The problem is picking the correct one involves lots of drama and arbcom cases. Drama that we did not have before the unlinking of dates. (This I a direct consequence of date unlinking)
To be honest, I wonder if there is a way to reformat dates by .js script... We could have two scripts... One 1 jan 2009 and one Jan 1, 2009. Then those that care that much can just go back to seeing what they want to see and we could avoid this whole issue. On 1/19/09, Skyring <skyr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Wily D <wilydoppelgan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Skyring <skyr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Delirium <delir...@hackish.org> wrote: >>>> Delirium wrote: >>>>> ... strongly discourage edits that change one to >>>> another, unless the article's strongly associated with a specific >>>> English-speaking country where one dialect predominates. >>> >>> I'm puzzled here. Why is it only English-speaking nations that use dates? >>> >>> -- >>> Peter in Canberra >>> >> Because it's English Wikipedia. It's harder to claim there's a >> preferred dialect of English to use for the article on French Guiana. > > What on earth does the variant of English used in a nation have to do > with the date format used? Date format is an independent variable, > like the colours of the national flag or the units of measurement. > > In written English we commonly use two date formats, known as American > (mdy) and International (dmy). All we have to do is pick the > appropriate format for the subject, and we have reliable, easily > accessed sources for nations and cultures to prevent arguments. > > Where there is no clear format, such as for an article on swans or the > International dateline, then fall back on the rules as per WP:ENGVAR - > stay with the established format unless there is a good reason for > change. That's the thinking behind the Arbcom ruling on jguk - the > actual variety of English used is immaterial. > -- > Peter in Canberra > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
