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"fractional power"

What does "fractional power" mean? You keep adding this term. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:56, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

And where are you getting this information from may I ask? I am not adding the term "fractional power" I've been having a discussion with Wtshymanski about why he keeps reverting edits I've made and deleting correspondence on his talk page that references our discussions. Basically I've been saying that "horsepower" is a redundant term that should really be "power" when the unit involved in defining that power is the Watt or kW. In the context that Misplaced Pages is for English speakers worldwide (see Wiki MoS Opportunities for commonality). I gave the example of the use of "square footage" for what is really "area", the one refers to feet and the other can be used for any unit, either square feet, inches or metres or centimetres. I've kept a copy of my initial text to Wtshymanski who appears to have deleted our conversation on his talk page. This has turned into an edit war, he reverts my edits with no consultation or communication with me. I suggested we arbitrate this as he is not interested in discussing the subject and is pejorative in correspondence. Avi8tor (talk) 05:37, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

"Fractional power" seems meaningless. To be a fraction, it needs to be a fraction of a specific unit, not just the dimension. Also, for engineering reasons, the horsepower was a convenient unit to split motors into "large" and "small", so "fractional horsepower" makes sense, and still makes sense. It is a widely used unit, even in metric countries. I have a motor catalogue in my workshop which lists motors in separate chapters for "fractional horsepower" and above, then describes their power in watts. "Fractional kilowatt" would be just as good (although I've never heard it), but "fractional power" seems literally meaningless. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:51, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

You make a good point on fractional power, The watt is the unit of power in SI, so depending on the power of the motor, it could just as well be milliwatt, the do power clocks. I'll do some more research, I think fractional might be a legacy term for less than one horsepower, I lived in the US previously, they never used the term watts on any electric motor which was annoying because it allowed you to ascertain if your extension or outlet would support the motors power consumption. I've also lived in Kenya, South Africa, Botswana and the UAE. The British are almost as bad as the Americans clinging to legacy units of measurement. But I do know "horse" and power are not synonymous with Watts. What horsepower is your car? 66 kilowatts! Avi8tor (talk) 16:34, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

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Policy and practice here is generally in favour of using unit conversions. If you want to change this to remove them, then it's up to you to justify this. There is certainly no excuse for simply reverting and edit-warring other editors without doing so. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:36, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

Hello Andy Dingley. I think your facts are 180 degrees out from the reality. I make an edit and Wtshymanski reverts it without any communication with me as to the merits or otherwise. When I make comments on how to resolve this by suggesting https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Edit_warring on Wtshymanski talk page. Instead of communication with me this person contacts you and deletes what I've written on his talk page. He appears to be following my edits on my contribution page and reverting them. Can I ask where exactly you fit into this picture? I think Wtshymanski is the person you need to talk to. I'm more than willing to discuss any edit. Avi8tor (talk) 08:40, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

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Please see WP:ENGVAR and don't edit war to try and change the selling from the established variety, particularly where there is a national tie in the article to a specific country. In this instance, the article concerns British history, so British English spelling is used. - SchroCat (talk) 13:43, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

It appears Schrocat is the one edit warring! Every article has a national tie, and English is the language of many people outside Britain. I would refer you to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goaled which has no reference to "Goaled". This is not a common word in English. I would also refer you to MOS:Commonality which states: Use universally accepted terms rather than those less widely distributed. If you want goaled, may I suggest putting Jailed in parentheses so that someone outside your country can understand the meaning of the word? Avi8tor (talk) 05:40, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

1.per BRD, your bold edit was reverted, so don't just edit war to force in what you prefer. 2. Jailed in brackets? No, that's not the way things work. 3. "Every article has a national tie"; errr... no. Earth has no national tie, for example. 4. For a British spelling, I don't care what an American dictionary says. 5. Sign your posts. - SchroCat (talk) 05:31, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

I think it's time for mediation. You appear to be the pot calling the kettle black here. It's you who edit war to force what you prefer, not me. I've suggested a compromise. Avi8tor (talk) 05:40, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

I think you need to read WP:BRD. You were the one who didn't bother discussing once your first edit was removed: you started the edit warring. I returned it to the WP:STATUS QUO. Your "compromise" isn't an improvement, and not the way things work. Shall we go round changing "color" to "color (colour)", or shall we just accept that things are spelled differently in other varieties of English, and not everything has to be spelled out the way Americans need to have it. (Oh, and I'll point out that MW 'has no reference to "Goaled"': you need to look for "gaoled", not 'goaled') - SchroCat (talk) 05:47, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

I think your replies are becoming uncivil. Please read Misplaced Pages:Tendentious editing Avi8tor (talk) 06:16, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

I have said nothing uncivil to you at all. If that is as good as a response as you can come up with to the many inaccuracies and errors in what you have said previously, I'll take it that you have nothing constructive to add in reply. - SchroCat (talk) 06:22, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

If you look at https://grammarist.com/spelling/gaol-jail/ you will see that it is an obsolete word. Expecially for a worldwide audience. Avi8tor (talk) 15:37, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

I really don't care what an American website says about British English. I relay on the OED, which does not have a problem with the word. - SchroCat (talk) 15:50, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Is it an American website? I don't find any reference to any location. Unfortunately the OED is not available online, Do you have a web link? May I suggest you have both the term Gaol and Jail? Avi8tor (talk) 15:55, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Yes, the OED is available online, but only if you have a subscription. No, I won't add the non-British spelling, that's just not what we do. Will you go round all the American English articles to add jail, or boot (for trunk) or aeroplane (for airplane)? Of course you wouldn't, because it's just not how this place works. - SchroCat (talk) 16:05, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

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Hello. I'm not actually sure what it is you want, can you be more explicit. Avi8tor (talk) 12:17, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

2012 Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash

Deeday-UK is correct. As it is a direct quote, it is to be reproduced verbatim, including any grammar editors. FYI, Simon Hradecky does not have English as his first language. He speaks German first and foremost but does pretty well at English. I'd rate him at en-4. Mjroots (talk) 18:31, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

I agree Mr Hradecky's English is good, a reader can easily get the gist of what he's intending but it's still not good English. Perhaps his comments corrected in a paragraph instead of his quote with a source link to the original comments. This communication on a talk page is what should have happened in the first place. Avi8tor (talk) 08:57, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

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@Avi8tor: Please read up about horsepower and see if you can understand the mistake you are making. You cannot use that template converting to Kilowatts with that RAC horsepower rating. Please fix your mistakes. Eddaido (talk) 11:16, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

I'm aware of horsepower and the fact there are two different horsepower, but the Manual of Style stipulates that if an English speaking country does not use the SI then there should be both SI and what is used locally. I'm not aware of any mistakes so please be more specific. Avi8tor (talk) 14:48, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

I can understand you are upset to find you are making such simple errors. Please don't follow it up with unhelpful edits labelled grammar etc. {when they are not) that downgrade the articles concerned. Thank you. Eddaido (talk) 21:20, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

@Eddaido: Upset? Your comments are unhelpful and without context and frankly rude. There is no consensus that the horsepower on the Rover Motorbike is either the real power or the RAC fiscal power. More research is necessary. Avi8tor (talk) 05:51, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

RAC horsepower

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If you are writing content which you don't want to be its own article you can create your sandbox here: User:Avi8tor/Sandbox and you can keep that as long as you want. You should only write in the draft space if you plan to publish the text as an article. Eyebeller 10:36, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

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