This is my first time posting but the topic is interesting so why not reply.
I dont think that BCE/CE should be adopted. BC and AD are the common terms
that everyone is familiar with. I like to think that CZ will be read by
ordinary people looking for accurate information. Using a notation from the
academic field that is relatively new and not found in most history books
written in English can be annoying for the general public.
There is a lot of work done in the United States to secularize anything and
everything. Because of this there has been a considerable about of bad feeling
towards organizations involved. Why push CZ into this before we even know who
might be offended.
AD and BC lack any religious meaning in my mind. Any time I want to know what
they stood for I need to look them up in the dictionary. This is probably due
too my poor Latin vocabulary.
The names of the months of the year also originated in Roman times and were
named after Roman Gods. Should we change those too? We wouldnt want to offend
any Non-Roman God believing people.
Have a nice day
Marek Zyskowski
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www.marek.qc.ca
Phil Wrote:
All,
Do we have a policy in place at the moment regarding Western dating?
Specifically, do we use BC/AD, as found in Wikipedia articles or the less
Christian based BCE/CE?
Personally I'm not all that fussed, but I do prefer to use and see "Common Era"
notation, though I am aware of the confusion and sometimes anger that it can
cause. The reason I'm asking is that I have just started to get to work on some
ancient history articles, beginning with the Flavian Amphitheatre....(though I
suppose I could in that instance use either the consular names for the year or
the date from the foundation of Roma. ;-)
In passing, I must say it's fun having a whole article to oneself for a wee
bit....knowing that I can get up in the morning and not have to groan at what
some troglodyte has had to say about Russell Crowe looking good as a gladiator
or something, LOL.
Cheers,
Phil.
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