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 wilhelm@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 skyring@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:33 AM, Wilhelm Schnotz wilhelm@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?