[WikiEN-l] Do we really want to confuse every American whoreads the Wikipedia?

[Sean Barrett]

On the contrary, the form 2 March 2003 simply IS correct in American
English.  The Chicago Manual of Style prefers "that in all text,
including notes and bibliographies, exact dates be written in the
sequence day-month-year, without internal punctuation."  Rule 8.36.

If this bot ever runs, changes will be reversible in the same way that
all changes to the Wikipedia are reversible.

--
 Sean Barrett
 sean at epoptic.com

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On 3/2/03 10:39 PM, "Sean Barrett" <sean at epoptic.com> wrote:

> What is with these straw man attacks?  It is NOT going to go off in 30
> minutes.  Where in the world did you get that absurd idea?
Furthermore,
> 2/3/03 is a non-sequitur -- no one has ever suggested it.  The
> discussion involves only 2 March 2003 versus March 2, 2003.
>
> What, exactly, is confusing about 2 March 2003?
>
It's simply not correct in American English.

It sounds like Yoda-speech to the American ear.

The Date-bot needs to be reversible.

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