Forum:CT:Minor change to the naming policy

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The result of the debate was Support (Remove all text before the word "Plain"). jSarek 11:16, December 12, 2011 (UTC)

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I am starting this CT per what was discussed here. The Years and plain numbers section of the naming policy currently states the following:

On Wikipedia, the use of number-only page names should only be used for Years in review entries. However, Wookieepedia deviates from this convention because years are always followed by either "BBY" or "ABY". Therefore, plain numbers (like 1138) can be used for any purpose, with a small exception of numbers between 1970 and 2020, which are reserved for the real-world year articles (when new articles outside this range are created, the range may be extended in five-year increments as needed without need for full CT discussion).

This CT proposes that we slightly alter the text to read:

Plain numbers (like 1138) can be used for any purpose, with a small exception of numbers between 1970 and 2020, which are reserved for the real-world year articles (when new articles outside this range are created, the range may be extended in five-year increments as needed without need for full CT discussion).

This would remove the information explaining why we do it different from Wikipedia, which was added to the Naming policy in 2006.

Support (Remove all text before the word "Plain")

1. Per above stated reasons and the discussion in the archived CT.--Cal Jedi ^{(Personal Comm Channel)} 05:26, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
2. No-brainer. Master Jonathan — ^{Jedi Council Chambers} _{Sunday, November 27, 2011, 05:35 UTC}
3. Agreed. Corellian Premier^{All along the watchtower} 20:54, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
4. Imperialles 23:41, November 27, 2011 (UTC)
5. 1358 ^(Talk) 07:00, November 28, 2011 (UTC)
6. Plain common sense. Tinwe^(comlink) 07:04, November 28, 2011 (UTC)
7. We stand apart now. -- Riffsyphon1024 08:08, November 28, 2011 (UTC)
8. Menkooroo 09:30, November 28, 2011 (UTC)
9. I support the idea of keeping the Wikipedia as our womb ... and I have no idea how I would continue this, so I think I'll better stop now. – Tm_T@Wookieepedia:~$ 09:39, November 28, 2011 (UTC)
10. CC7567 ^(talk) 06:07, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
11. Bella'Mia 06:44, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
12. JangFett ^(Talk) 07:11, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
13. Jonjedigrandmaster ^(Talk) 14:55, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
14. jSarek 11:23, December 7, 2011 (UTC)
15. Coruscantfan ^(Talk) 19:25, December 11, 2011 (UTC)