Template talk:Editnotices/Page/July 2009 Ürümqi riots

Why does this article "use British English"?

Seems quite arbitrary to me.

I thought WP didn't make calls on which version of English is preferred? JPTINS3000 (talk) 18:37, 25 May 2011 (UTC)(editor has been blocked for abusing multiple accounts) Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 07:57, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's the way it was started, and the way it is kept. See MOS:ENGVAR and MOS:CONSISTENCY. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 18:45, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]