<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3>In a message dated 22/06/03 01:58:15 GMT Daylight Time, erik_moeller@gmx.de writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I do not think that we should have a UK-Wikipedia and a US/World- <BR>
Wikipedia. Personally, I would love to have the following compromise:<BR>
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* US-style spelling in all articles<BR>
* British style dates in all articles<BR>
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But the worst solution is one where every article looks different. That <BR>
conveys an unprofessional image: That we only can maintain consistency on <BR>
a single page, but not throughout our encyclopedia.<BR>
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I would like to ask you to vote on the above page, preferably for one of <BR>
the two options "Month Day" or "Day Month" (I'm trying to use my evil <BR>
manipulative powers here), so that we can get a clear result, change (or <BR>
not change) all our articles accordingly, and move on to more important <BR>
things.<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
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Erik<BR>
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Not a generous offer, Erik - why not British spelling, US dates? I get fed up with adding "in the [[US]]" to articles where it it is simply assumed that there is only one country that matters. The day I have to use US spelling is the day I stop contributing.<BR>
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Jim (aka jimfbleak)</FONT></HTML>