Ah. I see. It's something else entirely. I was hoping for some input on the points I raised...
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Wilhelm Schnotz <wilh...@nixeagle.org> wrote: > Sure, we have one going on now just over the *unlinking*. Check > WP:RFAR under current cases. > > We have had problems with types of English being an issue and going to > arbcom, this is the same type of thing... Now that it is harder to set > your settings to hide the "wrong" format (now it is as difficult as > hiding the "wrong" English)... Those that care about these things will > likely cause enough drama that arbcom will have to review it. Its the > same "preference" style thing. > > On 1/19/09, Skyring <skyr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:33 AM, Wilhelm Schnotz <wilh...@nixeagle.org> >> wrote: >>> 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) >> >> Picking the correct format for a nation or culture merely involves >> checking format preferences in your computer. I doubt that there's >> much variation in the data used by Apple, Microsoft, Linux etc. They >> are all going to come up with International format for Brazil. >> >> Where there's doubt, either discuss it on the article talk page or >> stick with the existing format. You know, like we do for ENGVAR for >> spelling. >> >> As to Arbcom cases over date formats, could you point me to a recent >> case, please? -- 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
