[WikiEN-l] Re: Do we really want to confuse every American who reads the Wikipedia?

[Zoe]

But this is the English wiki, and as such, only the format used in English-speaking countries applies.  What's anti-European, anti-African (except for English speaking countries) is of no consequence.  It's true that the British, Australian, New Zealand version, etc., may be different.  I don't know what Canadians use.
Zoe
 Richard Grevers <dramatic at xtra.co.nz> wrote:On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 19:09:41 -0800 (PST), Zoe 
wrote:

>
> Apparently there is a move under way to change EVERY date in the English 
> Wikipedia to "2 March" format from "March 2" format. How did this slip 
> under the radar without a major discussion? It's a very anti-American 
> thing to do.
That's the first time I've been asked to consider Americans to be an 
opressed minority :-)
(4% of the world population and they expect everyone else to suffer their 
illogical system?)
2 March 2003 is logical, natural to speech, and (so long as the month name 
is used) unambiguous.
In your terms, "March 2" is anti British, Anti European, Anti-Australasian, 
Anti-African etc. etc.
-- 
Richard Grevers

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