Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk wrote:
In the first case, he did. In the second case, it didn't, because the program got cancelled. A self-updating text would be fine in the first half, but quite problematic in the latter.
Nice catches. I've been seeing them all the time too in my casual reading. I wouldn't have raised the issue otherwise.
Though I don't thing "quite problematic" is the right phrase, I do agree that in such cases we would need the flag to have a fallback mode. We've been discussing user messaging as a solution, where the switch tag whould include at least one editor's name attached, {{dateswitch|is going to fly|flew|DATE|~~~}}, and the bot would message the editor on the date to check up on it.
-SC