[WikiEN-l] Dates: Your vote is needed

[JFrost8401 at aol.com]

In a message dated 22/06/03 01:58:15 GMT Daylight Time, erik_moeller at gmx.de 
writes:


> I do not think that we should have a UK-Wikipedia and a US/World- 
> Wikipedia. Personally, I would love to have the following compromise:
> 
>         * US-style spelling in all articles
>         * British style dates in all articles
> 
> But the worst solution is one where every article looks different. That  
> conveys an unprofessional image: That we only can maintain consistency on  
> a single page, but not throughout our encyclopedia.
> 
> I would like to ask you to vote on the above page, preferably for one of  
> the two options "Month Day" or "Day Month" (I'm trying to use my evil  
> manipulative powers here), so that we can get a clear result, change (or  
> not change) all our articles accordingly, and move on to more important  
> things.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Erik
> __________

Not a generous offer, Erik - why not British spelling, US dates? I get fed up 
with adding "in the [[US]]" to articles where it it is simply assumed that 
there is only one country that matters. The day I have to use US spelling is the 
day I stop contributing.

Jim (aka jimfbleak)
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