[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] BC vs BCE era names

Tue Sep 5 12:28:02 UTC 2006

Yes, but at the same time we must respect that everyone has varied
religious beliefs, and I wouldn't be surprised if around about half of
users supported BC, while the other half did not. However, you have a
point, NPOV means BCE. Then again, must we assert that Jesus is the
Messiah/God? We must merely assert that he is christ and that the
calendar is based around his birth (which it certainly appears to be,
if he existed when he supposedly did).

On 9/5/06, Guettarda <guettarda at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually one of the major issues in the dispute is whether BC/AD violates
> NPOV because it requires Wikipedia to make an assertion the Jesus is the
> Messiah/God.  BCE/CE merely describes the condition, and thus does what the
> NPOV policy asks.
>
> On 9/5/06, Akash Mehta <draicone at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Go figure :) I suppose thats all you can put in an article like MoS
> > anyway. I personally think any policy article that doesn't change
> > regularly (i.e. no voting pages, no listings and relistings) shouldn't
> > go over 10kb for readability's sake. Anything more is just too much
> > content for one page. And there's the added advantage that mailing
> > list users don't need to abbreviate policy :)
> >
> > On 9/5/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 05/09/06, Akash Mehta <draicone at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > "whatever it is now, leave it kthx."
> > > > that must be the most concise decision ever :)
> > >
> > >
> > > I am simplifying greatly ;-)
> > >
> > >
> > > - d.
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