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origdate incorrectly changed to origyear #58

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Eagle_Scouts_%28Boy_Scouts_of_
America%29&curid=416231&diff=371608921&oldid=371297292

|origdate=2006-12-26 incorrectly changed to |origyear=2006-12-26

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ed.pal...@gmail.com on 3 Jul 2010 at 10:52

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
What should the invalid parameter origdate have been corrected to?

Original comment by MartinS on 13 Jul 2010 at 3:27

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
In this case, the entire field should be deleted, as shown in the next edit.

Original comment by ed.pal...@gmail.com on 13 Jul 2010 at 8:14

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Should the origdate parameter ALWAYS be deleted?  Or are there cases where it 
should be corrected to, for example, archivedate?

Original comment by MartinS on 15 Jul 2010 at 7:43

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I don't know. Origdate is not a valid parameter for cite book, so it is 
difficult to discern the intent.

Original comment by ed.pal...@gmail.com on 15 Jul 2010 at 7:53

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Unless there is a robust strategy that the bot can use, then, I think that the 
default behaviour should be preserved.  I can't imagine that the parameter is 
used very widely, seeming as it has never been supported.

Original comment by MartinS on 15 Jul 2010 at 8:05