On 9/5/06, Bill Clark <wclarkxoom(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
1) Ignore wikilinked dates that contain explicit
display text, leaving
them untouched.
2) Change all wikilinked dates and associated display text according
to user preferences.
3) Encourage a mass renaming of year articles from (e.g.) [[1984]] to
[[AD 1984]].
Even though option 3 is completely unrealistic, I mention it because
it actually makes the most sense (how did we get started having bare
numbers assumed to be a date by default, anyway?). That said, I think
option 2 is the best bet, so long as it's considered more important to
have consistent date formatting than to honor the display text put in
place by editors.
I vote for option 3. There are only 2006 or so of them.
Steve
Oh, please, please, don't even _think_ about option 3. You are now
required to chant WP:LAME backwards whilst throwing salt over your left
shoulder.
-- Neil, on baktun 12 katun 19 tun 13 uinal 11 kin 1.