Talk:Benjamin Jackson (sailor)

Overhaul
I am currently in the process of completely rewriting this article so it is more comprehensive and includes inline citations to more than one source. If anybody's interested, you can monitor my progress in my sandbox. Comment here if you'd like to contribute. Dugan Murphy (talk) 02:32, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Overhaul complete! Dugan Murphy (talk) 20:55, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Following the MOS
You just posted to my talk page, but given the subject, I think it's more appropriate to reply here. You said:

Hello Dugan Murphy. I notice you removed the convert template for Benjamin Jackson (sailor), contrary to the Manual of style. Wikipedia's aim is educating readers worldwide, the Manual of Style/Dates and numbers/Units of measurement, states: that except for the USA and the UK, "the primary units chosen will be SI units", with a convert template, so no matter where you live, the reader will understand the unit. I'll add the convert template again to the article. Best regards, Avi8tor (talk) 05:32, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

I removed your addition of the convert template because I was applying MOS:TIES to numbers. But having read more of the MOS, I agree with you that MOS:UNIT seems to apply better to this question. Because you didn't cite the MOS in your edit summary, introduced a grammar issue, and didn't add it consistently throughout the article, it didn't look to me like an attempt to improve the article. I'll fix the consistency and grammar issues right now. In the end, I think the article will better match MOS guidelines for the combined effort. Thank you for helping to improve this article! Dugan Murphy (talk) 14:07, 18 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks u|Dugan Murphy, The only item I changed was adding a convert template because I use hectares and it was missing. So no grammar issues there but I'm glad we're on the same page now. Regards, Avi8tor (talk) 15:49, 18 July 2024 (UTC)