proposed action at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. The dispute hinges on technical matters regarding metrology and Chinese history. In particular, how it should be implemented with regards to varying definitions and usage of the mu. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 08:58, 30 July 2026 (UTC)Reply