Talk:Wyre Forest
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Quick question: I note that "24 hectares" was changed to "24 km²" - is that a straightforward matter of Wikipedia policy, or is there some other reason not to use hectares? I put hectares originally because that's what the Forestry Commission tend to use, and km² looks rather odd to me in this context. Loganberry 00:21, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Hectares are the standard unit, and should not have been converted away from. Reverting.
- James F. (talk) 23:39, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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I have reverted km² to hectares simply because those are the standard units in forestry, and because I (as a non-specialist) have seen the Forestry Commission use them in its own literature considerably more often than km². If anyone feels that strongly about this, then go ahead and change it back, but in this case I feel the useful flexibility of "hectares" outweighs the scientific reasons for strict adherence to SI units only. Loganberry 21:00, 9 May 2005 (UTC)