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This page guides the presentation of numbers, dates, times, measurements, currencies, coordinates, and similar material in articles. Its aim is to promote clarity and cohesion; this is especially important සැකිල්ල:Em an article. The goal is to make the whole encyclopedia easier and more intuitive to use.

Where this manual provides options, consistency should be maintained within an article unless there is a good reason to do otherwise. The Arbitration Committee has ruled that editors should not change an article from one guideline-defined style to another without a substantial reason unrelated to mere choice of style, and that revert-warring over optional styles is unacceptable. If discussion cannot determine which style to use in an article, defer to the style used by the first major contributor. සැකිල්ල:TOC limit

General notes

Quotations, titles, etc.

සැකිල්ල:See also Quotations, titles of books and articles, and similar "imported" text should be faithfully reproduced, even if they employ formats or units inconsistent with these guidelines or with other formats in the same article. If necessary, clarify via [bracketed interpolation], article text, or footnotes.

• It is acceptable to change other date formats in the same article to provide consistency, so long as those changes would otherwise be acceptable.

Non-breaking spaces

Guidance on the use of non-breaking spaces ("hard spaces")සැකිල්ල:Snd , සැකිල්ල:Tlx,  , සැකිල්ල:Tlxසැකිල්ල:Sndis given in some sections below; සැකිල්ල:Tlx may also be useful in controlling linebreaks in some situations. Not all situations in which hard spaces or සැකිල්ල:Tlx may be appropriate are described. සැකිල්ල:Crossref

Chronological items

Statements likely to become outdated

Except on pages updated regularly (e.g. current events), terms such as සැකිල්ල:!xt, සැකිල්ල:!xt, සැකිල්ල:!xt, සැකිල්ල:!xt, සැකිල්ල:!xt, and සැකිල්ල:!xt should usually be avoided in favor of phrases such as සැකිල්ල:Xt and සැකිල්ල:Xt. For future and current events, use phrases such as සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt to signal the time-dependence of the information. Or (for example) සැකිල්ල:Tlc will produce the text සැකිල්ල:Xt and adds the article to a category flagging it for periodic review. However, do not replace (for example) සැකිල්ල:Xt with සැකිල්ල:Tlc because some information (the සැකිල්ල:Em of 2005) would be lost; advanced features of සැකිල්ල:Tlf such as {{as of|2005|alt=since the start of 2005}} can be used in such circumstances.

Relative-time expressions are acceptable for very long periods, such as geological epochs: සැකිල්ල:Xt

Time of day

සැකිල්ල:Shortcut Context determines whether the 12- or 24-hour clock is used; in both, colons separate hours, minutes and seconds (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt).

• 12-hour clock times end with dotted or undotted lower-case සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn, or සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn, preceded by a non-breaking space, e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt (markup: 2:30සැකිල්ල:Tlp.m. or 2:30සැකිල්ල:Tlpm), not සැකිල්ල:!xt or සැකිල්ල:!xt. Hours should not have a leading zero (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt). Usually, use සැකිල්ල:Xt and සැකිල්ල:Xt rather than සැකිල්ල:!xt and සැකිල්ල:!xt; whether "midnight" refers to the start or the end of a date should be explicitly specified unless clear from the context.
• 24-hour clock times have no a.m., p.m., noon or midnight suffix. Hours under 10 should have a leading zero (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt). The time සැකිල්ල:Xt refers to midnight at the start of a date, සැකිල්ල:Xt to noon, and සැකිල්ල:Xt to midnight at the end of a date, but සැකිල්ල:!xt should not be used for the first hour of the next day (e.g. use සැකිල්ල:Xt for ten minutes after midnight, not සැකිල්ල:!xt).

The numerical elements of times-of-day are figures (සැකිල්ල:Xt) rather than words (සැකිල්ල:!xt) though conventional terms such as සැකිල්ල:Xt and සැකිල්ල:Xt are acceptable (taking care, with the latter, to avoid possible date ambiguity in constructions such as සැකිල්ල:Xt).

Time zones

සැකිල්ල:ShortcutGive dates and times appropriate to the time zone where an event took place. For example, the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor should be Decemberසැකිල්ල:Nbsp7, 1941 (Hawaii time/සැකිල්ල:Zwspdate). Give priority to the place at which the event had its most significant effects; for example, if a hacker based in China attacked a Pentagon computer in the US, use the time zone for the Pentagon, where the attack had its effect. In some cases the best solution may be to add the date and time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). For example:

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt

Alternatively, include just the UTC offset:

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt

Rarely, the time zone in which a historical event took place has since changed; for example, China to 1949 was divided into five time zones, whereas all of modern China is UTC+8. Similarly, the term "UTC" is not appropriate for dates before this system was adopted in 1960; Universal Time (UT) is the appropriate term for the mean time at the prime meridian (Greenwich) when it is unnecessary to specify the precise definition of the time scale. Be sure to show the UTC or offset appropriate to the clock time in use at the time of the event, not the modern time zone, if they differ.

Dates, months and years

These requirements do not apply to dates in quotations or titles; සැකිල්ල:Crossref. Special rules apply to citations; සැකිල්ල:Crossref.

Formats

Acceptable date formats

General use	සැකිල්ල:Nowrap සැකිල්ල:Small	Comments
සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:Xt
සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:Xt	A comma follows the year unless followed by other punctuation: සැකිල්ල:Unordered list
සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:Xt	Omit year only where there is no risk of ambiguity: සැකිල්ල:Unordered list
සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:Xt
No equivalent for general use	සැකිල්ල:Xt	Use සැකිල්ල:Nowrap format only with Gregorian dates from 1583 onward.

Things to avoid

• An abbreviated month should not be followed by a dot except at the end of a sentence (සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt).
• Dates should be linked only when they are germane to the subject සැකිල්ල:Crossref.
• For issues related to dates in sortable tables, සැකිල්ල:Crossref, or consider using සැකිල්ල:Nowrap or සැකිල්ල:Nowrap
• Phrases such as සැකිල්ල:Xt (or සැකිල්ල:Xt, but not සැකිල්ල:!xt), සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt and සැකිල්ල:Xt are proper names, to which rules for dates do not apply (සැකිල්ල:Xt).

Unacceptable date formats (except in external titles and quotes)

Acceptable	Unacceptable	Comments
සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt සැකිල්ල:!xt	Months are capitalized
	සැකිල්ල:!xt සැකිල්ල:!xt සැකිල්ල:Nowrap	Do not use ordinals (සැකිල්ල:!xt, සැකිල්ල:!xt, සැකිල්ල:!xt, etc.)
	සැකිල්ල:!xt	Do not add a dot to theසැකිල්ල:Nbspday
	සැකිල්ල:!xt සැකිල්ල:!xt	Do not "zero-pad" month or day, except in all-numeric සැකිල්ල:Nowrap
සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
	සැකිල්ල:!xt	Do not use separators other thanසැකිල්ල:Nbsphyphen
	සැකිල්ල:!xt	Do not abbreviate year to two digits
	සැකිල්ල:!xt සැකිල්ල:!xt	Do සැකිල්ල:Em use සැකිල්ල:Nowrap, සැකිල්ල:Nowrap or සැකිල්ල:Nowrap formats, as they are ambiguous for සැකිල්ල:Nowrap
සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt සැකිල්ල:!xt සැකිල්ල:!xt සැකිල්ල:!xt සැකිල්ල:!xt	Do not use theseසැකිල්ල:Nbspformats. (සැකිල්ල:!xt, in particular, can be mistaken for the range of සැකිල්ල:Nobr
	සැකිල්ල:!xt	No comma between month andසැකිල්ල:Nbspyear
සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt	Comma required between day andසැකිල්ල:Nbspyear
සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt සැකිල්ල:!xt	Do not abbreviate freestanding year
සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt	Roman numerals are not normally used forසැකිල්ල:Nbspdates
සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt	Years and days of the month are not normally written inසැකිල්ල:Nbspwords
සැකිල්ල:Nowrap	සැකිල්ල:!xt සැකිල්ල:!xt
සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt	Do not zero-pad years
සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt	Use "in the year" only where needed for clarity සැකිල්ල:Nowrap

Consistency

• Dates in article body text should all use the same format: සැකිල්ල:Xt, but not සැකිල්ල:!xt.
• Publication dates in an article's citations should all use the same format, which may be:

• the format used in the article body text,
• an abbreviated format from the "Acceptable date formats" table, provided the day and month elements are in the same order as in dates in the article body, or
• the format expected in the citation style being used (however, all-numeric date formats other than සැකිල්ල:Nowrap must still be avoided).

For example, a single article might contain one, but only one, of:

සැකිල්ල:Xt

සැකිල්ල:Xt

(among other possibilities).

• Access and archive dates in an article's citations should all use the same format, which may be:

• the format used for publication dates in the article;
• the format expected in the citation style adopted in the article (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt); or
• සැකිල්ල:Nowrap

For example, a single article's citations might contain either of the following:

සැකිල්ල:Xt

සැකිල්ල:Xt

When a citation style does not expect differing date formats, it is permissible to normalize publication dates to the article body text date format, and/or access/archive dates to either, with date consistency being preferred.

Strong national ties to a topic

• Articles on topics with strong ties to a particular English-speaking country should generally use the date format most commonly used in that nation. For the United States this is, for example, සැකිල්ල:Xt; for most other nations it is, for example, සැකිල්ල:Xt.
• Articles related to Canada may use either format with (as always) consistency within each article.
• In some topic areas the customary format differs from the usual national one: for example, articles on the modern U.S. military use day-before-month, in accordance with U.S. military usage.

Retaining existing format

• If an article has evolved using predominantly one format, the whole article should conform to it, unless there are reasons for changing it based on strong national ties to the topic or consensus on the article's talk page.
• The date format chosen by the first major contributor in the early stages of an article should continue to be used, unless there is reason to change it based on strong national ties to the topic or consensus on the article's talk page.
• Where an article has shown no clear sign of which format is used, the first person to insert a date is equivalent to "the first major contributor".

Era style

• The default calendar era is the Western Dionysian era system, a year numbering system also known as the Western Christian era (represented by සැකිල්ල:Xt), or the Common Era (represented by සැකිල්ල:Xt).
  • සැකිල්ල:Xtn and සැකිල්ල:Xtn are the traditional ways of referring to this era. සැකිල්ල:Xtn and සැකිල්ල:Xtn are common in some scholarly texts and religious writings. Either convention may be appropriate.
    • Do not change the established era style in an article unless there are reasons specific to its content. Seek consensus on the talk page සැකිල්ල:Em making the change. Open the discussion under a subhead that uses the word "era". Briefly state why the style is inappropriate for the article in question. A personal or categorical preference for one era style over the other is not justification for making a change.
    • සැකිල්ල:Xtn and සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn and සැකිල්ල:Xtn are written in upper case, unspaced, without a period (full point, .), and separated from the year number by a space (සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt). It is advisable to use a non-breaking space.
    • සැකිල්ල:Xtn may appear before or after a year (සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt); the other abbreviations appear only after (සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt).
    • In general, do not use සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn unless required to avoid ambiguity (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt not සැකිල්ල:!xt nor සැකිල්ල:!xt) or awkwardness (සැකිල්ල:Xt not සැකිල්ල:!xt). On the other hand, සැකිල්ල:Xt will avoid unnecessary confusion. Also, in සැකිල්ල:Xt the era marker makes it clear that "55" does not refer to his age. Alternatively, සැකිල්ල:Xt
    • Use either the BCසැකිල්ල:NdashAD or the BCEසැකිල්ල:NdashCE notation consistently within the same article. Exception: do not change direct quotations, titles, etc.
• Uncalibrated (bce) radiocarbon dates: Some source materials will indicate whether a date is calibrated or not simply by a change in capitalisation; this is often a source of confusion for the unwary reader. Do not give uncalibrated radiocarbon dates (represented by the lower-case සැකිල්ල:Xt unit, occasionally සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn in some sources), except in directly quoted material, and even then include a footnote, a square-bracketed editor's note [like this], or other indication to the reader what the calibrated date is, or at least that the date is uncalibrated. Calibrated and uncalibrated dates can diverge surprisingly widely, and the average reader does not recognise the distinction between සැකිල්ල:Xtn and සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn.
• BP: In scientific and academic contexts, BP (before present) is often used. This is calibrated from January 1, 1950, not from the date of publication, though the latter introduces an insignificant error when the date is distant or an approximation (18,000සැකිල්ල:NbspBP). BP years are given as සැකිල්ල:Xt or spelled out as සැකිල්ල:Xt (not සැකිල්ල:!xt, සැකිල්ල:!xt, සැකිල්ල:!xt, or similar). Do not convert other notations to or from BP unless you are certain of what you are doing. A safer and simpler alternative may be to use සැකිල්ල:Xt.
• Other era systems may be appropriate in an article. In such cases, dates should be followed by a conversion to Dionysian (or vice versa) and the first instance should be linked: සැකිල්ල:Xt, or සැකිල්ල:Xt.
  • Astronomical year numbering follows the Common Era and does not require conversion, but the first instance of a non-positive year should still be linked: සැකිල්ල:Xt

Julian and Gregorian calendars

A date can be given in any appropriate calendar, as long as it is (at the minimum) given in the Julian calendar or the Gregorian calendar or both, as described below. For example, an article on the early history of Islam may give dates in both Islamic and Julian calendars. Where a calendar other than the Julian or Gregorian is used, the article must make this clear.

• Current events are dated using the Gregorian calendar.
• Dates of events in countries using the Gregorian calendar at that time are given in the Gregorian calendar. This includes some of the Continent of Europe from 1582, the British Empire from 14සැකිල්ල:NbspSeptember 1752, and Russia from 14සැකිල්ල:NbspFebruary 1918 සැකිල්ල:Crossref.
• Dates before 15සැකිල්ල:NbspOctober 1582 (when the Gregorian calendar was first adopted in some places) are normally given in the Julian calendar. The Julian day and month should not be converted to the Gregorian calendar, but the start of the Julian year should be assumed to be 1සැකිල්ල:NbspJanuary සැකිල්ල:Crossref.
• Dates for Roman history before 45සැකිල්ල:NbspBC are given in the Roman calendar, which was neither Julian nor Gregorian. When (rarely) the Julian equivalent is certain, it may be included.
• For dates in early Egyptian and Mesopotamian history, Julian or Gregorian equivalents are often uncertain. Follow the consensus of reliable sources, or indicate their divergence.

The dating method used should follow that used by reliable secondary sources (or if reliable sources disagree, that used most commonly, with an explanatory footnote).

At some places and times, the new year began on a date other than 1සැකිල්ල:NbspJanuary. For example, in England and its colonies until 1752, the year began on Annunciation Day, 25සැකිල්ල:NbspMarch; සැකිල්ල:Crossref. In writing about historical events, however, years should be assumed to have begun on 1සැකිල්ල:NbspJanuary සැකිල්ල:Crossref; if there is reason to use another start-of-year date, this should be noted.

If there is a need to mention Old or New Style dates in an article (as in the Glorious Revolution), a footnote should be provided on the first usage, stating whether the New Style refers to a start of year adjustment or to the Gregorian calendar (it can mean either).

සැකිල්ල:AnchorRanges

• A pure yearසැකිල්ල:Ndashyear range is written (as is any range) using an en dash (– or සැකිල්ල:Tlx) not a hyphen or slash; this dash is usually සැකිල්ල:Em (that is, with no space on either side); and the range's end year is usually abbreviated to two digits:

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt (not සැකිල්ල:!xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Nobr)

සැකිල්ල:Hanging indent

But both years are given in full in the following cases:

• birthසැකිල්ල:Ndashdeath parentheticals: සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp not සැකිල්ල:!xt
• different centuries: සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp not සැකිල්ල:!xt
• starting year before 1000සැකිල්ල:NbspAD: සැකිල්ල:Xt (not සැකිල්ල:!xt);සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt

Markup: 1011සැකිල්ල:T922සැකිල්ල:TBC

• spanning from BC/BCE to AD/CE: සැකිල්ල:Xt (note සැකිල්ල:Em en dash)

සැකිල්ල:Hanging indent

සැකිල්ල:Em

• Periods straddling two different years, including sports seasons, are generally written with the range notation (සැකිල්ල:Xt). The slash notation (සැකිල්ල:Xt) may be used to signify a fiscal year or other special period, if that convention is used in reliable sources.
• A date range may appear in සැකිල්ල:Xt format if it is a range of sports seasons. This format is also indicated for date ranges appearing in reference citations if any dates (of publication, access, archival) are in සැකිල්ල:Nowrap format, because the range in question could thus be easily mistaken for a සැකිල්ල:Nowrap date: සැකිල්ල:Xt but not සැකිල්ල:!xt Another case is in tables (and lists the items of which begin with date ranges) in which some but not all date ranges span a century (sortability of a date column in a table also requires a consistent format for all entries: 2005සැකිල්ල:Ndash07 will unintentionally sort before 2005සැකිල්ල:Ndash2006).

• Other "pure" ranges use an සැකිල්ල:Em en dash as well:

• dayසැකිල්ල:Ndashday: සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt
• monthසැකිල්ල:Ndashmonth: සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp (but සැකිල්ල:Xt uses a සැකිල්ල:Em en dash; සැකිල්ල:Crossref)

• If at least one of the items on either side of the en dash is in a mixed format (containing two or more of day, month, year); carries a modifier such as සැකිල්ල:Circa; or otherwise contains a space; then a සැකිල්ල:Em en dash (සැකිල්ල:Tlx) is used:

• between specific dates in different months: සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt
• between dates in different years:

සැකිල්ල:Xt

සැකිල්ල:Hanging indent

සැකිල්ල:Xt

• between months in different years: සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt

සැකිල්ල:Hanging indent

• For a person still living: සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt or සැකිල්ල:!xt
• An overnight period may be expressed using a slash between two contiguous dates: සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt.

Or use an en dash: (unspaced) සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp (spaced) සැකිල්ල:Xt.

• Use a dash, or a word such as සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn, but not both: සැකිල්ල:Xt (not සැකිල්ල:!xt);සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt (not සැකිල්ල:!xt)

• The සැකිල්ල:Tlx template can keep ages current in infoboxes and so on:

  •  {{age|1989|7|23}} returns: සැකිල්ල:Xt

  •  {{age|1989|7|23}}-year-old returns: සැකිල්ල:Xt

  •  {{age|1989|7|23}} years old returns: සැකිල්ල:Xt

• Date mathematics templates are available for other age calculations

Uncertain, incomplete, or approximate dates

• To indicate "around", "approximately", or "about", the use of the spaced, unitalicised form සැකිල්ල:Xt (or the සැකිල්ල:Tlx template) is preferred over සැකිල්ල:!xt, සැකිල්ල:!xt, සැකිල්ල:!xt, සැකිල්ල:!xt, or සැකිල්ල:!xt:

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt

• Where both endpoints of a range are approximate, c. should appear before each date:

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt (not සැකිල්ල:!xt)

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt (not සැකිල්ල:!xt)

• Where birth/death dates have been extrapolated from known dates of activity:

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt

• When a person is known to have been active ("flourishing") during certain years, සැකිල්ල:Xt, [[Floruit|fl.]], or සැකිල්ල:Tlx may be used:

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt

The linked forms should not be used on disambiguation pages, and "active" followed by the range is a better alternative for artists, soldiers and other persons with an occupation.

• When a date is known to be either of two years (e.g. from a regnal or AH year conversion, or a known age at death):

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt

• Other forms of uncertainty should be expressed in words, either in article text or in a footnote: සැකිල්ල:Xt. Do not use a question mark (සැකිල්ල:!xt) for such purposes, as this fails to communicate the nature of the uncertainty.

Other

Days of the week

• Days of the week are capitalized (සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt).

Seasons

• Seasons are uncapitalized (සැකිල්ල:Xt) except when personified: සැකිල්ල:Xt; සැකිල්ල:Xt.
• Using seasons to refer to a particular time of year (සැකිල්ල:!xt) is ambiguous, because Northern and Southern Hemisphere seasons are six months out of phase, and many areas near the equator instead have wet and dry seasons. Consider alternative phrasing: සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt; සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt.
• However, using seasons is appropriate when referring to seasonal events: සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt.

Decades

• To refer to a decade as a chronological period per se (not with reference to a social era or cultural phenomenon) always use four digits (සැකිල්ල:Xt, but not සැකිල්ල:!xt or සැකිල්ල:!xt, and සැකිල්ල:Em not සැකිල්ල:!xt).

• Prefixes should be hyphenated (සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt).

• For a social era or cultural phenomenon associated with a particular decade:

• Two digits (with a preceding apostrophe) may be used as an alternative to four digits, සැකිල්ල:Em (සැකිල්ල:Xt,සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt,සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt, but සැකිල්ල:Xt, and do not write සැකිල්ල:!xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:!xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp or සැකිල්ල:!xt).
• A third alternative (where seen in reliable sources) is to spell the decade out, capitalized: සැකිල්ල:Xt

Centuries and millennia

• Treat the 1st century AD as years සැකිල්ල:Nobr, the 17th century as සැකිල්ල:Nobr, and the second millennium as සැකිල්ල:Nobr; similarly, the 1st century BC/BCE was සැකිල්ල:Nobr BC/BCE, the 17th century was සැකිල්ල:Nobr BC/BCE, and the second millennium සැකිල්ල:Nobr BC/BCE.
  • The 18th century (සැකිල්ල:Nobr) and the 1700s (සැකිල්ල:Nobr) are not the same period.
  • When using forms such as සැකිල්ල:Xt ensure there is no ambiguity as to whether e.g. සැකිල්ල:Nobr or සැකිල්ල:Nobr, is meant.
  • Note that the sequence of years runs සැකිල්ල:Xtසැකිල්ල:Sndthere is no "year 0".
• Centuries and millennia are identified using either figures (සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt) or words (සැකිල්ල:Xt). When used adjectivally they contain a hyphen (සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt). Do not capitalize (සැකිල්ල:!xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:!xt).

• සැකිල්ල:Crossref

Long periods of time

• When the term is frequent, combine සැකිල්ල:Xtn (years) or සැකිල්ල:Xtn (years ago) with සැකිල්ල:Xtn (thousand): සැකිල්ල:Xtn, සැකිල්ල:Xtn; සැකිල්ල:Xtn (million): සැකිල්ල:Xtn, සැකිල්ල:Xtn; and සැකිල්ල:Xtn (short-scale billion): සැකිල්ල:Xtn, සැකිල්ල:Xtn. සැකිල්ල:Crossref
• In academic contexts, SI annus-based units are often used: සැකිල්ල:Xtn (kiloannus), සැකිල්ල:Xtn (megaannus), and සැකිල්ල:Xtn (gigaannus). සැකිල්ල:Crossref
• Show the meaning parenthetically, and consider linking to the appropriate section of the Year article සැකිල්ල:Crossref on first occurrence and where the use is a standalone topic of interest. In source quotations, use square brackets: සැකිල්ල:Xt

Numbers

Numbers as figures or words

Generally, in article text:

• Integers from zero to nine are spelled out in words
• Integers greater than nine සැකිල්ල:Em may be expressed either in numerals or in words (සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt). In spelling out numbers, components from 21 to 99 are hyphenated; larger ones are not (සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt).
• Other numbers are given in numerals (සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt) or in forms such as සැකිල්ල:Xt. Markup: සැකිල්ල:Nowrap

• "billion" and "trillion" are understood to represent their short-scale values of 10⁹සැකිල්ල:Nbsp(1,000,000,000) and 10¹²සැකිල්ල:Nbsp(1,000,000,000,000), respectively. Keep this in mind when translating articles from non-English Wikipedias, or using material from non-English sources.
• සැකිල්ල:Xt (unspaced) or සැකිල්ල:Xt (unspaced) respectively may be used for "million" or "billion" after a number, when the word has been spelled out at the first occurrence (e.g., සැකිල්ල:Xt).
• SI prefixes and symbols, such as සැකිල්ල:Xtn (සැකිල්ල:Xtn) and සැකිල්ල:Xtn (සැකිල්ල:Xtn), should be restricted to use in scientific and engineering expressions.
• Sometimes, the variety of English used in an article may necessitate the use of a numbering system other than the Western thousands-based system. For example, the South Asian numbering system is conventionally used in South Asian English. In those situations, link the first spelled-out instance of each quantity (e.g. [[crore]], which yields crore). (If no instances are spelled out, provide a note after the first instance directing the reader to the article about the numbering system.) Also, provide a conversion to Western numbers for the first instance of each quantity, and provide conversions for subsequent instances if they do not overwhelm the content of the article. For example, write සැකිල්ල:Xt. Group digits in Western thousands-based style (e.g., සැකිල්ල:Xt; not සැකිල්ල:!xt); සැකිල්ල:Crossref. (Note that the variety of English does not uniquely determine the method of numbering in an article. Other considerations, such as conventions used in mathematics, science and engineering, may also apply, and the choice and order of formats and conversions is a matter of editorial discretion and consensus.)

සැකිල්ල:Anchorසැකිල්ල:Shortcut Notes and exceptions:

• In tables and infoboxes, quantities are expressed in figures (සැකිල්ල:Xt); but numbers within a table's explanatory text and comments follow the general rule.
• Numbers in mathematical formulae are never spelled out (සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt).
• Comparable quantities should be all spelled out or all in figures:

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt.

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt (even though "3" would normally be given as "three") or සැකිල්ල:Xt (or "two hundred and six" for British English, even though "two hundred six" would normally be given as "206"), not සැකිල්ල:!xt.

• But adjacent quantities not comparable should usually be in සැකිල්ල:Em සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt or සැකිල්ල:!xt.

• Avoid awkward juxtapositions: සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt

• Personal ages are typically stated in figures (සැකිල්ල:Xt) except for large, approximate values (සැකිල්ල:Xt).
• Sometimes figures and words carry different meanings; for example සැකිල්ල:Xt implies there is a single exception (we don't know which), while සැකිල්ල:Xt means that only locker number 1 was not searched.
• Proper names, technical terms, and the like are never altered: සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt

• Avoid beginning a sentence with figures:

  •   Not සැකිල්ල:!xt, but සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt.

  •   Not සැකිල්ල:Nowrap (nor සැකිල්ල:Nowrapසැකිල්ල:Sndbecause comparable numbers should be both written in words or both in figures) but සැකිල්ල:Nowrap

• Exception: Where a proper name, technical term, etc., itself beginning with a numeral, opens the sentence (සැකිල්ල:Xt) although this can usually be avoided by rewording (සැකිල්ල:Xt).

Ordinals

• සැකිල්ල:AnchorOrdinal suffixes suffixes (සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt) are not superscripted (සැකිල්ල:Xt and සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt nor සැකිල්ල:!xt).
• Regnal numbers are normally written with [[Roman numeral|සැකිල්ල:Sic numeral]]s (without suffix, e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt not සැකිල්ල:!xt).
• Do not use a dot (සැකිල්ල:!xt) or the ordinal mark (සැකිල්ල:!xt) to indicate ordinals.

Fractions

• Spelled-out fractions are hyphenated: සැකිල්ල:Xt.
• Where numerator and denominator can each be expressed in one word, a fraction is usually spelled out (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt; සැකිල්ල:Nbspසැකිල්ල:Xt); use figures if a fraction appears with a symbol (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xtසැකිල්ල:Sndmarkup: සැකිල්ල:Tl mi, not සැකිල්ල:!xt or සැකිල්ල:!xt).
• Mixed numbers are usually given in figures, unspaced (not සැකිල්ල:!xt or සැකිල්ල:!xt but සැකිල්ල:Xtසැකිල්ල:Sndmarkup: {{frac|8|1|2}}). In any case the integer and fractional parts should be consistent (not සැකිල්ල:!xt).
• Metric (SI) measurements generally use decimals, not fractions (සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt).
• Non-metric (imperial and US customary) measurements may use fractions or decimals (සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbspසැකිල්ල:Xt); the practice of reliable sources should be followed, and within-article consistency is desirable.
• In science and mathematics articles mixed numbers are rarely used (not සැකිල්ල:!xt, but සැකිල්ල:Xt) and use of සැකිල්ල:Tlx is discouraged in favor of one of these styles:

  •   $\frac{1}{2}$සැකිල්ල:Sndmarkup: <math>\textstyle\frac{1}{2}</math>

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xtසැකිල්ල:Sndmarkup: සැකිල්ල:Tlx

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xtසැකිල්ල:Sndmarkup: 1/2

• Do not use special characters such as ½ (සැකිල්ල:Em markup: ½ or ½).
• Ordinal suffixes such as සැකිල්ල:Xtn should not be used with fractions expressed in figures (not සැකිල්ල:!xt, but සැකිල්ල:Xt).
• Nouns following simple fractions are singular (සැකිල්ල:Xt,සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt,සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt).
• Nouns following mixed numbers are plural (සැකිල්ල:Xt,සැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt).

Decimals

• A period/full point (.), සැකිල්ල:Em a comma, is used as the decimal point (සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt).
• Numbers between −1 and +1 require a leading zero (සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt); exceptions are sporting performance averages (සැකිල්ල:Xt) and commonly used terms such as සැකිල්ල:Xt.
• Nouns following a number expressed as a decimal are plural (සැකිල්ල:Xt).
• Indicate repeating digits with an overbar e.g. සැකිල්ල:Nowrap gives සැකිල්ල:Xt. (Consider explaining this notation on first use.) Do not write e.g. සැකිල්ල:Nobr because it resembles notations for සැකිල්ල:Section link.

Grouping of digits

• Digits should be grouped and separated either by commas or narrow gaps (සැකිල්ල:Em a period/full point).

Grouping with commas

• Left of the decimal point, five or more digits are grouped into threes separated by commas (e.g.  සැකිල්ල:Xt,  සැකිල්ල:Xt,  සැකිල්ල:Xt,  සැකිල්ල:Xt).
• Numbers with exactly four digits left of the decimal point may optionally be grouped (either  සැකිල්ල:Xt  or  සැකිල්ල:Xt), provided that this is consistent within each article.
• When commas are used left of the decimal point, digits right of the decimal point are not grouped (i.e. should be given as an unbroken string).
• Markup: සැකිල්ල:Tlc produces this formatting.

Grouping with narrow gaps

• Digits are grouped both sides of the decimal point (e.g.  සැකිල්ල:Xt,  සැකිල්ල:Xt,  සැකිල්ල:Xt).
• Digits are generally grouped into threes. Right of the decimal point, සැකිල්ල:Em practice is to have a final group of four instead of a lone digit (e.g.  සැකිල්ල:Xt  or  සැකිල්ල:Xt). In mathematics-oriented articles long strings may be grouped into fives (e.g.  සැකිල්ල:Xt).
• This style is especially recommended for articles related to science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
• Markup: Templates සැකිල්ල:Tlx or සැකිල්ල:Tlx may be used to produce this formatting. Note that use of සැකිල්ල:Em space character in numbers, including non-breaking space, is problematic for screen readers. සැකිල්ල:Crossref Screen readers read out each සැකිල්ල:Em of digits as separate numbers (e.g.  30 000  is read as "thirty zero zero zero".)

• Delimiting style should be consistent throughout a given article.

• Either use commas or narrow gaps, but not both in the same article.
• Either group the thousands in a four-digit number or do not, but not mixed use in the same article.
• However, grouping by threes and fives may coexist.

• An exception is made for four-digit page numbers or four-digit calendar years. These should never be grouped (not  සැකිල්ල:!xt,  though  සැකිල්ල:Xt  or  සැකිල්ල:Xt).

Percentages

• In the body of non-scientific/non-technical articles, සැකිල්ල:Xtn (American English) or සැකිල්ල:Xtn (British English) are commonly used: සැකිල්ල:Xt; සැකිල්ල:Xt; සැකිල්ල:Xt. Ranges are written සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt or සැකිල්ල:!xt.
• In the body of scientific/සැකිල්ල:Zwsptechnical articles, and in සැකිල්ල:Em of any article, the symbol % (unspaced) is more common: සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt or සැකිල්ල:!xt. Ranges: සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt or සැකිල්ල:!xt.
• When expressing the difference between two percentages, do not confuse a percentage change with a change in percentage points.

Scientific and engineering notation

• Scientific notation always has a single nonzero digit to the left of the point: not සැකිල්ල:!xt, but සැකිල්ල:Xt.
• Engineering notation is similar, but adjusted so that the exponent is a multiple of three: සැකිල්ල:Xt.
• Avoid mixing scientific and engineering notations (සැකිල්ල:!xt).
• In a table column (or other presentation) in which all values can be expressed with a single power of 10, consider giving e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt once in the column header, and omitting it in the individual entries. (Markup: {{e|7}})
• In both notations, the number of digits indicates the precision. For example, සැකිල්ල:Xt means rounded to the nearest thousand; සැකිල්ල:Xt to the nearest hundred; සැකිල්ල:Xt to the nearest ten; and සැකිල්ල:Xt to the nearest unit.

Markup: සැකිල්ල:Tlx and සැකිල්ල:Tlx may be used to format exponential notation.

Uncertainty and rounding

• Where explicit uncertainty information (such as a margin of error) is available and appropriate for inclusion, it may be written in various ways:

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt (not used with scientific notation)

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt (equivalent to සැකිල්ල:Xt)

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt

Markup: සැකිල්ල:Tlx, සැකිල්ල:Tlx, and සැකිල්ල:Tlx may be used to format uncertainties.

• Where explicit සැකිල්ල:Em (or is unimportant for the article's purposes) round to an appropriate number of significant digits; the precision presented should usually be conservative. Precise values (often given in sources for formal or matter-of-record reasons) should be used only where stable and appropriate to the context, or significant in themselves for some special reason.

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt

සැකිල්ල:Em සැකිල්ල:Xt

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt (not සැකිල්ල:!xtසැකිල්ල:Sndan official figure unlikely to be accurate at full precision)

සැකිල්ල:Em සැකිල්ල:Xt (unusual case in which the full-precision official population figure is helpful to readers)

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt (likely that accurate and precise figures were determined)

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt (unlikely that any precise number can be accurate, even if an official figure is issued)

සැකිල්ල:Em සැකිල්ල:Xt (in reporting conflicting information, give detail sufficient to make the contrast intelligible)

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt (where the actual figure was $8,462,247.63) සැකිල්ල:Xt

• The number of decimal places should be consistent within a list or context (සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt), unless different precisions are actually intended.
• It may sometimes be appropriate to note the සැකිල්ල:Em of uncertainty information, especially where such information is normally provided and necessary for full interpretation of the figures supplied.

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt

• The සැකිල්ල:Tlx template may be added to figures appearing to be overprecise.

• Avoid using "approximately", "about", and similar terms with figures that have merely been approximated or rounded in a normal and expected way, unless the reader might otherwise be misled.

  •   සැකිල්ල:Xt (සැකිල්ල:Nobrසැකිල්ල:Sndheights are conventionally reported only to the nearest inch, even though greater precision may be available in principle)

සැකිල්ල:Em සැකිල්ල:Xt ("about" because here the precise value is unknown, with substantial uncertainty)

• The reader may be assumed to interpret large round numbers (සැකිල්ල:Xt) as approximations. Writing a quantity in words (සැකිල්ල:Xt) can further emphasize its approximate nature.

• සැකිල්ල:Crossref

Non-base-10 notations

• In computer-related articles, use the C programming language prefixes 0x (zero-ex) for hexadecimal and 0 (zero) for octal. For binary, use 0b. Explain these prefixes in the article's introduction or on first use.
• In all other articles, use <sub> to create subscripts: සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt. Markup: සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt
• For bases above 10, use symbols conventional for that base (as seen in reliable sources) e.g. for base 16 use සැකිල්ල:Nobr.

Units of measurement

Unit choice and order

Quantities are typically expressed using an appropriate "primary unit", displayed first, followed, when appropriate, by a conversion in parentheses e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt. For details on when and how to provide a conversion, see the section සැකිල්ල:Section link. The choice of primary units depends on the circumstances, and should respect the principle of "strong national ties", where applicable:

• In non-scientific articles relating to the United States, the primary units are US customary, e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt.
• In non-scientific articles relating to the United Kingdom, the primary units for most quantities are metric or other internationally used units, except that:
  • UK engineering-related articles, including those on bridges and tunnels, generally use the system of units that the topic was drawn up in (but road distances are given in imperial units, with a metric conversion – see next bullet);
  • the primary units for distance/සැකිල්ල:Zwsplength, speed and fuel consumption are miles, miles per hour, and miles per imperial gallon (except for short distances or lengths, where miles are too large for practical use);
  • the primary units for personal height and weight are feetසැකිල්ල:Zwsp/inches and stones/සැකිල්ල:Zwsppounds;
  • imperial pints are used for quantities of draught beer/සැකිල්ල:Zwspcider and bottled milk;
• In all other articles, the primary units chosen will be SI units, non-SI units officially accepted for use with the SI, or such other units as are conventional in reliable-source discussions of the article topic (such as revolutions per minute (rpm) for angular speed, hands for heights of horses, et cetera).

• Quantities set via definition (as opposed to measured quantities) should be given first in the units used in the definition, even if this makes the structure of presentation inconsistent: සැකිල්ල:Xt.
  • This may benefit from a slightly non-standard structure, such as සැකිල්ල:Xt. In this sort of case, using සැකිල්ල:Xtn can help make clear which is the statutory, exact value.
• Nominal quantities (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt) require consideration of whether the article is concerned with the item's actual dimensions or merely with its function. In some cases only the nominal quantity may suffice; in others it may be necessary to give the nominal size (often in non-SI units), the actual size in non-SI units, and the actual size in SI units.
• Whenever a conversion is used, ensure that the precision of the converted quantity in the article is comparable to the precision of the value given by the source සැකිල්ල:Crossref.
• Where the article's primary units differ from the units given in the source, the සැකිල්ල:Tlx template's |order=flip flag can be used; this causes the සැකිල්ල:Em unit to be shown as secondary in the article, and the සැකිල්ල:Em unit to be shown as primary: {{convert|200|mi|km|order=flip}} → සැකිල්ල:Xt

Unit names and symbols

සැකිල්ල:Em

• Examples of unit names: foot, meter, kilometer.
• Examples of unit symbols: ft, m, km.

• Unit names and symbols should follow the practice of reliable sources.
• In prose, unit names should be given in full if used only a few times, but symbols may be used when a unit (especially one with a long name) is used repeatedly, after spelling out the first use (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt).

• Certain unit names (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt) need never be written in full unless required stylistically (සැකිල්ල:Xt).

• Where space is limited, such as in tables, infoboxes, parenthetical notes, and mathematical formulas, unit symbols are preferred.
• Units unfamiliar to general readers should be presented as a nameසැකිල්ල:Ndashsymbol pair on first use, linking the unit name (සැකිල්ල:Xt).
• Ranges use unspaced en dash (සැකිල්ල:Tlx) if only one unit symbol is used at the end (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt), and spaced en dash (සැකිල්ල:Tlx) if two symbols are used (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt); ranges in prose may be specified using either unit symbol or unit names, and units may be stated either after both numerical values or after the last (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt and සැකිල්ල:Xt are all acceptable).
• Lengthසැකිල්ල:Ndashwidth, lengthසැකිල්ල:Ndashwidthසැකිල්ල:Ndashheight and similar dimensions may be separated by the multiplication sign (×}}) or the word සැකිල්ල:Xtn.
  • With the multiplication sign, each number should be followed by a unit name or symbol (if appropriate):

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:Nobr, සැකිල්ල:!xt nor සැකිල්ල:Nobr

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt

• With සැකිල්ල:Xtn, the unit need be given only once: සැකිල්ල:Nobr or සැකිල්ල:Nobr
• The unspaced letter සැකිල්ල:Xt may be used in common terms such as සැකිල්ල:Xt.

General guidelines on unit names and symbols

Aspect	Guideline	Acceptable	Unacceptable
Spelling	The spelling of certain unit names (some of which are listed in සැකිල්ල:Section link, below) varies with the variety of English followed by the article.
Format	Do not spell out numbers before unit සැකිල්ල:Emසැකිල්ල:Nbsp...	සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
	...සැකිල්ල:Nbspbut words සැකිල්ල:Em numerals may be used with unit සැකිල්ල:Em.	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist
	Values not accompanied by units are usually given in figures.	සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
	Write unit names and symbols in upright ([[Roman type|සැකිල්ල:Sic]]) type, except where emphasizing in-context.	සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Xt
	Unit සැකිල්ල:Em are given in lower case except: in places where any word would be capitalසැකිල්ල:Shyized; where otherwise specified in the SI brochure; where otherwise specified in this Manual of Style.සැකිල්ල:Clarify	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist	සැකිල්ල:!xt
	Except as listed in the "Specific units" table below, unit සැකිල්ල:Em are uncapiසැකිල්ල:Shytalසැකිල්ල:Shyized unless they are derived from a proper name, in which case the first letter (of the base unit symbol, not of any prefix) is capitalized.	සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
	Unit symbols are undotted.	සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
	Except as shown in the "Specific units" table below, a space appears between a numeric value and a unit name or symbol. In the case of unit සැකිල්ල:Em,   (or සැකිල්ල:Tlxසැකිල්ල:Px1) should be used to prevent linebreak.	සැකිල්ල:Xt Markup: 29 kg	සැකිල්ල:!xt
	To form a value and a unit සැකිල්ල:Em into a compound adjective use a hyphen or hyphensසැකිල්ල:Nbsp...	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist
	... but a non-breaking space (never hyphen) separates a value and unit සැකිල්ල:Em.	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist	සැකිල්ල:!xt
Plurals	SI unit සැකිල්ල:Em are pluralized by adding the appropriate සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt suffixසැකිල්ල:Nbsp...	සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt
	... except for these irregular forms.	සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt
	Some non-SI units have irregular plurals.	සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt (unusual)	සැකිල්ල:!xt
	Unit සැකිල්ල:Em (in any system) are identical in singular and plural.	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist	සැකිල්ල:Nobr
Powers	Format exponents using සැකිල්ල:Tag, not special characters.	සැකිල්ල:Xt Markup: km<sup>2</sup>	සැකිල්ල:Em markup: km&#178;
	Or use සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn (සැකිල්ල:Em the unit being modified).	සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
	For areas or volumes only, සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn may be used (සැකිල්ල:Em the unit being modified).		සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Xt
	සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn may be used with US customary or imperial units, but not with SI units.	සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
Products	Indicate a product of unit සැකිල්ල:Em with either a hyphen or a space.	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist
	Indicate a product of unit සැකිල්ල:Em with &middot; or &nbsp; (සැකිල්ල:Em සැකිල්ල:Tlx is not equivalent to &middot;.)	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist
	සැකිල්ල:Em In some topic areas such as power engineerසැකිල්ල:Shying, certain products take neither space nor &middot;. Follow the practice of reliable sources in the article's topic area.	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist
	To pluralize a product of unit සැකිල්ල:Em, pluralize only the final unit. (Unit සැකිල්ල:Em are never pluralized.)	සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
Ratios, Rates, Densities	Indicate a ratio of unit සැකිල්ල:Em with සැකිල්ල:Xtn.	සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
	Indicate a ratio of unit සැකිල්ල:Em with a forward slash (/), followed by either a single symbol or a parenthesized product of symbolsසැකිල්ල:Snddo not use multiple slashes; or useසැකිල්ල:Nbsp−1,සැකිල්ල:Nbsp−2, etc.	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist
		සැකිල්ල:Plainlist	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist
	To pluralize a ratio of unit සැකිල්ල:Em, pluralize only the numerator unit. (Unit සැකිල්ල:Em are never pluralized.)	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist
	Some of the special forms used in the imperial and US customary systems are shown hereසැකිල්ල:Nbsp...	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist
	... but only the slash or negative exponent notations are used with SI (and other metric) units.	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist	සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Plainlist	සැකිල්ල:!xt
Prefixes	Prefixes should not be separated by a space or hyphen.	සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist
	Prefixes are added without contraction, except as shown here:	සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
	The සැකිල්ල:Xtn, සැකිල්ල:Xtn, සැකිල්ල:Xtn, and සැකිල්ල:Xtn prefixes should generally be avoided; exceptions include centimetre, decibel, hectolitre, hectare, and hectopascal.	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist	සැකිල්ල:!xt
	Do not use [[wikt:M#Number|සැකිල්ල:!xt]] for 103, සැකිල්ල:!xt for 106, or සැකිල්ල:!xt for 109 (except as noted elsewhere on this page for සැකිල්ල:Xtn and සැකිල්ල:Xtn, e.g. for monetary values)	සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
		සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt
Mixed units	Mixed units are traditionally used with the imperial and US customary systemsසැකිල්ල:Nbsp…	සැකිල්ල:Anchorසැකිල්ල:Plainlist
		සැකිල්ල:Plainlist
	... and in expressing time durationsසැකිල්ල:Nbsp...	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist
	… but are not normally used in SI.	සැකිල්ල:Plainlist	සැකිල්ල:!xt
	No comma.	සැකිල්ල:Xt	සැකිල්ල:!xt

Specific units

• The following table lists only units that need special attention.
• The SI Brochure recommend සැකිල්ල:Xtn.

|- | mile | සැකිල්ල:Xt |rowspan=3 | In nautical and aeronautical contexts use සැකිල්ල:Xt rather than mile to avoid confusion with nautical mile. |- | mile per hour | සැකිල්ල:Xt |- | nautical mile | සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt සැකිල්ල:Nobr |- | rowspan = 13 | Volume,
Flow | rowspan = 2 | සැකිල්ල:Plainlist | සැකිල්ල:Xt | Markup: cm<sup>3</sup> |- | සැකිල්ල:Xt | Non-SI symbol used for certain engine displacements; link to Cubic centimeter on first use. |- | imperial fluid ounce | සැකිල්ල:Xt | rowspan=8 | සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn (or සැකිල්ල:Xtn) must be specified; සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn must be specified, except withසැකිල්ල:Nbsp gallon. (Without සැකිල්ල:Xtn, ounce is ambiguousසැකිල්ල:Sndversus avoirdupois ounce or troy ounceසැකිල්ල:Sndand pint or quart is ambiguousසැකිල්ල:Sndversus US dry pint or US dry quart.) |- | imperial fluid pint | සැකිල්ල:Xt |- | imperial fluid quart | සැකිල්ල:Xt |- | imperial gallon | සැකිල්ල:Xt |- | US fluid ounce | සැකිල්ල:Xt |- | US fluid pint | සැකිල්ල:Xt |- | US fluid quart | සැකිල්ල:Xt |- | US gallon | සැකිල්ල:Xt |- | cubic foot | සැකිල්ල:Xt (සැකිල්ල:Em සැකිල්ල:!xt) | Write සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt. |- | cubic foot per second | සැකිල්ල:Xt (සැකිල්ල:Em සැකිල්ල:!xt) | |- | සැකිල්ල:Plainlist | සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt | The symbol l in isolation (i.e. not in such forms as ml) is easily mistaken for the digit 1 or the capital letter I. |- | rowspan=7 | Mass,
Force,
Density,
Pressure | long ton | සැකිල්ල:Xt | rowspan=2 | Spell out in full. |- | short ton | සැකිල්ල:Xt |- | pound per square inch | සැකිල්ල:Xt | |- | සැකිල්ල:Plainlist | සැකිල්ල:Xt සැකිල්ල:Nobr | |- | troy ounce | සැකිල්ල:Xt | rowspan=2 | සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn must be specified. Articles about precious metals, black powder, and gemstones should always specify whether ounces and pounds are avoirdupois or troy. |- | troy pound | සැකිල්ල:Xt |- | carat | සැකිල්ල:Xt | Used to express masses of gemstones and pearls. |- | Purity | carat or karat | සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt | A measure of purity for gold alloys. (Do not confuse with the unit of mass with the same spelling.) |- | rowspan=5 | Time | second | සැකිල්ල:Xt |rowspan=3|Do not use ′ (සැකිල්ල:!xt), ″ (සැකිල්ල:!xt), apostrophe (සැකිල්ල:!xt) or quote (සැකිල්ල:!xt) for minutes or seconds. Use සැකිල්ල:Xtn for "minute" only where there is no danger of confusion with meter, as in the hoursසැකිල්ල:Ndashminutesසැකිල්ල:Ndashseconds formats for time durations described in the Unit names and symbols table. |- | minute | සැකිල්ල:Xt |- | hour | සැකිල්ල:Xt |- | rowspan=2|year | සැකිල්ල:Xt | Use සැකිල්ල:Xtn only with an SI prefix mulitplier (සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt). |- | සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt | සැකිල්ල:Crossref |- | rowspan=4 | Informaසැකිල්ල:Shytion,
Data | bit | සැකිල්ල:Xt සැකිල්ල:Nobr | rowspan=4 | සැකිල්ල:Crossref |- | byte | සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt සැකිල්ල:Nobr |- | bit per second | සැකිල්ල:Xt (සැකිල්ල:Em සැකිල්ල:!xt or සැකිල්ල:!xt) |- | byte per second | සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt සැකිල්ල:Nobr |- | rowspan = 4 | Angle |- | arcminute | සැකිල්ල:Xt | Prime: ′. Markup: ′සැකිල්ල:Nbsp (not apostrophe/සැකිල්ල:Zwspsingle quoteසැකිල්ල:Nbspසැකිල්ල:!xt). No space between numerals and symbol සැකිල්ල:Nobr |- | arcsecond | සැකිල්ල:Xt | Double prime: ″. Markup: ″සැකිල්ල:Nbsp (not double-quoteසැකිල්ල:Nbspසැකිල්ල:!xt). No space between numerals and symbol සැකිල්ල:Nobr |- | degree | සැකිල්ල:Xt | Markup: °සැකිල්ල:Nbsp (not masculine ordinal සැකිල්ල:!xt or ring සැකිල්ල:Thinspසැකිල්ල:!xtසැකිල්ල:Thinsp). No space between numerals and symbol සැකිල්ල:Nobr |- | rowspan = 2 | Temperature | degree | සැකිල්ල:Xt | rowspan = 2 | Markup: °. Nonbreaking space (සැකිල්ල:Tlx) between numerals and symbol සැකිල්ල:Nobr සැකිල්ල:Nobr |- | degree Celsius සැකිල්ල:Nobr | සැකිල්ල:Xt (සැකිල්ල:Em සැකිල්ල:!xt) |- | rowspan = 2 | Energy | සැකිල්ල:Plainlist | සැකිල්ල:Xt | rowspan=2 | In certain subject areas, calorie is conventionසැකිල්ල:Shyally used alone. Articles following this practice should specify on first use whether the use refers to the small calorie or to the kilocalorie (large calorie). Providing conversions to SI units (usually calories to joules or kilocalories to kilojoules) may also be useful. A kilocalorie (සැකිල්ල:Xt) is 1000 calories. A calorie (small calorie) is the amount of energy required to heat 1 gram of water by 1 °C. A kilocalorie is therefore also a kilogram calorie. |- | සැකිල්ල:Plainlist | සැකිල්ල:Xt |}

Quantities of bytes and bits

සැකිල්ල:Shortcut In quantities of bits and bytes, the prefixes සැකිල්ල:Xtn (symbol සැකිල්ල:Xtn or සැකිල්ල:Xtn), සැකිල්ල:Xtn (සැකිල්ල:Xtn), සැකිල්ල:Xtn (සැකිල්ල:Xtn), සැකිල්ල:Xtn (සැකිල්ල:Xtn), etc., are ambiguous. They may be based on a decimal system (like the standard SI prefixes), meaning 10³, 10⁶, 10⁹, 10¹², etc., or they may be based on a binary system, meaning 2¹⁰, 2²⁰, 2³⁰, 2⁴⁰, etc. The binary meanings are more commonly used in relation to solid-state memory (such as RAM), while the decimal meanings are more common for data transmission rates, disk storage and in theoretical calculations in modern academic textbooks. සැකිල්ල:Bit and byte prefixes Follow these recommendations when using these prefixes in Wikipedia articles:

• Following the SI standard, a lower-case සැකිල්ල:Xt should be used for "kilo-" whenever it means 1000 in computing contexts, whereas a capital සැකිල්ල:Xt should be used instead to indicate the binary prefix for 1024 according to JEDEC. (If, under the exceptions detailed further below, the article otherwise uses IEC prefixes for binary units, use සැකිල්ල:Xt instead).
• Do not assume that the binary or decimal meaning of prefixes will be obvious to everyone. Explicitly specify the meaning of k and K as well as the primary meaning of M, G, T, etc. in an article (සැකිල්ල:Tlx is a convenient helper). Consistency within each article is desirable, but the need for consistency may be balanced with other considerations.
• The definition most relevant to the article should be chosen as primary for that article, e.g. specify a binary definition in an article on RAM, decimal definition in an article on hard drives, bit rates, and a binary definition for Windows file sizes, despite files usually being stored on hard drives.
• Where consistency is not possible, specify wherever there is a deviation from the primary definition.
• Disambiguation should be shown in bytes or bits, with clear indication of whether in binary or decimal base. There is no preference in the way to indicate the number of bytes and bits, but the notation style should be consistent within an article. Acceptable examples include:

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt

  •  සැකිල්ල:Xt

• Avoid inconsistent combinations such as සැකිල්ල:!xt. Footnotes, such as those seen in සැකිල්ල:Nowrap, may be used for disambiguation.
• Unless explicitly stated otherwise, one byte is eight bits සැකිල්ල:Crossref.

The IEC prefixes සැකිල්ල:Xtn (symbol සැකිල්ල:Xtn), සැකිල්ල:Xtn (සැකිල්ල:Xtn), සැකිල්ල:Xtn (සැකිල්ල:Xtn), etc., are generally not to be used except:

• when the majority of cited sources on the article topic use IEC prefixes;
• in a direct quote using the IEC prefixes;
• when explicitly discussing the IEC prefixes; or
• in articles in which both types of prefix are used with neither clearly primary, or in which converting all quantities to one or the other type would be misleading or lose necessary precision, or declaring the actual meaning of a unit on each use would be impractical.

Unit conversions

සැකිල්ල:Shortcut Where English-speaking countries use different units for the same quantity, follow the "primary" quantity with a conversion in parentheses: සැකිල්ල:Xt; සැකිල්ල:Xt. In science-related articles, however, supplying such conversion is not required unless there is some special reason to do so.

• Where an imperial unit is not part of the US customary system, or vice-versaසැකිල්ල:Sndand in particular, where those systems give a single term different definitionsසැකිල්ල:Snda double conversion may be appropriate: සැකිල්ල:Xt (markup: {{convert|80|kg|lb stlb}}); සැකිල්ල:Xt (markup: {{convert|5|L/100km|mpgus mpgimp|abbr=on}}).
• Generally, conversions to and from metric units and US or imperial units should be provided, except:
  • When inserting a conversion would make a common or linked expression awkward (සැකිල්ල:Xt).
  • When units are part of the subject of a topicසැකිල්ල:Sndnautical miles in articles about the history of nautical law (සැකිල්ල:Xt), SI units in scientific articles (සැකිල්ල:Xt), yards in articles about American footballසැකිල්ල:Sndit can be excessive to provide conversions every time a unit occurs. It could be best to note that this topic will use the units (possibly giving the conversion factor to another familiar unit in a parenthetical note or a footnote), and link the first occurrence of each unit but not give a conversion every time it occurs.
• Converted quantity values should use a සැකිල්ල:Em similar to that of the source quantity value, so සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt. Small numbers may need to be converted to a range where rounding would cause a significant distortion, so සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt. Be careful especially when your source has already converted from the units you're now converting back to. This may be evidenced by multiples of common conversion factors in the data, such as 160 km (from 100 miles). සැකිල්ල:Crossref
• Conversion templates can be used to convert and format many common units, including සැකිල්ල:Tlx, which includes non-breaking spaces.
• In a direct quotation, always retain the source units. Any conversions can be supplied either in the quote itself (in square brackets, following the original measurement) or in a footnote. සැකිල්ල:Crossref
• සැකිල්ල:Tlx may be added to articles needing general attention regarding choice of units and unit conversions.

Currencies and monetary values

Choice of currency

• In country-specific articles, such as Economy of Australia, use the currency of the subject country.
• In non-country-specific articles such as Wealth, use US dollars (සැකිල්ල:Xt), euros (සැකිල්ල:Xt), or pounds sterling (සැකිල්ල:Xt).

Currency names

• Do not capitalize the names of currencies, currency subdivisions, coins and banknotes except e.g. at the start of a sentence.
• To pluralize සැකිල්ල:Xtn use the standard English plurals (සැකිල්ල:Xt), not the invariant plurals used for European Union legislation and banknotes (සැකිල්ල:!xt). For the adjectival form, use a hyphenated singular: (සැකිල්ල:Xt).
• Link the first occurrence of lesser-known currencies (සැකිල්ල:Xt).

Currency symbols

• In general, the first mention of a particular currency should use its full, unambiguous signifier (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt), with subsequent references using just the appropriate symbol (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt), unless this would be unclear. සැකිල්ල:Em

• In an article referring to multiple currencies represented by the same symbol (e.g. the dollars of the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other countriesසැකිල්ල:Sndසැකිල්ල:Crossref) use the full signifier (e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt) each time, except (possibly) where a particular context makes this both unnecessary and undesirable.
• In articles entirely on EU-, UK- and/or US-related topics, all occurrences may be shortened (සැකිල්ල:Xt, සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt), unless this would be unclear.

• The pound sterling is represented by the සැකිල්ල:Xt symbol, with one horizontal bar. The double-barred සැකිල්ල:!xt symbol is ambiguous, as it has also been used for the Italian lira and other currencies. For non-British currencies that use pounds or a pound symbol (e.g. the Irish pound, IR£) use the symbol conventionally preferred for that currency.
• If there is no common English abbreviation or symbol, follow the ISO 4217 standard. සැකිල්ල:Crossref

සැකිල්ල:AnchorFormatting

• A period (full point, .) is used as the decimal pointසැකිල්ල:Sndnever a comma (සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt).
• සැකිල්ල:Crossref
• Do not place a currency symbol සැකිල්ල:Em the accompanying numeric figures (e.g. සැකිල්ල:!xt, සැකිල්ල:!xt, සැකිල්ල:!xt) unless that is the normal convention for that currency when writing in English.සැකිල්ල:Clarify Never use forms such as සැකිල්ල:!xt or සැකිල්ල:!xt.
• Currency abbreviations that come before the numeric value are සැකිල්ල:Em if they consist of a nonalphabetic symbol only, or end in a symbol (සැකිල්ල:Xt;සැකිල්ල:Nbspසැකිල්ල:Nbsp සැකිල්ල:Xt); but සැකිල්ල:Em if alphabetic (සැකිල්ල:Xt).
• Ranges should be expressed giving the currency signifier just once: සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt.
• සැකිල්ල:Xt and සැකිල්ල:Xt should be spelled out on first use, and (optionally) abbreviated සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt (both unspaced) thereafter: සැකිල්ල:Xt; සැකිල්ල:Xt.
• In general, a currency symbol should be accompanied by a numeric amount e.g. not සැකිල්ල:!xt but සැකිල්ල:Xt or සැකිල්ල:Xt.

• Exceptions may occur in tables and infoboxes where space is limited e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt. It may be appropriate to wikilink such uses, or add an explanatory note.

Conversions

• Conversions of සැකිල්ල:Em may be provided in terms of more familiar currenciesසැකිල්ල:Sndsuch as the US dollar, euro or pound sterlingසැකිල්ල:Sndusing an appropriate rate (which is often සැකිල්ල:Em the current exchange rate). Conversions should be in parentheses after the original currency, rounding to avoid false precision (two significant digits is usually sufficient, as most exchange rates fluctuate significantly), with at least the year given as a rough point of conversion rate reference; e.g. සැකිල්ල:Xt, not සැකිල්ල:!xt.
• For සැකිල්ල:Em, provide an equivalent (formatted as a conversion) if possible, in the modern replacement currency (e.g. decimal pounds for historical pre-decimal pounds-and-shillings), or a US-dollar equivalent where there is no modern equivalent.
• In some cases it may be appropriate to provide a conversion accounting for inflation or deflation over time. සැකිල්ල:Crossref

Common mathematical symbols

• This is not a complete list of symbols that may be used.
• Spaces are placed to left and right when a symbol is used with සැකිල්ල:Nobr, but no space with සැකිල්ල:Nobr
• The සැකිල්ල:Tlx and සැකිල්ල:Tlx templates may be used to prevent awkward linebreaks in mathematical material.
• Many of these mathematical symbols are available in the "Insert" menu below the editing window and not have to be manually encoded as shown in this table, but just inserted with these tools.

Common mathematical symbols

Symbol name	Example	Markup	Comments
Plus / positive	සැකිල්ල:Var + සැකිල්ල:Var	සැකිල්ල:Var + සැකිල්ල:Var
	+සැකිල්ල:Var	+සැකිල්ල:Var
Minus / negative	සැකිල්ල:Var − සැකිල්ල:Var	සැකිල්ල:Var − සැකිල්ල:Var	Do not use hyphen (සැකිල්ල:!xt) or dashes (සැකිල්ල:!xt සැකිල්ල:Nobr
	−සැකිල්ල:Var	−සැකිල්ල:Var
Plus-minus / minus-plus	41.5 ± 0.3	41.5 ± 0.3
	සැකිල්ල:Nobr	සැකිල්ල:Nobr
Multiplication, cross	සැකිල්ල:Var × සැකිල්ල:Var	සැකිල්ල:Var × සැකිල්ල:Var	Do not use the letter සැකිල්ල:!xt to indicate multiplication. However, an සැකිල්ල:Em සැකිල්ල:Xt may be used as a substitute for "by" in common terms such as [[4x4|සැකිල්ල:Xt]].
Division, obelus	සැකිල්ල:Var ÷ සැකිල්ල:Var	සැකිල්ල:Var ÷ සැකිල්ල:Var
Equal / equals	සැකිල්ල:Var = සැකිල්ල:Var	සැකිල්ල:Var = සැකිල්ල:Var
Not equal	සැකිල්ල:Var ≠ සැකිල්ල:Var	සැකිල්ල:Var ≠ සැකිල්ල:Var
Approx. equal	සැකිල්ල:Pi ≈ 3.14	සැකිල්ල:Tlx ≈ 3.14
Less than	සැකිල්ල:Var < සැකිල්ල:Var	සැකිල්ල:Var &lt; සැකිල්ල:Var
L.T. or equal	සැකිල්ල:Var ≤ සැකිල්ල:Var	සැකිල්ල:Var &le; සැකිල්ල:Var
Greater than	සැකිල්ල:Var > සැකිල්ල:Var	සැකිල්ල:Var &gt; සැකිල්ල:Var
G.T. or equal	සැකිල්ල:Var ≥ සැකිල්ල:Var	සැකිල්ල:Var &ge; සැකිල්ල:Var

සැකිල්ල:Em The variables in this table represent editor input. To actually markup variables in wikitext, use the සැකිල්ල:Tlx template or සැකිල්ල:Tag HTML element: සැකිල්ල:Tnull + සැකිල්ල:Tnull and <var>x</var> + <var>y</var> both produce: සැකිල්ල:Var + සැකිල්ල:Var.

Geographical coordinates

සැකිල්ල:Shortcut

සැකිල්ල:Crossref

Quick guide:

Geographical coordinates on Earth should be entered using a template to standardise the format and to provide a link to maps of the coordinates. As long as the templates are adhered to, a robot performs the functions automatically.

First, obtain the coordinates. Avoid excessive precision.

Two types of template are available:

• සැකිල්ල:Tlx offers users a choice of display format through user styles, emits a Geo microformat, and is recognised (in the සැකිල්ල:Em position) by the "nearby" feature of Wikipedia's mobile apps and by external service providers such as Google Maps and Google Earth, and Yahoo.
• Infoboxes such as සැකිල්ල:Tlx, which automatically emit සැකිල්ල:Tlx.

The following formats are available.

• For degrees only (including decimal values): සැකිල්ල:Tlc
• For degrees/minutes: සැකිල්ල:Tlc
• For degrees/minutes/seconds: සැකිල්ල:Tlc

where:

• සැකිල්ල:Var, සැකිල්ල:Var, සැකිල්ල:Var are the degrees, minutes and seconds, respectively;
• සැකිල්ල:Var is either N for northern or S for southern latitudes;
• සැකිල්ල:Var is either E for eastern or W for western longitudes;
• negative values may be used in lieu of S and W to denote Southern and Western Hemispheres

For example:

For the city of Oslo, located at 59° 55′ N, 10° 44′ E:

{{coord|59|55|N|10|44|E}}සැකිල්ල:Sndwhich becomes සැකිල්ල:Coord

For a country, like Botswana, less precision is appropriate:

{{coord|22|S|24|E}}සැකිල්ල:Sndwhich becomes සැකිල්ල:Coord

Higher levels of precision are obtained by using seconds:

{{coord|33|56|24|N|118|24|00|W}}සැකිල්ල:Sndwhich becomes සැකිල්ල:Coord

Coordinates can be entered as decimal values

{{coord|33.94|S|118.40|W}}සැකිල්ල:Sndwhich becomes සැකිල්ල:Coord

Increasing or decreasing the number of decimal places controls the precision. Trailing zeros should be used as needed to ensure that both values have the same level of precision.

London Heathrow Airport, Amsterdam, Jan Mayen and Mount Baker are examples of articles that contain geographical coordinates.

Generally, the larger the object being mapped, the සැකිල්ල:Em the coordinates should be. For example, if just giving the location of a city, precision greater than 100සැකිල්ල:Nbspmeters is not needed unless specifying a particular point in the city, for example the central administrative building. Specific buildings or other objects of similar size would justify precisions down to 10සැකිල්ල:Nbspmeters or even one meter in some cases (1′′ ~15සැකිල්ල:Nbspm to 30සැකිල්ල:Nbspm, 0.0001° ~5.6සැකිල්ල:Nbspm to 10සැකිල්ල:Nbspm).

The final field, following the E/W, is available for attributes such as type:, region:, or scale: සැකිල්ල:Crossref.

When adding coordinates, please remove the සැකිල්ල:Tlx tag from the article, if present.

සැකිල්ල:Crossref

Templates other than සැකිල්ල:Tlx should use the following variable names for coordinates: සැකිල්ල:Var, සැකිල්ල:Var, සැකිල්ල:Var, සැකිල්ල:Var, සැකිල්ල:Var, සැකිල්ල:Var, සැකිල්ල:Var, සැකිල්ල:Var.

See also

• Wikipedia:Naming conventions (numbers and dates)
• Wikipedia:Date formattings
• m:Help:Date formatting feature at Meta
• සැකිල්ල:Section link at Meta

Notes and references