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=====I support the general concept of autoformatting=====
# While I don't care much about having a user preference to make all dates into one format, something like <nowiki>{{#formatdate}}</code> combined with a <nowiki>{{DEFAULTDATEFORMAT}}</nowiki> magic word to set the default for the whole page is necessary to avoid either forcing all date-handling templates to have a "dateformat" parameter on ''every use'' or forcing all date-handling templates to allow any arbitrary garbage in their "date" parameters and forgo any possibility of date manipulation. I also see no point in not allowing those who want the feature to have it, and frankly the "arguments against" above reek of [[Fear, uncertainty and doubt|FUD]] and [[appeal to authority|logical fallacy]] with no real substance. [[User:Anomie|Anomie]][[User talk:Anomie|⚔]] 23:14, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
=====I oppose the general concept of autoformatting=====
#If [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4582#c65 Brion thinks] that Autoformatting should be removed, that's good enough for me. I think the benefits of autoformatting do not outweigh the trouble implementing it will cause, such as tagging millions of dates with a marker to allow autoformatting. <font face="Verdana" color="blue">[[User:Steve Crossin|Steve Crossin]] <sup>[[User talk:Steve Crossin|<font color="green">Talk</font>]]</sup>'''/'''<sub>[[WP:24|<font color="#CCC000">24</font>]]</sub></font> 23:12, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
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