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

[Akash Mehta]

I think what SKL means is that you cannot assert that Mars is the God
of War, or that he/she/it is even a god in the first place. In roman
times it may have been common belief, but it doesn't meant that it is
fact.

On 9/6/06, Oskar Sigvardsson <oskarsigvardsson at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/6/06, ScottL <scott at mu.org> wrote:
> > maru dubshinki wrote:
> > > On 9/5/06, ScottL <scott at mu.org> wrote:
> > >> Guettarda 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.
> > >>  If I am not mistaken the beginning and ends of the months etc were
> > >> originally set up based on astrological principals. Would it violate
> > >> NPOV (since we would then be making astrological assertions) to keep
> > >> using months?
> > >>
> > >> SKL
> > >
> > > But those astrological measurements are objective and empirically
> > > verifiable in a way that AD/BC is not, and often track significant
> > > events, such as the changing of the pole star.
> > >
> > > ~maru
> >
> >    According to [[March]], the month is named after Mars the god of war.
> >   The fact that he is the god of war is empirically verifiable?
> >
> > SKL
>
> Are you asking if it's independently verifiable whether in Roman
> times, Mars was considered the God of War? Certainly it is, pick up
> any book on ancient roman mythology, and there you will find "Mars is
> the God of War" somewhere in it.
>
> This seems obvious. Why did you ask?
>
> --Oskar
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