[Wikimedia-l] Office hours for VisualEditor

[Michael Snow]

On 10/30/2013 8:58 AM, Newyorkbrad wrote:
> 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
> Are you saying that our extensive discussion of the meaning of 0000 counts
> for naught?
>
> Newyorkbrad
I am saying nothing of the kind.

--Michael Snow