I apologize for being so slow with this message that Zoe became alarmed.
As a result of the discussion on [[Wikipedia_talk:Manual of Style (dates
and numbers)]], I have written a datebot that will convert dates of the
form "[[March 2]], [[2003]]" to "[[2 March]] [[2003]]" (and also the
simpler case of "[[March 2]]" to "[[2 March]]"). I have tested it in
my
own sandbox and on a few naval ship pages.
Currently it has no automatic article selection mechanism; it only
munges the single article it's pointed at. I intend to run it manually
and slowly on the ship articles and make sure I haven't missed anything
about its operation.
I have no intention of doing anything precipitous.
--
Sean Barrett | How am I supposed to hallucinate
sean(a)epoptic.com | with all these swirling colors
| distracting me? --Lisa Simpson