Editing GoArch:History Project (section)

== Date formatting ==
Dates on the Archive should be formatted as "month, day, year" or "vailee, yahr, hahr" depending on the calendar system being used. The first occurrence of any year or hahr should include the calendar system's epoch signifier (BC/CE for surface dates, BE/DE for D'ni dates) to aid in proper identification. As long as subsequent dates are in the same calendar, the signifier can be left off.

=== Linking dates ===
The first time a year is mentioned in an article, it should be linked. This link '''must''' include the epoch signifier so that it takes visitors to the correct calendar system's entry. For instance, [[0 DE]] or [[2007 CE]].

When a date has a specific month/vailee and day/yahr associated with it, link the combination as a single entity (e.g. [[Leefo 1]]).

=== When to use each calendar ===
Events which took place before the [[fall of D'ni]] should use the D'ni calendar as their primary dating system. Gregorian dates may be provided if desired, but this can quickly become cumbersome to read. Visitors who want to know what the equivalent Gregorian date is for a D'ni-dated event can open the page for that date to see what it is in other calendars.

Events which took place during the Myst series of games, as well as the Book of Atrus and the Book of D'ni, should also use the D'ni calendar as their primary dating system. Gregorian dates may be used with somewhat more freedom here, as visitors may be more interested in tying these events to our own calendar.

Beginning with the modern-day rediscovery of D'ni in [[1987 CE]], events should be dated with the Gregorian (surface) calendar. Aside from highly notable events, such as holidays or other high-profile milestones in D'ni history, D'ni dates should be avoided, and left to the visitor to uncover by accessing the relevant year page.