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#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)
#*The quotation from Brion is incomplete, and misrepresents his opinion. It would be regrettable if this were to be decided on the basis of this error. [[User:Pmanderson|Septentrionalis]] <small>[[User talk:Pmanderson|PMAnderson]]</small> 23:23, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
#**I read the entire quote. My opinion still hasn't changed though. So much effort for such a little benefit. <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> 23:46, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
# Per all of the arguments against. We don't need more options. Neither of the accepted date styles are difficult to understand. I think we should continue to move away from the ISO style and we shouldn't be relying on autoformatting for consistency. [[User:Rambo's Revenge|<b><font color="#DC143C">Rambo's</font></b>]] [[User talk:Rambo's Revenge|<b><font color="#FF4500">Revenge</font></b>]] [[Wikipedia:Editor review/Rambo's Revenge|<small><b><font color="#FFA500">(How am I doing?)</font></b></small>]] 23:16, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
#If they haven't been able to get it right in SIX YEARS, nothing makes me think they will get it right any time soon. While people say 'no pain, no gain', this is just sooo much pain for little gain. [[User:Ohconfucius|Ohconfucius]] ([[User talk:Ohconfucius|talk]]) 23:21, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
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