--- Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
As for the use of BC and AD, it is indeed perfectly appropriate in articles about Christianity-related topics, just as the use of the Hebrew, Hindu or Chinese calendars is appropriate in articles related to those topics.
Nonsense. Do you want to use the Mayan calendar for Central American articles, the date of the founding of Rome for all dates associated with the Roman Empire? We should use dates that the average reader is going to understand.
RickK
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