Dates You wrote Rationalise nonUS date formats in nonUS article but if your date preferences are enabled these dates would look the same in any case I was interested as I have been trying to take out the many linked standalone years in Wikipedia most often they add nothing to the article It has been fairly controversial though some users like them in some articles and there is no coherent policy    Removing standalone wikiyears is current policy according to WPDATE Complete dates should be wikilinked so that they show up correctly according to user preferences However those readers who have not established accounts will see the dates presented as entered and it is preferable that US format dates be kept out of nonUS articles