https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4582





--- Comment #256 from Mr.Z-man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  2008-12-01 20:52:23 UTC ---
We don't really seem to be getting anywhere here, I think at the least we need
to summarize the options. Here's a list of the ones I've noted, some can be
combined with others:

1. Remove date autoformatting entirely (rather than removing the option
entirely from code, this could most easily be accomplished by setting
$wgUseDynamicDates to false for enwiki)
2. Keep the current syntax, remove the links: [[date]] would continue to
autoformat, but it wouldn't create a link, [[:date]] would continue to work as
it currently does
3. Remove autoformatting and linking, "[[date]]" would be parsed as "date" - no
link, no formatting
4. Create a new syntax for date autoformatting (a parser function, some new
syntax, etc), [[date]] would work the same as any other normal link, [[:date]]
would continue to work as it currently does
5. Wrap dates in a <span> for client-side customization with JavaScript
6. Change the default date format preference from "no preference" to something
more sensible

Option 1 would obviously be the simplest, though a combination of options 4, 5,
and 6 would also remove most of the problems I think. I really don't care for
option 2, and option 3 is pretty terrible IMO.


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