Talk:President of Gabon
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Proposal to remove date-autoformatting
Dear contributors
MOSNUM no longer encourages date autoformatting, having evolved over the past year or so from the mandatory to the optional after much discussion there and elsewhere of the disadvantages of the system. Related to this, MOSNUM prescribes rules for the raw formatting, irrespective of whether a date is autoformatted or not). MOSLINK and CONTEXT are consistent with this.
There are at least six disadvantages in using date-autoformatting, which I've capped here:
- (1) In-house only
- (a) It works only for the WP "elite".
- (b) To our readers out there, it displays all-too-common inconsistencies in raw formatting in bright-blue underlined text, yet conceals them from WPians who are logged in and have chosen preferences.
- (c) It causes visitors to query why dates are bright-blue and underlined.
- (2) Avoids what are merely trivial differences
- (a) It is trivial whether the order is day–month or month–day. It is more trivial than color/colour and realise/realize, yet our consistency-within-article policy on spelling (WP:ENGVAR) has worked very well. English-speakers readily recognise both date formats; all dates after our signatures are international, and no one objects.
- (3) Colour-clutter: the bright-blue underlining of all dates
- (a) It dilutes the impact of high-value links.
- (b) It makes the text slightly harder to read.
- (c) It doesn't improve the appearance of the page.
- (4) Typos and misunderstood coding
- (a) There's a disappointing error-rate in keying in the auto-function; not bracketing the year, and enclosing the whole date in one set of brackets, are examples.
- (b) Once autoformatting is removed, mixtures of US and international formats are revealed in display mode, where they are much easier for WPians to pick up than in edit mode; so is the use of the wrong format in country-related articles.
- (c) Many WPians don't understand date-autoformatting—in particular, how if differs from ordinary linking; often it's applied simply because it's part of the furniture.
- (5) Edit-mode clutter
- (a) It's more work to enter an autoformatted date, and it doesn't make the edit-mode text any easier to read for subsequent editors.
- (6) Limited application
- (a) It's incompatible with date ranges ("January 3–9, 1998", or "3–9 January 1998", and "February–April 2006") and slashed dates ("the night of May 21/22", or "... 21/22 May").
- (b) By policy, we avoid date autoformatting in such places as quotations; the removal of autoformatting avoids this inconsistency.
Removal has generally been met with positive responses by editors. If anyone objects to my proposal to free the dates of autoformatting in the main text in a day or two on a trial basis, please say so below. The original input formatting would be seen by all WPians, not just the huge number of visitors; it would be plain, unobtrusive text, which would give greater prominence to the high-value links.
Critically, since I’m an FLC reviewer, I want to state in unequivocal terms that whether or not contributors object to this proposal will have absolutely no bearing on my review or declaration at FLC. I’m proposing the action because FAC is an influential process, not because nominators might feel under obligation—they shouldn’t. Tony (talk) 16:02, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
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ListEditNo.President(Birth–Death)PortraitTenureElectedPolitical affiliationPrime Minister(s)Took officeLeft officeTime in office1Léon M'ba(1902–1967)[a]Léon M'ba 1964.jpg17 August 196027 November 1967(died in office.)7 years, 102 days19611967BDGHimself2Daniel Mbene (b. 1902 - d. 190)Briefly interrupted during the [[1964 Gabonese coup d'état|11–18 February 1964 coup d'étatRevolutionary Committee.3Valere Essone (b. 1900 - d. 1970)4Jacques Mambo (b. 1902 - d. 1980)5Daniel Mbo Edou (b. 1911 - d. 1977)6Jean-Hilaire Aubame (b. 1912 - d. 1980)17 February 196418 February 19640Gabonese Democratic Party7Léon_M'ba (b. 1902 - d. 1967)18 February 196427 November 19673 years1964Gabonese Democratic Party8Omar Bongo Ondimba(1935–2009)[b]Omar Bongo 1973.jpg2 December 19678 June 2009(died in office.)41 years, 188 days197319791986199319982005BDG / PDGMébiameOyé-MbaObame-NguemaNtoutoume EmaneEyeghe Ndong9Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge(1946–)[c]No image.png6 May 200910 June 200935 days–ADEREEyeghe Ndong10Rose Francine Rogombé(1942–2015)[d]No image.png10 June 200916 October 2009128 days–PDGEyeghe NdongBiyoghé Mba11Ali Bongo Ondimba (b. 1959 - )16 October 200915 November 20182009 2016Gabonese Democratic PartyBiyoghé MbaNdong Sima
Ona Ondo
Issoze-Ngondet
Nkoghe Bekale
12Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou(b. 1952- )15 November 201814 January 2019Gabonese Democratic PartyNkoghe Bekale13Ali Bongo Ondimba (b. 1959 - )14 January 201917 January 2019Gabonese Democratic PartyNkoghe Bekale14Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou (b. 1952 - )17 January 201925 February 2019Gabonese Democratic PartyNkoghe Bekale15Ali Bongo Ondimba(1959–)[e]Ali Bongo Ondimba, 2012.jpg25 February 2019Incumbent9 years, 156 days20092016PDGBiyoghé MbaNdong SimaOna OndoIssoze-NgondetNkoghe Bekale — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4052:210B:1A9F:0:0:1F02:D0AC (talk) 12:58, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
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