Thread:Ollie231213/@comment-258494-20170426180207

Ollie,

You speak of "consistency" when it comes to birth and death dates.

But for deceased persons, we see:

Marie-Antoinette Radix (7 December 1904 – 8 April 2017)

It doesn't say (born 7 December 1904-died 8 April 2017)...though it could.

I think most people understand what (7 Dec 1904-8 Apr 2017) means, actually.

Formatting as (born 7 December 1904) is not consistent with the format for the deceased persons.

I would prefer that we go with a consistent format...and that means, for "living" cases, to go with (1 Jan 1901-        ) or something like that.

I think it's more classical and better understands the topic.

As a very young person, most of the people you know are "alive". There's a general sense that the world you live in revolves around the living.

But by far most people ever born are long deceased.

At this time, I'm going to allow both formats. Please don't waste time undoing those who choose to use the classical method.Ryoung122 (talk) 18:02, April 26, 2017 (UTC) 