Last modified: 2007-01-02 23:52:18 UTC
Would it be possible to add the Calc mediawiki extension to Wikipedia? I'm a member of WikiProject Aircraft and it would be extremely beneficial to automatically generate imperial-to-metric unit conversions (as well as things like power/weight ratios and wing loading) for aircraft specifications rather than having to rely on editors manually entering the information (not to mention that different editors use slightly different conversions with varying degrees of precision). I'm making the request assuming the calculations are done client-side. If they are server-side, I can see how that may create an undue burden on the servers, and humbly implore for a client-side option to do very simple arithmetic (division/multiplication with precision to a hundredth would suffice).
Surely it makes far more sense to use a calculator app operated by a human who knows the appropriate stuff to use for the particular usage situation? I'm pretty sure we don't want something like this.
With all due respect, it takes a considerable amount of time to do the calculations and to check and correct the calculations done by other users (with thousands of edits in the project, I know this for a fact). A conversion ratio coded into the content-generating template would do a far better job. ... and I take it adding <calc> would be a server load issue? Your reply wasn't exactly enlightening.
Implemented in the ParserFunctions extension.
