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#'''Support'''. Formatting for dates is minor, but it is very important to have a standard format across the whole project.--[[User:Unionhawk|Unionhawk]] ([[User talk:Unionhawk|talk]]) 12:58, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

#'''Support'''. Per DAF. I was one of the user who objected to the "unilateral delinking campaigns by bots and other editors", and was treated quite rudely by the other side, with odd accusations of "elitism" being hurled, among other things. There seems to be some deep-rooted reasons against autoformatting that have nothing to do with autoformatting itself. I'm glad to finally see a project wide poll on this, though I am at a complete loss as to why this was not done ''first''! I also support measures to ensure that dates are displayed consistently to unregistered users. - [[User:BillCJ|BillCJ]] ([[User talk:BillCJ|talk]]) 13:03, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

#'''Support'''. Being able to express dates in a consistent way across the encyclopedia is important. To be able to do that without choosing one cultural convention to use everywhere is a really nice feature, and I think in the best spirit of Wikipedia. I could be convinced that there are technical reasons not to do it, but I haven't yet seen what they are. [[User:Twp|Tim Pierce]] ([[User talk:Twp|talk]]) 13:05, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

#'''Support'''. The general formatting of all dates gives a consistent output for all articles. The improvements proposed in the software to allow/not allow the date to be linked when autoformatted makes it an even more attractive solution so that people do not have to worry about what is actually in the article text they see it the way they want. [[User:Keith D|Keith D]] ([[User talk:Keith D|talk]]) 13:26, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

#'''Support''' - the benefit gained from consistency across articles outweigh the potential problems in my opinion. [[User:Camw|Camw]] ([[User talk:Camw|talk]]) 13:36, 30 March 2009 (UTC)