Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
I'd like to note that there were infact a techincal solution implemented a while ago using templates. I believe you posted {{adce|2006}}, and it would pick the right one after how you had configured your CSS.
However, it died a quiet death at TFD.
--Oskar
Did this thread start with an announcement that a technical solution was forthcoming or am I on crack? As an aside I was not arguing that your points were flawed. I was just saying that both alternatives are legitimately objectionable, and I reject the notion that one of more so than the other.
We do this with date formatting and ISBN numbers you would think it would not be that hard (though I think you would have to wikify them all). See now I have to go back and re-read the start of the thread.
SKL