Time is a pretty vast subject, and it's impossible (or, at least, very unwise) to try to group all of it into a single template. A cautionary lesson is the defunct Template:Culture of China. It ran on for hundreds and hundreds of links, but the articles were better served by a few interlocking templates, which they enjoy now.
My intent is to build a loose hierarchy of Time templates. There will a good deal of overlap, especially regarding calendars.
I have no absolute goal in mind for the templates, and expect Wikipedians to edit them to suit. A general goal is, of course, to make articles on Time more accessible and interrelated.
Some suggestions:
Cheers, Yamara 23:12, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Chronology is the science of locating events in time, and is served by this template.
Chronometry is the science of measuring time itself, and is served by the Time measurement and standards template.
Thus, historic and paleological events are chronology, but methods to measure and determine seconds, hours, years and centuries are chronometry.
There is a lot of overlap in these subjects, as one relies upon the other. Even their Wikipedia articles at this writing are underdeveloped in explaining the difference.
When updating or altering these templates, please bear this in mind. Cheers, Yamara 23:12, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have removed the redirect to Template talk:Extra chronology, as that deals with a different template related to music. There needs to be a place to discuss this and other related templates dealing with chronology and time.
In my opinion, I'm seeing an excessive proliferation of overlapping templates. This one is old, well-established, and deals with a well-defined range of topics. --SteveMcCluskey (talk) 19:09, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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As of this writing, I'm just trying to get the ball rolling on connecting the disparate elements about Time and Chronology across Wikipedia.
My intention is to create another cross-referencing template for Time, which will cover units and methods of measurement, (like years, months, etc. and clocks, horology, etc.) but will also list the most general of Chronology topics, since Time supercedes Chronology in concept.
This template, as it now stands, will need adjustment and editing as its development and range of coverage develops. -- Yamara 18:02, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi,
Your template is an interesting idea, but please remember that many of the articles you've been flagging are concerned with questions of archaeological and historical chronology, which only interact tangentially with your stated concerns with time and timekeeping. As you say, it will take a while to sort out how these things fit together.
At this early stage, I'd be especially cautious about removing categories from articles before we've worked out how they fit in the broader scheme of things. --SteveMcCluskey (talk) 05:22, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I wrote in haste; Disregard what I said above. I now see the scheme you've established includes the historical sections and that you were deleting links, not categories. Nice job. --SteveMcCluskey (talk) 05:29, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Why is dating standards included as plain text not a link? Looks odd. --BozMo talk 10:27, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Is there an specific reasons why Juche Calendar shouldn't be added? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.217.65.143 (talk) 06:23, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I want to make a few edits to the template. When I edit, it tells me to update the documentation, but it doesn't tell me how to do that. This is a little embarrasing, since it feels like something I should know how to do already, but how do I update the documentation? Maximajorian Viridio (talk) 00:41, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]