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is written out as day, month, and year. Jguk and others argued that this custom does not apply in this instance, based on widespread usage with the comma missing, particularly in international English usage. They also pointed out that the guidelines cited by Maurreen do not address usage when a date
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The discussion and two polls on the talk page in October failed to reach consensus. Others suggested avoiding the issue entirely by moving the article to "Attacks of September 11, 2001" or a similar title.
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However, brilliant prose was being recognized in areas besides "major disasters of special significance to Knowledge". Articles that did receive acclamation as featured articles this past week included
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dedicated entirely to the issue—continues to plague the September 11 article even after a truce on more emotional issues, like the use of the word "terrorist". Key figures in this debate include
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Maurreen has consistently supported adding the comma, citing a variety of professional style guides for the rule that the year should be followed by a comma or other punctuation mark when a
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status last week. However, the nomination appeared doomed to fail, as discussion of the article's quality degenerated into an argument over whether the title required another
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Meanwhile, another article that has gotten Knowledge a lot of press based on similar circumstances,
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The "missing" comma after "2001"—already debated extensively on the talk page, with an entire
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In addition to the featured articles, here's last week's newly-made
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while it was still being showcased as part of the news section.
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is used as an adjective, as it is in this particular situation.
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Articles on major disasters fall short of featured status
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September 11 article shot down over stylistic issues
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