User talk:Ian Clelland
Hi, I reverted your changes at the above article. Please see the dates and numbers section of the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Specifically:
- "If a date includes both a month and a day, then the date should almost always be linked to allow readers' date preferences to work, displaying the reader's chosen format."
- "Once the year is clearly established, yearless dates can be used judiciously in nearby prose."
I hope this properly explains my revert (the edit summary box isn't quite long enough). Angus Lepper(T, C, D) 21:01, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- The first point is fair -- I suppose I should just change my date preferences :) I never saw the point in linking to a page about that day of the year, every time it is mentioned, in whatever context.
- Regarding the second point, I didn't know that the year was clearly established, when we are discussing a ratification process that has been ongoing for several years now. *(Ian Clelland) 22:15, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
- I probably agree in the first point, but I guess if it's a technical thing rather than a style thing, and the MoS says it, then I might as well stick by it. My feeling was that the year was clearly established by the previous sentence, but if you feel that isn't clear enough, feel free to reinsert the year. Welcome to Wikipedia, by the way! You seem to be editing rather well for a new editor, which sadly seems to be quite unusual. :-) Angus Lepper(T, C, D) 23:01, 4 July 2007 (UTC)