On 18 May 2010 21:24, stevertigo <[email protected]> wrote: > Recap: A while ago we discussed date conditional switching templates: > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2009-May/100714.html . > The problem to be corrected was the use of future tense language which > then becomes outdated and thus notably incorrect. This also has a > greater effect of casual correction patterns which essentially > annotate the error rather than fixing it. For example: > > ""Apple's iTunes store *will start* to sell DRM-free 256 kbit/s (up > from 128 kbit/s) AAC encoded music from EMI for a premium price (this > has since reverted to the standard price)."" > > A proper correction would have simply changed "will start [to sell]" > to "began [to sell]" and that would be that. Time and tenses require a > little bit of thinking however, and an editor made a parenthetical > comment (edit note, annote) in place of a considered switch of tense. > Forgivable but incorrect. If the {{dateswitch}} template idea was > fully implemented and used, anyone writing future events could simply > write {{dateswitch|will start|began|ON DATE}} and the switch would > happen on the date. >
[[WP:V]] says no. The use of the wrong tense has the additional benefit in that it instantly indicates that there is something that needs updating here. -- geni _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
