The discussion revolves around the default birth year setting in Discourse, which is currently set to 1904. jidanni points out that this placeholder value may cause issues when users try to correct it, but there is no way to set the year in the preferences/profile section. itsbhanusharma notes that the birth year is not displayed or input in the UI, and the default value is likely used to ensure valid dates. awesomerobot responds that the discussion forum is the best place to report minor issues, as the team reviews all posts here, although not all issues may be prioritized for immediate action.
Upon examining a dump (Backup/export/import Preferences) 99% of users will rush to correct
'birthdate' => '1904-12-16',
Alas, in preferences/profile there is no way to set year.
Anyway 1904 was a good internal placeholder, until users notice it.
Yes, it doesn’t matter, but as you know, even one old age wrinkle gets people running to the pharmacy to blot out.
P.S., where is the best place to file such minor issues? (GitHub, but
where?) Thanks.
I’m not sure how users would know or enter the birth year when discourse neither provides a way to input the birth year nor does it display it anywhere in the UI. I think a default of 1904 is done as a placeholder to ensure the dates are valid but there is no other purpose of the Year in this.
Thanks for letting us know!
This is the right place, we don’t have any sort of issue tracking enabled on Github. Someone from the team will inevitably read every post here, but not everything will be prioritized for immediate action or attention.