<P>But this is the English wiki, and as such, only the format used in English-speaking countries applies. What's anti-European, anti-African (except for English speaking countries) is of no consequence. It's true that the British, Australian, New Zealand version, etc., may be different. I don't know what Canadians use.
<P>Zoe
<P> <B><I>Richard Grevers <dramatic@xtra.co.nz></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 19:09:41 -0800 (PST), Zoe <BR><ZOECOMNENA@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR><BR>><BR>> Apparently there is a move under way to change EVERY date in the English <BR>> Wikipedia to "2 March" format from "March 2" format. How did this slip <BR>> under the radar without a major discussion? It's a very anti-American <BR>> thing to do.<BR>That's the first time I've been asked to consider Americans to be an <BR>opressed minority :-)<BR>(4% of the world population and they expect everyone else to suffer their <BR>illogical system?)<BR>2 March 2003 is logical, natural to speech, and (so long as the month name <BR>is used) unambiguous.<BR>In your terms, "March 2" is anti British, Anti European, Anti-Australasian, <BR>Anti-African etc. etc.<BR>-- <BR>Richard Grevers<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>WikiEN-l mailing list<BR>WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org<BR>http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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