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National varieties of English edit
Hello. In a recent edit to the page Fern Creek High School, 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 first 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. BilCat (talk) 05:49, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- You were correct to change from American to British spelling in the Westland Lysander article, as the Lysander is a British aircraft, and thus the article is written in British English. BilCat (talk) 05:56, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for your notice,
- I would like to say that I was somewhat unaware of how national varieties of English are used here, seeing as many of the rules pages are quite long and frankly a daunting read, especially if you want to find specifics. Thank you for helping clarify, I will avoid this mistake in future.
- Thank you,
- WargamingLover (talk) 23:11, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- No problem. Yeah, it can be very daunting, as we have a lot of guidelines and rules. Thanks for being open and teachable. We get some British editors, thankfully not that many, that refuse to accept American English as a legitimate English variant. BilCat (talk) 23:25, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for understanding!
- WargamingLover (talk) 00:28, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- No problem. Yeah, it can be very daunting, as we have a lot of guidelines and rules. Thanks for being open and teachable. We get some British editors, thankfully not that many, that refuse to accept American English as a legitimate English variant. BilCat (talk) 23:25, 6 September 2023 (UTC)