Alphax wrote:
CE/BCE is already a standard in many disciplines. Make it so in WP.
...except where use of BC and AD is appropriate. Would you have us
convert every instance of something being measured in feet, inches,
fathoms, chains, pounds, ounces, psi and the like to its metric equivalent?
You can't impose a blanket policy where the usage is dependent on
context. Like naming conventions, there *are* exceptions to the rule.
It would be wonderful if Wikipedia converted completely to the metric
system, or perhaps [[SI]] ("the most widely used system of units").
Perhaps units should be referred to the Countering Systemic Bias
Wikiproject.
As for the use of BC and AD, it is indeed perfectly appropriate in
articles about Christianity-related topics, just as the use of the
Hebrew, Hindu or Chinese calendars is appropriate in articles related
to those topics.
Nevertheless, a standard for articles not based on those topics would
be useful, and CE/BCE seems to be the least POV and easiest to
implement out of the options available.
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Stephen Bain
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