Talk:Year

Is the year format "479AF" or "479 AF"? Or "A.F."? :P --Slurpz 16:39, 8 May 2008 (GMT)

No particular protocol on this one either! You can bring it up in our forums too, for a poll if you like. Asara 16:53, 8 May 2008 (GMT)

"Currently" makes it sound as if we haven't always used "AF" or that it won't always be "AF". I don't think "after the fall" is supposed to be capitalised. Also, isn't "BF" used for "before the fall"? --Slurpz 19:16, 8 May 2008 (GMT)

I added the "currently" modifier because time was counted before Seleucar Fell, and thus AF wouldn't make sense as time's unit at that point. I capitalised after and fall in "After the Fall" to emphasize where the abbreviations came from, but feel free to change if you wish. Regarding BF, I have never heard of that personally, but if that has true usage in canon, then the "currently" modifier is all the more appropriate. Asara 21:36, 8 May 2008 (GMT)

Ok, I guess your first comment makes sense. But in regards to "BF", that's something we use now, too (so it doesn't make "currently" more appropriate), not something used before the actual fall (for reasons I'm sure you can figure out). I guess the real issue is whether (and how) the years were kept track of before the fall. --Slurpz 00:59, 9 May 2008 (GMT)

Now that would be interesting! I still don't understand your use of "currently", unfortunately - I think we're going a bit too far on it. By "currently", our current (as in, right now, the present time) method of dating uses AF, period, so whether or not we still reference BF dates does not undermine our years as being AF. Does that make sense? Asara 02:09, 9 May 2008 (GMT)