I think we shouldn't insult the average citizens' intelligence and assume that BCE/CE is just too hard for them to grasp. I don't have a PhD or a masters, but I can easily get this distinction. My gut tells me that your 'average Joe' isn't going to struggle with it.
Respectfully,
Michael
On 11/8/06, Zachary Pruckowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
I feel like this issue actually sort of encapsulates the fundamental
struggle in Citizendium. We're trying to simultaneously be a
citizen's compendium (which might imply the more common BC/AD) and be
a more expert-driven resource (which might imply BCE/CE). I feel
like we're going to have a lot of these sorts of conflicts in the
weeks and months ahead.
Personally, I'd go from BC/AD just to avoid confusion.
Zach
On Nov 8, 2006, at 9:03 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> This is my first time posting but the topic is interesting so why
> not reply.
>
> I don't think that BCE/CE should be adopted. BC and AD are the
> common terms that everyone is familiar with. I like to think that
> CZ will be read by ordinary people looking for accurate
> information. Using a notation from the academic field that is
> relatively new and not found in most history books written in
> English can be annoying for the general public.
>
> There is a lot of work done in the United States to secularize
> anything and everything. Because of this there has been a
> considerable about of bad feeling towards organizations involved.
> Why push CZ into this before we even know who might be offended.
>
> AD and BC lack any religious meaning in my mind. Any time I want to
> know what they stood for I need to look them up in the dictionary.
> This is probably due too my poor Latin vocabulary.
>
> The names of the months of the year also originated in Roman times
> and were named after Roman Gods. Should we change those too? We
> wouldn't want to offend any Non-Roman God believing people.
>
> Have a nice day
>
> Marek Zyskowski
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.marek.qc.ca
>
> Phil Wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Do we have a policy in place at the moment regarding Western
> dating? Specifically, do we use BC/AD, as found in Wikipedia
> articles or the less Christian based BCE/CE?
>
> Personally I'm not all that fussed, but I do prefer to use and see
> "Common Era" notation, though I am aware of the confusion and
> sometimes anger that it can cause. The reason I'm asking is that I
> have just started to get to work on some ancient history articles,
> beginning with the Flavian Amphitheatre....(though I suppose I
> could in that instance use either the consular names for the year
> or the date from the foundation of Roma. ;-)
>
> In passing, I must say it's fun having a whole article to oneself
> for a wee bit....knowing that I can get up in the morning and not
> have to groan at what some troglodyte has had to say about Russell
> Crowe looking good as a gladiator or something, LOL.
>
> Cheers,
> Phil.
>
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