[WikiEN-l] The present tense

[Ray Saintonge]

theProject wrote:

>On 1/4/07, Stan Shebs <stanshebs at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>You didn't notice the smiley face?
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>Sorry. I saw the tongue-in-cheek a bit, but I guess I didn't play along as
>well as I would have liked. :-)
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>I brought this up on the list because I'm thinking something along the lines
>of a template much like {{fact}} or {{cn}}. You know, "blah blah blah blah
>blah [may become outdated]." This would be distinct from [update needed], in
>that this tag would pick on style, while [update needed] just picks on time.
>
You make a valid point, but I don't know if there is a general solution 
at all. The example from the Canadian cabinet shuffle is the kind that 
is likely to be fixed quickly.  Nevertheless there are many more 
articles where this will pass unnoticed.  Articles about schools often 
name the principal of the school, and I doubt that there is any 
mechanism for updating these as needed.

Ec