[Wikimedia-l] Office hours for VisualEditor

[Katherine Casey]

You know, I didn't believe them when they said Wikimedians could fight
about *anything*...and then I read this thread.



On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Newyorkbrad <newyorkbrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you saying that our extensive discussion of the meaning of 0000 counts
> for naught?
>
> Newyorkbrad
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Michael Snow <wikipedia at frontier.com
> >wrote:
>
> > On 10/30/2013 8:39 AM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:
> >
> >> On 10/30/2013 11:20 AM, Risker wrote:
> >>
> >>> Just to clarify, since 0000 UTC is a confusing time for most of us
> >>>
> >> {{cn}}
> >>
> >> I've heard that said very often (that 00:00 is somehow confusing to many
> >> people), but I've yet to actually see someone being actually confused by
> >> it.
> >>
> >> There is exactly one minute labeled 00:00 in every day, and that is
> >> unambiguously the first of the day.
> >>
> > It ought to be straightforward, yes, since in numeric sequences 00:00
> > clearly comes before other possible time values, and therefore is not
> > nearly as confusing as, say, 12:00 (is noon AM and midnight PM, or is it
> > the other way around?). However, it is definitely possible to overthink
> > things, and as this conversation demonstrates, of all the faults of which
> > our community is capable, overthinking things is one of the easiest for
> us
> > to fall into.
> >
> > --Michael Snow
> >
> >
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