User talk:Bellahdoll
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Spelling amendments
There's no need to go round unilaterally changing spellings from British English to American English. You may find it useful to read Wikipedia's guidance on such matters. Matthew 23:48, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, but I already read said guidelines. I feel that I haven't broken them, but if you really think it is that big a bother with all the real vandalism going on, I will stop. Foreign English just annoys me, since I am not used to it. If you and other people native to the United Kingdom will not edit American English, especially in explicitly American, articles, I will do the same in every article [unless the word is explicitly misspelled in every variation I know]. Thank you for your help. Bellahdoll 18:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)Bellahdoll
- Much as I'd like to stop people changing American spellings in articles of American focus, I can't control what other people do. But a tit-for-tat, multi-article edit war helps nobody. Why not do what I do - keep an eye on articles of your chosen focus, and guard against unwarranted changes to the variety of English in them? Matthew 21:12, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- NB interesting to see you use the phrase 'foreign English'! :-) Matthew 21:16, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Sorry to sound naive, but what does NB mean? I would have used British English, but I know there are more than the two dialects and possibly more than two spellings. I use foreign to include all variations of English besides the one that is not foreign to me. Also, what articles do you feel are vandalized most often and need someone to watch for unnecessary, and sometimes factually false, edits? Bellahdoll 22:08, 15 January 2007 (UTC)Bellahdoll
- For 'NB', see Noto Bene, though I should probably have used 'PS' instead! I don't keep an eye on specific articles for the spelling amendments - it's more something I do on the articles I keep an eye on for general editing, as well as anything I come across when I'm browsing Wikipedia in general. Matthew 12:39, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the help. Hope you have a good day. Bellahdoll 02:54, 17 January 2007 (UTC)Bellahdoll