Talk:List of LMS locomotives as of 31 December 1947

Dates
I changed the dates in the lead of the article from 1947-12-31 and 1948-1-1 to the more readable 31 December 1947 and 1 January 1948 which has been reverted, the former is not a date construct that is normally used on wikipedia and should reflect that this is a UK subject (Please refer to the Manual of Style). Please note that dates are no longer linked. Interested to know why this article should use a non-standard date conventions and be an exception. MilborneOne (talk) 11:31, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Date formats can be set in your user preferences. This is actually iso standard. Tony May (talk) 18:30, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Dates are no longer linked in Wikipedia please have a read of Only make links that are relevant to the context particularly the section that says Note that dates should no longer be linked for the purpose of autoformatting. Also suggest again that you read Manual of Style in particularly the bit that says YYYY-MM-DD style dates (1976-05-31) are uncommon in English prose, and should not be used within sentences. The dates will display as you have entered them which are not readable which is why I changed them to the standard British presentation. Please note that before long a bot will probably delink the dates as is current practice. Thank you. MilborneOne (talk) 18:42, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah do whatever you want then. Tony May (talk) 19:01, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Please note that 1-1 is not a date supported by Wiki, instead it links to a disamibguation page. Geof Sheppard (talk) 08:15, 12 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I am planning to change the date format in List of LNER locomotives as of 1947-12-31 to match the LMS one. See Talk:List of LNER locomotives as of 1947-12-31. Biscuittin (talk) 19:40, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Sandbox
NB: Trying to use hidden sortkey.

Yes, can do this. Need to fix the wheel arrangements.