[WikiEN-l] Do we really want to confuse every American who reads the Wikiped

[james duffy]

Regarding the dates issue:  2 points.

(1) d/mm/yy is used worldwide and understood (and indeed regularly used) in 
the US.
mm/dd//yy is used in the US.

(2) Contrary to Cunctator's assertion, everyone who voted for the dd/mm/yy 
version is NOT British. The world does not simply consist of the US and 
Britain. There are other countries who use it, and people from other 
countries who voted to use it. Whereas dd/mm/yy is used worldwide (even by 
Americans), mm/dd/yy simply isn't. So if Wiki wants to use a dating system 
that is instantly recognisable to people in 200+ countries, it should use 
dd/mm/yy (or at least enable it to be used). It it wants to have a system 
that is exclusively used by one, it should require everyone else adapt and 
use the US mm/dd/yy.

JT
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