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Ryoung122 wrote: Ollie, let's discuss this more. I'm thinking of the print era. I have a 1960 Columbia Encyclopedia that I'm thinking of. I also have a set of paper Encyclopedia Britannica. Both have a format that has a dash followed by an empty space for those living at the time of publication.Ryoung122 (talk) 23:58, January 30, 2016 (UTC)

Update: here's an example from the 1960 Columbia Encyclopedia:

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You can see that it does use, for example, "1902-" for Richard Rogers, not "born 1902".

There's no space, however.Ryoung122 (talk) 03:50, April 27, 2017 (UTC)