Talk:Metric system/GA1

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Reviewer: 12george1 (talk · contribs) 22:03, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Martinvl, I am going to be reviewing this article. Below I have quoted portions of the article and will acknowledge the error at that portion of the article. You can search for these quotes after pressing Ctrl F.--12george1 (talk) 22:03, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Although the metric system has changed and developed since its inception, its basic concepts have hardly changed. Designed for transnational use, it consisted of a basic set of units of measurement, now known as base units; derived units were built up from the base units using logical rather than empirical relationships while multiples and submultiples of both base and derived units were decimal-based and identified by a standard set of prefixes." - [Citation needed] ? See Note 3 - 15:33 8-May-2013
"Unit names are ordinary nouns and although they use the character set and follow the grammatical rules of the language concerned for example "kilometre", "kilómetro", each unit has a symbol that is independent of language, for example "km" for "kilometre", "V" for "volts" etc." - Just a question here. You are using British English or American English? British English 07:07 8-May-2013
"The altitude and latitude were specified to accommodate variations in gravity—– the specified latitude was a compromise between the latitude of London (51° 30'N), Paris (48° 50'N)" - What's with the big dash there? Wouldn't a semicolon (;) better suit this sentence? Done 07:07 8-May-2013
"None of the other base units rely on a prototype - all are based on phenomena that are directly observable and had been in use for many years before formally becoming part of the metric system." - [Citation needed] ? See Note 3 - 15:33 8-May-2013
"Once a set of coherent units have been defined, other relationships in physics that use those units will automatically be true—Einstein's mass-energy equation, E = mc2, does not require extraneous constants when expressed in coherent units. - This is kind long and a run on sentence. I would suggest saying "Once a set of coherent units have been defined, other relationships in physics that use those units will automatically be true. Therefore, Einstein's mass-energy equation, E = mc2, does not require extraneous constants when expressed in coherent units." Done 07:07 8-May-2013
"Similarly the gallon is not equal to a cubic yard, nor is it the cube of any length unit." Reworded - 16:07 8-May-2013
"The commission were of the opinion that the country should adopt a completely new system of measure based on the principles of logic and natural phenomena." - Due to the previous sentence, "The commission were of" should be "The commissioners were of" or the "The commission was of". Done 07:07 8-May-2013
"view of Lapace that a duodecimal system of counting should replace the existing decmial system system; Lagrange taking" - Correct me if I am wrong (due to my unfamiliarity with some British English spelling of words), but I think "decmial" should be "decimal". Also, the word "system" is used twice consecutive. Done 07:07 8-May-2013
"A number of variants of the metric system evolved, all using the Mètre des Archives and Kilogramme des Archives (or their descendants) as their base units, but differing in the definitions of the various derived units." - [Citation needed] ? See Note 3 - 15:33 8-May-2013
Question, are the bold lines after the bulletin points in the "Relating SI to the real world" section supposed to say the table number or was that an accident while like copying and pasting? For example, "Non-SI units accepted for use with the International System of Units (Table 6)". So should that "(Table 6)" thing be on the end? Done (See Note 2) - 14:22 8 May 2012
"Flying an overloaded American International Airways aircraft from Miami to Maiquetia, Venezuela on 26 May 1994." - Add a link to "Miami, Florida" and "Maiquetía, Venezuela" Done 07:07 8-May-2013
In the references, there is a mix up of the first and last names of the authors. For example, the author of reference #30 is Michael Good, while reference #3 says "Alder, Ken". Please fix this so all references have the same first-last name format or vice versa. Done, but see Note 1 below. 07:07 8-May-2013

Martinvl (Editor)

I have taken the liberty of annotating the reviewer's comments in italics on a point-by-point basis as I address them. Notes that are more than a word or two are shown below:
Note 1 - Done except for one Burmese writer. I believe that in SE Asia, the norm is <family name> <given name> so I have retained the format "author = ". Martinvl (talk) 06:21, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note 2 - The text "(Table 6)", "(Table 7) etc are correct. I have amended the sentence that precedes the bullet list to clarify these tables. Martinvl (talk) 13:32, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note 3 - I do not believe that a citation is appropriate in any of these three cases. All are examples of a “mini-lede” or “section lede” (my words) – text which plays the same role within a section as the [main] lede plays in the article as a whole. The justification for what was written lies in the text or sub-sections that follow. Martinvl (talk) 14:39, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Good job, I am now going to list this article as a GA.--12george1 (talk) 15:48, 17 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]