Talk:Metric: Difference between revisions

*'''Yes.''' The en.wikipedia does not address a global audience, it only addresses an English speaking audience. It is primarily read by people who are linked to European and North American cultures. The numbers may indicate how popular the links are in articles rather than what was typed into the search bar. When working with manufactured items using metric measurements, the word "system" is left off as metric is a singular characteristic, a mechanic would say "a Honda civic is metric", not "a Honda civic uses (the) metric system". [[User:Dougmcdonell|Dougmcdonell]] ([[User talk:Dougmcdonell|talk]]) 21:12, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

::English is spoken worldwide and most countries, even in Europe, do not use imperial units like the USA and UK do. It's uncommon that articles are named after adjectives, and even more uncommon that an adjective is made primary topic over the name. Editors writing sentences like "a Honda civic is metric" may very well create a piped link to [[metric system]]. This way the name used in the search box can guide readers to the DAB page, or we could even make [[system of measurement]] the primary topic, which is more likely - since that's the literal meaning of the word. [[User:Diego Moya|Diego]] ([[User talk:Diego Moya|talk]]) 21:55, 16 November 2017 (UTC)