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Fair enough, I don't know much about Arabic, but I am eating a Japanese candy right now and the box is written entirely in Kanji, but all the units are in SI, including kcal and g. I'm almost certain they are all tought SI units in school. But you are right, I can't prove it's universal of course.
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I don't think it's at all straightforward to work it out. In fact, I think, with no legend, the "dual scale" is downright confusing. I can't envisage any situation, in any language context, where having the scale labelled "1 cm" would be worse than the present unabelled situation. And anyone with
437:... and as well as being confusing, the omission of a label on the scale also looks like an error or oversight rather than a deliberate choice. I don't think people would expect such an omission to be done on purpose because it seems so unhelpful. 195:- But I do think that the scale should be labelled on the image itself. Specifically "1 cm", which I believe is the form taken in most non-English countries anyway. You will see "1 cm" even in China. 219:
doesn't use the "CM" abbreviation. Since this is JPG, and the text is not as easily replaceable as in SVG, I decided to avoid using any numbers or text on the image itself.Β β€”
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And the image is not meant solely for the English Knowledge. Also, we've previously promoted images that didn't have a scale at all; would you rather I did that?Β β€”
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I think it's straightforward to work out what the scale indicates and, as Chris pointed out, it is included in the template, so I don't feel it's necessary.
71:) is a species of palm tree native to Java and Sumatra. The fruit is covered in brown skin with small scales, and is thus sometimes called "snakeskin fruit". 532: 94: 537: 17: 438: 408: 251: 421:
Then we agree to disagree. Particularly about the "smallest" graphical skills. I've seen some really bad stuff.Β β€”
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To YT an unlabeled scale poses more of a question than an answer. But whatever – it's your pic.
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Which would only be a problem if the scale information wasn't in the information template.
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even the smallest graphical skills could replace the text if they really wanted to.
215:, for instance, was written "η§’ι€Ÿ5γ‚»γƒ³γƒγƒ‘γƒΌγƒˆγƒ«" in Kanji. Our article on centimetres in 473: 385:- I don't think it's necessary to include the units is what I meant to say ... 497: 176:
The dark spot in the middle? It's the seed. Fairly close to the surface.Β β€”
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Aha, an unserved niche market. Here's your chance to make zillions!
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It may be common, but it's not universal. The Japanese film
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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.
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Promoted File:Salak (Salacca zalacca), 2015-05-17.jpg
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Knowledge:Featured picture candidates
Salak

salak pondoh
Salak
Knowledge:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Chris Woodrich
talk
Chris Woodrich
talk
03:43, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
SagaciousPhil
Chat
08:48, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
Phil
Sca
talk
13:35, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
Chris Woodrich
talk
13:58, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
Mattximus
talk
18:50, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
5 Centimeters per Second
Arabic
Chris Woodrich
talk
23:34, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
Mattximus

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