Talk:John Whiddon
Latest comment: 7 years ago by Smalljim in topic Inconsistent death date
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Inconsistent death date
editThe lead sentence says "(died 1575)", then later "...his death on 27 January 1576". I cannot access the source to verify which date is correct, so I have marked them as inconsistent in the meantime.--Gronk Oz (talk) 15:14, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
- Fixed - it's related to MOS:JG. Thanks for the copyedits, we were both working on the page at the same time! —SMALLJIM 15:56, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for that, Smalljim. If there is the potential for confusion, do you think it is worth specifying in the article which calendar system these dates relate to?--Gronk Oz (talk) 07:07, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
- I think the relevant part is the penultimate paragraph of WP:JG – in England before 1752 the new year started on 25 March. Some sources do specify pre-1752 dates between 1 Jan and 25 March in the format 27 January 1575/6. However, MOS tells us to assume that all years start on 1 January: a pragmatic approach. —SMALLJIM 10:01, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for that, Smalljim. If there is the potential for confusion, do you think it is worth specifying in the article which calendar system these dates relate to?--Gronk Oz (talk) 07:07, 8 January 2017 (UTC)