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Revision as of 19:12, March 30, 2007
, 19:12, March 30, 2007→''Always'' use AD and BC?
==''Always'' use AD and BC?==
==''Always'' use AD and BC?==
That reads as if all year are to have the era prepended to them... so, for example, whenever I sign something:
That reads as if all years are to an era designation. Are we supposed to use AD 2007 when referring to current events? Whenever I sign something...
[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 15:06, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
:[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 15:06, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
I need to go back in and manually edit it afterwards:
am I expected to go back in and edit it to read
[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 15:06, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
:[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 15:06, 30 March AD 2007 (EDT)?
I doubt it.
I think this needs some wordsmithing, and propose this substitute language:
:In dates, if it is necessary for clarity to show the era of the year, use the designations BC and AD (not the substitutes BCE and CE).