User talk:Markrich

Your edits to Gregorian calendar and Days of the week

Hi! I see that you're changing the sequence of the weeks to correspond to ISO 8601 (Western Europe) as opposed to the North American convention (Sunday through Saturday). I have no objection to that, just one small suggestion: If you add a comment in the 'Edit summary' explaining why you're making the change, it's less likely to be reverted by someone who thinks it should be shown in the American sequence. -- Jim Douglas 18:14, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies. I wasn't trying to change from American to European format for preference, but rather to present the days in the correct international ISO format. I have added the change comments and will go back and check my other changes I have made to articles to see if they are still present and explain why they were made. Marky 20:13, 18 September 2006 (UTC)markrich[reply]

No problem! I'm in Canada, so I use the Sunday->Saturday sequence, but it's fine to list them here in the ISO sequence. But here in North America, many people don't realize that the Sunday->Saturday sequence is not used worldwide. If you get in the habit of filling in edit summaries, other editors will see why the change was made...so they'll be less likely to just reverse it. -- Jim Douglas 20:25, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In the endless pursuit of knowledge, if the North American common standard puts Sunday as day 1, how can Saturday and Sunday be considered as the 'weekend'? Additionally, for Christian worship how do North Americans combine their consideration of Sunday as being Day 1 with their belief in worship on the 7th day? Marky 21:00, 18 September 2006 (UTC)markrich[reply]

I can't speak for Christians! Here are a few articles giving the Christian perspective on Sunday being the first day of the week: [1] [2]. -- Jim Douglas 21:44, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]