The result was keep. Lord Roem ~ (talk) 20:36, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
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This unit of measurement probably doesn't exist. Of the three sources currently in the article, the third doesn't mention the subject, the second uses the word "standard" as an adjective while talking about something else, and the first is a book full of sloppy errors and hilarious misreadings. I did a search and can find no indication that this ever existed. Reyk YO! 15:27, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
The units of measurement are called "Standards" and there is little resemblance between the different "standards".Fittingly, what is presented here as the standard appears to be a specific one (Pittsburgh), and in that capacity is too badly sourced (as noted above). Delete. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 18:49, 4 November 2019 (UTC))
Standard, an upright of iron, for fencing; a flag; a test or rule of measure; a solid measure by which hewn timber is estimated, varying in different timber countries. The St. Petersburg standard hundred of deals, and deal ends, contains 120 pieces, 12 feet long, 1½ inch thick, and 11 inches broad, = 165 cubic feet. The Swedish standard hundred contains 121 pieces, 14 feet long, 3 inches thick, and 9 inches broad. The Norwegian standard hundred contains 120 pieces 12 feet long, 3 inches thick, and 9 inches broad. The standard hundred by which battens are commonly sold, contains 120 pieces, 12 feet long, 2½ inches thick, and 7 inches broad. Dantzic and Memel deck deals are sold by a standard of 40 feet long, 3 inches thick, and 12 inches wide. The standard of red deals would weigh about 2¾ tons, and that of white wood 2½ tons. The term standard is used to designate the purity and weight of coins, that is, [...more information on standard coins not shown; the text omitted is twice the size of the text shown...]
Standard, [...] a solid measure by which hewn timber is estimated, varying in different timber countries- that's a separate thing, not a modifier for "hundredweight" or something like that. Later use in the same passage (
The standard of red deals would weigh about 2¾ tons) seems to bear that out. I can't check the other sources, but if they show the same usage, then that would seem adequate sourcing to me. - In which case Petrograd Standard should be merged here, as suggested. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 04:19, 5 November 2019 (UTC)