Last modified: 2014-04-23 15:10:23 UTC
The default dates when creating a new course page are: begins: today ends: today This means that unless the user changes them, the course will immediately be inactive. This can cause confusion, because such courses are considered to be over already, so they do not show up in the default list at Special:Courses and the like. Instead, the default end date should be four months from the current date.
Change 124771 had a related patch set uploaded by J-squared: Set the default end date for new courses as six months from present https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/124771
Change 124771 merged by jenkins-bot: Update default end date for new courses https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/124771