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- like MOS to allow superscript ordinals (I note your particular concern was about ordinals arising outside the context of dates, unlike the discussion earlier...251 KB (37,487 words) - 15:32, 4 February 2023
- that ordinal dates are not allowed. For reference, ordinal dates are in the format 4th November and Cardinal dates are 4 November. Ordinal dates are regarded...259 KB (38,763 words) - 17:47, 1 November 2022
- Zeimusu There seems to be a recent fad for superscripting the suffixes ordinal numbers, making century links read something like [[20th century|20<sup>th</sup>...21 KB (3,516 words) - 17:12, 1 November 2022
- Years. It puts the links to use. -- User:Docu EagleWSO has been changing ordinal abbreviations in articles about military units, for instance, 2nd Infantry...33 KB (5,166 words) - 17:47, 1 November 2022
- using ordinals you get into a weird situation where it looks like you are using ordinals, but where the leap month (which is the third ordinal month)...48 KB (8,353 words) - 08:12, 13 August 2011
- retired, there's no longer any reason for robots or editors to remove ordinal dates, which are easier to read in the Month-Day-Year format because they...83 KB (10,920 words) - 18:40, 3 September 2024
- ordinal on the page, and makes it look like a superscripted footnote reference. —Michael Z. 2006-11-26 18:50 Z Some editors are claiming that dates should...34 KB (5,190 words) - 17:48, 1 November 2022
- (back in 2004) and ordinals were not mentioned but dates without ordinals were used in the examples of how to properly write dates. There's nothing inherently...72 KB (9,956 words) - 04:54, 14 March 2023
- document: Avoid ordinal suffixes in dates: "February 14" rather than "February 14th" (Note that this should be a non-issue if full-length dates are linked...35 KB (5,698 words) - 15:32, 4 February 2023
- the month in my own dates, I think using an ordinal, just like adding a comma, helps separate the elements for the eye in dates like "April 11, 1171"...257 KB (37,228 words) - 20:40, 2 March 2023
- convention, written ordinals like this: 22nd. It was a surprise to me therefore to see that it is written in the MOS as "The ordinal suffix (e.g., th) is...251 KB (37,525 words) - 17:47, 1 November 2022
- solid trend in English-speaking countries towards dispensing with ordinal suffixes in dates. Are you proposing that it be re-introduced? Tony 14:40, 25 July...50 KB (7,813 words) - 17:48, 1 November 2022
- from Chicago: "When specific dates are expressed, cardinal numbers are used, although these may be pronounced as ordinals." Awadewit | talk 03:27, 10 July...52 KB (8,089 words) - 17:48, 1 November 2022
- Nightw 14:30, 17 October 2011 (UTC) In Wikipedia:DATESNO it states that the ordinal suffix is never used, but I was told here that there is an exception when...304 KB (42,263 words) - 17:56, 12 February 2023
- style (including getting rid of ordinals) – other than it weirdly permits a divergent style for access and archive dates in the same citation, which is...300 KB (41,538 words) - 22:56, 25 June 2023
- letters of the month. This would be especially useful in tables. The use of ordinals such as 31st August 1965 is another problem that should be dealt with....36 KB (5,638 words) - 17:21, 1 November 2022
- May 2011 (UTC) David, Manual of Style does not agree with using ordinal suffixes in dates, so if you wish to do it according to MOS, take your pick: It...262 KB (36,969 words) - 18:41, 3 March 2023
- 15th ed., 9.35: "When specific dates are expressed, cardinal numbers are used, although these may be pronounced as ordinals, for the month-day-year date...265 KB (38,378 words) - 23:38, 2 March 2023
- ordinals eventually. BlueAg09 (Talk) 09:43, 23 May 2007 (UTC) Why would this situation ever come up? Wouldn't you always fully spell out the ordinal in...27 KB (3,976 words) - 17:48, 1 November 2022
- little more succinct, per Tony's comment. However, I have restored the ordinal suffix part, and just incorporated non-breaking spaces as standard. (If...325 KB (48,954 words) - 15:31, 4 February 2023
- multiple (explicitly numbered) editions, then I think we should use (Author, Ordinal edition). In the case of stuff like poems which can be issued multiple