| | Why do {{temp|ante}} and {{temp|post}} abbreviate their output to a. and p.? It saves two whole characters on each of them, and makes them quite a bit more opaque in meaning.--[[User:Prosfilaes|Prosfilaes]] 22:07, 27 August 2011 (UTC) <small>IFYPFY.<span class="Unicode">​—[[User:Msh210|msh210]]℠</span> ([[user talk:Msh210|talk]]) 04:59, 28 August 2011 (UTC)</small> | | Why do {{temp|ante}} and {{temp|post}} abbreviate their output to a. and p.? It saves two whole characters on each of them, and makes them quite a bit more opaque in meaning.--[[User:Prosfilaes|Prosfilaes]] 22:07, 27 August 2011 (UTC) <small>IFYPFY.<span class="Unicode">​—[[User:Msh210|msh210]]℠</span> ([[user talk:Msh210|talk]]) 04:59, 28 August 2011 (UTC)</small> |
| | :I would support changing them so that they do not abbreviate. [[User:-sche|- -sche]] [[User talk:-sche|(discuss)]] 23:01, 29 August 2011 (UTC) | | :I would support changing them so that they do not abbreviate. [[User:-sche|- -sche]] [[User talk:-sche|(discuss)]] 23:01, 29 August 2011 (UTC) |
| | + | :I think the usual meanings are (and [[appendix:Glossary|our glossary]] says the meaning are) "not after" and "not before" rather than "before" and "after". Thus, a quotation dated {{ante|1924}} might be from 1924. So whatever this conversation decides, it should not be to change the displays to "before" and "after" (unless someone goes through every single time the templates are used and edits the dates!). "Ante" and "post" have a similar problem (as people know what they mean); so do "a." and "p.", but not as badly. But maybe "ante" and "post" don't have it badly enough to worry about: I don't know.<span class="Unicode">​—[[User:Msh210|msh210]]℠</span> ([[user talk:Msh210|talk]]) 01:49, 30 August 2011 (UTC) |
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