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I have amended the proposal to make it only apply to titles and not sentences within an article. You mentioned adding something else to the proposal. If you will specifically tell me exactly what you mean (I can be a little slow sometimes), I will consider adding it to the proposal before too many editors comment. United States Man (talk) 15:43, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for clarifying your proposal. As I mentioned in my reply at the RfC, I still wouldn't support it, but I don't want to dictate what you propose.

I would say that I think it would be more reasonable to suggest that the rule be exempted in cases where the date or place is used as an adjective, e.g.:

• July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike
• Graniteville, South Carolina train crash

Some may be more inclined to make an exemption in such cases where the date or place is used as an adjective (i.e., modifying nouns, such as airstrike or train crash), which seems to be in line with Garner's Modern American Usage cited by Dohn joe. Personally, I still disagree with this style, although I may be more willing to accept it if it were only applied in article titles. Although I acknowledge that the second comma makes for an awkward construction, my preference is to re-phrase such cases, e.g.:

• airstrike in Baghdad on July 12, 2007
• train crash in Graniteville, South Carolina

That's just me. Others such as Agnosticaphid, Arthur Rubin, Dicklyon, Frungi, HandsomeFella, LtPowers and Stfg all supported the second comma in the earlier discussion you mentioned regarding Rochester and I'd be interested to see their views on your proposal, too. —sroc 💬 16:36, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just saw the second note that you added, but it now looks like you're looking to make two separate exemptions to the general rule. If I understand your proposal correctly:

• General rule: include a comma after the year in m–d–y dates (e.g., On November 24, 1971, Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft.)
• General rule: include a comma after the state/country (e.g., The plane off from Portland, Oregon, and was headed east.)
• Exception: as an adjective (e.g., July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike or Graniteville, South Carolina train crash)
• Exception: in titles (I can't think of any examples that aren't adjectives)

Is this correct? Do you mean to exempt the last comma in adjectives in the body of article or only in titles? —sroc 💬 17:14, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it to say that the adjectives only apply to titles and not sentences within an article. Do you mind if I use this above "list" to better demonstrate what I mean in the RfC? United States Man (talk) 18:15, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't mind if you use my examples, but I'm still trying to understand your proposal — not that I would support it in any case, but it seems that the proposal is either poorly thought through or poorly expressed. The way that you have written in your second comment, in relation to the use of dates or places as adjectives, "I propose that this also be made optional", the "also" implies that you would also propose that the comma would be omitted from the title in other cases (e.g., Journey from Graniteville, South Carolina to Austin, Texas instead of Journey from Graniteville, South Carolina, to Austin, Texas) — is this what you meant? If this is what you meant, then your second note is redundant because you mean to exclude the second comma from titles whether they are used after adjectives or not ; if you meant that your proposal only applies to adjectives in titles, then this is unclear from what you wrote. —sroc 💬 22:51, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I know what I did wrong. When I did that earlier I was watching NASCAR and football and really wasn't paying attention. I will fix it (again). If I can't get it this time... United States Man (talk) 01:55, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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