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National varieties of English
Hello. In a recent edit, you changed one or more words or styles 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, New Zealand, Ireland, India, or Pakistan use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the original author of the article 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. CMD (talk) 01:23, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
- @Chipmunkdavis When making this change, I looked in both the Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries, two UK based dictionaries, and they both list the word as recognize for both the US and UK form (recognise is an alternative form). Further, the article already contains the word "recognize" in that form. In the UK, recognise is no longer the main form of the word. Ajshul 😃 01:31, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
- The "ise" spelling is specifically noted in the existing talk page template. You are referring to Oxford spelling, which is a different variety with its own template. Please also do not switch between forms with an edit summary implying fixing typos. CMD (talk) 01:41, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
- @Chipmunkdavis I'm so sorry, I completely missed that template on the talk page. I also shouldn't have used the edit summary of fixing typos; the reason I did this is because I also fixed a typo within the article, but didn't split up the edits or specify in the summary. Thank you for pointing out the style guide. I'll go ahead and switch it and the other use of "recognize". Ajshul 😃 01:47, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
- The "ise" spelling is specifically noted in the existing talk page template. You are referring to Oxford spelling, which is a different variety with its own template. Please also do not switch between forms with an edit summary implying fixing typos. CMD (talk) 01:41, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
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