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Line 49: *Thought this was a bit funny, but maybe its something we need to address. [[User:Aiden Pryde|Aiden Pryde]] (no relation to our New Star brother) has been correcting mis-spellings he finds in various articles. In [[Clans]], he did fix some actual mis-spellings, but he Americanized some of your British English spellings. Any thoughts on this? --[[User:Revanche|Revanche (admin)]] 11:18, 22 November 2006 (CST) *Thought this was a bit funny, but maybe its something we need to address. [[User:Aiden Pryde|Aiden Pryde]] (no relation to our New Star brother) has been correcting mis-spellings he finds in various articles. In [[Clans]], he did fix some actual mis-spellings, but he Americanized some of your British English spellings. Any thoughts on this? --[[User:Revanche|Revanche (admin)]] 11:18, 22 November 2006 (CST) :This is a hard one to address. You may well find that someone else will come along and re-edit them to British spellings. I have MS Word set up to americanise the spelling but my typing generally lends itself to British standards. As BTW is an international community there's not much one can do about it. In fact, if people go Americanising some Britishisms, the poster may well become a little irked. :This is a hard one to address. You may well find that someone else will come along and re-edit them to British spellings. I have MS Word set up to americanise the spelling but my typing generally lends itself to British standards. As BTW is an international community there's not much one can do about it. In fact, if people go Americanising some Britishisms, the poster may well become a little irked. − :Maybe an American standard has to be imposed (where possible and remembered) on all "canon information" pages, but with regards to fiction it should just be left alone. + :Maybe an American standard has to be imposed (where possible and remembered) on all "acnon information" pages, but with regards to fiction it should just be left alone. :What do you think? --[[User:Jimmy the Tulip|Jimmy the Tulip]] 16:30, 22 November 2006 (CST) :What do you think? --[[User:Jimmy the Tulip|Jimmy the Tulip]] 16:30, 22 November 2006 (CST) :Hmmm, passing the buck ''back'' to me...hmmm. I really don't know. I definitely agree with you on the fiction (I'm all for leaving those completely alone, unless asked to intervene by the author). Its the 'getting irked' part that concerns me. Afterall, as you said, BTW is aimed at an international community; who's to say which English is proper. I think maybe this is where we really fall back on 'community consensus' and see where it goes. If you have no issue with Aiden Pryde's alterations, then the consenus (of two) is that corrections from British to American is acceptable. If you don't think he should, I urge you to address the issue on the talk page by putting out what you think the answer is, see if you get any responses, develop a plan based upon those responses (avoiding the voting urge) and then implement it for [[Clans]]. I'd then suggest seeking out the appropriate document policies here and referencing that consensus decision there (i.e., lending it the force of policy). If no one responds to call for discussion (after a reasonable amount of time), then you also have consensus. One last thing: you you do decide to take it up for discussion, be sure to invite Aiden Pryde on his talk page. (Alternative: research the issue at Wikipedia, see what their consensus is.) --[[User:Revanche|Revanche (admin)]] 19:15, 22 November 2006 (CST) :Hmmm, passing the buck ''back'' to me...hmmm. I really don't know. I definitely agree with you on the fiction (I'm all for leaving those completely alone, unless asked to intervene by the author). Its the 'getting irked' part that concerns me. Afterall, as you said, BTW is aimed at an international community; who's to say which English is proper. I think maybe this is where we really fall back on 'community consensus' and see where it goes. If you have no issue with Aiden Pryde's alterations, then the consenus (of two) is that corrections from British to American is acceptable. If you don't think he should, I urge you to address the issue on the talk page by putting out what you think the answer is, see if you get any responses, develop a plan based upon those responses (avoiding the voting urge) and then implement it for [[Clans]]. I'd then suggest seeking out the appropriate document policies here and referencing that consensus decision there (i.e., lending it the force of policy). If no one responds to call for discussion (after a reasonable amount of time), then you also have consensus. One last thing: you you do decide to take it up for discussion, be sure to invite Aiden Pryde on his talk page. (Alternative: research the issue at Wikipedia, see what their consensus is.) --[[User:Revanche|Revanche (admin)]] 19:15, 22 November 2006 (CST)
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*Thought this was a bit funny, but maybe its something we need to address. [[User:Aiden Pryde|Aiden Pryde]] (no relation to our New Star brother) has been correcting mis-spellings he finds in various articles. In [[Clans]], he did fix some actual mis-spellings, but he Americanized some of your British English spellings. Any thoughts on this? --[[User:Revanche|Revanche (admin)]] 11:18, 22 November 2006 (CST) | *Thought this was a bit funny, but maybe its something we need to address. [[User:Aiden Pryde|Aiden Pryde]] (no relation to our New Star brother) has been correcting mis-spellings he finds in various articles. In [[Clans]], he did fix some actual mis-spellings, but he Americanized some of your British English spellings. Any thoughts on this? --[[User:Revanche|Revanche (admin)]] 11:18, 22 November 2006 (CST) | ||
:This is a hard one to address. You may well find that someone else will come along and re-edit them to British spellings. I have MS Word set up to americanise the spelling but my typing generally lends itself to British standards. As BTW is an international community there's not much one can do about it. In fact, if people go Americanising some Britishisms, the poster may well become a little irked. | :This is a hard one to address. You may well find that someone else will come along and re-edit them to British spellings. I have MS Word set up to americanise the spelling but my typing generally lends itself to British standards. As BTW is an international community there's not much one can do about it. In fact, if people go Americanising some Britishisms, the poster may well become a little irked. | ||
| − | :Maybe an American standard has to be imposed (where possible and remembered) on all " | + | :Maybe an American standard has to be imposed (where possible and remembered) on all "acnon information" pages, but with regards to fiction it should just be left alone. |
:What do you think? --[[User:Jimmy the Tulip|Jimmy the Tulip]] 16:30, 22 November 2006 (CST) | :What do you think? --[[User:Jimmy the Tulip|Jimmy the Tulip]] 16:30, 22 November 2006 (CST) | ||
:Hmmm, passing the buck ''back'' to me...hmmm. I really don't know. I definitely agree with you on the fiction (I'm all for leaving those completely alone, unless asked to intervene by the author). Its the 'getting irked' part that concerns me. Afterall, as you said, BTW is aimed at an international community; who's to say which English is proper. I think maybe this is where we really fall back on 'community consensus' and see where it goes. If you have no issue with Aiden Pryde's alterations, then the consenus (of two) is that corrections from British to American is acceptable. If you don't think he should, I urge you to address the issue on the talk page by putting out what you think the answer is, see if you get any responses, develop a plan based upon those responses (avoiding the voting urge) and then implement it for [[Clans]]. I'd then suggest seeking out the appropriate document policies here and referencing that consensus decision there (i.e., lending it the force of policy). If no one responds to call for discussion (after a reasonable amount of time), then you also have consensus. One last thing: you you do decide to take it up for discussion, be sure to invite Aiden Pryde on his talk page. (Alternative: research the issue at Wikipedia, see what their consensus is.) --[[User:Revanche|Revanche (admin)]] 19:15, 22 November 2006 (CST) | :Hmmm, passing the buck ''back'' to me...hmmm. I really don't know. I definitely agree with you on the fiction (I'm all for leaving those completely alone, unless asked to intervene by the author). Its the 'getting irked' part that concerns me. Afterall, as you said, BTW is aimed at an international community; who's to say which English is proper. I think maybe this is where we really fall back on 'community consensus' and see where it goes. If you have no issue with Aiden Pryde's alterations, then the consenus (of two) is that corrections from British to American is acceptable. If you don't think he should, I urge you to address the issue on the talk page by putting out what you think the answer is, see if you get any responses, develop a plan based upon those responses (avoiding the voting urge) and then implement it for [[Clans]]. I'd then suggest seeking out the appropriate document policies here and referencing that consensus decision there (i.e., lending it the force of policy). If no one responds to call for discussion (after a reasonable amount of time), then you also have consensus. One last thing: you you do decide to take it up for discussion, be sure to invite Aiden Pryde on his talk page. (Alternative: research the issue at Wikipedia, see what their consensus is.) --[[User:Revanche|Revanche (admin)]] 19:15, 22 November 2006 (CST) | ||