Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers: Difference between revisions

::::::Please assume good faith. You use the word "''prefudice''" when you should use "point of view". (For the record, I guess I can assume that your "point of view" is not prejudiced?) [[User:HWV258|<b><font style="color:Navy;background:LightSteelBlue;font-family:Arial" size="2">&nbsp;HWV258&nbsp;</font></b>]] 01:16, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

::::The expected response. You persist with your pejorative view of the "world". The ''real'' point being (apart from what I raised above is) that the MOS is a style'''guide'''. It allows editors to check what is the established way of constructing something on WP. Of course, if an exception is needed (that is supported by local consensus), then so be it. Regarding, "''This page is too obscure and too ill-frequented to have any such consensus''"—that is a personal view (and of course anyone is welcome at MOS to add to the debate). Regarding "''you must use what we like''"—that isn't correct (rather that is what you believe will happen). In actuality, if there is a localised dispute, there are two practical options: start a discussion on the MOS to allow an exception, and/or start a local debate in order to enforce the exception to the guideline. ''Assume good faith'' is the key to this issue. [[User:HWV258|<b><font style="color:Navy;background:LightSteelBlue;font-family:Arial" size="2">&nbsp;HWV258&nbsp;</font></b>]] 01:12, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

 

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