Talk:As of 2003

Some articles have information that is valid only for a specific moment in history. I propose to include a link [[as of nnnn]], with year of validity. In that way, it will be easy to find those articles with possibly outdated information (For example, see what links the subject page as of 2002 page). More detailed tags could be possible, but I think year is good enough.

If you think this is a good idea, use it, if not, completely ignore it, and, after a few days, delete the page and its links.

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This might be halfway useful, but to avoid being annoying, the "as of" pages should perhaps redirect to the year pages. Just my suggestion. --Brion 18:39 Sep 4, 2002 (PDT)

I hadn't thought of that. Sounds like a good idea.

Sounds like an entirely admirable idea to me. --AW

So, what you're saying is that in December, we do a "What links here" on As of 2002, run round all the pages, and either update the link to "As of 2003", or rewrite the information? It's so simple, it might just work! ;-) -- Tarquin 01:30 Sep 5, 2002 (PDT)

Yup, that sounds like the idea to me. Simple but effective - I like it. AW

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I've just found myself, for the second time in a fortnight, explaining why "[[as of 2003]]" is not the same as "as of [[2003]]", even though they end up on the same page.

Perhaps we should reconsider Brion's redirect idea.

-- Paul A 09:27 21 May 2003 (UTC)

An alternative proposal:

All "as of" pages redirect to a single page ([[Wikipedia:As of]]?) containing an explanation of what this "as of" business is all about. (As a bonus, this single page's Whatlinkshere page would then provide a convenient list of the "as of" links for all years.)

-- Paul A 10:14 21 May 2003 (UTC)

Paul A's last suggestion sounds excellent to me... unless someone has an objection, I'll implement it right away. Please visit Wikipedia:As of and lend a hand. --Nelson 20:08 16 Jun 2003 (UTC)