User talk:Rikudemyx
Okay first off....nerd moment. Janus WAS NOT norse pagan he IS Roman Pagan as a member of this religion, trust me I know. Second off, while I may be one, most people are not pagan, they do not see the connection between the days of the week and deities. Almost ALL people however have heard of what bc and ad means. And yes I did go read the rules, technically it doesn't say that it CAN'T be changed it says it shouldn't without consensus, Now granted I may not have gone on the talk page and asked for everyone's consent, but once it was done you should've left it alone. BCE and CE are the accepted terms now. It wasn't like I vandalized the page.
BCE/CE
[edit]I understand that you may not be familiar with the guideline, but please note that as per WP:ERA, editors are not to change from Anno Domini to Common Era or vice versa, without established consensus to change. Both era notations are acceptable on Wikipedia. — CIS (talk | stalk) 13:35, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
- Yes I was unaware, sorry about that. I did not realize that Wikipedia supported christian ideologies.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rikudemyx (talk • contribs)
- I'm sorry that you see this policy as meaning Wikipedia supports Christian ideologies, because I don't think that's the case. Take the English days of the week and months for example. Wikipedia uses January to refer to the first month of the common calendar year in a secular sense throughout numerous articles, even though the term is explicitly Norse pagan, and is based on their deity Janus. According to your logic, shouldn't this be interpreted as Wikipedia "supporting Norse ideologies"? If a concerted group of people were to rename January to "Common Month #1" to secularize it, do you think Wikipedia should immediately begin revising all of its articles to reflect this change just because it is more secular? Where would it end? Should Christopher ("the one who bears Christ [in his soul]") Hitchens change his first name because he is an atheist, not a Christian? No, Christopher is now accepted as a secular name. Just Because AD means "Anno Domini" doesn't mean that it is meant to invoke the Christian deity when it used secularly. It is the very same as using January or Wednesday. Think about it. — CIS (talk | stalk) 13:48, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Before saving your changes to an article, please provide an edit summary, which you forgot to do before saving your recent edit to Paul the Apostle. Doing so helps everyone understand the intention of your edit (and prevents legitimate edits from being mistaken for vandalism). It is also helpful to users reading the edit history of the page. Thank you. Cognate247 (talk) 19:57, 26 July 2011 (UTC)