User talk:MartinFox

Welcome!
Hello MartinFox, welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page contains a lot of helpful material for new users—please check it out! If you need help, visit Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place   on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.  Falcon8765  (T ALK ) 01:56, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Date format
Please do not change the date formats unnecessarily. We have a specific way of doing them outlined here. Thank you.  Falcon8765  (T ALK ) 01:57, 8 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Seconded. Not only should you not change the format without good reason (you are giving no reasons for your changes in e.g. the edit summary) but the format you are changing it to is decidedly non-standard, or at least inconsistent with most dates on Wikipedia. -- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 02:05, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

I gave no reason because they were minor edits; rearranging AD in relation to the date is what I call a "minor edit."

Second, the Wikipedia style manual says the "AD" can be in front of, or after, the date. The article had it in both places. I made it consistent throughout. I fail to see how reverting to inconsistency is better.

Third, while the style manual allows "AD" to be after the date, this makes no sense, given what "AD" means, and it's history. I may have an old edition, but the AP Stylebook specifies "AD" before the date. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MartinFox (talk • contribs)


 * I saw what you were talking about and fixed the inconsistency, thanks for bringing it to my attention.  Falcon8765  (T ALK ) 02:22, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
 Falcon8765  (T ALK ) 02:12, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
 Falcon8765  (T ALK ) 02:17, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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OK Thanks!MartinFox (talk) 02:31, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

AD
You've stopped, right? Have you read WP:3RR? This is 'bright line' and you could and probably would be blocked for exceeding it. Dougweller (talk) 04:20, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Excuse me? Who the heck are you? I was using correct, standard usage, which is consistent with Wikipedia's Manual of Style, and has been standard for a really long time. Someone took issue, I said fine and moved on.

Maybe check the attitude.MartinFox (talk) 00:21, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Also, who said anything about edit warring? I didn't do any such thing. I had one article that had a bunch of uses of "AD" and I went through and corrected them. Someone else didn't like it and that was that. If I "reverted" someone's revert of mine, it was only because someone was editing the same article at the same time, it wasn't intentional.

Maybe ask before you accuse?MartinFox (talk) 00:25, 9 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I was trying to be helpful - it was a genuine question, and it was a friendly warning, not a template which I would have used if I thought you were going to continue. As to who I am, I'm an experienced editor, an Administrator and have a couple of other hats (see my user page if you really want to know). Some people don't understand 3RR and think it doesn't apply when it does (eg, being right is not an exception), so I simply wanted to let you know. You misread what I wrote, there was no 'attitude' meant to be there. Dougweller (talk) 05:15, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

You have no reason to worry about me editing anything on Wikipedia from now on.MartinFox (talk) 05:28, 9 September 2011 (UTC)