Alexander Stephen Bradbury wrote:
Shouldn't the English Wikipedia chaqnge the BC
dates, to BCE. As I'm sure
you all know, BC==Before Christ and BCE=Before Common Era. Now, surely BCE
is a better term, as it doesn't force anyone to conform to this christian
naming convention. Maybe you've already considered tihs, are there any
reasons not to make the change?
ASB [[User:Smelialichu]]
I prefer BC because it's shorter than BCE.
As much as I know the origins of "BC" and its relationship to the life
of Jesus, my atheistic sensitivities are not offended by its use. "BCE"
has always struck me as affectatiously hyper-correct.
Nevertheless, if the author of an article wants to use "BCE" or "CE"
in
his own article, I would be inclined to treat it as an option in the
same way that we deal with American/British spellings. Where a person
does use "AD", however, I would treat it as wrong to put it after the
year number.
The system could have been designed to use "AC" for both before and
after ... Ante-Christ and Anti-Christ :-)
Eclecticology