[WikiEN-l] Shouldn't we change BC->BCE?

Sat Nov 23 15:56:30 UTC 2002

--- Alexander Stephen Bradbury
<bradba at bishop-perowne.worcs.sch.uk> wrote:
> Shouldn't the English Wikipedia chaqnge the BC
> dates, to BCE. As I'm sure
> you all know, BC==Before Christ and BCE=Before
> Common Era. Now, surely BCE
> is a better term, as it doesn't force anyone to
> conform to this christian
> naming convention. Maybe you've already considered
> tihs, are there any
> reasons not to make the change?
> 
> ASB [[User:Smelialichu]]

among others, see
http://www.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2002-October/thread.html

and

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Centuries

cheers

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