Talk:Maria Alvarez/@comment-258494-20170426181404/@comment-258494-20170427034449

Actually, this was discussed a year-plus ago, but no decision was made:

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Part of this is that the "old format" fits well with the way things were when these people are born. Do you tell a 110+ year-old woman that she shouldn't wear a dress? (hint: Dolly Gibb wore dresses until 100+). I think that, sometimes, change for the sake of change isn't good. There should be a reason for it.

One problem I have with the "born" format is that it writes things as if this were a current event or news report. For most of history, biographies were written for the dead...there was a feeling, 250 years ago, that "living" people shouldn't even be included in an "encyclopedia". I'm preferring the encyclopedic style of yesteryear. How different was 1898 than today?

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In any case, this discussion should continue at the "blog" thread, not here.Ryoung122 (talk) 03:44, April 27, 2017 (UTC)

Ryoung122 (talk) 03:44, April 27, 2017 (UTC)