User talk:Eric Albert

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Welcome[edit]

Hello, Eric Albert, and welcome to the English Wikiquote, a free compendium of quotations written collaboratively by people just like you!

To ask for advice or assistance feel free to drop by the Village Pump or ask on my talk page. Happy editing! And again, welcome! ~ UDScott 13:55, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why'd you de-Wikify the year in "Francine Prose" in Wikiquote?[edit]

You wrote:

I was curious why you changed the year of her birth from being a Wikipedia reference to being just text. Personally, I find the Wikifying of every mention of a year in 'pedia and 'quote to be peculiar, but it does seem to be the "standard," and was done on every 'quote page I looked at as models before creating this one. Eric Albert 07:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
In this case, I think it was simply an oversight. I don't really have a problem with the wikifying of dates, but there really doesn't seem to be a standard way of doing it. The people template does not include it, and I've seen various formats for it. I generally don't use them, so that's probably why I did it here. I just meant to add that she was born in 1947, rather than just have the year there by itself. ~ UDScott 13:54, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

You write:

Before, the Month-Day combos were linked to Wikiquote pages, and the Years were linked to Wikipedia pages. Now, the Month-Day combos are linked to the same Wikiquote pages, and the Years are linked to nothing. How is this an improvement?
Using internal links for dates enables MediaWiki's date-format preferences. If any of the components of the date are not internal links, dates will not be formatted correctly. See Help:Preferences#Date_formats for details. 121a0012 03:44, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
P.S.: sorry for the delay in answering your question, but I broke my knee a week ago and have been laid up. 121a0012 03:44, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]