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sample default conversion combination output units the system(s) to which the unit belongs units listed by name unit-code to use in template symbols shown in output other notes about the units sample of the default conversion for the unit output codes for multiple conversions
Template talk:Convert • Questions on using the convert template, or discussion of any problems encountered, or proposals to add units or change convert; Wikipedia:Help desk • General questions; Module talk:Convert • Discussion concerning the convert modules (however, discussions relating to units should occur at Template talk:Convert)
Some options provide text that the template may mistakenly use for the output unit, if none is specified. That can be avoided by providing an empty output unit, as shown in the following examples. {{convert|4|ft}} → 4 feet (1.2 m)
Converts measurements to other units. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Value 1 The value to convert. Number required From unit 2 The unit for the provided value. Suggested values km2 m2 cm2 mm2 ha sqmi acre sqyd sqft sqin km m cm mm mi yd ft in kg g mg lb oz m/s km/h mph K C F m3 cm3 mm3 L mL cuft ...
sample default conversion combination output units the system(s) to which the unit belongs units listed by name unit-code to use in template symbols shown in output other notes about the units sample of the default conversion for the unit output codes for multiple conversions
Template talk:Convert/Archive 3#Crore; Template talk:Convert/Archive 3#Lakh and crore; I have not yet examined the RfC at WT:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#RfC Indian numbering conventions. The above discussions point out that lakh and crore are not units. They are like million which is also not a unit. However, if convert could do something ...
The values for most of the conversion factors used by Template:Convert come from international and national standards documents: Organisation Intergouvernementale de la Convention du Mètre (2014) [2006]. The International System of Units (SI) (PDF). Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
There have been numerous issues of converting measurements, using Template:Convert, during 2008-2009. That template-family is becoming increasingly harder to update, due to the growing complexity of the 20-to-26 nested templates for each conversion, and the continual deletion of similar templates that could have been used to compare for errors.