New rule to prohibit SI reform advocacy

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diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
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+   "editor.rulers": [100],
    "editor.scrollBeyondLastLine": false,
    "editor.tabSize": 3,
    "files.insertFinalNewline": true,

diff --git a/src/website/article/metric-poetry/index.html b/src/website/article/metric-poetry/index.html
@@ -75,34 +75,36 @@ <h2>Notes</h2>
 
    <section>
       <h2>Klicks of Inspiration</h2>
-      <blockquote>
-         "Your klickage may vary."
-         <cite>&mdash; U.S. EPA after metrication</cite>
-      </blockquote>
-      <blockquote>
-         "It's not the years, honey, it's the klickage."
-         <cite>&mdash; Correct canonical version of Indiana Jones</cite>
-      </blockquote>
-      <blockquote>
-         "Knowledge without klickage doesn't mean anything to me."
-         <cite>&mdash; Henry Rollins if he had been born in Australia</cite>
-      </blockquote>
-      <blockquote>
-         "Take your dream and start breaking in down into klickstones."
-         <cite>&mdash; A Pragmatic Person</cite>
-      </blockquote>
-      <blockquote>
-         "My path has not been determined.&nbsp; I shall have more experiences and pass many more klickstones."
-         <cite>&mdash; Agnetha Fältskog in the future</cite>
-      </blockquote>
-      <blockquote>
-         "Life isn't a matter of klickstones, but of moments."
-         <cite>&mdash; Modern-day clone of Rose Kennedy</cite>
-      </blockquote>
-      <blockquote>
-         "Remember to celebrate klickstones as you prepare for the road ahead."
-         <cite>&mdash; Even more visionary Nelson Mandela</cite>
-      </blockquote>
+      <div>
+         <blockquote>
+            "Your klickage may vary."
+            <cite>U.S. EPA after metrication</cite>
+         </blockquote>
+         <blockquote>
+            "It's not the years, honey, it's the klickage."
+            <cite>Correct canonical version of Indiana Jones</cite>
+         </blockquote>
+         <blockquote>
+            "Knowledge without klickage doesn't mean anything to me."
+            <cite>Henry Rollins if he had been born in Australia</cite>
+         </blockquote>
+         <blockquote>
+            "Take your dream and start breaking in down into klickstones."
+            <cite>A Pragmatic Person</cite>
+         </blockquote>
+         <blockquote>
+            "My path has not been determined.&nbsp; I shall have more experiences and pass many more klickstones."
+            <cite>Agnetha Fältskog in the future</cite>
+         </blockquote>
+         <blockquote>
+            "Life isn't a matter of klickstones, but of moments."
+            <cite>Modern-day clone of Rose Kennedy</cite>
+         </blockquote>
+         <blockquote>
+            "Remember to celebrate klickstones as you prepare for the road ahead."
+            <cite>Even more visionary Nelson Mandela</cite>
+         </blockquote>
+      </div>
    </section>
 
    <section>

diff --git a/src/website/article/rules/index.html b/src/website/article/rules/index.html
@@ -88,11 +88,21 @@ <h2>Don't be pedantic</h2>
          domains such as scholarly publishing, engineering specifications, government regulations,
          and business contracts.&nbsp;
          However, SI rules are not helpful when casually communicating about things like your
-         height and weight.&nbsp;
+         height and weight or how far it is to your favorite burger joint.&nbsp;
       </p>
       <p>
-         We support metrication, and adherence to the finer details of SI rules is a separate
-         discussion from metrication.&nbsp;
+         Colloquialism is essential for full metrication.&nbsp;
+      </p>
+      <div>
+         <blockquote>
+            Using the word "klick" instead of saying "kilometer" is concise, saves time and reduces
+            the chance of misunderstandings during critical moments.
+            <cite>Military.com Network</cite>
+         </blockquote>
+      </div>
+      <p>
+         Adherence to the finer details of SI rules is a separate discussion from
+         metrication.&nbsp;
       </p>
    </section>
 
@@ -114,21 +124,37 @@ <h2>Don't lie about elephants being imperial units</h2>
       </p>
    </section>
 
+   <section id=si-reform>
+      <h2>SI reform advocacy is prohibited</h2>
+      <p>
+         A pernicious subculture has developed amongst a very small but vocal group of metric
+         pseudo-experts to reform SI to match their excessive concern with formalism.&nbsp;
+         For example, the crazies want to ban the metric ton and force you to only say
+         megagram (Mg).&nbsp;
+         That's not going to happen.&nbsp;
+      </p>
+      <p>
+         Likewise, their obsession with hating centimeters and renaming the kilogram muddies the
+         waters and is counter-productive to metrication.&nbsp;
+         SI reform advocacy is not welcome here.&nbsp;
+      </p>
+   </section>
+
    <section id=metric-clocks>
       <h2>Metric clock gibberish is prohibited</h2>
       <p>
          Metric clocks are a goofy idea that have nothing to do with metrication.&nbsp;
          A tenth of a day is a useless time interval, so the whole idea of a metric clock can
          never catch on.&nbsp;
-         The base SI unit for time is the second, and the other units of time, like minute and hour, are
-         just convenient derivations of the second.&nbsp;
+         The base SI unit for time is the second, and the other units of time, like minute and
+         hour, are just convenient derivations of the second.&nbsp;
       </p>
       <p>
          Other prohibited gibberish includes pointless navel-gazing about
          using Kelvin instead of Celsius,
          changing metric to a base system other than base-10,
-         derisive comparisions to Myanmar and Liberia,
-         pontificating about the correct size of kilobytes and megabytes,
+         derisive comparisons to Myanmar and Liberia,
+         pontificating about the correct size of a computer kilobyte (KB) or megabyte (MB),
          and lamenting about how Caribbean pirates stole America's official 1 kilogram weight.
       </p>
       <figure>🚔 🚔 🚔</figure>

diff --git a/src/website/calculator/index.html b/src/website/calculator/index.html
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ <h2>{{articleTitle}}</h2>
       <h2>Oven Temperature Conversion</h2>
       <div>
          <form>
-            <input value=350 data-on-input=app.calculator.convertToCelsius>&deg;F
+            <input type=number value=350 data-on-input=app.calculator.convertToCelsius>&deg;F
          </form>
          <i data-icon=arrow-alt-circle-right></i>
          <figure><output>180</output>&deg;C</figure>  <!-- Start at 350°F = 180°C -->

diff --git a/src/website/css/layout.less b/src/website/css/layout.less
@@ -59,15 +59,39 @@ body {
       >section {
          >p, >div {
             text-align: left;
-            code {
-               white-space: normal;
-               }
             li {
                font-size: 1em;
                text-indent: 0px;
                padding-left: 0em;
                margin-bottom: 15px;
                }
+            //TEMPORARY
+            code {
+               white-space: normal;
+               }
+            blockquote {
+               display: block;
+               width: 100%;
+               font-size: 1.2rem;
+               font-style: italic;
+               text-align: left;
+               border: 1px solid silver;
+               padding: 10px 25px;
+               margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;
+               cite {
+                  display: block;
+                  font-size: 0.8rem;
+                  font-weight: 100;
+                  font-style: normal;
+                  letter-spacing: 0.05em;
+                  text-align: right;
+                  padding-top: 5px;
+                  &::before {
+                     content: @symbolEmDash;  //character: —
+                     margin-right: 0.4em;
+                     }
+                  }
+               }
             }
          a {
             white-space: normal;

diff --git a/src/website/css/metrication-checklist.less b/src/website/css/metrication-checklist.less
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ol.metrication-checklist {
                }
             &::after {  //heavy checkmark
                .MetricationChecklistCheckbox(@rowHeight);
-               content: "\2714";  //character: ✔
+               content: @symbolCheckmark;  //character: ✔
                color: white;
                background-color: royalblue;
                border-color: royalblue;

diff --git a/src/website/css/static/utility-box.less b/src/website/css/static/utility-box.less
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
 @layerHover:         100;  //tootips and other hover popups
 @layerBackground:   -100;  //bottom of the barrel
 
+// Character entities
+@symbolAngleRight:   "\276F";  //character: ❯
+@symbolArrowDown:    "\21E9";  //character: ⇩
+@symbolArrowUp:      "\21E7";  //character: ⇧
+@symbolCheckmark:    "\2714";  //character: ✔
+@symbolEmDash:       "\2014";  //character: —
+@symbolTriangleDown: "\25BC";  //character: ▼
+@symbolTriangleUp:   "\25B2";  //character: ▲
+
 // Tools
 
 .Bullseye() {