You wrote: The datebot has been thoroughly tested and is almost ready to be set ravening among the articles. At [[Sun Mar 2 19:44:31 PST 2003|this moment]] it has no automatic article-selection mechanism.

I read this as saying that you were planning on setting it off at 19:44:31.

Zoe

 Sean Barrett <sean@epoptic.com> wrote:

What is with these straw man attacks? It is NOT going to go off in 30
minutes. Where in the world did you get that absurd idea? Furthermore,
2/3/03 is a non-sequitur -- no one has ever suggested it. The
discussion involves only 2 March 2003 versus March 2, 2003.

What, exactly, is confusing about 2 March 2003?

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Sean Barrett
sean@epoptic.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Zoe
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 19:28
> To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org
> Subject: RE: [WikiEN-l] Do we really want to confuse every American
who reads the Wikipedia?
>
> You claim that the discussion is ongoing, and yet the Bot has already
been written, tested, and is set to go off in 30 minutes!
>
> It's confusing because it is NOT what Americans write, unless they
have military training. Try writing 2/3/03 and tell me what the date
is.
>
> Zoe
>
> Sean Barrett wrote:
>
> So let's discuss. What, exactly, is confusing about 2 March 2003?
>
> --
> Sean Barrett
> sean@epoptic.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org
> [mailto:wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Zoe
> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 19:10
> > To: WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org
> > Subject: [WikiEN-l] Do we really want to confuse every American who
> reads the Wikipedia?
> >
> > Apparently there is a move under way to change EVERY date in the
> English Wikipedia to "2 March" format from "March 2" format. How did
> this slip under the radar without a major discussion? It's a very
> anti-American thing to do.
> >
> > Zoe
> >
> >
> >
> >
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