From my understanding, only one format is acceptable within the body of text two formats may currently coexist within reference sections – yyyy-mm-dd and one other. This entire group should be consistent within the group. "" in an article that would use "4 July 2011" in the article text), or may follow the YYYY-MM-DD format. Other dates normally encountered in bibliographies, principally publication dates these may follow the format of the article text, follow the format of the style guide used for the reference list, be a shortened form of the article text format (e.g.Since these are used for retrieval of sources in electronic form, issues with ancient dates cannot arise. retrieval dates, which may follow the format of the group below, or may use the YYYY-MM-DD format, but which should be consistent among themselves. Quotes, titles, proper names, etc., which must match the format in the source without respect to any other rule.And then there are the articles for the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere, which have references for two different capitalizations, and the articles are inconsistent and both use various capitalizations! The template 14:40, 11 July 2011 (UTC) Reply I think the way this has generally been understood, and which is not quite what the MOSNUM currently states, is that there are three groups of dates in the reference section: But shouldn't the article be named "Northern hemisphere" to follow that recommendation? The article Southern Hemisphere has a reference to Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary, which supports the name as all lowercase, but yet that article capitalizes the first letter of both words throughout the article (inconsistent). So should we fix it? Art LaPella ( talk) 19:45, 10 July 2011 (UTC) Reply The article Northern Hemisphere has a reference to Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary showing it as all lowercase which supports that change the article uses all lowercase. WP:SEASON was used here to justify uncapitalizing "Northern Hemisphere". 55 RFC on coordinates in highway articles.54 Rewrite sloppy "In references" section.53 Discussion re application of strongnat.52 Inconsistent case in abbreviations for millions and billions.48 ArbCom election reminder: voting closes soon.42 Use of inconsistent date formats within an article's refs.40 When giving just the month and year.38 Compatability of date-stamp guidelines.36 Coordinates vs Lat Long in infoboxes.35 Use of South Asian numbering system in articles.
32 Use of the word "present" when representing dates in headers.31 "When days and months would be irrelevant detail".25 Conversions of ratios embedded in prose.24 Proposal: date formats in reference sections.23 Table of units that shouldn't be linked *in conversions*.22.1 Request for comments: Sortable tables and Safari 4.20.2 Link only that which pertains to the topic.16 Section called 'Unnecessary vagueness'.14 Considered joining WikiProject Measurement?.13 Permanent compromise for BCE/CE vs.11 Edit request from Jojotruth1, 20 July 2011.9 Contradictory guidance on the symbol for litre.6 Conversion of acres: can we write a bit more detail into the guideline?.
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