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Talk:Examples of Bias in Wikipedia (view source)
Revision as of 23:27, September 27, 2007
, 23:27, September 27, 2007"Wikipedia allows the use of B.C.E. instead of B.C. and C.E. instead of A.D."
Why is this bias?
Why is this bias?
== "Wikipedia allows the use of B.C.E. instead of B.C. and C.E. instead of A.D." ==
Here is Wikipedia's policy:
"Both the BCE/CE era names and the BC/AD era names are acceptable, but be consistent within an article. Normally you should use plain numbers for years in the Common Era, but when events span the start of the Common Era, use AD or CE for the date at the end of the range (note that AD precedes the date and CE follows it)."
Much of the world has been using the so-called "Common Era" indicator for some time. This is the same reason that Wikipedia occasionally allows British spellings (i.e. colour or fibre) and use of the metric system in articles - hardly evidence of bias. A ''restriction'' of the usage of C.E. or B.C.E., on the other hand, would be Western-centric and biased.[[User:Archibald|Archibald]] 19:27, 27 September 2007 (EDT)