Typical example of Wikipedia changes being applied excessively due to
lack of judgment. The idea that it was unnecessary in most cases to
link day or month was a good one; carrying it to year is ridiculous.
Even print reference sources often provide a listing by year of births
and deaths--almanacs for example. A small group of self-selected
specialists with the persistence to follow all the MOS discussions
should not be deciding these things--they should be able to
distinguish the parts that do need more general community involvement.
(To expect the community in general to follow ''all'' of MOS is not
practical).
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:16 PM, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2008/10/17 Marc Riddell
<michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net>et>:
Which leaves all creative instinct and Article by
Article basic human
judgment behind. A sad road to go down.
Marc
Not really. Human create. Bots sort of copyedit.
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geni
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