On 05/09/06, Guettarda guettarda@gmail.com wrote:
Actually one of the major issues in the dispute is whether BC/AD violates NPOV because it requires Wikipedia to make an assertion the Jesus is the Messiah/God. BCE/CE merely describes the condition, and thus does what the NPOV policy asks.
That's not an "issue", it's an "assertion". Plus the common assertion that BCE is standard in academia, when that doesn't apply outside the US.
- d.