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

[The Cunctator]

On 3/3/03 12:18 AM, "Richard Grevers" <dramatic at xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 19:09:41 -0800 (PST), Zoe
> <zoecomnena at yahoo.com> 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.

This discussion should be held to the proper forum: [[Wikipedia talk:Manual
of Style (dates and numbers)]].