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(a)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(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:33 AM, Wilhelm Schnotz <wilhelm(a)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?
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Peter in Canberra