Regarding the dates issue: 2 points.
(1) d/mm/yy is used worldwide and understood (and indeed regularly used) in the US. mm/dd//yy is used in the US.
(2) Contrary to Cunctator's assertion, everyone who voted for the dd/mm/yy version is NOT British. The world does not simply consist of the US and Britain. There are other countries who use it, and people from other countries who voted to use it. Whereas dd/mm/yy is used worldwide (even by Americans), mm/dd/yy simply isn't. So if Wiki wants to use a dating system that is instantly recognisable to people in 200+ countries, it should use dd/mm/yy (or at least enable it to be used). It it wants to have a system that is exclusively used by one, it should require everyone else adapt and use the US mm/dd/yy.
JT
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