Talk:Bang (Nicole Scherzinger song)

English
I have a question about the type of English used in the article. Since Scherzinger is an American singer, I would assume that the article would be written in American English, but that is not the case (as shown through non-American spellings of words like "criticsed" "rumours", "critcise", "coloured", critcising", etc.). Is there any reason for this choice? While Scherzinger has definitely had more success as a solo artist outside of American, I have always seen articles about American artists follow American English so I was surprised by this choice. Aoba47 (talk) 02:48, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
 * , you know that hadn't crossed my mind. I'm a British editor and I hadn't even stopped to think about whether I was using British or American English. Is there a specific MOS point on this? ≫  Lil- Unique1  -{ Talk  }- 22:21, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your response! I am honestly not super familiar with the MOS as I have mostly learned everything I have known about Wikipedia through my own personal experiences and collaborations with other editors. I do know that there is a brief MOS section about it here (WP:ENGVAR), which seems to indicate that there is no preference unless there are "strong national ties to a topic". That does not seem necessarily true in this case so it should be fine. It is just from my own personal experience, I have not really seen British English used on American topics. I was mostly just surprised by it while reading through the article. With that being said, this may be a good question to raise to the music WikiProject, but it should not hold back the GAN right now. Aoba47 (talk) 22:32, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Given that the dates are in American format, it makes sense to unify into one style. I've found a script to do it for me ≫  Lil- Unique1  -{ Talk  }- 22:41, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a good idea to me. I always forget about scripts even though they are so helpful. I hope that I was not too much of an annoyance. You have done a great job with the article. Years ago, I had considered making an article about this song as I was surprised one did not exist already, so I am glad to see all of the time and work put into this. Best of luck with the GAN! Aoba47 (talk) 22:48, 8 April 2021 (UTC)