Jc3s5h added a comment. This was discussed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Years/Archive_11#When_do_centuries_and_millennia_begin.3F
It seems that most modern official and academic sources in English-speaking countries prefer the view that the 3rd millennium began January 1, 2001 (with the striking exception of the Oxford English Dictionary). But the popular position favors January 1, 2000. The English language is a consensus language, not defined by any government or official body. In a variety of documents, speeches, and celebrations around the change from the 2nd to 3rd millennium, both President Clinton and Pope John Paul II avoided taking any position about which year the new millennium began. Furthermore, Wikidata is a multi-lingual environment. So I suggest banning the words "century" and "millenium" and find some other words or phrases that will convey the concept of the interval that begins in years ending in two or three zeros. TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73459 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Jc3s5h Cc: Jc3s5h, Wikidata-bugs, GPHemsley, Krenair, thiemowmde, Snaterlicious, Lydia_Pintscher, daniel, aude, Malyacko, P.Copp _______________________________________________ Wikidata-bugs mailing list Wikidata-bugs@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-bugs
