[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] BC vs BCE era names

[Akash Mehta]

Shouldn't the default be neutral (i.e. 'BC(E)' / 'BC|BCE' etc.)
anyway? There's not much of a choice there. Then again, if users have
a problem with the mere use of a 'BC' instead of 'BCE' when BC has
been widely accepted for so long, then so be it.

On 9/5/06, Richard Holton <richholton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/5/06, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Oh yes, please stop that eternal useless bickering!
> > I have never seen the use of adding another E to BC and give it another
> > name
> > when in fact you count with the same year numbering. But if we can have
> > a technical solution so we can have both I'd go for it.
> >
> > Mgm
>
>
> Perhaps I'm just pessimistic, but I'm sure there will be "bickering" over
> the default setting of any UI option we come up with. After all, the default
> will determine what those who are not logged-in or who have not modified
> their preferences will see.
>
> -Rich
> [[W:en:User:Rholton]]
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