Wikipedia:User preferences for BCE/CE notation: Difference between revisions

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*There have been recent problems on the English Wikipedia with those supporting the usage of BCE/CE notation encouraging its wholesale use across the English Wikipedia. This has been met with similarly strong resistance from those who do not wish to see it adopted wholesale.

*We should bear in mind both that we exist for our readers and that we need good editors. It therefore makes sense that a new "preference" functionality is developed. This preference would allow registered users who want to see BCE/CE notation to see it throughout Wikipedia. Unregistered users and registered users who have not chosen to see BCE/CE notation would see BC/AD notation.

'''The actual reason is that Jesus was probably born in c. 4 B.C.E, and changing the entire dating structure is harder than just changing some letters.'''

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