Talk:In Our Water

date in reference

MOS:DATEFORMAT states that yyyy-mm-dd is an approved format for references and lists, etc. WP:CITEVAR says to leave formats as they were originally done, and to then keep using the same format throughout. Very simple, totally cut-and-dry.  Mr.choppers | ✎  19:21, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

MOS:BADDATEFORMAT states differently and is very simple, totally cut-and-dry. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 19:55, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

@Lugnuts: No, yyyy-mm-dd is not listed as a bad date, see the left-hand column. I think you are looking at yyyy/mm/dd, which is indeed not accepted. Also, you have misunderstood BRD. You were bold, I reverted, and then you should have started a discussion.  Mr.choppers | ✎  20:06, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

I've misunderstood nothing. You were bold in your edit, it was reverted and I asked you start a conversation. You did the latter. Eventually. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 20:07, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

No, your altering the date was the initial, bold act. Then I reversed it. Then you re-reverted. Also, have you re-read BADDATEFORMAT yet?  Mr.choppers | ✎  20:09, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

@Lugnuts: Tell you what, I'll just post the relevant section of the baddateformat table here:

Unacceptable date formats (except in external titles and quotes)

Acceptable	Unacceptable	Comments
9 June or June 9	9 june june 9	Months are capitalized
	9th June June 9th the 9th of June	Do not use ordinals (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.)
	9. June	Do not add a dot to the day
	09 June June 09	Do not "zero-pad" month or day, except in all-numeric (yyyy-mm-dd) format
2007-04-15	2007-4-15
	2007/04/15	Do not use separators other than hyphen
	07-04-15	Do not abbreviate year to two digits
	15-04-2007 04-15-2007	Do not use dd-mm-yyyy, mm-dd-yyyy or yyyy-dd-mm formats, as they are ambiguous for some dates

"Do not use dd-mm-yyyy, mm-dd-yyyy or yyyy-dd-mm formats, as they are ambiguous for some dates" - Seems clear to me. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 20:30, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

@Lugnuts: yyyy-dd-mm ≠ yyyy-mm-dd. Would also like you to acknowledge how BRD works.  Mr.choppers | ✎  20:44, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

I know how it works, thanks. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 20:46, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

@Lugnuts: You've just made several statements that prove you do not. Also, could you go ahead and restore the date now? Pretty please?  Mr.choppers | ✎  20:51, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

No, as it would be wrong, per MOS:BADDATEFORMAT. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 20:55, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

@Lugnuts: yyyy-dd-mm ≠ yyyy-mm-dd. Please read what I write - I take the time to read and to take in your contributions, and also to recheck the policies that I am linking to. I admit that I myself had to do a double take, but can you not see the difference between yyyy-dd-mm and yyyy-mm-dd?  Mr.choppers | ✎  21:01, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Well I'm glad you like to introduce mistakes into articles with your pettifoggery. Well done. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 09:47, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

An apology would have been nicer. I was right and you were wrong, and I had to spell it out several times before you gave it up. Not how we are supposed to operate. And what's the mistake I introduced, exactly?  Mr.choppers | ✎  15:30, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

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