Template talk:Temperature/Archive

message: Hello, I've just discovered this template, and I find it very useful. However, when dealing with negative values it only accept the plain ASCII minus-hyphen character ('-'), and not the more correct − HTML entity or minus Unicode character ('−'). Can this be solved? Best regards. --surueña 08:05, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There, fixed it now to convert to the proper − sign for negative values when showing the results! (Made a new template for this, Template:ProperMinus. You still need to input the normal - sign when using the template though. --Mythril 13:56, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! Maybe we can also warn developers about this bug, what do you think? --surueña 14:49, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, I dunno, I guess most script engines/programming languages use the standard ASCII - sign for calculations, so that's why it's used when doing math expressions in Wikipedia... But I guess we *could* ask about it. Not sure where though.--Mythril 22:30, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/ is the place. Maybe we can propose to accept all those characters (plain '-' as well as −, −, − and '−'), and also that the − should be returned. --surueña 07:33, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  <= This bug report seems to cover it already? --Mythril 17:27, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minus sign 

message: Would it be possible to add the Kelvin-scale as an optional parameter to this template. For scientific uses a lot of sources use the SI-unit Kelvin. --Donar Reiskoffer 12:55, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, well, I have thought about it, but I just thought that in cases where Kelvin is preferred, there's no need to state the Celsius or Fahrenheit temperature at all? If Kelvin is to be added, a lot more conditionals might need to be added, so I'd rather not add Kelvin if possible (though I guess variables could be used..). Anyway, were you thinking about showing Kelvin in addition to C/F, or just using it for calculating C and F temperature? --Mythril 16:03, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Use  Jɪmp 07:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kelvin 

message: Excellent work on this template — congratulations! Could you please also create a speed-template to convert between m/s and f/s? --ZeroOne (talk | @) 19:13, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Use . Jɪmp 06:41, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Similar template for speed? 

message: I'd like a template that output the specified temperature first, with the calculated one second in parens.  For example:
 would produce 100 °C (212 °F); but  would produce 212 °F (100 °C).
Forcing Celsius first is fine for scientific contexts, but looks odd in, for example, Sunnyvale, California, where it renders as 29.4 °C (85 °F) and 35 °C (95 °F).  --  00:12, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Use . Jɪmp 06:52, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How about a similar one with specified scale first and converted second? 

message: Considering that
*this template is about half as efficient as  in terms of pre-expand size
::I've just (about 6:34 & 6:36 am GMT) tested the template at WP:SAND to see how it stands up to  with respect to pre-expand size.  The results are as follow.
::*Pre-expand include size: 6320/2048000 bytes for 
::*Pre-expand include size: 3133/2048000 bytes for 
::I don't mean to blow my own horn or anything but (at least for 30 °C) using  instead reduces pre-expand size by about 50%. Jɪmp 06:51, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reassignment