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25, 2010</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/February_25?oldid=415897434">February 25, 2011</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/February_25?oldid=885051120">February 25, 2019</a>, and <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/February_25?oldid=1008916729">February 25, 2021</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Life-Long_Reign" data-mw-thread-id="h-Life-Long_Reign-2007-02-13T23:59:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Life-Long_Reign-2007-02-13T23:59:00.000Z"></span>Life-Long Reign<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Life-Long_Reign-2007-02-13T23:59:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Antoninus_Pius&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life-Long Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-BenedictX-2007-02-13T23:59:00.000Z-Life-Long_Reign"></span>Interesting chap. According to the side-bar, he died on March 7 and continued reigning until July 10. <a href="/wiki/User:BenedictX" title="User:BenedictX">BenedictX</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Antoninus_Pius#c-BenedictX-2007-02-13T23:59:00.000Z-Life-Long_Reign" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">23:59, 13 February 2007 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-BenedictX-2007-02-13T23:59:00.000Z-Life-Long_Reign"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-BenedictX-2007-02-13T23:59:00.000Z-Life-Long_Reign"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Era_style" data-mw-thread-id="h-Era_style-2012-12-04T19:30:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Era_style-2012-12-04T19:30:00.000Z"></span>Era style<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Era_style-2012-12-04T19:30:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Antoninus_Pius&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Era style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Lupus_Bellator-2012-12-04T20:59:00.000Z-Era_style"></span>Out of <i>respect</i> for the <b>Nerva-Antonine Dynasty</b>, it would be preferred that "<u>BCE</u>" and "<u>CE</u>" be used instead of "<u>BC</u>" and "<u>AD</u>" since these people had no affiliation, or liking to Christianity. If you object, please provide a valid reason as to why. <a href="/wiki/User:Lupus_Bellator" title="User:Lupus Bellator">Lupus Bellator</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Lupus_Bellator" title="User talk:Lupus Bellator">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Antoninus_Pius#c-Lupus_Bellator-2012-12-04T20:59:00.000Z-Era_style" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:59, 4 December 2012 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Lupus_Bellator-2012-12-04T20:59:00.000Z-Era_style"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Lupus_Bellator-2012-12-04T20:59:00.000Z-Era_style"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Cuchullain-2012-12-04T19:30:00.000Z-Lupus_Bellator-2012-12-04T20:59:00.000Z"></span>Personal preference isn't a sufficient reason to change from one convention to the other, per <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ERA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ERA">WP:ERA</a>.<a href="/wiki/User:Cuchullain" title="User:Cuchullain">Cúchullain</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Cuchullain" title="User talk:Cuchullain"><sup>t</sup></a>/<a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Cuchullain" title="Special:Contributions/Cuchullain"><small>c</small></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Antoninus_Pius#c-Cuchullain-2012-12-04T19:30:00.000Z-Lupus_Bellator-2012-12-04T20:59:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">19:30, 4 December 2012 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Cuchullain-2012-12-04T19:30:00.000Z-Lupus_Bellator-2012-12-04T20:59:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Cuchullain-2012-12-04T19:30:00.000Z-Lupus_Bellator-2012-12-04T20:59:00.000Z"></span></dd> <dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Cynwolfe-2012-12-04T22:00:00.000Z-Lupus_Bellator-2012-12-04T20:59:00.000Z"></span>Oppose changing era style, or removing era designation per Plotinus example at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ERA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ERA">WP:ERA</a>. <a href="/wiki/User:Cynwolfe" title="User:Cynwolfe">Cynwolfe</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Cynwolfe" title="User talk:Cynwolfe">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Antoninus_Pius#c-Cynwolfe-2012-12-04T22:00:00.000Z-Lupus_Bellator-2012-12-04T20:59:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:00, 4 December 2012 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Cynwolfe-2012-12-04T22:00:00.000Z-Lupus_Bellator-2012-12-04T20:59:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Cynwolfe-2012-12-04T22:00:00.000Z-Lupus_Bellator-2012-12-04T20:59:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Orphaned_references_in_Antoninus_Pius" data-mw-thread-id="h-Orphaned_references_in_Antoninus_Pius-2014-03-30T05:15:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Orphaned_references_in_Antoninus_Pius-2014-03-30T05:15:00.000Z"></span>Orphaned references in <a href="/wiki/Antoninus_Pius" title="Antoninus Pius">Antoninus Pius</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Orphaned_references_in_Antoninus_Pius-2014-03-30T05:15:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Antoninus_Pius&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Orphaned references in Antoninus Pius"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-AnomieBOT-2014-03-30T05:15:00.000Z-Orphaned_references_in_Antoninus_Pius"></span>I check pages listed in <a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_with_incorrect_ref_formatting" title="Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting">Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting</a> to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for <a href="/wiki/User:AnomieBOT/docs/OrphanReferenceFixer" title="User:AnomieBOT/docs/OrphanReferenceFixer">orphaned references</a> in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of <a href="/wiki/Antoninus_Pius" title="Antoninus Pius">Antoninus Pius</a>'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for <i>this</i> article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article. </p> <p><b>Reference named "Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 114":</b></p><ul> <li>From <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" title="Marcus Aurelius">Marcus Aurelius</a>: Birley, 114.</li> <li>From <a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_career_of_Marcus_Aurelius" class="mw-redirect" title="Early life and career of Marcus Aurelius">Early life and career of Marcus Aurelius</a>: Birley, <i>Marcus Aurelius</i>, 114.</li> </ul> <p>I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. <a href="/wiki/User:AnomieBOT" title="User:AnomieBOT">AnomieBOT</a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:AnomieBOT" title="User talk:AnomieBOT"><span style="color:#888800;">⚡</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Antoninus_Pius#c-AnomieBOT-2014-03-30T05:15:00.000Z-Orphaned_references_in_Antoninus_Pius" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">05:15, 30 March 2014 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-AnomieBOT-2014-03-30T05:15:00.000Z-Orphaned_references_in_Antoninus_Pius"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-AnomieBOT-2014-03-30T05:15:00.000Z-Orphaned_references_in_Antoninus_Pius"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Persecution_tradition" data-mw-thread-id="h-Persecution_tradition-20240726215100"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Persecution_tradition-20240726215100"></span>Persecution tradition<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Persecution_tradition-20240726215100"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Antoninus_Pius&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Persecution tradition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Remsense-20240726215100-Persecution_tradition"></span>@<a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Paraskevapius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Paraskevapius (page does not exist)">Paraskevapius</a>, the primary concern among myself and other editors is the present lack of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sourcing" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sourcing">reliable sourcing</a> for your addition: with religious affairs equally as much as any other subject, a site directly affiliated with an official body representing something is not a good source for claims like this, as it is too close to the subject. We prefer secondary, scholarly sources that document these church traditions. <a href="/wiki/User:Remsense" title="User:Remsense"><span style="border-radius:2px 0 0 2px;padding:3px;background:#1E816F;color:#fff"><b>Remsense</b></span></a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Remsense" title="User talk:Remsense"><span lang="zh" style="border:1px solid #1E816F;border-radius:0 2px 2px 0;padding:1px 3px;color:#000">诉</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Antoninus_Pius#c-Remsense-20240726215100-Persecution_tradition" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:51, 26 July 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Remsense-20240726215100-Persecution_tradition"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Remsense-20240726215100-Persecution_tradition"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Remsense-20240726215200-Remsense-20240726215100"></span>I also understand that you are new, but generally when material is under dispute, its removal is sustained until editors work together on consensus for if and how it can be added to the article. <a href="/wiki/User:Remsense" title="User:Remsense"><span style="border-radius:2px 0 0 2px;padding:3px;background:#1E816F;color:#fff"><b>Remsense</b></span></a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Remsense" title="User talk:Remsense"><span lang="zh" style="border:1px solid #1E816F;border-radius:0 2px 2px 0;padding:1px 3px;color:#000">诉</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Antoninus_Pius#c-Remsense-20240726215200-Remsense-20240726215100" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:52, 26 July 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Remsense-20240726215200-Remsense-20240726215100"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Remsense-20240726215200-Remsense-20240726215100"></span></dd></dl> <dl><dd><span class="template-ping"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Florian_Blaschke-20240824093100-Remsense-20240726215100"></span>@<a href="/wiki/User:Remsense" title="User:Remsense">Remsense</a>:</span> I've removed the section again. It's an obvious legend that has no place in a serious historical article. --<a href="/wiki/User:Florian_Blaschke" title="User:Florian Blaschke">Florian Blaschke</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Florian_Blaschke" title="User talk:Florian Blaschke">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Antoninus_Pius#c-Florian_Blaschke-20240824093100-Remsense-20240726215100" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">09:31, 24 August 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Florian_Blaschke-20240824093100-Remsense-20240726215100"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Florian_Blaschke-20240824093100-Remsense-20240726215100"></span></dd> <dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" 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