User talk:Michael49Showers

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Foot-pound (energy)
I undid your edit to this article. You completely rewrote the lede of the article and contradicted the original meaning. It's very clear that this is not an article about torque. That's why teh article starts off with "Not to be confused with Pound-foot (torque)". It's a really bad idea to jump in and completely rewrite a lede without discussing it on the talk page (where there has already been extensive discussion on this issue). In fact, it looked like you did not understand the existing article since you ended writing material that directly contradicted other parts of the article. Meters (talk) 08:29, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

And yet what I wrote is true, offered much needed clarification for you, and in no way contradicted the other two common uses of the term. You should have been happy. Perhaps there is something else going on with you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael49Showers (talk • contribs) 01:57, November 7, 2016 (UTC)


 * Read the article I pointed you to. Read what you replaced in the article. It explicitly differentiates between the energy and the torque meanings. Reed what I wrote above. The article starts off with "Not to be confused with Pound-foot (torque)" Your change left the article contradicting itself. Read the discussions of this on the talk page. If you still think the article needs a major change such as you are proposing then take it to the talk page. And don't make assumptions or comments about editors. Comment on the edits only. Your comment above is inappropriate. Meters (talk) 22:24, 7 November 2016 (UTC)