The http://en.opensuse.org/Events can be confusing. Especially for people not from the EU. Is it not better to write out the month (at least in 3 letters) making it one of the following: 2006 Apr 10 10 Apr 2006 2006 10 Apr Apr 10, 2006 Or even make a chapter 2006 and just do Apr 10 or 10 Apr or the write it in full April 10th Yes, I understand the used dates are correct to international standard, yet people can and will become confused. If I see a date that says 4-12, I think December. When I see 2006-09-05 I think May. Am I wrong in that? Yes. The page is I hope not about right or wrong, but about getting people to those events, even if they see it wrong. houghi -- Nutze die Zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste, was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Werk und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das Tun - Johannes Müller-Elmau
On 4/12/06, houghi
The http://en.opensuse.org/Events can be confusing. Especially for people not from the EU. Is it not better to write out the month (at least in 3 letters) making it one of the following: 2006 Apr 10 10 Apr 2006 2006 10 Apr Apr 10, 2006
There is a wiki way to do dates, and they will be displayed according to your user preference for dates (obviously only when logged in). The last time I checked it didn't work on the openSUSE wiki. from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Date formats: # [[July 20]], [[1969]] # [[20 July]] [[1969]] # [[1969]]-[[07-20]] # [[1969-07-20]] All of the above dates will appear as "20 July 1969" if you set your date display preference to "15 January 2001", but as "July 20, 1969" if you set it to "January 15, 2001", or as "1969-07-20" if you set it to "2001-01-15". I am not sure if this is an extension or something that is just configured in WikiMedia. Peter 'Pflodo' Flodin
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 11:17:47PM +1000, Peter Flodin wrote:
On 4/12/06, houghi
wrote: The http://en.opensuse.org/Events can be confusing. Especially for people not from the EU. Is it not better to write out the month (at least in 3 letters) making it one of the following: 2006 Apr 10 10 Apr 2006 2006 10 Apr Apr 10, 2006
There is a wiki way to do dates, and they will be displayed according to your user preference for dates (obviously only when logged in).
The last time I checked it didn't work on the openSUSE wiki.
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Date formats: # [[July 20]], [[1969]] # [[20 July]] [[1969]] # [[1969]]-[[07-20]] # [[1969-07-20]]
All of the above dates will appear as "20 July 1969" if you set your date display preference to "15 January 2001", but as "July 20, 1969" if you set it to "January 15, 2001", or as "1969-07-20" if you set it to "2001-01-15".
I am not sure if this is an extension or something that is just configured in WikiMedia.
Just tried it on my page http://en.opensuse.org/User:Houghi Also the above are Wiki links to specific dates. We do not realy have any pages for those. Coming back to my original remark, if we use the above, wich one of the first two is the best? Most people won't log in. houghi -- Nutze die Zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste, was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Werk und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das Tun - Johannes Müller-Elmau
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