Wikipedia talk:Date formatting and linking poll/Archive 1: Difference between revisions

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The current wording is very confusing to me, and will be the more so for most editors. [[User:Tony1|<font color="darkgreen">'''Tony'''</font >]] [[User talk:Tony1|<font color="darkgreen">(talk)</font >]] 14:15, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

:Well, what do you suggest regarding wording? It seems clear to me. I've no preference regarding full date linking - I suspect it will get overwhelmingly rejected in this poll so we might as well just take it out. '''[[User:Ryan Postlethwaite|<font color="green">Ryan</font> <font color="purple">Postlethwaite</font>]]^{See [[Special:Contributions/Ryan Postlethwaite|the mess I've created]] or [[User talk:Ryan Postlethwaite|let's have banter]]}''' 14:37, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

::I'd take it out. It would be profoundly irritating to all those who bothered to contribute to the first one to have to do it again. The results will be contaminated because many people would simply not contribute again. Have a look at it[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(dates_and_numbers)/Three_proposals_for_change_to_MOSNUM#Proposal_2:_A_return_to_date_autoformatting|hereHere]], so see what Iit meanis.

::May I suggest that instead, we isolate the ''issues'' that might be RfCed. If possible, the RfC(s) should be kept as simple as possible, and should be worded so that everyone can understand them. Why is it necessary to have two phases? I'd have thought something like dabomb's list of exceptions might form the basis of a yes/no list of responses (or even Likert-scale choice of 1–5 to indicate approval–disapproval – I'm unsure until it's more concrete). I haven't researched fully how the opposing parties feel, but I notice Arthur Rubin said "DaBomb's new summary of the consensus is reasonably close to my understanding" at the Workshop page. [[User:Dabomb87/Summary_of_the_Date_Linking_RFCs#Linking_chronological_items|Here]] is his summary of "When to link". Could this—preferably tweaked and reduced in size, if possible—form the basis of a series of questions? I think people need to discuss this here first. [[User:Tony1|<font color="darkgreen">'''Tony'''</font >]] [[User talk:Tony1|<font color="darkgreen">(talk)</font >]] 15:33, 5 March 2009 (UTC)