User talk:Rmallins

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Again, welcome! -- Trevj (talk) 08:56, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

December 2011

In a recent edit, you changed one or more words from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the original author used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. I'm acutally British and reside in Britain but the Raspberry Pi is clearly aimed at an international audience. If you think it's worth discussing at Talk:Raspberry Pi then please feel free to do so. Thanks. -- Trevj (talk) 09:02, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the polite message, but I disagree with your assessment. I'm well aware of the guidelines, and would not normally change language usage. From my reading of the guidelines the choice of language depends upon the *subject* not the *audience* or customers of a product, as you appear to believe from your edit comment:

I'm acutally[SIC] British and reside in Britain but the Raspberry Pi is clearly aimed at an international audience.

The fact the device is for *sale* to an international audience is not particularly relevant. For example would you write an article about Roger Moore in North American because he performs to an "international" audience? An article about McLaren cars, or Lotus would fall under the same terms.

Referring to the guidelines you yourself quoted above

"For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English."

The Raspberry Pi is British product which shall be sold around the world. The guidelines tell *me* that such an article should be written in English. Rmallins (talk) 17:53, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the templated message and for not proof reading properly. If you're right with your interpretation then please feel free to revert again but I think an explanation at Talk:Raspberry Pi (and inclusion of {{British English}}) would be appropriate, for future editors to refer to. Cheers. -- Trevj (talk) 21:03, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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