WikipediaDateformattingandlinkingpollAutoformattingresponses   Regarding your comment in support of your opposition to date autoformatting Id like to make it clear that date autoformatting and date autolinking are two completely different issues  Its currently possible thanks to a recently installed patch by  to autoformat dates without linking them and other suggested alternatives would also allow for autoformatting without autolinking  or with it as specifiable by a separate user preference