I think this is a bad way of putting what is a sound idea in this instance. It is true that Jguk was changing date formats to something that offended SouthernComfort and others. It is also true, however, that SouthernComfort had been changing date formats to something that offended Jguk and others.
The issue here, though, is that deciding on these issues (as with whether to use American or English English) comes down to the editors of a particular article. There appears to be widespread agreement on the particular articles involved (of which SouthernComfort was one of the editors) that BCE-CE was preferable in this instance. Jguk then went around changing them to his preference anyway, regardless of the article consensus - and that's what isn't on.
-- ambi
On 6/19/05, Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net wrote:
No, it sets the precedent you cannot impose the particular usage you prefer on the rest of the world, especially on groups who are offended by that usage. It is more an elaboration of our general policy on courtesy. Another aspect of the decision is that you cannot unilaterally declare your preference Wikipedia policy without having it adopted as an actual policy.
Fred
On Jun 18, 2005, at 2:34 PM, Rick wrote:
This decision is apparently setting the precedent that if a user can claim that edits they disagree with are offensive to them, then their view is the only acceptable view and the rest of Wikipedia's editors can go hang.
RickK
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