[WikiEN-l] I am very concerned by the arbcomm decision againstjguk

Mon Jun 20 01:24:15 UTC 2005

On Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:32 PM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:

> On Jun 19, 2005, at 2:01 PM, Rick wrote:
> 
> > SouthernComfort was NOT one of the editors involved
> > until after he got into "change every article about
> > Iran to BCE" mode.  jguk was RIGHTLY changing SC's
> > edits back to what the original authors had left them at.
>
> Under the existing style guide that was ok. Either style is acceptable.

Indeed. However, this misses out one very important part (paraphased,
obviously):

| Under the existing style guide, either style is acceptable. Changing an
| article with both forms to use just one is, also, acceptable, a useful
| bit of copyediting. However, changing an article from style to the other,
| in whichever direction, is not, and should be reverted.

The lack of everything after the first full stop is what is worrying in your
answers; I hope that it was missed off purely for brevity.

Yours,
-- 
James D. Forrester -- Wikimedia: [[W:en:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]

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