I'm in PST, and I noticed when I read what you wrote that your "at this
moment" was still in the future.
Zoe
Sean Barrett <sean(a)epoptic.com> wrote:The aliasing pipe was meant to humorously
link the phrases "Sun Mar 2
19:44:31 PST 2003" and "this moment"; ie, the moment in which I was
writing. (What time zone are you in, that that time was half an hour in
your future?) Also, the phrase "it has no automatic article-selection
mechanism" might be understood to mean that it has no it has no
automatic article-selection mechanism, thus making it unable to "go off"
any time soon.
I still don't understand what, exactly, is confusing about 2 March 2003.
--
Sean Barrett
sean(a)epoptic.com
-----Original Message-----
From: wikien-l-admin(a)wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org] On Behalf
Of Zoe
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 19:55
To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org
Subject: RE: [WikiEN-l] Do we really want to confuse every American
who reads the
Wikipedia?
You wrote: The datebot has been thoroughly tested and is almost ready
to be set
ravening among the articles. At [[Sun Mar 2 19:44:31 PST
2003|this moment]] it has no automatic article-selection mechanism.
I read this as saying that you were planning on setting it off at
19:44:31.
Zoe
Sean Barrett wrote:
What is with these straw man attacks? It is NOT going to go off in 30
minutes. Where in the world did you get that absurd idea? Furthermore,
2/3/03 is a non-sequitur -- no one has ever suggested it. The
discussion involves only 2 March 2003 versus March 2, 2003.
What, exactly, is confusing about 2 March 2003?
--
Sean Barrett
sean(a)epoptic.com
-----Original Message-----
From: wikien-l-admin(a)wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org] On Behalf
Of Zoe
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 19:28
To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org
Subject: RE: [WikiEN-l] Do we really want to confuse every American
who reads the
Wikipedia?
>
> You claim that the discussion is ongoing, and yet the Bot has
already
been written, tested, and is set to go off in 30
minutes!
It's confusing because it is NOT what Ameri! cans write, unless they
have
military training. Try writing 2/3/03 and tell me what the date
is.
>
> Zoe
>
> Sean Barrett wrote:
>
> So let's discuss. What, exactly, is confusing about 2 March 2003?
>
> --
> Sean Barrett
> sean(a)epoptic.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wikien-l-admin(a)wikipedia.org
> [mailto:wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Zoe
> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 19:10
> > To: WikiEN-l(a)wikipedia.org
> > Subject: [WikiEN-l] Do we really want to confuse every American
who
reads the
Wikipedia?
Apparently there is a move under way to change EVERY date in the
English Wikipedia
to "2 March" format from "March 2" format. How did
this slip under the radar without a major discussion? It's a very
anti-American thing to do.
Zoe> >
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