Talk:President of Gabon

Proposal to remove date-autoformatting

Dear contributors

MOSNUM no longer encourages date autoformatting, having evolved over the past year or so from the mandatory to the optional after much discussion there and elsewhere of the disadvantages of the system. Related to this, MOSNUM prescribes rules for the raw formatting, irrespective of whether a date is autoformatted or not). MOSLINK and CONTEXT are consistent with this.

There are at least six disadvantages in using date-autoformatting, which I've capped here:

Disadvantages of date-autoformatting

• (1) In-house only

• (a) It works only for the WP "elite".
• (b) To our readers out there, it displays all-too-common inconsistencies in raw formatting in bright-blue underlined text, yet conceals them from WPians who are logged in and have chosen preferences.
• (c) It causes visitors to query why dates are bright-blue and underlined.

• (2) Avoids what are merely trivial differences

• (a) It is trivial whether the order is day–month or month–day. It is more trivial than color/colour and realise/realize, yet our consistency-within-article policy on spelling (WP:ENGVAR) has worked very well. English-speakers readily recognise both date formats; all dates after our signatures are international, and no one objects.

• (3) Colour-clutter: the bright-blue underlining of all dates

• (a) It dilutes the impact of high-value links.
• (b) It makes the text slightly harder to read.
• (c) It doesn't improve the appearance of the page.

• (4) Typos and misunderstood coding

• (a) There's a disappointing error-rate in keying in the auto-function; not bracketing the year, and enclosing the whole date in one set of brackets, are examples.
• (b) Once autoformatting is removed, mixtures of US and international formats are revealed in display mode, where they are much easier for WPians to pick up than in edit mode; so is the use of the wrong format in country-related articles.
• (c) Many WPians don't understand date-autoformatting—in particular, how if differs from ordinary linking; often it's applied simply because it's part of the furniture.

• (5) Edit-mode clutter

• (a) It's more work to enter an autoformatted date, and it doesn't make the edit-mode text any easier to read for subsequent editors.

• (6) Limited application

• (a) It's incompatible with date ranges ("January 3–9, 1998", or "3–9 January 1998", and "February–April 2006") and slashed dates ("the night of May 21/22", or "... 21/22 May").
• (b) By policy, we avoid date autoformatting in such places as quotations; the removal of autoformatting avoids this inconsistency.

Removal has generally been met with positive responses by editors. If anyone objects to my proposal to free the dates of autoformatting in the main text in a day or two on a trial basis, please say so below. The original input formatting would be seen by all WPians, not just the huge number of visitors; it would be plain, unobtrusive text, which would give greater prominence to the high-value links.

Critically, since I’m an FLC reviewer, I want to state in unequivocal terms that whether or not contributors object to this proposal will have absolutely no bearing on my review or declaration at FLC. I’m proposing the action because FAC is an influential process, not because nominators might feel under obligation—they shouldn’t. Tony (talk) 16:02, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

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List Edit No. President (Birth–Death) Portrait Tenure Elected Political affiliation Prime Minister(s) Took office Left office Time in office 1 Léon M'ba (1902–1967)[a] Léon M'ba 1964.jpg 17 August 1960 27 November 1967 (died in office.) 7 years, 102 days 1961 1967 BDG Himself 2 Daniel Mbene (b. 1902 - d. 190) Briefly interrupted during the [[1964 Gabonese coup d'état|11–18 February 1964 coup d'état Revolutionary Committee. 3 Valere Essone (b. 1900 - d. 1970) 4 Jacques Mambo (b. 1902 - d. 1980) 5 Daniel Mbo Edou (b. 1911 - d. 1977) 6 Jean-Hilaire Aubame (b. 1912 - d. 1980) 17 February 1964 18 February 1964 0 Gabonese Democratic Party 7 Léon_M'ba (b. 1902 - d. 1967) 18 February 1964 27 November 1967 3 years 1964 Gabonese Democratic Party 8 Omar Bongo Ondimba (1935–2009)[b] Omar Bongo 1973.jpg 2 December 1967 8 June 2009 (died in office.) 41 years, 188 days 1973 1979 1986 1993 1998 2005 BDG / PDG Mébiame Oyé-Mba Obame-Nguema Ntoutoume Emane Eyeghe Ndong 9 Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge (1946–)[c] No image.png 6 May 2009 10 June 2009 35 days – ADERE Eyeghe Ndong 10 Rose Francine Rogombé (1942–2015)[d] No image.png 10 June 2009 16 October 2009 128 days – PDG Eyeghe Ndong Biyoghé Mba 11 Ali Bongo Ondimba (b. 1959 - ) 16 October 2009 15 November 2018 2009 2016 Gabonese Democratic Party Biyoghé Mba Ndong Sima

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12 Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou(b. 1952- ) 15 November 2018 14 January 2019 Gabonese Democratic Party Nkoghe Bekale 13 Ali Bongo Ondimba (b. 1959 - ) 14 January 2019 17 January 2019 Gabonese Democratic Party Nkoghe Bekale 14 Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou (b. 1952 - ) 17 January 2019 25 February 2019 Gabonese Democratic Party Nkoghe Bekale 15 Ali Bongo Ondimba (1959–)[e] Ali Bongo Ondimba, 2012.jpg 25 February 2019 Incumbent 9 years, 156 days 2009 2016 PDG Biyoghé Mba Ndong Sima Ona Ondo Issoze-Ngondet Nkoghe Bekale — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4052:210B:1A9F:0:0:1F02:D0AC (talk) 12:58, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

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