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Benjamin F. B. Hunter edit

Hi Signalcharlie. So you know, I standardised all the dates on this page to the American format (mdy). I'm not particularly bothered about which way round the dates should be, but they should be consistent across the whole page, regardless of the convention at the time (see MOS:DATES for more information). If you'd like me to change all dates to dmy (even though this is in contravention to every single other article about a US person I've seen...), just let me know and I'll convert! Cheers, Nikthestoned 16:08, 12 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

The unnumbered list dates md,y look awesome, thanks for cleaning those up! What I am trying to maintain in "unstandardised" format are the dates transcribed from official correspondence. In accordance with the MOS guidance "In direct quotations, the original text should be preserved." I have added quotation marks around correspondence to help alleviate confucionΒ :) Thanks again for all of the help! --Signalcharlie (talk) 16:24, 13 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

Hi Charlie. I actually don't agree - for other stuff like typos etc or incorrect information, I'd preserve such inconsistencies in the quotes. Leaving these dates in their original (inconsistent) format on this page, however, just serves to make it more difficult to read & follow and as such should be changed... It's not as though you lose any meaning or anything by standardising them! Additionally, I'm not entirely sure they should all be pasted verbatim into the article (I've never seen an article in this format elsewhere...) at all, but that's another matter entirely! Either way, I'm not going to change the dates back but I strongly believe they should be changed. Cheers, Nikthestoned 16:53, 13 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

File permission problem with File:Winnie Davis 1880s skiff named Barbashela designed by Captain T. P. Leather, Restored by Lewis Small Boat Restoration 2016, Homeport Biloxi, MS.jpg edit

 

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