tarquin wrote at last:
IMO lists of prize awards or works are in a sense timelines, and as such should go forwards. what are your opinions?
Why must we choose a standard? Since we're mixed up now, and either method is clearly usable, let this be like British vs American spelling. We could even add to the Manual of Style that either is OK, to help head off edit wars and arguments in Talk pages. (One can still argue in a Talk page why that particular article is special, and needs to go one way or another.)
That said, I prefer going forward, if we do pick something.
-- Toby