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::::::: Trout, anyone? ;-) [[User:Ohconfucius|Ohconfucius]] ([[User talk:Ohconfucius|talk]]) 15:35, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::::The formatdate parser function? People argued that the existing systems syntax was "too complicated" by virtue of it using square brackets (as with normal links). I can only imagine the kind of complaints we'd receive if we forced people to mark dates up using <nowiki><code>{{#formatdate:November 11, 2001}}</code></nowiki>... There's been a proposal to simply remove the linking in the software, but for whatever reason this continues to be resisted. It's simpler, doesn't involve the use of bots, and keeps dates auto formatted. (And of course the other issues can be fixed with time, assuming opponents don't try for RFC5 and a half...). —[[User:Locke Cole|Locke Cole]] • [[User talk:Locke Cole|t]] • [[Special:Contributions/Locke Cole|c]] 11:30, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:::::Off topic... What's formaldehyde got to do with anything? [[User:Ohconfucius|Ohconfucius]] ([[User talk:Ohconfucius|talk]]) 15:41, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
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