Talk:Neuland Lighthouse

Reverting "entered into service" versus "taken into service"
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Hi there, About your reverting my change of "taken into service" to "entered into service". Not disputing your change at all, but I do want to comment on it. In nearly five decades as a native English speaker I'd never seen the term "taken into service" until I read this article, whereas I see "entered into service" quite frequently. Google shows nearly twice as many hits for "taken into service" than "entered into service", so I don't doubt that it's a common phrase. I'm guessing it may be more commonly used in Europe (where you're from) than in North America (where I'm from), which would explain the different perspectives. Given that context, I'm surprised you resorted to a revert, which "tends to be hostile". Given that mine was a good-faith edit, and our disagreement appears to be one of British versus American English, I was surprised that you chose to rebuke me in a way that will live in my stats forever. I'm not offended, but maybe be a bit less aggressive with reverting in the future? Stephen Hui (talk) 17:35, 9 October 2021 (UTC)


 * I checked first on Ngram Viewer and both phrases are common; interestingly "taken into service" is more common in all English sources but, of course, we can't see the context in either case. Both are commonly used on this side of the Atlantic, so I don't think it's an WP:ENGVAR issue. WRT the revert, no aggression intended; I was just following normal WP:BRD practice. Cheers. Bermicourt (talk) 18:34, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

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