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The Meta rules state that:

Meta rules

• Due to the nature of the source material the going language will be English (UK)
• The S.I. system of units is used to indicate relevant measurements

Shouldn't we also note that we use the Short scale?

From wikipedia:

For most of the 19th and 20th centuries, the United Kingdom uniformly used the long scale, while the United States of America used the short scale, so that the two systems were often referred to as British and American in the English language. In 1974, the government of the UK switched to the short scale, a change that is reflected in its mass media and official usage.

Though it is true that the the United Kingdom now uses the short scale, I do think that if we make explicit the assumption of using the International System of Units, we should also make the scale used explicit. This will hopefully prevent confusion, and it least allows us to point to somewhere when confusion does come up.

Or... we could just use the Prefixes: short scale billion is giga-

[Mercury]

Seconded. Milliard is a strange word in english. Billiard is perfectly acceptable, except that its a game with balls.

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I have updated the Meta Rules.