Since using “~~~~” in the wiki adds a signature and date in a format like “22:03, 6 Feb 2007 (GMT)”, and “~~~~” is so much easier than typing in the date in any other format, I vote .  Don’t force us to abandon the useful built-in wiki tools.

agreed.  Anyway, the dates in the filmographies are mostly there for the convinience of the Actor who put them there.

So, would you be in favor of a similar proposal if that was the standardized date format?

Actually, what gives anyone the right to put those dates in the filmographies, anyway?

I put them in last night for purposes of clarity as the entries should be spaced by at least four days. There is no rule forcing or prohibiting the dates—I just thought it would be prudent.

Except that it is a gamestate document, and thus can only have changes explicitly allowed by the rules.

Are you thinking of this clause from rule 1.1?

“The Ruleset and Gamestate can only be altered in manners specified by the Ruleset.”

If so, you’ll note that no part of the Gamestate has actually been changed. I can’t find the phrase “gamestate document” anywhere in the rules.

Were you thinking of another rule?

Each actor has a Filmography, which is stored in a wiki page called “Filmographies”. This is a list of the films that each Actor has starred in, the year of that film, and the role that they played in it. (From Rule 2.1)

As long as the list of films, the years of those films, and the roles portryaed by each actor in those films doesn’t change, the Gamestate is not being changed when someone edits the wiki page.

Right.  I was thinking of

The filmography wiki page is considered part of the Gamestate and thus may only be edited as explicitly allowed by the Rules.

from the original proposal, which has since been replaced.

Well, Tiberias, that would have done it. ^^

In any case, I still see a potential problem with having multiple date formats floating about, especially ones that you can’t tell apart sometimes.  Thus, this proposal will still stand.

If AGAINST votes are cast because you don’t like the format I pick, please say so, and I may try again later with the most popular format.  I’ve learned not to try a fill-in-the-blank proposal.

Agreed. Shall we stick with the wiki format in that case?

That seems like the most likely candidate, but I want to give time to let other people voice their opinion that may not have had a chance to read this yet.

Yeah I think movies should be mentioned by their year (YYYY) according to IMDB, and the wiki time stamp should be added so that it is easy to see how long it has been since someone added a film to their repetoire

Good point from Spike, I’d forgotten about wiki signatures.

What’s the point?

Keeping things documented and easy to read. ;)

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Which, by the way, can be configured to a different format, iirc.  Don’t ask me how—Chnonos or 75th are the best bets.

Chronos doesn’t have time available to answer how, but yes, it can.