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

[Neil Harris]

Sam Korn wrote:
> On 9/5/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On 05/09/06, Sam Korn <smoddy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> The problem really is that making a policy here requires us to make a
>>> decision.  Yes, *us*.  This is enormously different to normal article
>>> writing, where we just report what others have said.  We have to make
>>> a decision about which is correct, yet we can't, because to do so
>>> would be to break our principle of neutrality (though not NPOV, which
>>> is related but different).
>>> In short, we're stuffed.
>>>       
>> Oh, I dunno. I understand there's a technical solution^Wworkaround on offer ...
>>     
>
> Yes, it's a great workaround... until people say "but this article
> displays BC[E] when users aren't signed in.  THAT'S AN ABUSE OF NPOV."
>
> Neat as this technical workaround is, it's nowhere close to a solution
> and indeed will not be.
>
>   
Try geolocation on the basis of source IP, and select CE north of the 
Mason-Dixon line, and AD below?

-- Neil, no, of course I'm not serious, on DIES MARTIS ANTE DIEM X KAL. 
SEP. MMDCCLIX A. V. C.