User talk:Rob carmack
AD\BC CE\BCE
[edit]Please participate in the discussion on the History of Indiana rather than edit war. Your account can be blocked for that sort of action. If you have a legitimate reason change the way the article is wrote please explain. :) I am open and have no preference between the two. Thanks Charles Edward
- And as I have told you and I and others have said on the talk page, it started as CE and there according to the guidelines it should stay. Doug Weller (talk) 21:02, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
And from his email to me, an experienced user, yet with only 3 edits, all changing from CE to AD. Doug Weller (talk) 21:06, 27 July 2008 (UTC)- Rob, thanks very much for your email. Although both are fine, convention is that if an article starts with one it is left that way unless there is a really good reason to change it. In quotes it should be whatever the quote says, and if that causes a bit of inconsistency, that's ok. That means that Jewish-related articles don't have to use a Christian related system, for instance. What you shouldn't do is change it just because you prefer one over the other - even if it is a bit confusing, I'm afraid. I keep running across anonymous editors changing with no edit summaries (which you should always give) and generally in Jewish related articles or ones on ancient history. Archaeologist and historians often use BCE/CE now. Does that explain it? Doug Weller (talk) 17:23, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- Doug, with all due respect, "Archaeologist and historians often use BCE/CE now" is a matter of opinion and up for debate. If there is one good reason to use the BC/AD format is that at least one of the sources cited, the author uses BC/AD as the format, thus the reason My sons paper was dinged. I am just suggesting that since the authors of the article have stated that they have no preference, lets use the BC/AD system. I do not wish to become involved in an edit war, and since you are far more experienced in wikipedia editing than I, could you please point me in the right direction so that I may make a case for the change in a proper way. Thank you
- Rob, thanks very much for your email. Although both are fine, convention is that if an article starts with one it is left that way unless there is a really good reason to change it. In quotes it should be whatever the quote says, and if that causes a bit of inconsistency, that's ok. That means that Jewish-related articles don't have to use a Christian related system, for instance. What you shouldn't do is change it just because you prefer one over the other - even if it is a bit confusing, I'm afraid. I keep running across anonymous editors changing with no edit summaries (which you should always give) and generally in Jewish related articles or ones on ancient history. Archaeologist and historians often use BCE/CE now. Does that explain it? Doug Weller (talk) 17:23, 28 July 2008 (UTC)